22 Lovely Art Nouveau designs by Alpohnse Mucha

This is a beautiful and well made coloring book of 22 designs by Alphonse Mucha as interpreted by Susan Koop. This is my fourth coloring book from Pomegranate and their quality is very good. I have been enjoying coloring in the other books and I am sure to enjoy this one, too. I really appreciate that Pomegranate includes a color snapshot of the original art piece with all of their coloring books I have bought so far.

The designs are well printed with clear lines. The lines differ in intensity and size depending on the placement in the design. It gives them a feeling of almost three dimensions and should make coloring quite fun.

I purchased this book and the one by Creative Haven at the same time. While they share some of the basic designs, the rendering is quite different. Also, this book has 22 designs on a higher quality paper (though non-perforated) while Creative Haven has 31. I like each for different reasons and will be really happy to be able to color the designs of one of my favorite artists.

The pages are a good quality paper, however, they are not perforated but the binding is a couple of staples which are easily removed if you choose to do so. The designs are printed on only one side of the paper with the back left blank. All of my markers leaked through to some degree. None of my gel pens leaked through. If I decide to use markers, I will put a piece of paper under the page I am working on to preserve the rest of the book. I will only take it apart if I choose to frame some of the artwork.

Alponse Mucha is one of my favorite artists. I have been cross stitching a few of these designs over the years but my recent purchase of these coloring books will be the first time I have an opportunity to spend time coloring the designs. I am really looking forward to it!