Cats in Hats: A Peaceful Artist Coloring Book
By: Diana Hansen-Young
Rating: 5 of 5
This is an absolutely adorable book of cats not only in hats but in costumes, too, for the most part. There are so many cute ones to color, I’m not sure where to start. The cover art picture is cute, but I am a Sherlock Holmes fan, so that may be my jumping off point. The Carmen Miranda inspired kitty is also a contender for my first coloring project. I was in cat rescue in the past and seeing these kitties makes me think of all of the kitties I fostered and adopted over the years. I will have fun putting some of those cats personalities into these pictures.
The designs are printed on one side of a nice medium weight non-perforated paper. The binding is glued rather than sewn but all of the designs stop well before the bound edge, so you can easily cut them out if you choose to do so without losing any part of the design.
All of my markers seeped through the page. My gel pens left a shadow on the backside of the page. My coloring pencils worked well with this grade of paper. If I choose to use anything other than pencils, I will put a heavyweight paper or chipboard under the page I am working on to keep any ink from damaging the rest of the book.