24 Lovely Horse Designs in two sizes – printed on one side only

This is a fantastic set of horse designs by Amanda Neel. I have previously purchased her Lovely Cats coloring book and have been enjoying coloring in that book. This book is just as lovely and has an added advantage of having the designs in the standard size as well as a smaller 5 x 7 inches as well. That way, you can use the smaller design to test colors or simply to have another copy of the design in a smaller format to color or to share.

The horses in the book are set in a variety of settings from barn and ranch scenes to wilderness ones as well. The artist has included a nice level of detail without over-drawing the design and taking away coloring choices from the colorist.

The designs are printed on thin white non-perforated paper which is typical of CreateSpace publications. The paper is medium weight and the binding of this book is glued rather than sewn or stapled. There is plenty of room to cut the page out if you wish though you will need to be a little careful in cutting out the 5 x 7 designs. All designs stop well before the margin. The artist has placed a framing line around each design which helps me tremendously as a colorist. It gives me a natural stopping point which saves me time and ink. It also gives my finished page a much more polished look.

Coloring pencils work well on this paper but all markers and gel pens bleed through. Not a problem I am now using a piece of chipboard under my work to keep ink from leaking through to ruin the design below. You can use heavyweight paper or card stock but be sure to check to see how many layers you need to keep it from leaking through. The reason I like chipboard is it can be reused over and over again and is available at office supply stores or on-line.

I received a free sample of this coloring book for test and review purposes.