45 Beautiful and Uplifting Designs printed on one side of heavyweight paper

This is a really wonderful coloring book filled with hand-drawn designs. I find that the when I start to color, I stop and reflect on either the excerpt Bible verse or the quote. I then keep that in mind throughout my coloring session. The designs in the book are quite lovely. They are open and flowing and while a few of them contain intricate details, for the most part, I find them easy to color. I had not thought of coloring as a form of worship before, but I now see that it absolutely is my inner self expresses the feelings and emotions through this medium as well as through song and other artistic endeavors.

I love that so many Christian coloring books are now becoming available for the adult colorist. This book is different from the other few that I have in that it includes not only specific verses from the Bible but also words of encouragement from hymns, preachers, teachers, and writers. The design is matched to the words and on the backside of each design, the full Bible verse, quote, hymn, and/or publishing cite is listed so you can look up the information for yourself. I also like that the artist attribution(s) are listed on the back, too.

The Bible verses are from both the Old and New Testament and are from a variety of translations, including: Holy Bible NIV, King James Version, The Message, and the New Living Translation.

The designs in this book are printed on one side of the paper (with full cite and quote information as mentioned above printed on the backside of each page.) The paper used is fairly heavyweight and is non-perforated. The binding is glued rather than sewn, so you will have to cut pages out of the book if you wish to remove them. A number of the design merge into the binding, so you will lose some parts of the design if you cut the page out. By breaking the spine a bit, I was able to get the book to lay fairly flat.

My water-based markers (Stabilo 88, Staedler triplus fineliners, Tombows dual end both brush and marker points, and Pentel) do not leak through this paper at all. My Sharpies, Copic, and other alcohol-based markers do bleed through easily. My gel pens do not bleed through or leave a shadow but do require a little more drying time than with lesser paper quality. My coloring pencils work very well with this paper according to the type of lead (hard/soft) that I am using. I won’t worry about which medium I use with the book but I will cut down and carry a piece of chipboard with the book in case I decide to use my alcohol-based markers.