24 Lovely swirling designs printed on one side of paper

Coloring Book for Adults: Amazing Swirls

By: Happy Coloring

Rating: 5 of 5

I have been enjoying this coloring book for several weeks. It is filled with 24 designs that whirl and twirl and deliver on the promise of swirls. Along with the swirls, there are many flowers, some peacocks, a cat, an owl, and much more. The designs are detailed but not overly intricate or with small details that are hard to color. This is my first coloring book by artist Elena Bogdanovych; however, I will be looking for her work again in the future.

All of the designs stop well before the binding. The designs are printed on one side of thin white non-perforated paper that is typical for books published by CreateSpace. The binding is glued rather than sewn but there is plenty of room for you to cut a page out if you choose to do so. I was able to easily get the book to lay flat. All of the designs either finish off all of the elements in the design with a margin of blank space on all sides or have a framing line around the outside. I really like this as it gives me a natural stopping point, saves ink/pencil, and also gives me a more finished looking project when I color.

All of my markers bleed through and my gel pens either bleed through or leave a distinct shadow on the back of the page. My coloring pencils work well with the paper and perform as expected for their lead type (soft/hard) though the hard pencils sometimes leave an indent on the back of the page if I use them with a heavier hand than normal. I will use a piece of card stock or heavy paper behind the page I am working on so I don’t ruin the following page with leaking ink or mar it with pressure marks. In the comments section below, I will list the coloring medium I used to test this coloring book. While I did not use Raffine pencils to test the book, I did use them to color the cat design while I was testing the pencils.