20 Beautiful Coloring Designs with Focus on Scripture printed on one side of page

This is the second coloring book by Margaret Feinberg that I have purchased. The first book focused on what God has in store for each of us. This coloring book focuses on what we have been given and how we are to live as believers. It is a beautiful way to sit and meditate on verses that lift me up and remind me of the spiritual abundance that I have. Left to my own thoughts, I can become more pessimistic and discouraged, even while coloring. Coloring generally releases me from the thoughts that cloud my brain. Coloring in a Christian-based coloring book actually fills my thoughts with things that are good and true. This one in particular reminds me of what God has in mind for my life.

The verses in this book are taken from a wide variety of translations. The author additionally gives a good guideline on how you can use the book as part of a devotional exercise.

As with her previous book, the focus of each design is the scripture. The designs in this coloring book are more integrated with the words than the previous one and, while I liked the first book, I like this one even more. The words are once again in cursive, which looks both beautiful and elegant. I have found that a well sharpened coloring pencil is my best way of filling in the words. I prefer a soft lead pencil for this it doesn’t fill in all the nooks and crannies but it gives a beautiful color and emphasis to the words.

The designs in this book are printed on one side of very nice heavyweight white paper. The page facing each design (which is the back side of the preceding page) is a page for a journal. It has a similar thought and feel the quote on the design page and has the verse and the cite listed. You can jot down your thoughts or even simply write down the coloring mediums you used in finishing your design. The pages are not perforated and I don’t believe I will remove pages from the book because of the way the journal pages are set up. I would lose continuity of thoughts, verse, and design by removing pages. The binding is glued rather than sewn. Only one of the designs merge into the binding area though a second one is very close. You can remove pages if you choose to do so by cutting them out but in addition to losing the flow of the book, you may also lose portions at the side of those two designs.

As with the previous book, I think the paper used in this coloring is a good grade. My alcohol-based markers all bled through the paper. My water-based markers did a much better job. My Staedler triplus fineliners and the brush end of my Tombows did not bleed through at all. All other water-based markers (including the fine point end of the Tombows) left a shadow at the back of the page. My India ink artist pens did not bleed through. My gel pens did not bleed through but they did require extra drying time so that they wouldn’t smear on the paper. Extra drying time for gel pens has signified a better grade of paper for me apparently the ink sits on the page rather than being absorbed into and through. My coloring pencils worked well for their type of lead (soft or hard.) Blending worked well with soft and the hard leads did not leave indents on the back of the page. If I decide to use markers, I will use a blotter page of heavier weight paper or card stock to keep ink from seeping into the next design. It will play havoc with the journal page but that is okay with me. In the comments area below I will list the coloring mediums I used to test this coloring book.

I can’t express how thankful I am that Christian publishers are now providing great quality Christian coloring books. I actively look for more these days and am always so happy to find new ones. I like to share these books with friends as a way of reaching out to them. This particular book is set up with a believer in mind and it makes it a great book to own and to give to a friend who is going through a difficult time in life.