24 American Muscle Cars x2 in different size formats printed on one side of the page

My husband and I both enjoy muscle cars. In our youth, we both had and enjoyed some of these cars (his was a Chevrolet Impala and I had both a Plymouth Barracuda and a Ford Torino at different times.) These went by the wayside when the kids were born and gas prices nipped at the budget but now that we are empty-nesters we are considering purchasing and restoring one. Those dreams may only be fulfilled by watching Counting Cars but in the meantime, we will both enjoy coloring in this book.

There are actually 24 different designs in this coloring book (I think that the 44 in the products description as I write this review is a typo.) The designs are in full page size and then, again, in smaller format at the back of the book. That gives you the opportunity to color them twice in both sizes or to use the smaller page as a test for color samples.

Our grandson is both cars and Cars crazy at the moment, so we are coloring these designs for him. In the sample I show (if my photos show up!), I left the windshield uncolored as I will be attempting to color in eyes ala Lightning McQueen style for his enjoyment.

All of the designs stop well before the binding. The designs are printed on one side of thin white non-perforated paper. I could easily get the page to lay flat by slightly breaking the spine. The binding is glued but there is plenty of room for you to cut a page out if you choose to do so as there is a framing line around each of the designs. This saves me a lot of time and ink in finishing the design, so I always try to mention it when the artist includes a frame.

As with all CreateSpace coloring books, all of my markers bleed through and my gel pens either bleed through or leave a distinct shadow on the back of the page. In India ink artist pens leave a color shadow as well. My coloring pencils work well with paper. My soft lead goes on nice and thick; however, while my hard lead work well they also leave an indent at the back of the page. I will use a piece of chipboard or heavy paper behind the page I am working on so I don’t ruin the following page with leaking ink or marring indents.

While I could wish for thicker, perforated paper, it appears that this is the quality that comes from CreateSpace (which is an Amazon company.) What I really like about the CreateSpace is it is a way that independent artists can get their work self-published. That way, I get a huge choice of design styles albeit with not the best paper.