Doodle Devotional, Volume 1 – Psalm 23: An Adult Coloring Book Bible Study of Psalm 23 (Doodle Devotionals)
By: Keren A Threlfall
Rating: 5 of 5
I found this book to be interesting in that most Christian coloring books are either general in nature or are specific to a continuing theme throughout the Bible. This book is dedicated to only Psalms 23. It is not only a coloring book but a Bible study guide that can be used in a group or by an individual. While the source translation of the Bible is not specified, it appears to be to be from the King James Version.
As each part of the Psalms is discussed (with background history and information), there is also a design which can be colored. The book is entitled Volume 1, so I am expecting that there will be more of these books published perhaps dedicated to other single subject thoughts or chapters of the Bible. The designs are very pretty and are hand-drawn which makes coloring extra special for me.
The book is printed on both sides of the page; however, the coloring designs are on one side of the page only. The binding is glued rather than sewn. As the paper is not perforated, you will need to cut pages out if you wish to remove them.
Some of the designs merge into the binding and some portion of the design will be lost if you cut them out; however, there is nothing of importance in that area. As I was easily able to get this book to lay flat by breaking the spine, I will be leaving the pages in the book for coloring.
In testing with various coloring mediums, this is what I discovered: all markers, whether alcohol-based or water-based, bled through the paper. My India Ink pens also bled through. My gel pens left a color shadow on the back of the page. My coloring pencils worked well with this paper, which the soft lead pencils blending easily. The hard lead pencils left a bit of an indent on the backside of the page. I will use a blotter page with this book to keep the rest of the book in good shape and color with whatever medium I chose knowing that the words on the back of the page will have colors seep through. In the comments section below, I will list the coloring medium I used to test this book.
I was provided a free sample of this coloring book for test and review purposes.