32 Hand-drawn Heart Designs printed on one side of the page

This is a coloring book of 32 designs with hearts as the inspiration. The designs are hand-drawn and have a flowing look to their artistry. There are a number of styles from doodle to angular and geometric. There are a number which have a more whimsical look as well as those which have large areas of different size dots which I used to play with lots of colors. The artist has put her name on the back of every page and I wish she had put to lower and to the side. Because of the thinness of the paper, it sometimes shows through on the design that I am coloring.

I didn’t have a coloring book of hearts something that I noticed around Valentine’s Day, so I was really happy to find one that had artwork that I enjoyed. I had a lot of fun coloring my first few projects in this book. I used a variety of coloring medium but mostly used alcohol and water based markers.

I will provide more detail about the physical book below but here is an overview:

32 Heart Inspired Hand Drawn Designs
Printed on one side of thin white paper
Paper is not perforated
Designs do not merge into the binding area
Glue Binding
Alcohol and water based markers seep through the page
Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows on the back of the page
Coloring pencils work well with this paper

The designs in this coloring book are printed on one side of the page. The paper is thin, white, and non-perforated. The artist has put her name on the back of each page, centered near the top and it sometimes shows through depending on the design. The designs do not merge into the binding area. The binding is glued and you will have to cut out pages if you wish to remove them from the book. I could get the book to lay fairly flat by breaking the spine.

I test my coloring books with a variety of medium (which I will list in the comments section below.) Here are the results of my tests:

Alcohol and water-based markers bleed through the page. Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows mostly indistinct but with bright colors you can see some of the color through the page. Coloring pencils work well with the paper. The soft lead pencils blend okay (though I noticed a darker area where I first put the color down.) The hard lead pencils leave dents on the back of the page.

I used and recommend that you use a blotter page under the page you are working on. That way you can keep seeping ink and marring dents from ruining the next page or two below.