New Black Background Edition of Flower Designs Volume 1 printed on one side of the page

Flower Designs Adult Coloring Book: Black Background Edition, Volume 1 (Jenean Morrison Adult Coloring Books)

By: Jenean Morrison

Rating: 5 of 5

I own several Jenean Morrison coloring books, including her second book of flower designs. I had not picked this book up in the regular format, so all of the designs are new to me. The designs are beautiful with the type of symmetry that I have come to expect from her work.

For me, coloring with black backgrounds is a different experience from standard coloring. I find myself gravitating towards pastels and bright colors as the darker tones seem to blend into the black and don’t have the pop that I generally get using a rich deep tone. Because of this difference, I find myself using colors that I don’t usually use which is great as it expands my experience and comfort zone.

This is what I found in this coloring book:

50 Flower Designs with black backgrounds
Printed on one side of white, smooth non-perforated paper
Glue Binding
Designs do not merge into the binding area and all of the designs have framing lines around the outside edges to give a more finished look to the final project
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page and had a tendency to feather across lines more than usual
Water-based markers bleed through the page
Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page
Coloring pencils work well but I had some problems with inconsistent blending with oil-based pencils. Hard lead pencils leave dents on the back of the page.