Funky Cats Coloring Book
By: Brenda Abdoyan
Rating: 5 of 5
First off, I noted that my coloring book had some print issues but I decided to keep it anyway. The first five pages are printed in shades of gray but I am assuming that it is an error and not intentional. I am keeping it as I can deal with the lighter tone and I wanted to be able to show those pictures to others so they can see if their copies have a similar issue, i.e., a single printing error or an error in a printing run?
On to the book it has 32 cute titled designs for cat lovers. The cats are in poses that I know that I have seen with my own cats over the years and I suspect others will recognize them as well. For my first project, I chose Little Miss. It reminded me of my long ago kitty, Francie. She could always look incredibly adorable just after doing something a tad naughty.
The designs are all detailed and have lots of areas for color choices. The artist has a few pages at the front where she shows examples of various ways of coloring designs (markers versus pencils versus watercolors.) Additionally, there are photos of lots of colored projects for you to see. A little disappointing for me was that there are couple of cats in artwork on the back of the book and on the inside flap of the book which are not included. Hopefully, those will make their way into a second volume down the line.
As with other Design Originals Coloring books, this one has a quote and journaling lines on the back of each design page. In this instance, the quotes all have to do with cats and are cute and funny as well.
This is what I found in the coloring book:
32 Designs of Cats with lots of abstract and doodle designs
Printed on one side of the page
Paper is medium weight, white, slightly rough to the touch and perforated
Glue Bound
Designs do not cross over the perforations
Artwork has a frame around it to give the colorist a natural stopping point
Alcohol and water based markers bleed through the paper
India ink pens bleed through the paper as well
Gel pens do not bleed through
Coloring pencils work well with this paper: soft lead goes on with good color and coverage, layers and blends well; hard lead goes on with fairly good color but leaves dents on the back of the page.