Adorable Dogs with lovely big eyes 32 Designs printed on one side of the page

This is a coloring book with 32 Dog designs by Brenda Abdoyan. Each of the designs are titled by the dog(s) name. This book, along with her newly released Funky Cats are the first coloring books I have by this artist. In Lovable Dogs, the designs are almost realistic but still have enough doodles and other bits of odds and ends added to make coloring a fun experience. The dogs all have that slightly woe-be-gone look that tugs at my heart-strings.

I chose Roxy as my first project as it reminded me of my sweet Cleo dog from when I was a little girl. I used a mix of alcohol and water-based markers to give a deep color to the project.

The book is published by Design Originals. As usual with their books, there are a couple of pages dedicated to comments by the artist, colored examples of some of the projects in the book, and finally, journal lines and quotes on the back of the page. In this case, the artist pages are more limited but discuss medium and color choices. There are a number of colored examples and the quotes are all dog-related. As with Funky Cats there are a couple of illustrated dogs on the back cover and the inside flap that do not appear in the designs in this book. I would have loved to have the cute dachshund and hope to see it in a future book.

Here is what I found in and about this book:

32 Dog Designs with some fun coloring doodles
Designs are printed on one side of the page
Paper is white and medium weight; slightly rough to the touch and pages are perforated
Glue Bound
Designs stop before the perforations
Designs all have a framing line around them. I always appreciate this touch saves me time and ink in coloring
Alcohol and water based markers bleed through the paper
India ink pens bleed through the paper
Gel pens do not bleed through
Coloring pencils work well with this paper. My softer lead pencils go on with good color and coverage and they layer and blend well. My hard lead pencils go on with good color but as typical with Design Originals books, they leave dents on the back of the page.