31 Beautiful and Unusual Mandalas featuring Celestial Designs printed on one side of perforated page

I really enjoy Marty Noble’s coloring books and own a number of them. This coloring book includes 31 designs featuring suns and moons. Some of the designs are simply one or the other or even both. Other designs incorporate various figures for a larger variety of coloring choices.

I generally color mandalas that are patterns rather than recognizable subjects, so this book was a great addition of something new to my coloring choices. I chose a design featuring the sun as my first project. I colored my design with a variety of alcohol and water based markers. I’ll include a photo of it as well as the two colored samples from the book. As I finish more projects, I’ll update my photos to show more of them.

This is what I found in going through this coloring book:

31 Mandalas featuring Celestial Designs by Marty Noble
Printed on one side of white page
Page is white, slightly rough, and perforated
Glue Bound
Designs stop before the perforation
Alcohol and water based markers bleed through to some degree
Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page
Coloring pencils work well with this standard Creative Haven paper. Soft lead lays down good color, layers and blends well. Hard lead pencils leave dents on the back of the page.

I either remove my pages from the book or use a blotter page under my working page. I do this to keep seeping ink and dents from ruining the pages below.