Beautiful Designs of Women and Flowers 31 Designs printed on one side of the perforated page

Belles and Blossoms is the first coloring book I have by Krisa Bousquet. The designs are quite lovely with beautiful young women surrounded by lots and lots of flowers. I found that the designs are extremely detailed and have many intricate and small areas to color. While they will be a challenge to color, I found that I enjoyed my first project and have already started my next one.

The designs have a swirling motion to them with layers and layers of detail. I used a variety of coloring pencils and ultra-fine markers to color all the tiny parts. I usually prefer a blank background for my project and I was really pleased with how my first one turned out utilizing the white space.

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

31 Detailed and Intricate Designs featuring women and flowers
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.

In order to preserve the rest of the book, I will either use a blotter page below the page I am working on or I will remove the page at the perforations before coloring.