Color God’s Creation: An Adult Coloring Book for Your Soul (Color the Bible)
By: Caroline Simas
Rating: 5 of 5
This is a lovely Christian coloring book by artist Caroline Simas. The theme of the book is God’s creative power. The scripture verses remind us about the inherent goodness of what He created and our role in appreciating it and taking care of it. The verses are taken from both the Old and New Testaments but the primary focus is on the Old Testament. The original, hand-drawn designs show lovely flowers, animals, including birds and fish, the earth, and even the stars.
The artist, Caroline Simas, is known for her brand, Multiple Blessings, and her work is well known in home decor and the gift industry. Her primary work is done in watercolors, gouache, mixed media, abstract and pen and ink. Based on the thickness of the lines, the designs in this book are line drawings that appear to have been done with a mixture of both regular ink as well as markers.
The translations used in this coloring book are: Holy Bible New International Version (NIV), ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version), New American Standard Bible, and the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.
I chose my first three projects based mostly on the verses. I enjoyed coloring the designs but I really needed to think about the words and what they meant to me. It was fun to color as I meditated on the glory of creation. In a very slight way, I got a feeling of the creative spirit at the same time.
This is what I found while coloring in this book:
37 Scripture Based Creation oriented designs
Designs are printed on one side of the page
Paper is medium weight, white, smooth and perforated
Glue Bound
Alcohol and water-based markers bleed/spot through on this paper
Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows on the back of the page
Coloring pencils also leave a slight shadow and the the hard lead pencils dent the page of the page. I found that colored pencils went on well and layered and blended easily.
I recommend a blotter page below your working page to keep ink and/or dents from marring the page below.
This is a series of Christian coloring books that I really appreciate. The designs are all really nice but the focus is on the Scripture. I really enjoy coloring in these books and have given them as gifts as well.