55 Designs including quotes from stories and Jane Austen printed one side of the page

Classic Coloring: Jane Austen (Adult Coloring Book): 55 Removable Coloring Plates

By: Abrams Noterie

Rating: 5 of 5

I’ve been a fan of Jane Austen’s work since I first read Pride and Prejudice at age nine. Of course, most of the nuances of the story went completely over my head at that time but I have read and re-read all of her works many times over even writing essays about them both in high school and college. When I discovered a coloring book that covered many of her works, I ordered it immediately.

The coloring book is a smaller format with a hinged cover and a hard cardboard back, so it is perfect for taking on the go. The pages are held in place with a glue binding similar to a note pad and are easily removed in full if you wish to do so. I’m debating this as I would probably like to keep the book together.

The designs include quotes from both Ms. Austen’s novels and from the author herself. Some of the quotes make up the coloring on the page and some are merely there to describe the design. The designs are on the front of the page and on some of them, there is a description and quote that more fully describes the design on the front. The books are: Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Persuasion, and Northanger Abbey. Also are one design based on Sanditon a few quotes from letters by Ms. Austen, and one design based on Juvenilia.

The quote designs are fairly easy to color. The other designs include detailed and intricate parts which might require ultra-fine nibs to color properly.

This is what I found while coloring in and testing the paper of this book with my various coloring medium:

55 Designs based on the works by Jane Austen

Printed on one side of the page with quotes on the back of some pages

Paper is heavyweight, almost light weight card stock. The paper is white, somewhat smooth and, while non-perforated, are easily detachable from the glue binding

Glue bound similar to a notepad with a hinged cover and a hard cardboard backing

Designs stop either before or at the binding and removing them from the book will not cause of the loss of any of the design

Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper slightly. I still suggest a blotter be used below the working page to stop ink from seeping further into the book. I cut down a piece of chipboard and keep it with the book.

Water-based markers, gel pens, and India ink pens did not bleed through the paper.

Colored pencils worked well. I was able to use both oil and wax based pencils to get a light color, deep pigment, multiple layers, and blending. Hard lead pencils did not dent through the page.