The Art of Marjorie Sarnat: Elegant Elephants Adult Coloring book
By: Marjorie Sarnat
Rating: 5 of 5
I own a number of coloring books by Marjorie Sarnat by several different publishers. This makes a difference in the paper used, whether or not colored samples are included and also whether or not the pages are perforated. “Elegant Elephants” is a book published by a new (to me) publisher and, in this case, other than the designs on the front and back cover, there are no colored samples and the pages of the book are not perforated.
The designs are really quite special and there are 34 of them in this book. As with all of Ms. Sarnat’s coloring books, the designs are very detailed but don’t have tiny, intricate details that are hard to color. There are a number of “doodle” style designs as well as designs which feature other types of details added to the hides of the elephants. This makes coloring fun as you can color the creatures in any fashion you can imagine.
This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper:
34 Detailed Elephant Designs by Marjorie Sarnat
Printed on one side of the page
Paper is medium weight, white, slightly rough and non-perforated
Glue Binding
Designs do not merge into the binding area and there is enough room to cut pages out if you choose to do so.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper. I suggest you use a heavyweight blotter page of card stock or several sheets of paper below your project page if you are using alcohol-based markers. This will keep seeping ink from ruining the pages below.
Water-based markers, gel pens and India ink pens do not bleed through the paper but do leave slight shadows on the back of the page.
Colored pencils work extremely with this paper. I tested both oil and wax based pencils and got good results with color, layers of the same color, layers of different colors, and blending with a pencil style blending stick.
This is a revised review of this coloring book. I purchased my first copy of the book from Amazon. Shortly thereafter, I was informed by the publishing company that they had switched printers and the new paper used was an improvement. They provided me with a copy for test and review purposes.
I agree that the new paper is a vast improvement over my original copy. I have since purchased additional copies of the new book as gifts for families and friends. Apart from the lack of perforated pages, I rate this printing as good as any other coloring books I have purchased by Marjorie Sarnat.