Creative Haven Insanely Intricate Shall We Dance? Coloring Book (Adult Coloring)
By: Phill Evans
Rating: 4 of 5
What I wasn’t prepared for was just how busy this coloring book would be in reality. Every portion of the design, except for any part of a person where flesh is showing (e.g., face, arm, hands, legs) is filled with either ovals or triangles. It is so busy that it is difficult to figure out where something starts and something else begins.
The lines that are outlines are somewhat bolder than the doodle designs but I still found it difficult to decipher initially. Once I got into coloring the design, I was able to figure things out. In addition to the multitude of doodles, there are little bits and pieces of surprise elements hidden in the designs. That made it a bit more fun but not as much as many of my other coloring books.
What I really liked about the coloring book was the diversity of dances that are shown in it. There are modern dance, ball room dance, street dance, and many types of cultural dances as well.
This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper. In the comments section below, I will list the coloring medium I used to test this book and which I use for coloring most of my projects.
31 Extremely Intricate Dance Designs
Printed on one side of the page
Paper is standard for Creative Haven: medium weight, white, lightly rough and perforated
Glue bound but pages can be removed easily at perforations
Designs stop before the perforations
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
I suggest using a blotter page below your working page or removing pages before coloring. Card stock or several sheets of heavy weight paper works well.
Coloring pencils work well with this paper. Both wax and oil based pencils lay down good color, layer and blend well. Hard lead pencils leave dents on the back of the page.