48 Storybook Designs following young doodle creature chasing its balloon printed one side of page

Adult Coloring Book: Doodle Explorations (The Peaceful Adult Coloring Book Series)

By: Lei Melendres

Rating: 5 of 5

This is my third coloring book by doodle artist Lei Melendres. I have enjoyed his unusual look at the world both in Doodle Fusion and more recently in Doodle Worlds. In this new book, Mr. Melendres presents a narrative of a doodle world rather than a compilation of doodle designs. In this story, we follow the life of a young doodle creature as it chases after its wind-swept away balloon. There are many adventures to be had, some of which are fun and some of which are challenging. They are all a lot of fun to color.

The designs in this book are quite detailed. Having said that, they are not overly intricate and do not contain a lot of tiny spots. There is simply a lot of detail to color. There are also two double-sided pages at the back of the book for use in determining color palettes. I really appreciate the palette pages as it allows me to test my medium and colors on the exact same paper my projects are on.

This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium. In the comments section below, I will include a list of the coloring medium I use for my tests and which I generally use for coloring my projects.

48 Storybook style doodle design pages plus 2 double-sided color palette test pages

Printed on one side of the page

Paper is medium weight, white, slightly rough and perforated for easy removal

Glue Bound

I can get the book fairly flat for coloring but I did have to crease or break the spine to do so.

Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper.

Water-based markers leave colorful shadows and tiny spots that bleed through on the back of the page.

Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows on the page of the page.

Colored pencils work well with this paper. Both oil and wax based pencils can lay down good color, layer multiple colors well and blend well using a pencil style blending stick. Hard lead pencils can dent through to the back of the page.

I suggest either removing project pages from the book or using a blotter page behind your working page. I like card stock but a couple of sheets of heavyweight paper work as well.