30 Full Size Inspirational Message Designs and 14 smaller designs printed on one side of the perforated page

Color Happy: An Adult Coloring Book of Removable Wall Art Prints

By: Paige Tate Select

Rating: 5 of 5

I own Lindsay Hopkins previous coloring book (Beauty in the Bible, Volume 2) in both the original, thinner paper and in the premium version as well. This new book, Color Happy is now printed in the premium style, which means thicker, higher grade paper and perforated pages. The designs have also been sized for easy framing. The larger designs will fit an 8 x 10 inch frame and the smaller designs will fit a 5 x 7 inch frame.

The designs in this book are more general in nature than are the ones in her first book. The book is filled with inspirational great messages to bolster your day. The designs are by Lindsay Hopkins also know as Pen + Paint. The designs are easy and fun to color. For the larger size designs, any form of coloring medium works well. For the smaller, sized down designs, it might be necessary to use ultra-fine tip markers, pens, and sharp pointed pencils for some of the elements.

I like to do this type of design while I am working on a larger, more intense project. I find stopping and coloring a fun, inspirational, and quick project helps rejuvenate me if I have gotten bogged down in the bigger project. I also like to do this type of design to give away. That these pages can now be easily removed and framed makes it that much easier.

This is what I found 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 that I used for testing this book and which I usually use for most of my coloring as well.

30 Full Page and 14 smaller inspirational message designs by Lindsay Hopkins. The smaller designs are on a perforated page; however, you will need to cut the two apart for separate use (cutting line is included.)

Printed on one side of medium weight, white, slightly rough perforated paper

Designs do not merge into the binding area

Glue Binding

Alcohol-based markers bleed through the paper.

Water-based markers left shadows of color on the back of the page

Gel pens and India ink pens left indistinct shadows on the back of the page

Coloring pencils work well with the paper. I tested both oil and wax based pencils. I was able to get good pigment, layer the same color to intensify the color, layer multiple colors and blend easily using using a pencil style blending stick.

If I use alcohol-based markers in this book, I will either remove the page or use a blotter page of card stock or a couple of pages of heavyweight paper below my working page to protect the pages below.

I was provided a free copy of this coloring book for test and review purposes.