Another lovely hardbound coloring book with over 90 pages of designs printed on both sides of page

By: Hanna Karlzon

Rating: 5 of 5

I recently purchased a set of postcards by Hanna Karlzon that I enjoyed so well that I purchased two more of her books immediately. This is the second of the two books that I bought with Summer Nights being the first one. Both books are somewhat similar but have different designs. I am really enjoying coloring Ms. Karlzon’s designs and find them very unique among the books that I have collected. I like them so well that I have also purchased additional books to give as gifts this holiday season.

Because the book is printed two-sided, I’m being very careful with what I use to color in it. I’m currently using Faber-Castell Polychromos because I like the color mix available for these designs. I like the look of the oil-based pencils on the cream colored paper. There are some wet medium that works okay with the paper but, for my taste, I still prefer the look of colored pencils.

This is what I found while coloring in this book and testing it with my coloring medium. I will list the coloring medium I use for tests and coloring in the comments section below.

90+ pages of imaginative and beautiful designs by Hanna Karlzon

Printed on both sides of the page

Paper is heavyweight, cream color, somewhat smooth, and non-perforated

Sewn binding with some glue as well. You can still snips the threads to remove the pages from the book but may have to contend with a tiny bit of glue on a few pages. I personally will not be cutting the book.

Some designs merge into the binding area. It is difficult to color into those bits due to the hardcover. It makes it more of a challenge to tilt the book to get the right angle for coloring

Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page. If you use these, you will have ink seep through and mar the design on the back of the page.

Water-based markers, gel pens and India ink pens do not bleed through the page.

Colored pencils work well with the paper. I was able to blend, layer the same and multiple colors using both oil and wax-based pencils with ease.