40 Pages with Coloring designs with Scriptural Names of Christ printed on one side of the page

Reflecting on the Names of Jesus: Jesus-Centered Coloring Book for Adults (Jesus-Centered Devotions)

By: Group Publishing

Rating: 5 of 5

This is a wonderful coloring book for the Christian colorist. The book contains 40 designs to color, each with one of the names of Christ as told in Scripture. On the page opposite (back of the preceding page), there is a Scripture reference and cite to the use of the name in the Bible. The Scripture is drawn from 19 different translations. In addition to the quote, there is a suggested question for you to ponder and ask while coloring.

I have another book which is the names of God. I really enjoy that book but wanted one of the names of Jesus and this is an outstanding one. I’m pleased with the hand-drawn designs and the names which were picked for the book. I’m not familiar with all of the translations but I found that each of them made the point of the name very well. It’s wonderful to think of the name that I am coloring and to ask myself how I can see this part of God at work in my life.

My only nit is that I wish the the Scripture for the design had been printed on the back of the same page so that if you remove a page from the book, you had both the design and appropriate Scripture kept together. I don’t plan on removing pages, so it isn’t a problem for me but I do know that many left-handed individuals prefer to remove pages so they are not coloring over the hump of the binding.

This is what I found while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium.

40 Design pages with the Names of Jesus from a wide variety of translations

Designs printed black on white on one side of page with Scripture and other information printed on the back as white on gray.

Paper is medium weight, white, slightly smooth and perforated.

Glue Binding

Most designs cross over the perforations and merge into the binding area. The area lost if you remove a page from the book does not contain important elements of the design.

Alcohol-based markers bleed through the paper

Water-based markers leave colorful shadows and can bleed through in spots to the back of the page

India ink pens spot through to the back of the page

Gel pens leave colorful shadows on the back of the page.

Colored pencils work well with this paper. I tested both oil and wax based pencils and got similar good results. I was able to get good pigment with deeper coloring by applying layers, I could layers multiple colors well and also blend easily using a pencil style blender stick.

I protect the pages below by working page with a blotter sheet. I prefer card stock as a blotter but you can use a couple of pages of heavyweight paper as well. You can also remove pages from this book (at the perforations) prior to coloring to keep the rest of the book in good shape.