Beautifully drawn designs which feature the word “Love” in a variety of languages

By: Clara Yang

Rating: 5 of 5

I am always looking for unique and interesting coloring books. I happened across this book of designs on Amazon and was surprised that it had been available since 2016 and I had not seen it before. It is a perfect book for Valentine’s Day or for any day of the year in which you want to express love.

It is a beautiful book of designs which feature Love in each. The word is written in different languages and it is a pick of a hunt to find it in many of the designs. There are words printed in small font on many of the pages. While I wish these had bee put on a master page by themselves, it doesn’t trouble me too much as they are small enough not to be the focus of the design page.

The designs themselves are a wide range of subjects from cultures around the world as well as scenes which have a universal appeal. From forests to oceans and from geishas to dancers, I found each design to be unique and interesting, not to mention looking like lots of fun to color.

The designs are detailed and some include small and intricate areas to color. For the most part, I don’t consider this a difficult book to color. It can be appealing for all skill levels, with plenty of room for advanced colorists to enjoy adding their own touches to the designs.

This is what I found in this coloring book:

Designs in the book

Printed on both sides of the page

Paper is medium/heavy weight, white, slightly rough and non-perforated.

Most of the designs do merge into the binding. The designs extend to all four edges with unfinished elements at each side (you will be coloring right to the edge of the page.)

The binding is a hybrid glue and many small stitches. It is fairly tight and to lay the book flat for coloring, you must break/heavily crease the spine.

Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page quickly.

If I am using alcohol-based markers, I like to use a blotter when working in this type of book. I use a page of card stock or several sheets of heavyweight paper under my working page. It keeps seeping ink from ruining the pages below.

Water-based markers, gel pens and India ink pens leave slight shadows on back of the page.

Coloring Pencils work fairly well with this paper which has just enough tooth to grab pigment. I find that I can layers the same color for deeper pigment or multiple colors and blended easily with a pencil style blending stick. This is true of both oil and wax based pencils.

Here are some sample designs from the book:

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