Elegant Elephants Midnight Day & Night
By: Marjorie Sarnat
Rating: 5 of 5
I purchased both of Majorie Sarnat’s prior versions of this book. This is a combination of both of those books and at a fantastic value. In this coloring book, all of the designs from both books are incorporated into one. There are 34 different designs with each one being printed with a white and a black background. That is a total of 68 designs in one book!
The 68 designs in this book are beautiful and detailed. Coloring a design with a white background is a different experience than coloring one with a black background. I, personally, find that the black background designs are easier for me to color. I don’t have to bother with coloring the background myself and I tend towards bright and/or pastel shades with these night (or midnight) styles of books.
That’s really different from what I do with the designs with white backgrounds where I do much more planning and work on the finished project. Ms. Sarnat also took it a step further than other artists have done and reversed some of the detail elements to be mostly black with white lines on their outlines. I’ve found that the differences, though subtle, make for a very different coloring experience and I am completely engaged in both projects without feeling like I am coloring some type of duplicate designs.
As with all of Ms. Sarnat’s coloring books, the designs are very detailed but don’t have tiny, intricate details that are hard to color. There are a number of “doodle” style designs as well as designs which feature other types of details added to the hides of the elephants.
