30 designs of Scenic Italy – printed one side of the page

Lovely Italy Coloring Book

By: Emma Raymond

Rating: 5 of 5

I have a number of coloring books by this publisher but only one by artist Emma Raymond. The earlier book I own is based on Christmas and wasn’t indicative of the amount of detail that is included in this book.

I’m pleased with the views of Italy that the designs in this book portray. The designs show scenic design – some of which are easily identified. There is even a design of the map of Italy that is unusual and will be fun to color as well.

The designs have a nice level of detail without being too intricate for the most part. There is a use of shading that borders on grayscale on some of the designs. Not the entire design, but rather just those shaded areas.

This is what I found in this coloring book:

30 Italy inspired designs in the book

Printed one side of the page

Paper is typical inexpensive quality by CreateSpace printing: white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.

The designs do not merge into the binding.

Glue Binding

Create Space Paper/Media Quality

Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page quickly.

Water-based markers bleed through in spots.

Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows on back of the page. India ink can bleed through if you apply heavily or multiple coats.

Coloring Pencils work fairly well with this publisher’s paper provided you don’t press extremely hard while coloring. 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. I have also found that hard lead pencils leave dents through the paper.

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 and marring dents from ruining the pages below.

This coloring book was provided to me at no cost by the publisher.

Here are some sample designs from the book: