Ultimate Coloring Wonderful World: Color the Wonders of the World
By: Editors of Thunder Bay Press
Rating: 3.5 of 5
This is a book of 47 designs which are of famous places and buildings, etc. from around the world. I liked the concept and the paper used but what I found to be an issue (for me) was that the details of many of the designs was really tiny making it difficult for me to see or to use a color medium that worked well.
If that is not a problem for you, then you may very well love this book. For me, it makes a portion of the book either usable or something I have to color in less detail than I would ordinarily prefer.
It’s really nice to have an explanation of which city et al the design is of and some of the history behind it. Unfortunately, that information is printed on the preceding page, i.e., the back of the design in front of it. If I take the pages out, I lose continuity of the information with the design. That makes the perforated pages a little less meaningful for me.
This is what I found in this book:
47 designs based on various famous places and buildings around the world.
Designs printed on one side of the page with wording printed on the back of the page.
Paper is heavyweight, white, slightly smooth and perforated
Sewn Binding
Some designs merge past the perforations into the binding area. Nothing essential to the design will be lost if you remove a page from the book.
Opens fairly flat for ease of coloring.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page. If you use this medium, I suggest using a blotter page to keep ink from seeping through. I use card stock but a couple of pages of paper should work as well.
Water-based markers, India ink pens and gel pens do not bleed through the page. Some do leave light, colorful shadows on the back of the page.
Colored pencils worked well with this paper. I tested both oil and wax based pencils and found that I was able to apply layers of the same color to get rich pigment. I could also layer multiple colors well and I could blend both oil and wax based pencils easily with a pencil style blending stick.
Here are some sample photos from the book:
This is a book of 47 designs which are of famous places and buildings, etc. from around the world. I liked the concept and the paper used but what I found to be an issue (for me) was that the details of many of the designs was really tiny making it difficult for me to see or to use a color medium that worked well.
