63 Detailed Celtic inspired designs with Nature elements entwined printed one side of the page

Creative Haven Deluxe Edition Celtic Nature Coloring Book (Adult Coloring)

By: Cari Buziak

Rating: 5 of 5

I enjoy coloring Celtic inspired designs. The symmetry and movement is always a pleasure to shade and enhance. In this coloring book, the Celtic elements are intertwined with elements from nature, including: flowers, leaves, birds, insects, and fish. It is an interesting take which provides a lot of coloring potential.

The book has 63 different designs. The designs are quite detailed and in some cases, intricate with small elements to color. I can see myself (and my husband) spending many hours coloring in this book and experimenting with colorways and shading to enhance the Celtic look and feel of the designs.
This is what I found while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium.
63 Celtic inspired designs with elements from nature (birds, flowers, fish, insects, etc.)
Printed one side of the page
Paper is white, medium weight, slightly smooth and has perforated pages.
Glue Binding but you can remove pages at the perforation easily
Designs stop well before the perforations
Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper
Water-based markers bleed through in spots and leave colorful shadows on the back of the page
Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page. India ink pens can bleed through if you apply heavily or with with multiple layers.
Coloring pencils work well with this paper. I was able to use both wax and oil based pencils equally well. They lay down good color, layer the same color and multiple colors and blend easily using a pencil style blender. Hard lead pencils, like Verithins, leave dents on the back of the page.
I either use a blotter page under my working page or I remove pages from the book to color. I like card stock for my blotter page but a couple of sheets of heavyweight paper works as well.