63 Design pages (mostly flowers) with a wide variety of quotes printed one side of the page

Creative Haven Deluxe Edition Artful Quotes Coloring Book (Adult Coloring)

By: Lindsey Boylan

Rating: 4 of 5

This is a large coloring book with 63 designs. The designs are built around a quote from a famous person. The designs are mostly flowers (though there are a fish animals as well.) What is different about this book is that some of the pages have white backgrounds and some have black backgrounds. I have a few issues with the black backgrounds that I will detail below.

The designs are very pretty and are quite detailed. Some of the designs have intricate areas that are small and more difficult to color. There is a wide range of individuals who are quoted from Buddha to Abraham Lincoln.
The problem I have with my copy is that on some of the pages that have black backgrounds, one of two different issues arise. On some, there are scattered dots of white in the black. On others, the black is printed unevenly with some parts much lighter than others. This occurs on about one third of the pages. The white based pages seem to be in much better condition. Because of this issue, I reduced my rating to a 4 star.
This is what I saw while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium:
63 Quotes with mostly floral designs
The designs are printed one side of the page
Paper is the usual Creative Haven quality: white (with a mix of white backgrounds and black printed backgrounds), medium weight, slightly smooth and has perforated pages.
Glue Binding but with perforated pages so removing a page is fairly simple.
The designs cross slightly over the perforations (nothing essential lost if you remove the pages from the book)
Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper
Water-based markers bleed through in spots and show 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 when I apply more than one layer of ink.
Coloring pencils work well with this paper. I was able to get good color, layer the same color and multiple colors and blend easily using a pencil style blender. I tested both oil and wax-based pencils with similar results. Hard lead pencils, like Verithins, leave dents on the back of the page.
I suggest either removing pages from the book to color or using a blotter page under your working page. I like card stock as it keeps ink from seeping through and damaging the pages below.