Posh Adult Coloring Book: Thomas Kinkade Peaceful Moments (Posh Coloring Books)
By: Thomas Kinkade
Rating: 5 of 5
This is the second Thomas Kinkade coloring book in this series. The books are published by Posh and follow the same format, that is, a black on white line drawing to the right and a matte color photo of the design to the left. The size of the book is the same as is the texture of the paper. What is different is that Peaceful Moments is printed on bright white paper where the first, in comparison, is more of a very slight ivory white.
There are many of my favorites included in this book, so I am thrilled with it though coloring in it will be a challenge as it was with the first book. The designs are beautiful but lack details so that my finished projects look quite different from the originals. That is to be expected, though, because Mr. Kinkade’s artwork is so wonderful.
Most of the designs in this book are architectural in nature with buildings (cottages, Victorian homes, lighthouses, etc.) but a few are simply beautiful landscape scenes. I like the mix and look forward to having a lot of fun with this book.
There will be at least one more book in this series based on Disney artwork. A commenter on one of my reviews suggested that a gray scale coloring book would be lovely. I agree wholeheartedly. It would be wonderful to have such a book in a larger format. That would be a great way of getting all the detail in a coloring book. I hope someone at the publishing house takes up this idea.
The designs are printed on the right hand side of with the photo of the actual painting on the left hand side (i.e., opposite each other in the book.) This will allow me to look at the photo of the real painting while I am coloring my own. Certain coloring medium will bleed through and can ruin the colored designs (see below.)
Here is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my medium:
63 Thomas Kinkade designs with 63 color photos as well
Designs printed on one side of the page with a photo on the back of the page.
Paper is bright white, very slightly rough, non-perforated and medium weight.
Designs stop before the binding area but unfinished elements are left on all four sides of the design which does not have a framing line.
Glue Bound
Pages can be cut out without loss of designs. I don’t plan to do so as I want to keep the continuity of the colored picture and design together.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the paper.
Water-based markers leave shadows of color (with some spotting through) on the back of the page except for the brush end of Tombows which did not leak through.
India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page.
Gel pens do not bleed through.
Colored pencils work well with this paper. I tested both oil and wax based pencils and was able to get good results from both. I got good pigment (especially with multiple layers of the same color.) I was able to layer different colors and to blend easily using a blending stick.
If you decide to use markers, you will probably have some amount of bleed-through onto the back of the page. I recommend using a heavyweight sheet of paper or card stock below your working page. That will keep ink from damaging the next design below.