Lion doodle style designs with great expressions printed one side of the page

Adult Coloring Book: Great Lions

By: Tatiana Bogema (Stolova)

Rating: 5 of 5

This coloring book has a great range of doodle style lion designs. There are both male and female lions included. The lions expressions range from pensive to ferocious which is fun for coloring. The designs are detailed with a lot of background detail and doodle elements both on the lions and on the backgrounds. I don’t consider the designs to be intricate and small to color.

This is what I discovered while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper:
23 detailed doodle style lion designs, including title and preface pages. There are also a couple of other sample pages from the artist’s other books.
Printed one side of the page
Paper is typical of CreateSpace: white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.
The designs do not merge into the binding area.
Glue Binding
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 well with this paper. I found that I could layers the same color for deeper pigment or multiple colors and I could blend easily using a blending stick. I tested both oil and wax based pencils. I also found that hard lead pencils leave dents through the paper.
I like to use a blotter when working in the 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.