24 line drawing Cat Designs plus bonus pages printed one side of the page

Fantastic Cats: Coloring Book for Adults

By: Ruth Sanderson

Rating: 5 of 5

Unlike many of Ruth Sanderson’s recent grayscale coloring books, this lovely book of cat designs are done in line drawing format. The designs show a variety of stylized cats and anthropomorphic cats (those wearing human clothes and displaying human characteristics.) Interestingly enough, it is the latter cats which look most realistic though they are dressed as humans. One of my favorite designs is of a cat in human clothes who apparently has kittens as pets.

The stylized cats have bold lines and have plenty of room for shading and ease of coloring. The anthropomorphic cats are done with a lighter touch and a high level of detail. Most also include some small and intricate areas to color.
There are 24 designs in this book and there are are 12 additional bonus pages that are duplicates of half of the original designs in the coloring book. This is fun to try different techniques or colors on (or to give away to friends if you are so inclined.)
This is what I discovered while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper:
24 Cat designs plus 12 bonus designs for a total of 36 line drawing coloring pages
Printed one side of the page
Paper is typical inexpensive quality used by CreateSpace: white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.
The designs do not extend into the binding area. The designs have a framing line at the outer edges
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 (like Verithins) 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.