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remember how absorbing and relaxing a coloring book was as
a child, and now they are back in fashion with a twist…
they are for adults! Search Press has brought out a series
of five titles, and there is more to them than meets the eye…
A coloring book is as good as the paper it is printed on,
regardless of the designs and this one has thick, white paper
that seems to beg to be colored on. The pictures are printed
one side of the page only so felt pens and paints will not
bleed through and as such you can color them in with almost
anything. At the front of the book the first few pages are
printed on shiny, thinner paper and are already in color.
This is to give you an idea of what colors to choose for a
selection of designs and if the act of coloring is therapeutic
above all else, eliminating agonizing over color choice makes
sense. The pictures are not as detailed as those in some adult
coloring books and vary in size from full page to a quarter
of a page or less, meaning you select one that fits the amount
of time you have. A number of different styles of portraying
flowers have been used including Art Nouveau, Victorian, botanic,
folk and modern. You can cut them out and use them in papercrafts
directly, and if you visit the website you can find the designs
as PDFs ready to print out and color in again, or use as ideas
for your own projects (provided they are not for sale). I
imagined the floral motifs as embroidery patterns, showing
that this is a volume with more to it than a mere coloring
book.
If you cannot find a good range of coloring materials
locally try www.searchpress.com
for a list of suppliers.
Reviews
of other titles by this author
Egyptian
Designs / Medieval Designs
Oriental
Flower Designs
Glitter
Greetings Cards
Papercrafts
For Christmas (w/ Judy Balchin)
How
To Draw Animals in Simple Steps (w/ Susie Hodge,
Eva Dutton, Jonathan Newey)
The
Great Big Book of Designs (w/ Judy Balchin, Penny
Brown, Lesley Davies, Jane Greenwood, Elaine Hamer, Elaine
Handley)
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