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Sunlife Drawing have published quite a few coloring
books, all of which are different to the usual idea of line
drawings to color in. Instead their style is more akin to
a puzzle, where grids of squares or shapes have numbers in
and you have to color them in to see the picture. Now they
have a new line of pictures composed of shapes like a stencil
and this is their latest book.
Anybody who has the One Color version
of this will recognize the animals as they are the same, only
this time in glorious color. On the cover is the turtle, and
this gives a good idea of what to expect. Each of the thirty
creatures is composed of lots of fancy shapes. All have a
tiny number printed rather faintly in pale gray (good eyesight
and good light needed here) and on the facing page a list
of numbers and colors. Turn to the front for the master list;
this has all twenty-two colors used plus a very useful box
beside each to color in. Half the pictures have black backgrounds
and the other half on white. Each picture has a black backing
which helps a lot with pens bleeding through although if you
want to use pens I would suggest a sheet of paper underneath
too. Pens need to be water based rather than permanent like
Sharpies, and there is a slight tooth for pencils. The paper
is not very thick but the black certainly helps a lot, and
the white is nice and bright. The lines are quite thin but
black and visible (no pixels) the numbers less so. If this
is an issue the book will have less appeal, but if they were
darker it would spoil the effect. Perforations for removing
the pictures would be a suggestion for the future; they look
great when complete and as all they have on the back is the
color list for the next picture they are very frameable. No
image bleeds into the spine though, so care and a sharp knife
make removal not easy but possible. Creatures include many
favorites from pets like cat, dog and rabbit to wildlife from
all over the world. These include a wolf, bear, lizards, fish,
snake, sea horse, leopard, dolphins and many more, all looking
elegant. Turn to the back cover for a full color list of suggested
shades if you are not sure. Amazon suggest this book for travel
and I agree it is ideal for taking on vacation as you only
need to pack twenty-two pens or pencils and the book is quite
thin. It will also appeal to anybody who does not own a huge
set of pencils/pens as just a small, inexpensive one will
do. Another excellent and innovative title from Sunlife Drawing.
More please!
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