Review of Lost Ocean Colouring Book

I have made a youtube video review as well so please make sure to check that out

Another beautiful book from Johanna Basford. This time with an Ocean Theme.

This book is very well bound with a stunning removeable jacket which can be coloured in as well. Printed on white thick cardlike paper.

Images are double sided but I have used various colouring mediums and no bleedthrough at all. However you do get a bit of a shadow showing through but it’s a very minor issue.

There are some double pages spreads and some images do go into the spine but it is fairly easy to press flat and the images are well lined up so it is not an issue.

With a wide range of images from seascapes and ocean life to an amazing underwater city there is lots to colour and bring to life plus as with her other books there are hidden objects to discovers on your colouring journey.

This book is truely stunning and I personally plan on completing it pages to page and keeping it to show off to visitors

It gets a firm 10 out of 10 from me and I recommend it to you all

You can purchase from amazon here where it is currently on offer at £6.49

 

Mini Review of Animorphia and Work in Progress

I purchased Animorphia Colouring Book for myself this week

It is definitely a book for more experienced colourists as the images are very detailed and there are some images that require you to finish drawing them and add doodles of your own! There are also a lot of double page images so these are not quick 1-2 hour colouring projects and you can expect a large image to take a week or more to finish.

The book itself has images on both sides of the pages but the paper is quite thick and cardlike so there shouldn’t be any bleedthrough

I will do a more in depth review at a later date once I have completed a few of the images to show you all

For now here is my Work In Progress with my own doodles completing the image

REVIEW: Johanna Basford Pull Out and Frame Colouring Books

Johanna Basford colouring books are very very popular amongst adult colouring enthusiasts and I thought i’d do a review of these 2 lovely Artist Editions of her books Enchanted Forest and Secret Garden.

They are much larger than her normal versions of these books and each contains a selection of 20 images on a very very thick card.

These books are very barely bound with glue so just a slight tug and the card pages pull out nicely for framing – this does mean it’s hard to keep the book intact if you wanted to – so for that purpose i’d suggest the smaller and superbly bound editions of the books.

The images are one sided with just a little motif on the back of each page.

The images are on a larger scale than the normal versions of the book so a little less fiddly to colour in.

These books are made from very very thick card which would easily take any kind of colouring medium – pens, paints, pencils etc.. without any issues at all.

Here is an image I have completed using Fineliners and Pencils

The pages lay entirely flat so you can easily colour from the book and none of the images go into the spine so they are easy to colour.

Both books are available to buy from amazon:

Secret Garden Artist’s Edition: A Pull-Out and Frame Colouring Book

Enchanted Forest Artist’s Edition: A Pull-Out and Frame Colouring Book

These books are both lovely and I give them both a 10 out of 10

 

Colors of Whimsy 2 Review and Flip Through

I recent joined a raffle group on facebook and was delighted when I won this book. I’ve not actually coloured anything this intricate and beautiful before so I am greatly looking forward to delving into it.

The book is from Bev Choy and is her second book it is a very thin paper quality – maybe just slightly thicker than standard printing paper like you’d use at home.

Don’t let that put you off though as the images are one sided, beautiful and quite different to a lot of other colouring books out there.

I have done a silent flip through of the book on youtube here

There are a total of 35 images

None go all the way to the spine so the pages could be removed/framed easily

The quality and detail in the pictures is just lovely and the artist has used a fair amount of shading and texturing so these will colour up lovely

Due to the thin paper I would suggest using a sheet of card/paper in behind in case of bleedthrough if planning to use pens

The book is available on amazon.co.uk for £8.41 at the moment if you’d like to buy it

I will update with some of the completed and coloured in images at a later date

I would give this book a firm 8 out of 10 the thin paper just lets it down a little compared to some other books and the cover could do with being a bit thicker as well

 

Review: Colour to Create Magazine Vol 5

This is the first time I have seen this magazine after sending husband out to WHSmiths to get me some Pencils on our recent short break as I had forgotten to take mine he came back with this as well and I must say I am quite impressed and taken by it.

It appears to be a monthly magazine and costs £5.99 there are 48 images which are A4 in size and single sided.

The paper is good quality and fairly thick but you do get a little bleed through when using pens but as the images are one sided I did not find it too much of an issue.

Images are varied and include animals, plants/flowers, mandalas and pretty patterns.

Among my personal favourite images are: A parrot on a flower background, A fairy in amongst some plants/flowers and some very cute lizards

I have included some images of the cover and some colourings I have completed and some works in progress

Pencils lay down well on the paper and I will definitely be colouring many more images from this magazine and buying future issues.

I would like to see some slightly more detailed and finer images and less of the generic pattern images – but other than that I give this magazine a solid 8/10

• This magazine was purchased by myself and is a personal review – I have not been paid or requested to write it and all opinions and views are my own.