Cindy ElsharouniThe Amazing World Of Horses: Adult Coloring Book (Amazing Horses)

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This is a revised version of my review. The artist republished this book with a slightly different design mix. Of note, the zebra design and that of the horse with the Native American are no longer in the current version of the book. Additional designs have been added and deleted and some which remained were modified and/or cropped differently. It as different enough that I felt that I should re-purchase the book to update my video, my colored samples, and the design samples as well.This is my second coloring book of designs by this talented artist. Her first coloring book is one of a variety of animals, including horses. In this coloring book, horses are the main theme. The horses are beautifully and realistically drawn in the line form and then the artist adds other elements, shading and “doodles” with the horse to give the colorist the ability to have more fun when coloring the designs.The designs are fun, easy to color, and have a nice level of detail without having small and minute areas to color. There are 43 coloring designs (46 if you include the horses on the intro pages to the book.) A number of the designs have gray scale shading already added to them, which makes shading easy as the base color (usually in marker for me) takes on a darker hue when put over the gray.The designs are printed on one side of non-perforated paper. The binding is glued rather than sewn so you will have to cut pages out if you wish to remove them. Only two of the designs merge into the binding, so you will lose some portion of the design if you cut the page out. A couple of other come close and you will have to be careful if you cut them out. I was able to break the spine of the book and get it to lay fairly flat.All of my markers (both alcohol and water-based) bled through this paper. My India ink artist pens did not bleed through the paper. My gel pens did not bleed through but left a shadow on the back of the page. The gel pens did not take any extra drying time. My coloring pencils worked fairly well and according to the type of lead used (soft or hard lead.) I will certainly be using some markers when coloring these designs, so I will use a piece of chip board or card stock under the page that I am working on to keep the ink from leaking through the rest of the book.These are the coloring medium that I use for testing. If there is something else you feel I should be testing, please let me know and I will see if I can add it to my growing pile:Markers: 1) alcohol-based – Copic Sketch, Prismacolor double ended markers (brush and fine point), Sharpies (fine and ultra-fine) Bic Mark-its (fine and ultra-fine) and 2) water-based – Tombows dual end markers (brush and fine point), Stabilo 88, Staedler triplus fineliners, and Pentel markersIndia Ink: Faber Castell PITT artist pens (brush tip)Gel Pens: Sakura, Fiskars, Uni-ball Signo in the following sizes - 0.28/0.38/0.5/1.0 and TekwriterColoring Pencils: Prismacolor Premier Soft Core, Derwent Colorsoft, Prismacolor Verithins, and Faber-Castel Polychromos

Lots of easy, relaxing, equine fun in this 8.5×11 inch coloring book. This would make an excellent gift for the artistic youngster that is a bit enamored with horses. An adult horse lover most likely will also enjoy coloring these spirited equines with fantasy décor. This would also be an ideal book for the beginning colorist or even someone with slightly impaired vision. All of the lines are clearly defined, and some are quite bold.Some of the illustrations are vertical on the page, and some are horizontal. Most do not have backgrounds. This gives the colorist the opportunity to create a unique personal style background or no background is needed if that is one’s preference.There are profile pictures, single animal and group pictures. There are quite a few mare and foal images. Some of the horses are galloping, some reclining and two have wings.WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THIS BOOK:`The cover picture is included. This is a definite plus for me because I frequently buy a coloring book (sight unseen) solely because I like the cover illustration/picture. Many are just the head and/or upper body, but quite a few are whole body images.`One to a page images.`Clearly defined lines with no guesswork as to what you are coloring.`The majority of the illustrations are easy; however, a few are more detailed and a bit time consuming.`Colored pencils, gel pens, brush markers all work well. I did not try water colors or regular markers. I think those might be less desirable on this paper.`The paper is lightweight, but is not really problematic. I did not have bleed-through; however, my gel pens and brush markers did leave slight shadows. No problem, ‘cause I had my blotter page under the coloring page.`The spine is glued and the pages are bound straight and evenly cut.`A few of the pictures have a slight grayscale additive. I love this because I am somewhat addicted to grayscale coloring.

Wonderful coloring book for a horse lover! Purchased for my 12 year old daughter's birthday. This is her first adult coloring book and she has just loved it! It is so relaxing for her. She loves to color at night winding down before bed. It has made such a difference in her ability to settle down and go to sleep. I'm going to be on the hunt for more coloring books when this one is finished. One note, we have learned that more "professional" type colored pencils are better for the tiny lines of adult coloring books. Plain ole school pack Crayola pencils work, but you will be a lot happier with your coloring results with better pencils. The lead stays sharp longer and there are more color choices.

I should first state two things; I love horses, and I love coloring. I love this book because it is horses all the way through. I also like that there is a selection of drawings that are details that I have enjoyed spending the time coloring. You do want with sharp pencils or thin markers for the detailed drawings. There are other drawings which have larger areas to color with broader markers. I like this because sometimes I just want to finish a picture quickly. The pictures once finished are great I love them. The pictures are just on one side of the paper so if the marker bleeds through it is not a problem. I do use a spare sheet of paper to catch any major blotting but that is because I like to use markers. The book is a soft backed book that can easily be folded or rolled up. I love this I will look to get another volume once this is finished.

The picture on the front is high quality and beautiful. What you get inside is dreadful quality. Really poor artwork. Looks like a colouring book for 4 year olds. Extremely disappointing.

Lovely gift

Absolutely essential at the moment, a great way to clear the mind and get lost away from everything in some creative work

A great book with plenty of single pages to colour,the images are very different from your normal horse but this makes them fun to colour.However the paper quality is not great and no perforated edges.

Pictures look nice to colour.