ARTEZA Adult Coloring Book, Animal Designs, 9x9 Inches, Stress-Relieving Coloring Pages with 50 One-Sided Images, 100 lb Paper

To start I am not a coloring aficionado. I decided to try this because a friend advised me she was coloring to relax during the pandemic and found it cleared her head and was allowing her to have a break from her worries. I was also planning a long socially isolated car trip with my husband where I would be a passenger some of the time. I was surprised that this book was about a half inch longer than my iPhone 8 in height and width but that worked for me since I was planning to try it for the first time while traveling. The individual sheets seem thick to me. They certainly are not like a child’s coloring book or even printer paper. I think I could probably use markers with this but I have not tried it. (It says 100 lb on the cover which I assume refers to this as the book certainly isn’t that weight!). I used colored pencils I had and found they worked great (a larger set of Crayola). I think you would want colors that provide multiple shades of a color (many different greens, different reds, etc. to choose from and to use in connected shapes for shading the overall flower or leaf). The designs are very detailed and when using it in a car while traveling I did find it a little difficult keeping inside the lines on some of the smaller shapes because of the roughness of the road but it wasn’t impossible to use. It was relaxing to think about only the colors and shapes and shading. I did find that there were some places I thought needed shading which did not have a shape drawn there. I improvised but that might be a draw back to some. There were also shapes drawn where I would not have shaded with a different color but found it provided interest to follow their hint and use a different tone/hue? (I’m not an artist...). of the color I was using. I thought the designs were beautiful and detailed enough to be very interesting. Some are repeating the same flower of flower, some are of one or two flowers in a closeup, some are many, a variety of different flowers and leaves (some more natural and some leaning towards fantasy in my view), occasional trees, most fill the page but a view have plain backgrounds... I was a bit concerned before buying that I would find an entire book of flowers to grow boring but there is a lot of variety within that theme and I don’t think I will grow bored with the designs (although I don’t expect to do this daily or even several times a week most of the time—it would be an occasional activity I think for me). The back cover is thick cardboard that was very easy to color on without anything else under the book (I used it on my lap in the car and would do it again without any hesitation.) The pages will tear out of the glued binding easily if I want to do that. I do think that would work well if you work from front to back of the book but if you skip around and tear out pages you would have other pages coming out I think. Overall, I really was extremely pleased with this book. It did cost more than I would have liked but the quality is there. I feel like I did get what I paid for. It is better quality than I expected to get! FYI, I am a 52 year old woman but I do work with elementary age children. These are detailed designs but I think a child of 3rd grade who was very interested in art and had good fine motor skills (good at coloring) could be able to use this and enjoy it. Some designs are a little larger shapes that are easier so they could jump around if they didn’t tear out pages (or had a folder or rubber and to hold the pages in the book) and “grow into it”. Many of the designs would be frustrating for an average third grader however. An adult/teen could share random pages with an upper elementary aged child if they didn’t mind tearing out random pages. There are definitely some in there they could do without being an “expert” colorer. (Always nice to have options for how you can use something.)

Still working on a page. Like the idea of the stand on the back of the picture

I love these. They’re super cute and easy to carry around.

For one of the lowest price coloring books, I was astounded at the quality!! The way the book is bound and has a strap to hold pages together and thickness of paper, quality of printing and design of mandalas- absolutely amazing!!!! Best bang for your buck ever!

No leak through paper. The patterns are not too repetitive. I love these compared to the larger ones. Easy on the eyes for the size. My favorite books and great for travel.

It's cool

Pretty mandalas! Perfect size book for traveling. Some images are a little hard to see as it is printed in grey, not black.

This is exactly what I've been looking for! I love the 9x9 size and the thick quality paper is perfect. Definitely will buy more.

Nice quality paper, doesnt bleed through and rips out of the book easily. There are many similar pictures and they are all highly detailed if you like that.

Quelle surprise de recevoir ce joli album de qualité DÉJÀ UTILISÉ !!Plusieurs dessins commencés et pages manquantes ! J’avais aussi commandé quelques albums 6x6 qui étaient bien emballés neufs et parfaitement protégés. L’album déjà utilisé était emballé dans un sac plastique sans protection. Je suis très étonnée de voir cela de la part d’Arteza 😳 je vais communiquer avec le SAV d’Arteza tout de suite et je réviserai mon commentaire selon leur réponse.Je reviens sur mon commentaire. Arteza/Amazon m’ont remboursé l’album et me recommande d’attendre 2-4 semaines pour refaire une commande de cet album en particulier car ils vont refaire l’inventaire.

J'ai acheter ceci pour faire des cadeaux noel. Les images sont belle , le cadre est facile à faire , c'est une très bonne qualité. Je suis pas déçu.

Kids can sit there and color for hours.

Le cahier est vraiment minuscule, c'est difficile à colorier... Ne perdez pas votre argent avec cet achat, ça n'en vaut pas la peine.