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This book contains over 45 images which are all printed single-sided and are perforated for easy removal for gifting, framing, or even before colouring to make it easier to get to all the areas. The book itself is A4, paperback and glue-bound. The pages are bright white and fairly thick and water-based pen This review is taken from my blog where I review adult colouring books from a mental health perspective. You can find photos from inside the book here - https://colouringinthemidstofmadness....
This book contains over 45 images which are all printed single-sided and are perforated for easy removal for gifting, framing, or even before colouring to make it easier to get to all the areas. The book itself is A4, paperback and glue-bound. The pages are bright white and fairly thick and water-based pens didn't bleed but did shadow, though this doesn't matter as the images are printed on one-side only. The paper is lightly textured meaning it's ideal for using pencils too and you can easily build up a few layers for blending and shading. Because the pages are perforated, you don't have to worry about the borderless images entering the spine so you can colour all the way up to the edges without that horrid unreachable strip down the middle. The images include all things weird, wonderful and wacky, from books shelves to science lab equipment, snowglobes to US landmarks, citrus fruits to flying pigs and owls to postage stamps. It really is a very quirky book that's full to the brim with eccentric, imaginative images. It's almost like you've stepped into a person's imagination and someone has then drawn everything they found there. This means that many of the images have an almost childlike quality to them and because these pictures are hand-drawn there are little quirks with unfinished edges and lines that don't quite join up which gives it a real nostalgic feel as it takes you back to the books you coloured as a child, without being childish. At the back of the book is a page explaining the basics about colour including information on primary, secondary and tertiary colours, blending and shading, and colour schemes that work well including monochromatic and analogous schemes. This is great for the novice colourer to help you get started!
In terms of mental health, this book is pretty good for it! The whimsical nature of the images and the lack of realism in many of them allows you to really free up your creativity and try out outlandish colour schemes and go to town with rainbow colours and mixed media. The line thickness varies throughout from spindly thin to medium thickness but mostly it's medium thickness so you certainly don't need perfect vision or fine motor control to enjoy this book. The level of intricacy and detail also varies throughout but it's not overly intricate and most of the spaces aren't tiny so you can use most colouring mediums to good effect. The images don't need loads of concentration so they're good for bad days when your focus isn't great and you need to zone out and be distracted without having to really pay attention. This book isn't samey and you certainly won't get bored when flicking through it or when colouring because there's always something new to spot. The childlike quality of some of the images and the imaginative content is really heart-warming and is sure to cheer up your mood and make you smile on even the darkest of days.
I would recommend this book to those of you want a less complicated book and those who like to use alcohol markers because the single-sided printing make it ideal for them and the perforations mean you can easily frame your work. The quirky images are sure to make you nostalgic about colouring as a child and will almost certainly put a smile on your face.
...moreThe daughter of an Indian architect and an Australian painter, Samarra got hooked on making interesting things when she was still a kid, raiding her parent's high quality art supplies.
She studied for her masters in photography and moved to New York to work across discipl
Samarra Khaja makes happy, beautiful things, inspired by her love of travel, local markets, food and culture, and her young sons.The daughter of an Indian architect and an Australian painter, Samarra got hooked on making interesting things when she was still a kid, raiding her parent's high quality art supplies.
She studied for her masters in photography and moved to New York to work across disciplines as a designer, photographer, art director and illustrator for the likes of The New York Times, the Guggenheim, Bliss, Time Magazine, Victoria's Secret and Cirque du Soleil, all in her signature whimsical style.
She's won several awards, but gets the biggest kick from seeing her prize-winning 24′ x 120′ mural, "Heartbeat Brooklyn" featuring a smiling clawfoot bathtub, bagels on a rollercoaster, and hot-dogs on a ferris wheel, all frolicking and untouched by graffiti on the side of Lowe's Brooklyn store.
Samarra's happiest when she's experimenting, going off-pattern or getting in to the textures of meaning in textiles, from batik to kimonos to basotho blankets.
Her textiles remix traditional fabrics with contemporary design with a cheerful irreverence. They're bright, bold and, best of all, playful. Look for her work on Spoonflower under the name "Sammy K."
See more of her work at www.samarrakhaja.com and keep up with her latest projects at samarrakhaja.tumblr.com
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Drawings of Colored Books on a Bookshelf
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