Nice Little Town: Adult Coloring Book for Stress Relief & Relaxation - Beautiful Scenes for Mindfulness, Meditation & Creative Therapy

Such a fun coloring book. Cute; but, not too cute. I own about 30 coloring books. My favorites are by Johanna Basford & Hanna Karlzon. This caught my eye because it leans toward nature w/ a touch of whimsy. I colored one page w/ Prismacolor Premier, Farber Castell Polychromos, & Black Widow pencils. I loved how it came out. I mixed colors I normally wouldn’t & got vibrant results. If you don’t own a blender pencil, you really should get one. It makes a huge difference. I colored one using several kinds of markers. I didn’t love the final look. While the pictures are 1 sided, the back is black & it affects the color of the markers a bit. Blending w/ markers didn’t work well. The paper isn’t very thick & I found blending markers made it too wet. I’m currently coloring a page w/ gel pens & the paper is rippling a bit where I’m coloring a larger area w/ the ink. The paper just gets too wet. I will probably use colored pencils for this book & add highlights w/ my glitter gel pens. I did use a manilla folder behind the pages to protect the next picture. I find markers always bleed through. Also, I used a light touch when blending w/ pencils as I felt the black on the backside changed the look of light colors. But, by blending gently, I found I didn’t have that problem again. I know it sounds like a lot of issues. But, this book is really worth more than it costs. You can really have fun w/ colors. I just wanted to help others avoid the issues I had which is why it may sound like I don’t like the book. The paper quality could be better; but, the cost would go up. Personally, I’d rather have better paper, no black backside to the pictures, & pay more. I’m only posting the pics I’ve done as other reviewers have posted samples of what you’ll find in this book. Even w/ the issues w/ the paper, I give this book 5 stars based on the images. I will purchase more books by this artist. Also, there are 18 illustrations at the end of the book that are from the artist’s other books. I appreciate this as I can see what I might want to check out & what probably won’t interest me.