The Magical Garden: Creative Art Therapy For Adults (Creative Colouring Books for Grown-ups)

The media could not be loaded.    “The Magical Garden” is a smaller format book (8.5 x 8.5 inches.) The designs are extremely detailed with many small and intricate spots to color. The designs are inspired by plants and animals in a garden setting. The animals are drawn realistically though some are wearing clothes and are involved in more human type activities. The designs range from cute to pretty and elegant and are a good challenge to color.While I enjoy coloring in detail, this is not a book I would suggest for anyone who has vision or fine motor issues. It is a book for individuals who like a bit of a challenge in their projects and who enjoy charming idyllic settings.This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper.54 Garden setting Inspired Designs by a variety of illustrators (not including title and intro pages) in a smaller format bookDesigns are printed on one side of thin, slightly rough non-perforated paper typical of CreateSpace. While the paper is actually white, the background of the designs are printed in black.Glue BindingEasy to open to flat position for coloringDesigns do not merge into the binding and have a double framing line at the outer edge of the design. This makes for a natural stopping place for coloring and adds to a more finished looking project.Alcohol and water-based markers bleed through the page to some degree. Water-based bleed through in spots while alcohol-based bleed through freelyGel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of page. India ink can bleed through if you use multiple layers or apply heavily.Colored pencils work well with this paper. Both oil and wax based provide good color when I use multiple layers of the same color. I am easily able to blend (using a pencil style blender stick) and layer multiple colors as well. Hard lead pencils leave dents through the back of the page.Because of the bleed through and dents, I suggest (and use) a blotter page below my working page no matter what medium I use. I prefer card stock but several sheets of heavyweight paper work as well.

I really enjoy this coloring book. There are soooo many beautifully detailed pictures! Some of them are better to color by pens, the other ones require pencils. And the price is more than reasonable. And yes, maybe the sheets are thin but what do you expect for that price?

The artwork in the book is just lovely. I really love each picture - drawn so beautifully. The paper is horrible. It reminds me of the old brown coloring paper from when I was a kid but bleached white or something. It is so incredibly thin and very very toothy. I don't care for the paper. If you like thin and toothy you will like the paper. If you don't, I still recommend the book because it's sooooo pretty but have a way to make a copy onto the paper you like to color for personal use.P.s. need a million layers and still had to burnish it to get a smooth final blend.

Not what I expected for the pictures but I liked it and all of the pictures have a lot of detail. This is a great book

I love the designs in this book, however, the paper is very thin. The designs are only printed one one side but the indentations from pens or pencils distorts the paper and the picture becomes wrinkled and very textured. I will not buy from this artist again unless the paper is of a better grade.

I’ve just discovered this illustrator. If you love Johanna Basford and fun forest , floral, and fairy like pictures to color then you will love these. I was really happy when I thumbed through this book when I received it. I only have the challenge of deciding which picture I want to color first

Very rarely do I want to color every page in a coloring book, but this one is one of the exceptions.Every page is unique. Goes from nature scenes, animals, people , and scenes. None have tiny detailsthat are hard for some colorists. Of course it has the cheap paper of Amazon's "Createspace" but ifyou put a heavier piece of paper underneath, you should be ok.

Very beautiful pictures. The size of the book is smaller than some books I have. I’m not keen on the paper but, the pictures make up for that.

Mel has just got a fan, although paper not fantastic it's fine for colour pencils. I will certainly be purchasing another of her books. Her art is simple but intricate. Well done Mel

Great colouring book. Very detailed. Can't believe I ordered it and received it two days later.

dessins magnifiques convient aussi bien à des débutants qu'à des gens plus perfectionnées. prix très intéressant

Klasse Ausmal-Buch "The Magical Garden"von Mel King.Die Motive sind wiedermal einzigartig,die Rückseite eines jeden Motivs ist leer,d.h. ohne Motiv,also muss man keine Sorge haben egal welche Farbstifte benutzt nichts kann auf ein anderes Motiv demzufolge abfärben.Gestaltet sind die Seiten so das man das gesamte Motiv bis in den kleinsten Winkel,die kleinste Ecke richtig vollständig ausmalen kann.Deswegen empfehle ich sehr gern dieses Ausmal - Buch und zudem Zeitpunkt als ich dieses bestellt habe war der Preis okay,wie das jetzt ist keine Ahnung - nur soviel das ich bei einigen gesehen habe das sie um die EURO 11,00 derzeit kosten.Schau'n wir mal vielleicht wird es wieder günstiger.

The images are beautiful, and I was so excited to be getting this book. But, the paper quality and print has ruined my joy. I am so very disappointed. I hope the artist gets to hear about this.