Creative Haven Circular Cities Coloring Book (Adult Coloring Books: World & Travel)

The media could not be loaded. This is my first coloring book by this design duo (David and La Jeana Bodo) so I wasn't sure what to expect. Certainly, the cover art is representative of what is inside as it is both a design in the book and a compilation of various elements from many of the designs in the book. While the designs are detailed, for the most part, there are no small and intricate parts to color.While the city designs are circular, the design pages are not. There are corner or side elements on each page along with a framing line at the outer edge. I like the format as it gives you the fish-eye look at the city but still presents you wish an easily framed design if you should wish to frame your finished project(s).The designs are of well-known cities around the world. Some of the most famous and recognizable landmarks of each city is included in the circular design. While seven of the designs are of cities in the United States, I still found the cities of other countries I would expect and many others that were a pleasing surprise.The name of each city, along with the associated landmarks, are listed on the back of the applicable designs. I like that it is on the back as I want the ability to guess at which city is which based on what I know of the architecture of the place. It also keeps the information together if you remove pages from the book.These are the cities that are included:Bangkok, Barcelona, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Chicago, Dubai, Dublin, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Istanbul, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Montreal, Moscow, New Orleans, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Venice, Vienna, and the World Compilation.This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper.31 City/Architecture Designs in an unusual circular formatDesigns are printed one side of the pagePaper is white, medium weight, slightly smooth and has perforated pages.Glue Binding with perforations so you can remove them one at a time.The designs stop well before the perforationsAlcohol-based markers bleed through this paperWater-based markers bleed through with colorful spots and shadows on the back of the pageGel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page. India ink pens can bleed through when I use more than one layer of color.Coloring pencils work well with this paper. I was able to use both wax and oil based pencils equally well. I was able to get good color and to get deeper pigment by layering the same color. I found that I could layer multiple colors and blend easily using a pencil style blending stick. Hard lead pencils leave dents on the back of the page.I generally prefer to use a blotter page under my working page to keep ink from seeping through but you can also remove pages from the book to color. I like card stock for my blotter page but a couple of sheets of heavyweight paper works as well.

I love coloring buildings and structures, so this book is definitely for me. It is an original concept beautifully executed. One page per city, plus the one on the cover. The city and landmarks shown, are lightly marked on the back of each page. Personally, I am especially looking forward looking forward to coloring Moscow, Honolulu, and Venice. One sided pages, on good quality paper, with perforations.

Love creative haven coloring books. This one was another awesome one.

This one is really fun and different. It tells you the city and the buildings featured on each page. I love the different countries and how they put their notable buildings and landmarks into one fun design. Super creative!

I don't color, but I have a good friend who does. She's always on the lookout for adult coloring books that aren't the same old mandalas and flowers, and this book fits the bill to a T.Great perspective and design, with city landmarks drawn in an artistic, yet clearly recognizable, style, make this adult coloring book both beautiful and interesting.

This was interesting to see. My only comment and joy would have been nice if each picture had a sample to follow of each city. It would have made the coloring more of a challenge to see if we could duplicate it. Leaving the choice of colors up to the colorist did not make the picture come out as outstanding as I had hoped.

You got five or six for this book! Great work and enjoy seeing my city in the coloring book. Do more like this and I'll buy them all.One coment. Black big lines are way too black.. Let us make the lines when we do the painting. Lines ok but little to big and dark.Thanks! good luck!

All I can say is "wow", really cool drawings, love the info on the cities. These would be great framed and displayed as a group when finished. Very well done, would like to see more like this.