THE ORIGINAL 3 IN 1 ADULT COLOURING BOOK: Fun and Stress Relieving Patterns incl. Flowers, Mandalas, Animals and More Paperback – 12 Oct. 2020

Purchased because I was looking for an hobby, something to do during the lockdown with all those restrictions in place, something could have helped me and my partner to get distracted from the reality, concerning about going out too often, and legal detention, so we have decided to buy this book after a recommendation found on a blog I follow, they were talking about colouring books and how stress-free could have be.I am spending an average of an hour a day colouring those illustrations, keeping myself busy, my mind active, releasing my body of negative stress accumulated over these critical times.It is an hobby to take into consideration it does not cost you much in terms of money and in terms of time spent, you actually will not consider this time as a spent or wasted, but very constructive and stress relief, also photos are realistic and much detailed, after completion you will be surprised of the outcomes.It is the first colouring book I purchased and it will not be my last, it is something I will continue after the lockdown, after I will be employed again, I am fed up of TV shows, realities shows, social medias, online games and all those junk fake information tools; I did not expect it could have been so helpful and relaxing.It is a good quality book, Garden Designs, Flowers, Mandalas, Animals and more patterns, with various level of difficulties to keep you interested in and increase your excitement after have completed harder tasks.It is a family book, it can be used by kids, if you have any, or youngsters in general, teenagers, adults and elderly as well, your age is not relevant, great resolutions may help elderly, varieties of choices of illustrations can increase the interest of youngsters.

I have tried so many hobbies that now I have lost count. The thing about my case is that I get excited over new activities but I struggle to be constant in engaging with them. However, it has been a different case with colouring. I compare colouring with meditation, a practice that allows you to enjoy the very moment, action whilst everything is shut out, and it’s just you in the here and now. It allows me to relax and stop stressing, something I do too often. This might be the reason why I haven’t stopped colouring since I have last started, around 2 months ago.The way I got this book is by talking with a friend; she is really into DIY, and crafting, and while speaking about possible things to do in our personal free time she proposed me this book. She had some pretty good feedback on it which is why I decided to get one too.The book is great, I really like the way the paper feels which is not too thick or too thin. Something to take into consideration as colouring with markers can pierce sheets that are too thin.The combination of drawing styles is also another great thing, I love the way simple and more complex drawings are placed one following the other as from the few books that I got myself they usually start with the most simple drawing to finish with the most complex ones. With this book instead, you don’t have to scroll all the way back or forth to finish colouring a drawing you gave up on because it was too difficult to colour.I also really liked the way drawings are organised within 3 main categories so that you don’t have to scroll all the way through to get yourself around what to colour. I also consider being a very good thing the variety of objects and landscapes used within each category. The last category 'flowers’ is my favourite, the landscapes used are beautiful, very suggestive and instilling a sense of calmI have coloured 3 drawings so far and I can say that I have been very satisfied with the product.

During the quarantine period, we were all bored at home and there was nothing to do except for my long-distance work. Because my husband was working in the hospital and I barely could see him, I was feeling alone and depressed. Purchasing this book was one of my friend’s ideas. I opened amazon and found this amazing colouring book. When I started colouring the patterns I noticed that I am running out of time and the time is passing so fast. It was relaxing enough that I could forget about everything in the world. Believe me, colouring these nice patterns along with relaxing music is the best thing that you can do for yourself.The hardcover makes it easy to draw everywhere, a table or lap desk is not essential. Nice paper consistency, no bleed-through using pens with gel-ink. I really can't wait for the next one. I will purchase this one again either to use various pencils, crayons, or pen-brushes with watercolour. Realistic detail on paper that I think will be good enough quality to produce rich and vibrant images. They go far deeper than just an outline of something to colour in ... They have depth, shadow and inspire the person who colour's creativity. You can colour them realistically, or you can choose to paint them in any colours you choose. In just about any way you wish, you are free to show your inner artist.Using alcohol-based markers as a basecoat and then applying shading and textures with coloured pencils is my favourite form of doing grayscale. Overall I can say it was A very well-illustrated book of lovely hand-drawn photographs, these books have extremely accurate sketches and the black does not slip off when combining, smoothing and colouring.you should buy this and make up a time for curing yourself of the world out there. Now everyone in my family got one of them and I am looking forward to the new version of this colouring book from this publisher. I highly recommend this book to someone who enjoys colour, or to anyone who would like to try colouring with their hand.

Printed on both side, for a gel pen and marker user like me this book is a no no but for my 7 years old niece it's a good passage from kiddy stuff to more complex coloring (she use pencils).Personally I'm done with coloring books, there's thousands of free stuff that you can find with a simple search and I print my favorite ones on 60+ pounds paper (now we're talking!).

Gift she loved. Great mind soothing idea