Christmas Coloring Book (Coloring is Fun) (Design Originals) 32 Fun & Playful Holiday Art Activities from Thaneeya McArdle on High-Quality, Extra-Thick Perforated Pages that Resist Bleed-Through

The media could not be loaded.  This coloring book is a set of 32 designs that are wonderful and put me in the festive and holiday spirit. It is one of the books in the “Coloring is Fun” series by Thaneeya McArdle. I love that the designs are so varied – there are Santas, snowflakes, reindeer, Christmas trees, elves, cats, dogs, owls, and so much more!In addition to the designs, the artist has included lessons in drawing, patterning, color techniques, color combinations and media (including shading) as well as basic color theory at the front of the book, along with some great color examples (some of which I will show in my attached photos and video.) The lessons are generic to the line but the samples are specific to this book. It seems like a great book for trying these techniques. There are so many curves that all of the techniques could be learned and utilized on every design.The pages are white and are perforated for easy removal. The designs are printed on one side only with holiday and inspiration quotes on the back side. The quotes range from Helen Keller to Dr. Seuss. There are many excerpts from holidays songs and movies which are really fun to read. Below the quotes are lines which the colorist can use to journal their own thoughts and feelings.All of my markers and gel pens wick through these pages. If I use either of them, I will put a piece of thicker paper or freezer paper under the page I am working on to keep the following page from getting ink on it.

Design Originals is one of my favorite publishers of adult style coloring books. Christmas Coloring Book (Coloring is Fun ) by author Thaneeya McArdle Is just that Christmas Fun.The designs whimsical designs remind me of Christmastime long ago , where spent winter break coloring and admiring our tree. The designs are more detailed in this book and, I may not be laying down on our floor these days, however I am still admiring our tree as I color.Features of this book I like:« 5 pages of instructions/tutorials« 10 full page examples of finished pages. Each of 10 are included full-size to color« 32 designs that are detailed full page design's without cramping , or running into the margins.« one side designs with only quotes on the back« Good paper quality, that is perforated.« Designs are traditional themes with twist to the fine detailsReminders, trees, candles, ornaments, Santa, elves angels, Gingerbread to name a few.My overall take away is this is a really fun Christmas book for young or the young at heart. I would give it my highest recommendation.

I LOVE this coloring book! I started coloring again to help my stress and anxiety issues. I am very picky about my coloring books, and the Design Original brand is my absolute favorite! I own just about all of the adult coloring books they have made. I love Christmas coloring books, I have ever since I was a kid. So having an adult come out was awesome! The pages are very easy to color on and the designs are awesome! I use colored pencils because there are smaller sections to color and crayons would be way too difficult. I'm sure thin markers would work too though. It does take a lot of time for some of the pages to color, some more than others of course. I wish it was a bigger coloring book, but it's great! Anyone that loves to color would love to get this in their stocking!

Lots of nice Christmas themed pages for all levels of colorists. Made coloring during the Christmas season festive and lots of fun. Sturdy pages with a nice quote on the back side. I've only used colored pencils in this book. My only con is the pages aren't perforated, thus the 4 stars. I would still recommend and also buy again.

I bought this for myself and a couple of my best friends for Christmas. We all got together to celebrate the holiday season and had a blast with this books.As selfish as it sounds I didn't want to share mine with my husband because I wanted a chance to color all the pictures myself (I did end of sharing but I wasn't jumping up and down about it).The designs are fun and pretty detailed. It gives me something extra to look forward to each Christmas season. Another fun tradition.The pictures are one sided with Christmas messages on the backside. Love that the pictures are perforated too!

This is just what I expected after looking at the artists work in other books. Thaneeya has such a positive outlook on life & that clearly comes through in her work. They are cheerful & upbeat. Enough detail for adults but not so much that children could not enjoy. Each page is printed on one side, which is a must for me. Each page is perforated for removal if desired. The artist included some pages with ideas on how to color & suggestions to help you. This does not take away from the coloring options or amount. There are beautiful quotes on the back side of the pages but this does not interfere with the art work. I would recommend putting something between the pages as markers & gel pens will bleed through. I put a piece of poster board between the pages. Colored pencils are fine. I used Copic markers for these samples. I cannot wait to get started on this, even if Christmas has passed. I predict wanting more of Thaneeya's work.

This is a great Christmas coloring book. It has one sided pages so it will be great for my stabilo and staedtler markers. I love it because it has a bunch of different images not like some books which are a bunch of the same type of thing. Also it has what I would call classic Christmas images. This book has some harder images and some simpler ones. I may give my daughter the simpler ones so we can work in it together.

I love this beautiful Christmas book. It has some of the cutest pictures to color during the holiday season....I enjoy coloring holiday images year around though. I’ve done some really pretty pics with my metallic gel pens and even used some water base markers....although the markers can bleed some so be sure to place a blotter sheet.

Love colouring in it

I'm a huge fan of this lady and her books. Not only are all the pages on individual pages, none are double page printed so you can use felt tips, colouring pencils and gel pens - you don't have to worry about it going through but I strongly recommand you buy card to go behind each page. I have been searching for a few months now, after originally thinking her books weren't on amazon, was delighted to find out they were.I have 4 of her books including the Christmas one which I love.

Bought this last year as a gift, this year it's all mine! Also ordered 2 more for stocking fillers. The pictures are some of the best, most versatile I've seen and would be suitable for children and adults alike. Lots of geometric designs on winter gloves/ stockings/ decorations/ trees/ baubles which makes for interesting use of pattern/colour, and includes some pictures of figures including reindeer and pets too.If you love Thaneeya's other books, you'll love this too.

First Christmas themed coloring book I have found that is both entertaining and surprisingly beautiful. The images are lovely to look at and make you want to add color to them. You can really add neat designs into the images thanks to all the details.

I belong to a coloring group and shared the pictures