Title: Secret Garden, Artist's Edition Colouring Book.
Author: Johanna Basford.
Publication Date: September 14th, 2015.
Publisher: Laurence King.
Format: Paperback, 20 pages.
Source: Provided By Publisher.
My Rating:
From the artist and the publisher that brought you the hugely successful Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest - this special artist's edition features 20 beautiful, pull out art prints for colouring in. Colouring fans of all ages will enjoy immersing themselves in a selection of the most popular artworks from the original book, now presented in a new, large-scale format for maximum colouring enjoyment. Each detailed illustration is printed on high-quality card and can be removed easily for framing or craft projects.
Review
Usually I review novels, so testing out and reviewing this gorgeous edition of the Secret Garden colouring book is a first for me. I'm hoping this review will go smoothly, but also bear with me as I'm new to this type of review. The Secret Garden, Artist’s Edition colouring book contains 20 of the most popular and gorgeous images from the original Secret Garden colouring book, mounted individually on thick, high quality crème coloured card that’s easily removable and pretty enough to frame if wanted!
I've been testing out a variety of different mediums on pages to see which suits best, and I personally think you can use anything you like! I've loved using fine liners to colour in the intricate designs, and the best part? Is that if you flip over the page, you don’t get any bleeding through the page onto the back, which has happened a lot with other colouring books I've tested out. I'm no pro at colouring by any means, it’s something that I've recently started doing again and I love it! The designs in this colouring book are stunning, and different enough that, although they link in together with the Secret Garden theme, they aren't practically the same. The only small, tiny problem that I've noticed with the colouring book is that from where I've opened the book to colour, the spine has literally ripped open and split near the top. This may be just bad luck on my part, however if you’re particularly fond of how the book looks on the outside as well, I’d be careful just in case this may happen to you. I've posted a picture below.
Something that I thought was a brilliant touch to the colouring book was how easily and quickly the pages could be removed. I’ve often come across books with ‘easy tear’ pages, and when you try to remove the pictures, you end up creating a big rip right across the image you were trying to save! This, however, is not the case, and from what I can gather, the pages are glued to the spine for easy removal. Johanna Basford is an amazingly talented artist, and has created a gorgeous selection of pictures for people of any age and gender to colour in to their hearts desire. I love the simplicity of the design of the colouring book, no frills or extras, just beautiful content. If you’re a fan of any adult colouring books, or you’re looking to start using them, I’d definitely recommend this Secret Garden, Artist’s Edition colouring book – you won’t regret it!
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