Review - Simple 1-2-3 Color & Frame Coloring Book - 3 in 1 - Animals, Seasons & Inspiration

I found this beauty at T.J. Maxx for a great deal since it's three books in one. It contains Color and Frame books Animals, Seasons and Inspiration. Seasons is my favorite, since it contains weather and different times of year that isn't as common in adult coloring book as animals and flower patterns are!

The paper is not thick, but it's not thin or typical printer paper quality. With Stabilo 88 point .4mm pens I had some bleed through. The pages are one-sided and are perforated for easy tear out. You can add sheets of paper in between the pages to prevent any bleeds or just tear out your drawing before you start. Colored pencils are recommended for this book over markers.

This book is spiral bound so the illustrations are flat and easy to color.

There is a "color palette inspiration" page on the opposite side of the cover page when you open the book. I like to image my own color palette so I didn't find this helpful. I think it's just something colorful to fill up in the inside of the cover. It does preview 4 pages that are available in the book for coloring.

This book offers a mix of semi-intricate designs with simple designs to color. There is a variety of images. I don't like that some pages are primarily black with only a few white parts to color. There are many pages with repeating or tiled designs. I find those boring. There is a page full of just zebra print. I don't like coloring pages like that.

     

While there are quite a few disappointing pages, there are some pages that I adore and can't wait to color. I like that Seasons offers back to school, winter, Christmas, Halloween, etc. pages. A few previews of my favorites are below.

 

 

  

For the price, this book was a good deal for a newbie colorist at $7.99 on discount. You can practice new techniques and find out what you enjoy coloring the best. For someone more advanced at coloring, this book would be boring. I'm split over enjoying half of the pages and hating the rest.

ISBN-13: 978-1-68022-244-9
Published by New Seasons, a division of Publications International, Ltd.
Created and designed in the USA.
Manufactured in the USA.