The Calm Colouring Book - Volume 2 - Review

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The Calm Colouring Book Volume 2 – Review

The Calm Colouring Book has such a cheerful, happy cover that I knew I had to buy it.

Cover & Layout

This lovely coloring book is bound in a white, glossy soft cover. It has a partially printed design on it and the choice of rainbow colors makes it very appealing and gives out a “positive” vibe. The book is smaller than most coloring books, measuring in at 21.5 cm x 21.5 cm (approximately 8.5 in x 8.5 in). I like the size of the book as it fits in my handbag for easy portability. The back cover of the book shows the line art, and you could possibly color that with alcohol based markers, if you wished.

Detailed peacock duo forming a circular design — Detailed peacock duo – vibrant

The cover does not state that the book is part of a series, this book being Volume 2. Once inside the book, the combined title and nameplate page states the Volume number. The title page and dedication page that follow all have some elements on them that you can color in. Following the introduction page, there is a tester page to try out your markers, pencils and the like and check for bleed through.

The cover has been reprinted as the first page in the book.

All the illustrations have been printed on single side white trade stock paper.

The Calm Colouring Book Flowers and wheat stalks — Flowers and wheat stalks – Peace

Illustrations

The illustrations in the book all comprise images that have been shaped to form a circle or mandala type image. Within each illustration there is a single word that expresses a positive feeling like “hope”. Some of these words are more tricky than others to find, having been wrapped around tree branches for instance. On the reverse side of each image the positive word has been written in black for your information.

The Calm Colouring Book — Intricate tree design with words hidden in the root system – Life

I like the creativity of the book, with the words hidden within the illustration (there are some words I haven’t found yet!). The illustrations are varied, providing a lot of different opportunities to colorists of all levels. There are a number of illustrations with a floral theme, an intricate tree with a complex root system, gorgeous peacocks, a cute frog, and some pattern style imagery.

geometric mandala type design — The Calm Colouring Book – mandala – geometric design – Strength

There are 27 illustrations in the book plus the reprint of the cover illustration. All of the illustrations have been nicely centered on the page and do not abut the spine.

The line work is black and crisp and ranges from a fine to medium weight throughout.

Some drawings contain a lot of finer detail that may not be suitable for those with visual or motor impairment. The bulk of the images contain elements with large spaces for ease of coloring for colorists of all skill levels and physical limitations.