Angela Porter's Zen Doodle Animal Tangles: New York Times Bestselling Artists' Adult Coloring Books

The media could not be loaded. I ordered this book at the same time I ordered “Zen Doodle Designs” by Angela Porter. While I own a couple of other coloring books by Dr. Porter, these are the first two (by her) that I have from Racehorse Publishing. I'm really pleased with the quality of the publishing in these books and am extremely happy with beautiful designs to color. Dr. Porter's style is one that is unmistakable for any other.A note about this line of coloring books. I own a couple of others in this line, which is called New York Times Bestselling Artists' Coloring Books. This doesn't mean that this book is a NY Times best-seller, merely that the artist has had books in that category previously. It certainly can become a bestseller but the line title may seem to infer that status before it is actually attained.Dr. Porter's hand-drawn designs are a real joy to color and, as hand-drawn, have a original art quality to them that suits my tastes and my coloring abilities. While the blurb at the back of the book refers to imperfections due to hand-drawing, I like to think of them as a realistic approach to design – there is very little in nature that is “perfect” and yet to my eyes, nature creates a beautiful and perfect picture.This set of designs includes much of Dr. Porter's distinctive doodle style of design but each of the designs all includes at least one animals. It reminds me of her recent dragonflies coloring book but with a much broader range of animals included. There are reptiles, birds, sea creatures, insects and animals of all sorts including giraffes, cats, tigers, elephants, foxes and more. The animals are generally set in a background or are included as part of more doodle style design. The designs range from rectangular to circular and even hybrids of both together where a circular form is incorporated into a rectangle.This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my various coloring medium:49 Animals Designs in Doodle styleDesigns printed on one side of the pagePaper is medium weight, white, somewhat smooth, and perforatedGlue bound but you can remove pages at the perforationsDesigns either have a framing line, finished elements, or even a frame at their outer edgeAlcohol and water-based markers bleed through this paper. Water-based are more spots than a full bleed-through. I use a blotter page of card stock to keep ink from seeping into the rest of the book.India ink pens left an indistinct shadow on the back of the page.Gel pens did not bleed through nor did they require any additional drying time.Coloring pencils worked well with the paper this publisher uses in this line. Both oil and wax based pencils provided good color with both a soft and firm touch. They also layered and blended well.

Delightful images which stirs the imagination of the colorists. Very hefty book, thick paper, no bleed throughs, and the only problem is trying to decide which page to color first! Forty nine designs, lots of small intricate places to color which is something I love. Fanciful and fun, you can tear the pages out if you prefer, since they are finely perforated. A terrific addition to my color book library. I highly recommend this book.

Cute pictures and I like it but the paper quality isn't the best and the printing of the graphics is blurry on some pages.

I found this book by accident and was glad that I did. 49 very detailed, hand drawn images featuring whimsical animals. Unlike some books where the front image is great and then inside the images are simplistic and disappointing, each image in this book is great and will provide hours of fun. This is a wonderful coloring book for the price. I will be watching for more of Angela Porter's stuff!

It was a reasonable price. I got it for the Christmas gift drive for the seniors at my apartment complex.

Though this book was not what I thought it was but I do love it. So I decided not to send it back and I have enjoyed coloring in it. Looking forward to using this seller again. Thank you.

These drawings are great. You can almost hear relaxing music when coloring these pages. Fun and magical at the same time.

I've been into coloring for some time on. I am picky about books I get and this one is wonderful. there are many pictures for any taste. not too detailed but detailed enough. lots of fun. I love to be creative with my colors so almost wish I had two books so I could color the same picture in different ways.

Lindos e divertidos desenhos, adoro Angela e seus Doodles, estou amando colorir! Só esperava que a qualidade do papel fosse melhor, pois acho que não dá para aquarelar. Entrega super rápida e eficiente, como sempre!

Liked most of the animal pictures, especially the ones that were in a kind of wreath design