Henna-Mehndi Designs: 30 Coloring Postcards Paperback – 23 May 2016

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It seems to be a companion to a coloring book of the same name and is probably scaled down images from that book. While many of the designs should be fairly simple to color, there are a few that have very intricate and very small areas to color. I may color those with larger swathes of color or use my 0.28 Uni-ball Signo gel pens to get into the spots. There are lots of paisley and doodle style artwork in this set that should be a lot of fun to color with a wild assortment of colors.For my first project, I chose a flower which I was able to color with a variety of Bic Mark-it and Sharpie alcohol-based makers in the ultra-fine tip. The regular fine tip was simply too big to fit in the details.I will provide a more detailed description of the physical set below, but here is a quick overview:30 designs based on Henna-Mehndi art workPrinted on one side of heavyweight card stockAddress and Stamp area pre-set upGlue BindingAlcohol and water-based markers do not bleed throughIndia ink pens and gel pens do not bleed throughColoring pencils work well but not enough room to blendThe designs are printed on one side of very heavy weight card stock. It may be the best type of postcard stock that I have purchased for the purpose of coloring. The binding is the type of glue binding that allows you to pull one page off at a time without loss of any of the design. The book is thick and can open fairly flat but due to the thickness it may be easier to remove a card before coloring it.I test my coloring books and sets with various medium (which I will list in the comments section below.) Here is what my tests show:This is a great set of postcards for anyone who loves alcohol-based markers. Not one brand or nib type would bleed through. Copic brand usually run through immediately and not even a spec made it through on this paper. Water-based markers, India ink pens, and gel pens did not leak through either. Sakura, Fiskars and Tekwriter gel pens took a longer time to dry than usual. Coloring pencils worked well but there really is very little opportunity to do any blending with these size designs. I found my Prismacolor Verithins (sharpened to a tiny point) worked the best of my pencils.

These are really lovely designs. The quality board makes them a joy to colour and the level of detail means that they are challenging enough for the experienced colourist. I would recommend using fine liners, though, as the detailing is very fine indeed!

a bit pricey but like them

These are actual post cards with address line and stamp outline on the back. The card stock is very thick - slightly thicker than the average post card - so should take markers without much, if any, bleed through. Some of the designs are very tiny and detailed so it could be hard for people to color if they don't have good eyes or hand coordination. Some images are so tiny and detailed that you will only be able to do them with the finest tip markers and/or gel pens. Still, they are all beautiful designs excellent for generic use.

Doodling heaven