Marty NobleTraditional Designs from India Coloring Book (Dover Design Coloring Books)

I wanted to buy this coloring book for a long time, just for the possible designs it had in it. I wasn't sure if there was going to be a lot of small designs, like small 1 to 3 inch patterns of some sort, or maybe images that took up half of a page. What this book ended up containing were not smaller images, but rather, full sized pages of of some very interesting pictures and designs from India.I am perfectly happy with it! I love this coloring book. I have a great interest in India anyhow, so I found this coloring book interesting.But there are a couple of things you should know. In my opinion, this is not a coloring book for a small child, no, not at all. And I say this because the images, the pictures, have very very small areas to color in. Some are very intricate. Some of the pictures have very small patterns in them, and you'll need a fine point. And so, with that in mind, you should also think about using fine tipped markers to color these pictures, or colored pencils, which would probably be the best option, because the bad thing about this coloring book is that there is a different picture on each side of each page, so the marker colors will bleed through to the other side, ruining the other picture. This is the reason I didn't give it 5 stars. Why didn't they print only one image on each page? Leave the backside of the page blank, so it would be ok if the colors DID bleed through.What I recommend is making photocopies of each page that you would like to color. Get some heavier stock paper, not just copy paper. And print out your own pages to color in. This way, you can always have the book with the originals.Each picture has a small line of information under it, telling a little info about what each picture is, where it originated, what year it orignated, etc. Some are apparently very famous Indian pieces of artwork. Some of the pages are of pretty patterns, which are denoted to be things such are inlaid carvings in wooden boxes, or patterns found on a vase, for instance.If you are looking for a book of Indian patterns, say you want to make henna tattoos, or some kind of small embroidery patterns to sew on clothes... or maybe you were looking for ideas of Indian themed patterns that you could yourself paint onto small art projects... then this book is probably NOT for you. Each page is one full sized image, nothing small here. HOWEVER, you CAN get TONS of ideas from studying each image, and I'm sure you could come up with your own smaller image and pattern designs and ideas.If you are looking for larger full sized pages of beautiful Indian patterns or Indian scenes to color, images that have VERY SMALL areas to color in, (and you can color within the lines hahaha), then this book IS for you.

MARTY NOBLE IS QUITE IMAGINATIVE. BY TAKING DESIGNS FROM MORE THAN 1 ITEM, SHE HAS CREATED SOME WONDERFUL DESIGNS.PAGES ARE NOT PERFORATED. ALL DRAWINGS ARE BACK TO BACK.THERE ARE MANY OLD 'gods' IN THE DESIGNS.PERSONALLY, I'M WONDERING WHY DOVER PUBLICATIONS IS NOT OFFERING ALL OF THEIR PRODUCTS ON better grade, PERFORATED PAGES, UNLESS THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT A HUGE PAST TIME COLORING WOULD BE FOR ADULTS. OVERALL. SMALL AREAS WILL REQUIRE A VERY SHARP POINTED PENCIL (IF THERE IS ONE THAT CAN BE SHARP AND DeLIVER COLOR AT THE SAME TIME), ULTRA FINE MARKERS, OR ULTRA FINE PENS. I FIND THAT BTOOP SEEMS TO HAVE THE TINIEST PEN POINT, THOUGH THEIR CASES ARE A PAIN TO GET INTO!This book would have benefited, as would the customers, from a better grade of paper.

Only attempt this if you have a particular intrest in Indian art itself or are not afraid of messing up. The designs are straightforward but the spaces are small and balance is essential. this is for practiced hands and expert eyes only. the pictures are beautiful untouched and it is far too easy to mess them up. SERIOUS brainstorming is required...to the extent that, to me, this is almost a task, an assignment for art class.Buy this book to prove your skill, not for entertainment.

Very fun to color! I'm addicted to coloring complicated patterns and what not. so this book has been a great way to spend my time. Over all most of the pages have very cool india patterns but some of the patterns are mostly animals or people so if you are into that sort of this you'll love this. I am more into paisley and geometric type design so the people were kind of a turn off for me, but its still fun!

The Dover coloring books are great, the designs are wonderful, and I'm enjoying the time I spend coloring in them.One thing to note, if you use markers there is some bleed through to the next page. It is unfortunate that I did not test this before I started out using markers. Colored pencils would be my recommendation unless you scan and print each picture on an individual page to color with markers.I would order these again, and I'll probably end up ordering some for my daughter as she likes to spend time coloring intricate designs as well.

I purchase coloring books for adult use therapeutically. For that purpose I have found this coloring book useful and exciting, relaxing, and challanging creatively. I have not checked to see if the designs are truly traditional as that was not my purpose for them. I highly recommend this book if you need to destress. Personally, I use colored pencils on the designs with a light touch. Unfortunately, the designs are printed front to back but you can always make copies so you don't ruin the original. Traditional Designs from India (Dover Coloring Books)

The designs are double-sided, so these pages are NOT good for removing & framing, or for any wet media, which is what I use. I'm very disappointed for this will require me to make copies of any designs in order not to bleed through to the other design. Usually when double-sided, scanning & copying makes the back of page design show through, and the paper is thin & a bit off-white, so copies will not be clean. As for the designs, they are finely detailed, suitable for adults and teens.

I bought this for Christmas present for a preteen. She loved it. It is keeping her happily occupied for a long time. (Yeah!). It helps her develop better concentration. The only drawback is that the patterns are very mature and I wish it had some funny pictures. However it is Traditional Designs. I also bought the Hidden Pictures books and That one is great for preteens. They can really unleash their artistic eye with wild colors and imagination.

Very intricate designs, pictures are really nice. Would recommend for adults as there are a lot of tricky ones. only thing that upsets me about a lot of these books are that there are pictures on both sides of the pages, even though it's pages are good quality felt pens still show through the other side, great though for pencils/crayons etc.

Ordered this colouring book with high hopes, due to it's theme.The majority of the designs had very little fine detail. And saddest of all the outlines of the designs were much to heavy.My 5 year old granddaughter could have done most of them, with a crayon and not crossed the lines

Lovely designs to colour a few pages had black smudges on hence low stars

I had been looking out for something to de-stress and chill with and have already enjoyed several evenings enjoying colouring in! All pictures/patterns are interesting and on good quality paper, highly recommended and thank you for a great product!

This colouring book is not bad, but not one of the best. Some of the designs are very nice, but others are uninspiring