Creative Haven Magical Mehndi Designs Coloring Book: Striking Patterns on a Dramatic Black Background (Adult Coloring Books: World & Travel)

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  This is my third coloring book by Lindsey Boylan. In all three, she has utilized black backgrounds. I find that this style, along with the use of bright and pastel colors is a way to get a big pop of color. I am looking forward to coloring more designs in this book as I have enjoyed both of Ms. Boylan's previous books. The designs have a free-flowing and ornate look to them which is consistent with the style I have come to expect from this artist.I decided to do a seahorse as my first project. I used alcohol-based markers with bright tones on the seahorse and then gray and pink only on the surrounding design. I will include a photo of the finished project along with the two colored samples from the book. I will update with more project photos as I finish them in the future.This is what I found when going through this coloring book:31 Designs in Mehndi style with black backgroundsPrinted on one side of pagePage is smooth and perforated. Has a different feel from other Creative Haven paperGlue BoundDesigns merge past the perforations but nothing essential will be lost if you remove the page from the bookAlcohol and water based markers bleed through to some degreeWhile I don't plan to use these medium with my coloring book, I did test a variety of them to see how they worked with this paper:Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the pageColoring pencils were mixed. The soft lead pencils laid down good color but blending did not work well. My wax-based pencils worked better than the oil-based. Hard lead pencils dented the back of the page.I removed my pages from the book but if you choose to keep your book together, I suggest a blotter page be used behind the working page to keep the rest of the book free from mars and seeping ink.

Lovely illustrations on black backgrounds. Design goes edge to edge. No borders. I like it so far. Prefer black backgrounds to white.

If Peter Griffin saw these, he'd yell, "FREAKIN' SWEET! GIMME!" then spill beer on it and pass out.Don't be Peter. Be you. Get a set of Write Bros neon markers and party down. You'll love your results and you'll be a LOT better off mentally spending the time on coloring a page rather than picking up a case of beer and having a chugging contest with Peter.Besides, you KNOW Peter will win anyhow.

This was addicting! It also didn't take long to color. I was watching tv and finished it within a few hours. I didn't think I'd enjoy coloring with so many colors, but I was wrong. It just made it more fun to keep going. Sort of like doing a colorful puzzle. It's was boring. Thank you. So beautiful and relaxing.

This is a typical creative haven book. The pages are smooth and perforated, and the background of each is black, which is why I ordered it. A nice book of typical mandala type pictures, but nothing extraordinary. This is more for folks that like books with less difficulty.

I’d like for the pages to be heavier, I like more of the card-stock type. I love the black background. Looks great with gel pens! Shipped fast

Beautiful coloring pages of Mehndi designs. So many to choose from with hours worth of coloring! Love this book. Lots of detail.

Update... Tossed it. Just not a great book.Original review...It's ok. Some patterns are nice. Paper could be better.

A really beautiful colouring book, got it for a gift but would love to get it for myself!

Love the illustrations and of course the black background.Will be coloring with my new gel pen set.Thanks

Very nice design 👌

Good book and the colours really stand out on the black pages

Love this book