Creative Haven Victorian Houses Architecture Coloring Book: Relaxing Illustrations for Adult Colorists (Adult Coloring Books: Art & Design)

The media could not be loaded.  There are 31 beautifully illustrated architectural designs of Victorian Houses in this coloring book. The designs are re-prints from two prior Dover books, “Victorian Houses” 2001 and “The American House Styles of Architecture Coloring Book” 1983. While I don't have either of the previous books, I have seen images of designs from them. What is different about this book is that 1) the designs are printed on one side of the page and 2) the description of the house is now printed on the back of the page instead of the bottom of the page. Based on the size of the designs, I would like that they may have enlarged the designs a bit as well as there was no longer a need to accommodate the printed words.The designs are really lovely. My husband grew up living in an older Victorian house and I enjoyed visiting it. Where I grew up (Southern California), Victorian Houses didn't abound. I always enjoyed visiting San Francisco and seeing the lovely houses that still stood after their devastating earthquake in the early 1900's. I've also enjoyed cross stitching a number of Victorian houses, so I was pleased to be able to get this book.While the designs have a definite architectural look to them, the artist also included background scenes and people who inhabit the homes. The designs are detailed but not too intricate. For my first project, I chose a seaside house similar to one of my husband's relatives homes. The book describes it as a seaside cottage in the Stick style from 1881. I used a variety of alcohol-based markers to finish the design. I will include a photo of this as well as the two pages of four colored samples from the coloring book.This is what I found in coloring and testing this book:31 Victorian Houses (reprints from previous Dover coloring books) with description of house and style on the back of the page.Printed on one side of white pagePage is white, slightly rough, and perforatedGlue BoundDesigns stop before the perforation and have a framing line on the outside of the designs.Alcohol and water based markers seep through this paper. The alcohol markers bleed through immediately while the water-based markers leave heavy spots of color. I use a blotter page under my working page or I remove each page at the perforation before coloring.Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the pageColoring pencils work well with this standard Creative Haven paper. Soft lead lays down good color, layers and blends well. Hard lead pencils leave dents on the back of the page.

My wife really loved this coloring book. She said the pictures were great.

This is a really nice coloring book with some very intricate details, so I would definitely only recommend it for teens and adults. Like every other Creative Haven coloring book I've bought the pages are white, one sided, moderately thick, and perforated for easy removal.Please note however that some markers still bleed over onto the next page. I use Bic "Marking" fine point pens and this happened to me. Therefore you may want to stick a sheet of paper underneath first or remove the page altogether before starting. I'm sure this is not the case with all markers, but I would suggest testing them before beginning outright.And while I love some of these illustrations more than others, all are lovely nonetheless. Twenty-nine of the images were previously published in VICTORIAN HOUSES (2001) and the remaining two images were originally published in THE AMERICAN HOUSE STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE COLORING BOOK in 1983.What's really interesting about this book though is the short caption about each house that's printed in light gray on the back of each picture. For example, one of my favorites (and I'll upload the photo) is of a Gothic Revival. It's an 1840s villa in the Pointed style located in Albany, New York. The design is by A.J. Davis (1803-1893) who was known his Greek and Gothic Revival homes.Overall this is a very detailed and well thought out coloring book. The fact that each house depicted is of an actual structure is the real treat though in my opinion. Although I love anything historical, notably 1890s or earlier, the Victorian era is one of my absolute favorites and the architecture is one of the reasons why. So I appreciate this book not just for the coloring but the historical information provided too =)

I didn't think I'd get a history lesson and something to color at the same time! On the back of each page it has the name of the house, location, year built and a little description of the house. My goal is to Google what each house looks like and color the house exactly as it is. I really love this coloring book, the houses are gorgeous

Really like this book. It is fun coloring the houses with imagination. I color to relieve stress and this coloring book is good medicine.

The book is ok as far as selection and different houses to color. Wish it had been larger. Somewhat difficult to color with it being so detailed.

What a different and fun book to color...

Given to a friend who loved it!

Livro muito bonito, vale a pena demais. Meu pai 3 arquiteto tem Alzheimer e esta adorando pintar. Alto nivel, com explicacoes sobre aa casas.

nice coloring book

Les maisons victoriennes étaient comme les robes,très jolies mais parfois un peu chargées.Les décors sont verdoyants,les batiments sont mis en valeur .Certains modèles sont vraiment complexes et nécessitent une bonne maitrise des crayons;De quoi occuper de longues heures !

I brought this book at full price for my personal collection. I colour purely as a hobby, one that I put an incredible amount of time and effort in to.Victorian Houses is another beautiful book by Creative Haven. Inside is 31 illustrations and I believe they are all American design based Victorian homes. The paper is bright white, quite thin with a rough texture and perforated. You can cut the pictures out following the line or a bit of wiggling will pop each piece of paper out. I personally leave mine in as each illustration is printed on one side, so a few sheets of paper between each page and you're fine to use alcohol based markers ect..Each illustration is also surrounded by a border, so no colouring issues close to the spine.I read in another review by iiiiireader on the Amazon U.S site that the designs are re prints from two previous colouring books by the same company. Victorian Houses and The American House Styles of Architecture Colouring Book. Printed 2001 and 1983.All illustrations in this book are of the outside of Victorian Houses with foliage and some figures present. Creative Haven also does a colouring book showcasing the inside of a Victorian House.For £3.99 I find I can very rarely go wrong with Creative Haven books. The illustrations are beautiful, detailed without being overly intricate. Included on the page opposite is a small explanation of the structure of the house with most including a date and state that the design is found in.

Produto chegou bem embalado, bem protegido, perfeito, sem amassados.