Traditional Designs from India Coloring Book (Dover Design Coloring Books)

I am SO excited about this coloring book! It’s very difficult to find an adult coloring book with smaller, more detailed, intricate designs like this one. The only other one that comes close (but is more whimsical) is Entangled Landscapes by Creative Haven. I’m not an artist by any means; I just like to color. So I appreciate a book like this without large white spaces that require using a lot of ink, shading, etc. (If you can recommend other books with intricate drawings like this please message me.)

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 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.

Love indian culture and art so this coloring book hit the spot!

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.

This is a good book. It is thought out and can be done very colorfully. Some of the icons are a little small for the points to get into, but it is still a good book. I like the Indian motifs and the possibilities to make wild color choices.

Very nice designs but really, really silly to print them double sided.

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)

I bought this for my seven-year-old niece - I haven't given it to her yet, but having looked at it I am very pleased with it and am sure that she will enjoy it. It's an inexpensive book and for children who enjoy colouring or drawing, it makes a change from what is usually on offer. It's also a nice introduction to Indian art and design. Some of the designs are (as to be expected) quite intricate, so it isn't for very small children.

Poor content

Les dessins contenus dans ce livre sont assez intéressant. Certains sont détaillés et demandent un certains temps de réalisation. C'est un réel avantage de pouvoir feuilleter les pages du livre avant achat sur Amazon. Le format A4 est bien, les dessins sont bien dimensionnés. La qualité du papier et d'impression est bonne mais je déconseille l'usage de feutre comme les dessins sont recto-verso. Ce livre est un vrai plaisir parmi tout ceux de Dover Publications que je recommande tout autant.

Very enjoyable

ce livre est magnifique de très bonne qualité seul point négatif les dessin a colorier sont imprimer de chaque coté des page ce qui empêche de travailler avec du feutre mais ce résout très vite en impriment les image