Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Great book, we have five coloring books and a ton of markers, sharpie, pencils. I first scan the pages when print them on thick watercolor paper or on drawing paper that has a smoother surface. This way we can always have the original page to color again and don't have to worry about bleeding through the back side. You get the best scans by cutting out the page from the book so it will lay flay on the scanner bed. You can also scan directly from the book but its a little more difficult to hold the book down flat and to get the art work lined up straight We have a Canon MP 280 printer with a built in scanner that only cost about $40.00. My wife is recovering from knee surgery and spends most of the time in bed or on the couch and my daughter (15 yrs old) and her love to work on these together. They just love these coloring books. We also bought, Creative coloring animals ( really nice book), Mystical Mandala (great stress relief designs), Fanciful face (not as detailed as the others). The favorite markers are Stabilo 88 markers. They have a nice thin point and are great for detailed work and have vivid colors. Also used cheap colored pencils. Be sure to have a good sharpener like Prismacolor Scholar it also works great. This piece was done by my daughter who couldn't stop working on it and found it to be very relaxing to do. Mostly done with the Stabilo 88 markers.