Vive Le Color! has some wonderful books, I think I've only got 2 myself, but think I've gotten a lot of different ones for family as gifts. They're compact, the pages pull right out, and they are one sided on nice, thick paper. Perfect for any kind of color medium. The pages I'll share today I colored with different marker and gel pen sets. I also took a picture of the cover with my hand so you can see just how small and easily portable it is, it'd fit into practically any handbag, carry on etc, so easily taken with you to appointments, on trips etc. I will say this, since it is small, the small effects you do see can be VERY small indeed. I used a magnifying glass on the one with the deer and snowflakes, just to try and be as precise as I could, but I also used gel pens which can at times come out faster than you expect so forgive yourself if you go out of lines. Also, don't look at the pictures with a magnifying glass and maybe you won't see where I did hahahaha! I'll post that one first since I already said what type medium was used. I absolutely LOVE gel pens because they are so vivid and you can use the glitter and metallic colors for a deeper effect, but they do take a while to color because they take a little bit to dry. I think you can just see behind the deer on the right what happens if you get it on your hand and lay it down on the page before it drys LOL there are little blue speckles behind her tail.
The ACTUAL first picture was Santa. Since markers aren't usually my go to, I'm still learning with them. The greys in his beard were a bit darkish, so he will simply be a younger version of himself LOL. This marker set didn't have "fine" points but they did come to a sharper end, so you could still be mostly precise with them.
The next picture in the book was this lovely christmas tree, colored with two sided markers with a fine point side for more precision which was useful on the super small bits of this one. I did misjudge some of the greens, so some decorations on the tree disappeared once the tree was colored in but that's ok, it's still a pretty tree. ;P
And lastly, the picture that shows just how portable the books are. If you're hunting for one that would be easy to take with you everywhere, I'd encourage looking into these, there's probably a style for anyone. Some I recall giving as gifts were flowers, and butterflies, as well as some that are stylized into iconic pictures depicting certain corners of the world.
As always, I hope you enjoyed what I've shared, now back to my coloring!!! Ciao!
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