Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Beautiful Book. I could doodle myself but nothing like this. I could have downloaded images from the net but the paper I print on would not be this quality. I'm on a budget and his was well worth the money. A+++ Edit after a couple days of coloring :-) I still adore this book, even to glance through and just imagine! I do have some issues with it and possibly some suggestions if there is another book being published. I'm having the bleed-through problem with 3 different brands of markers. Pity. Using gel pens works for certain but they are pricey...still I tend to think that's what this book was designed for. I've used colored pencils but some pencils require a heavy hand and you can tear through the page to get any color. And when I use pointy sharp pencils I've torn the paper! Ugh! I did scan a picture in and print it and I find that printer/copier paper is horrible stuff for colored pencils - just no texture to make the pencil sing. I've ordered some multi-use artists paper (comes in a pad of 15) which I'll put through my printer and hope to get a better result. Fingers crossed. Might also try parchment paper. For my gel pens printer paper is also frustrating because the pens often need some thickness 'behind' them. I've been using an acrylic clipboard and 'penning' that is like fingernails on a chalkboard! Gels are definitely better used on this 'construction' paper than on a copied image of one of these pics. I think gel pens are going to be the way to color this book. I love it, don't get me wrong. I'm just a bit disappointed with the printing on both sides of the papers like many of you are. I also would have liked to see this book in A more user friendly format. These are scrap book sized pages and holding the book is hard, lol! There's nothing this size I can place the book on to make the book stronger to color in, as if it was a hardback. And copying them on a printer...not going to get the whole image. I would have been willing to pay more for this book if it had been spiral bound to lay flat, and printed only in one side - definitely. Then I wouldn't mind the square pages as much. I could use 2-3-4 mediums to color including watercolor pencils. Now I'm pretty much stuck with one medium - gels pens. Some colored pencils I have will work - trial and error I guess. I soundlike a complainer don't I? Not really, just hoping this review helps others.