Soul of the Woodland: A Stress Relieving Adult Coloring Book

This is a lovely set of 34 designs for coloring from artist Suzy Joyner. The theme of the book is woodland, which leaves the actual content up for creative interpretation.The designs include trees, mushrooms, pine cones, acorns, flowers, birds, animals, a cottage, and a woodland gnome amongst others. My favorite to start with will be the cute little raccoon.The book is printed on a decent quality of paper and are printed on one side of the page with the backside left blank. That means I can have my choice of types of medium to color them with but I will definitely put a piece of freezer paper or card stock behind the page as I work.While the pages are not perforated, it doesn't appear that it will be difficult to remove them from the binding. The designs are centered on the page with some blank space left next to the binding. It should be fairly easy to get from edge to edge of the design while coloring if you like to keep your designs in the book.

Artist - Suzi Joyner Publisher - Blue Star ColouringPages - 80BookAt 80 pages and A4 size , this book is a fantastic size, whether for skipping onto a bookshelf, tucking into a bag or having permanently attached to a clipboard!The cover is a glossy image from the book, coloured in a limited palette with a stark white background. It stands out from other books on my shelf, purely due to lightness of the cover!The book is lightly glue bound, meaning that the pages will be quite resilient to coming loose as they are with some books.The paper is bright white and quite textured. I was able to achieve quite a number of layers with coloured pencil, and had nil bleeding with waterbased markers or fineliners.The images are single sided, with a very handy border around the larger images, preventing part of the image entering the spine.ImagesThe variety in this book is delightful, flicking through feels like a stroll through a forest.Beginning with a tree, a pile of toadstools, moving through to a dragonfly and a birds nest, passing a gnome and finishing with an elegant owl, this book is one that whisks you into a forest filled with gorgeous animals and foliage.Line thickness varies in the book, from medium thickness to thinner lines in the image. It does remain consistent throughout the book however.Intricacy does vary throughout the book, with some images containing mainly larger spaces with room to shade and blend and others quite intricate, with even larger spaces broken up with lines and sections.The style of drawing is quite whimsical, and while it may vary a touch throughout the book, remains the same recognisable style throughout the books.HealthI am a big proponent of colouring nature scenes as a tool for anxiety, depression or pain. I find the scenery is calming, along with the cooler tones that tend to come with it. I think this book would be fantastic for when you are feeling a bit down or anxious, in pain or needing distraction, this is a cheerful book that will give you something peaceful to focus on.If your concentration varies quite a bit, this book will suit you quite well as there is a variety of intricacies throughout the book and you can chop and choose as you please!As above, line thickness and intricacy do vary within the book, although not a great deal. It might be suitable for those with vision impairment or fine motor difficulties, although please do check the images before you decide to purchase this book, just in case.

This company puts out quality work. I've had the pleasure of coloring about 5 of their books and this one by far is my favorite. It's relaxing and a ton of fun to color. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to take a breather, relax or enjoys coloring. It'll take care of all these things and many more!

Love the images in this book, as they are so calming to color. The quality is outstanding! If you're a natural lover you will want to get this book, as the images are full of wonderful animals and nature at it's finest. I'm glad I bought this book!

I actually purchased this for one design (a snail) which I wanted to color and gift to a friend. I do like the rest though, as the designs are nature-themed and different from pretty much every other coloring book I have. Decent quaility paper (suitable for markers), single-sided and non-perforated pages.

Arrived on time and packaged well. Printed on one side. There is no repetition of designs. Print quality is good. Paper quality is standard. Cover is full color with a laminate surface. Paper is white.

I like the designs but I wish the paper was of better quality.

Beautiful drawings - I truly enjoy coloring this book.

Nice as far as the designs go 👍🏻 The paper quality is ok but have seen better. I nice little book overall.