Creative Haven CityScapes: A Coloring Book with a Hidden Picture Twist

Pasé mucho tiempo buscando un libro para colorear para adultos y finalmente me decidí por este. Me llamó la atención que no solo tuviera paisajes originales de diferentes ciudades del mundo sino también una dinámica de juego para buscar pistas y encontrar objetos escondidos. Me alegré mucho al descubrir que la calidad de este producto es excelente y que contiene las páginas que se muestran en las fotos online y muchas otras más. Aunque lo compré para un regalo, no hubiera tenido ningún problema con quedarmelo para mi ya que realmente es hermoso. Espero que a la persona a quién se lo regalaré también le guste tanto como a mí.

Unos dibujos estupendos de diferentes culturas y países. Es recomendable para adultos y niños a partir de 9 años, para más pequeños no, porque hay algún dibujo muy pequeño

I have a few other books by Creative Haven and this book "CityScapes" is just as good. The pages are perforated making it easy to remove each page. The colouring pages are all on the right hand side of the book and the left side is blank. This is ideal as this means there is no design on the reverse of the page you are colouring. The different designs that you can expect in the book range from Delhi, Amsterdam, Cape Town, London, Marrakech, New York, Paris, Rio, San Diego, Shanghai, Rome and more.Each page is different with no frame around the picture. Some of the parts are very intricate and tiny to colour but all of the pages are very nice. There are 174 hidden items to find and colour amongst the pages. There is a breakdown of how many of them their are, such as 25 hearts and 15 cats. At the back of the book there is a small copy of each design pointing out where these hidden items are.This is a different book to the usual colouring books that are available and a nice change with lots of variety and interesting detail about each city from around the world.The printing is all in black and the pages are white. There are 28 different design in total.If you are using alcohol pens it is best to put a piece of cardboard behind the picture you are colouring so that you do not get bleeding onto the other pages in the book. If you are using regular colouring pencils then that would not be necessary as the pencils will not go through to the other side of the page.I have added 2 photographs and will add more when I finish colouring them in.

Has a great variety of worldwide cities. For the most part they are named so you can see what is representative of each city. Great middle row difficulty. I've loved the ones I've done and am looking forward to my trip around the world!

The media could not be loaded.      This is a really great set of 28 city style designs which include one or more hidden images within each design. The cities are from all over the globe. The designs are by artist Alexandra Cowell. There is a fun vibe to each and every one of these designs. They should be a blast to color.The cities represented ( in order) in this book are: Amsterdam, Bangkok, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Chicago, Copenhagen, Delhi, Edinburgh, Firenze, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, Lisbon, London, Hollywood, Marrakesch, South Beach (Miami), New York City, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Petersburg, Sydney, Vancouver, Venezia/Venice. I've visited a number of these cities during my lifetime and the ones that I haven't would be ones that I wish I can visit at some time. Until then, coloring them will be a great first step.The designs all show a scene depicting something that is generally thought of when considering that specific city. For instance, San Francisco shows Lombard Street with its twisting and turning downhill plunge. Las Vegas shows a bunch of slot machines with a wild sky-scape in the background. London shows the Palace and shopping fun along with umbrellas for the good chance of rain.At the front of the book, there is a listing of which hidden design features are included and how many of them are spread throughout the book. At the back of the book, there is a key which shows which elements are in each design and where they are located. I would list the hidden elements but I think that would take away the fun of looking for them while you are coloring.Some of the designs have tiny details that I think I will have to use my magnifying lamp with. This is mostly for my vision. There is nothing that can't be dealt with with a very sharp pointed pencil or ultra fine nib/point on a pen.I'm not sure if I will try to emphasize the hidden elements or try to blend them in so that others can have fun looking for them, too. I think I may pick up a second copy of the book and do each design with the element emphasized and then again, with the elements hidden. The designs are really lovely, so it will be fun to color them more than once. I will use a variety of colors and pencils and pens. It will mostly be on a case-by-case basis as to what I feel is right for each design.There are 28 designs in this coloring book. As with all of the Creative Haven books that I have used in the past, these are on a bright white page that is a fairly heavy stock. The designs are printed on one side of the page only and the edges of each page have good perforations which make it easy to remove from the book.All of my gel pens and markers bleed through on Creative Haven books and this book is no different. I use freezer paper in between the sheets (if I am keeping it in the book) or under the page if I remove it from the book. I find that it works well for me. You can also put multiple sheets of heavy stock paper in between if you don't have freezer paper handy (it is sold at most grocery stores and is fairly inexpensive and can be reused.)I recently have started coloring adult color books as a way to relieve the stress of the day. I find that the effect of this is similar to meditation which is not surprising as it uses the same part of the brain in both instances. These are a great set of designs that should be fun to color. I plan to look up facts about each city as I color. Finding the hidden elements just adds another dimension the coloring enjoyment for me.