Creative Haven The Saturday Evening Post Americana Coloring Book (Adult Coloring Books: USA)

The media could not be loaded.  I have collected a number of vintage magazines over the years (both for the covers and for the wonderful advertising contained in them.) I was thrilled to find that Marty Noble had rendered some of famous covers into a coloring book format. With her wonderful attention to detail, I knew it would be done well – and it is!This coloring book has 31 designs from The Saturday Evening Post. The designs are from a variety of artists, but I noticed that Stevan Dohanos and Richard “Dick” Sargent have many designs in the book. The designs start with some covers from the mid-1940s and carry through the 1950's and even to 1960. The artists included are: Stevan Dohanos, John Clymer, George Hughes, Mead Schaeffer, John Falter, Amos Sewell, Richard Sargent, Kurt Ard, and Ben Kimberley Prins.What is great is that on the back of each designs information about the original magazine is listed: the plate number (page in coloring book), title of the artwork, artist's name, and the publishing date of the original magazine. I like that the information is kept with the design (on the back), so if you remove a page it is kept together.The designs are detailed and contain intricate and small areas to color. I've found that sharp pencils and ultra-fine nib markers and pens work well with the small details.This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium.31 beautifully rendered designs derived from great Saturday Evening Post coversThe designs are printed one side of the pagePaper is the usual Creative Haven quality: white, medium weight, slightly rough and has perforated pages.Glue Binding but with perforated pages so removing a page is fairly simple.The designs stop well before the perforations and each of the designs has a framing line at the outer edge.Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paperWater-based markers bleed through in spots and show colorful shadows on the back of the pageGel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page. India ink pens can bleed through when I apply more than one layer of ink.Coloring pencils work well with this paper and even better than many of the more recent Creative Haven coloring books I have bought. I was able to get good pigment (color) lay down, layer the same color and multiple colors and to blend easily using a pencil style blender. I tested both oil and wax-based pencils with similar results. Hard lead pencils, like Verithins, leave dents on the back of the page.I suggest either removing pages from the book to color or using a blotter page under your working page. I like card stock as it keeps ink from seeping through and damaging the pages below.

Nice vivid pictures.

I love the nostalgia of this book! The pages are nice and thick and perforated for easy tearing. I like to take my pages out to color them. The scenes are somewhat smaller than I expected, not taking up the whole page. Most of them have just the right amount of detail but there are a couple that are designed in a more abstract way. For example, it's hard to tell what part of a shrub is a leaf and what part is a flower because it's just a jumble of shapes. But overall, I like this book. It's fun to interpret the colors my way then look and see what the original was like. It was shipped quickly.

I guess I expected better pics. Norman Rockwell had so many wonderful pics. I wish more where added.

I have a love/hate relationship with this coloring book. While I love the time period and the fact that this is a book that takes more time to complete, there are some difficulties (at least for me). Some of the details are very vague, and I could not make out what they were supposed to be. Without the original to compare to, at times I just randomly chose a color and colored it in. Some pictures have many repetitive objects which gets a bit boring.This would definitely would not be a good choice for a novice, as it has many tiny or vague details. It would be very helpful to have a depiction of each picture for this book to help with comprehension of what is being portrayed.

Have always loved Norman Rockwell's works. Saw this coloring book and just had to have it. It did not disappoint. Perfect for the adult that still loves to color.

A step back in time with the illustrations. Easy and fun to color.

Best of the Norman Rockwell coloring books. The others lack the detail this one offers. I enjoyed every minute of coloring it. It was the first Norman Rockwell coloring books I bought and was the best. The others we a bit of a disappointment.

Desenhos estilos anos 60,70. Amei. Já havia pesquisado antes de fazer a compra

Amei o livro .

Belas ilustrações do cotidiano americano de décadas atrás.

Gostei muito,livro encantador,folhas grossas e ilustrações incríveis,gostei dos desenhos bem elaborados,uma volta aos anos 50 do Estados Unidos numa manhã qualquer de sábado

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