Mermaids - Calm Ocean Coloring Collection (Fantasy Coloring by Selina) Paperback – May 31, 2015

I love how these images have enough diversity in face type to apply to my project! I am working on turning the women in my family into mermaids, and as a multi National, multi lingual family this book works perfectly for that. The duplicates are so considerate, because I’m definitely not an artist. Thank youuuu for this gorgeous book.Ps. I don’t usually post reviews but this is about À COLORING BOOK. hahaha

This was a gift for a friend. She loved it.

Love the artwork in this book!♡

Although Selina's books are called "adult coloring books" I bought this one along with 4 others (5 total) as Christmas gifts for my 7 year old who is very creative & artistic. I wanted something to inspire & challenge her more bc she & I both agree that kids coloring books are pretty much all the same cartoons with no vision. After receiving the books and reviewing them to make sure they would be appropriate, which they absolutely are, I found them to be absolutely beautiful & the perfect gift for her. When she opened them on Christmas she fell absolutely in love with them, and even better is that they have inspired her. Not only does she love learning how to color them like an adult artist (with blending, contouring, shading, ect.), but Selina has inspired & challenged her to learn how to create on a higher level with her own drawings, paintings, and so forth. I also love her coloring in Selina's books. I suffer from many health issues, and so I have found that whenever I get stressed or anxious I ask my daughter if I can color in one of her books (which she always says yes). I have found a new outlet coloring her beautiful drawings. They help me relax and clear my mind of whatever is happening within and around me. An even better thing about Selina's books is that there are 2 of every drawings in each book so my daughter & I can color the same picture together yet separately when we want and see how different yet beautiful we can color them.

This coloring book is fantastic! I tend to get overwhelmed by coloring books that are ridiculously intricate, but not challenged enough with simpler coloring books. This coloring book is truly a happy medium. I love the fact that this coloring book includes two prints of all the pictures, allowing the colorer to make new choices on the same art....very smart. I could even see this being a great feature for a parent and child (or even friends) to color the same picture together. The art itself is beautiful and incredibly fun to color....I mean seriously, who doesn't want to color mystical mermaids with an Art Nouveau vibe? The pages are nice, but probably not thick enough to use marker or light watercolor without removing the page to avoid bleed through. I've only been using color pencils so far and the paper really grabs the pigment, unlike some coloring books I have that end up making the colors much too light. I'm really happy I decided to purchase and I've been coloring in it since I opened it. You're never too old to color! I'm 32 and I find it very meditative and creatively stimulating, especially when you want to do something creative but don't have the time or mindset to create something from scratch.I'd definitely repurchase in the future for myself or as a gift!

It has beautiful pictures and comes with TWO of each coloring page! I absolutely love it!

The picture is actually from a print off I found on the internet BUT imagine my surprise finding it here in this book. I really love this one. It is one of my faves. So I will enjoy being able to do a different take on this. The unfortunate part is there are two of these in the coloring book (along with the other pictures, there are duplicates). I am pretty disappointed in duplicates in every book I have bought. BUT, I am pretty resourceful and will just do different ideas on the same page. Another concern is I have done a couple from this book already and if you remove the pictures from the book, the paper quality is not great and rolls up easily. Tape the picture down to your coloring surface to help with that. Mine is mobile so it was easy to attach some tape to the corners. Despite the very SMALL issues, I do love these books!!!! The picture quality is AMAZING

I purchased this coloring book for my mother, she absolutely loves it, not only is the artwork amazing and brings wholesomeness to your heart looking at the artwork, the actual book itself is wonderful Quality. It’s a silky smooth feeling to the touch very pleasing !!! My mother is unable to leave her bed, she is on hospices care and this book brought so much joy and light into her week so far, she keeps talking about how much she loves it and wants all the others from the same artist.She loves how there are also second pages to share so we can both color together. That was an amazing idea! If I could give 100 stars I would for how happy this book makes my mom.Thank you !! I will be purchasing more soon !!