Zenspirations (R) Coloring Book Flowers: Create, Color, Pattern, Play! (Design Originals) 30 Whimsical Floral Designs, Easy-to-Follow Artistic Advice, and Finished Examples from Designer Joanne Fink

Gave this to a friend. She really liked and is enjoying it.

I ordered the three books: Inspiration, Flowers and Abstract and I love all three. I wanted to try something different from the pattern coloring books I usually work with. I wanted to try larger images where I could work more with shading and blending colors. I read Zenspiration as Zen Inspiration and it's the Zen feel of all three books that I love. I never even thought of Zentangle. The flower book is a great day to bask in the feeling of Spring, (especially on a rainy day) after the harsh Winter we had. There is a lot of area on each page to add to the design if you wish. I like the suggestions on the inside covers. The back inside cover has examples of some of the illustrations colored in. For some reason they inspire me more than the plain pages; Seeing her color choices help me think of my own. I am a colorist not a drawing person and I use my coloring books for mental relaxation. Coloring the flowers in this book does for my mind what a warm soak in the tub would for my body.

This is one of my favorite coloring books. Some of the pages encourage embellishment and others are complete and ready to be colored. The book gives great ideas for patterns for your own individual drawings and creativity. I found that my favorite Brush Pens to use with these designs were Faber-Castell PITT Artist (India Ink) Pens. I love working with color and this books gave me many opportunities for being creative without having to produce the original drawing; however some of my favorites evolved with me adding my own ideas of 'borders' to the drawing presented, and more. I had great FUN with this book and its contents. Loved using this book. Attached is a sample from the book.

The title leads you to think that this is a very zentangle oriented book, but I don't think it is quite as Zentangle as you may expect. That being said, it is, as usual, filled with lovely illustrations by Joanne Fink who has a delightful style of her own. If you are into the garden ZIAs, you will find a lot of inspiration, but this is not a Zentangle instruction book. I use it more for inspiration than for colouring in. Not too expensive, so I think you will find something to make your purchase worthwhile. It is a nice little book.

These pages are so wonderfully thick! They're also perforated, so it is easy to hang your art up on the wall. There's a lot of space within each petal and leaf to put your own individual twist on things and do shading and patterns. This is a super soothing adult coloring book

Whimsical and inspiring designs fill the pages of this book. The layout is well done, single sided pages are perfect for bleed through. but I would recommend laying a piece of plastic wrap under the page in case it should bleed through heavily. Fun designs for easy coloring and as always, Joanne Finks lettering is superb. I highly recommend this book.

These coloring books are just beautiful. I highly recommend these if you are looking for something for family entertainment, I got one for my granddaughter to take on our family beach vacation and she wanted all of us to color with her and the adults were amazed at how much they enjoyed the calming effect these had.

Um, somewhere I missed the fine print that this is actually a coloring book. It's a very nice coloring book, but it's not what I expected. I just wanted to let others know.

I love Joanne Fink's work, so anything that helps me to attain a better skill set is great. Plus it's fun to have an adult colouring book!

If you are a gardener and enjoy coloring you will appreciate the art. Felt pens would be best.

Great way to participate in the creative process.

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I was hoping this would be more of an instructional book. It is more like a colouring book. The designs are lovely, but it isn't really what I wanted. I can imagine some people would love this if colouring is their thing.