Updates!

Added a big handful of new coloring books to the Miscellaneous page at the Coloring Addict's site!

Designs for Coloring

The Ruth Heller's Designs for Coloring series is awesome.  All the pictures are absolutely amazing and fun to color.  One of my favorites is INSECTS AND SPIDERS.  Don't be queasy about it, this is a fun book!  I used gold and silver gel pens to highlight areas on the butterfly and moth's wings in this one. Markers do tend to bleed through a bit in this book so keep a sheet of paper handy to place behind the page before coloring.
[Note: The book I have was purchased years ago and 'Spiders' is in the title. I see the book shown at Amazon, but with the same ISBN has removed that word. Maybe it was freakin' the peoples out.]

Tales of Great Dragons

An excellent book put out by Bellerophon.  This publisher always has exquisite detail in its drawings.  It appears that some of the designs are taken directly from texts and maybe even paintings.  Tales of Great Dragons is a keeper coloring book for me.
This picture was fun. I used silver gel pen on the wings and gold for other highlights.

Designer Doodles

Designer Doodles by Christine Dymond by Search Press. This is a nice over-sized book with 12 big pictures to color. Lots of small details that will keep you busy on one picture for hours. Days, even. This example was one of the less-busy pictures. The scan is a little crooked and the bottom is cut off, but that's because the picture was too big for my scanner. They also only have one design per page, so if you use markers (like I do) it won't soak through to a design on the back. And there's a 'cut here' dotted line on each page so you can post them on your fridge, if you like. Hey, I do that once in a while. :-) The book is a little more spendy at $9.95, but well worth it to the Coloring Addict.

[Note: I just checked Amazon and this book is sold out, and you can only buy used for a rather more expensive price. Yikes. Wait for this one to come back in stock if you're interested.]