Title: Scandinavian Folk Patterns (Creative Colouring for Grown-Ups)
Illustrators: Various
Publisher: Michael O’Mara
Genre: Colouring
Book format: Paperback
Sweet Strawberries: 
Review: This is another great book in the Creative Colouring for Grown-ups range which is filled with lots of books, each with different themes and styles of colouring for adults (and kids who enjoy more complext designs!). Just like those books this one is A4 in size and and has the same thickness as they do, possibly the same or a little thicker than Millie Marotta or Joanna Basford books. It’s a good thickness so lots of pages of colouring! All the pages are just black and white (no pre-coloured bits) and are all printed on both sides, so I’m not sure whether pens would work with this book as I don’t use them, but the pages are a nice thick quality and crisp white and I would think that pens can be used as long as they aren’t pressed on too much. There are no perforatted edges so it can get a bit awkward colouring towards the spine on some of the patterns, however as the images show the patterns don’t actually reach the centre spine and occur on only one side rather than across on a double pae spread.
Every design in this book is different although follows the Scandinavian folk art theme. There are reindeer to colour on one page, two roosters facing each other on another, gingerbread houses, lots of patterns that look like winter jumpers, etc. All of the designs are different, some are just patterns, while others such as a cabin-like house and a cuckoo clock are standalone pictures. All of the images are based on folk art though and although it’s called Scandinavian folk patterns, I’ve noticed some patterns that remind me of traditional Polish art too. So a leaning towards the whole north-eastish side of Europe perhaps.
All the designs look different from each other too with some being more detailed than others and a some of them having thicker outlines than others too. They are all different because there are many different illustrators who contributed to the book, so there will be a pattern in this book that everyone will love colouring in, and all with lots of detail.
This is such a lovely book of pictures and just perfect for Christmas-time but it’s also fun for colouring in at other times of the year too! There’s lots of xmas trees, or should I say pine trees, mixed in along the way and I am just loving this book! 🙂 I really recommend it. All year round!
-Review first appeared online October 2015 – now republished here.
Do you like folk art? Would you enjoy colouring in the images in this book? Let me know what you think in the comments below 🙂
The Strawberry Post 
I like the patterns 🙂
I think double-sided are standard really in colouring books? Did you colour these in? 🙂
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I’ve coloured in some of these pages but not all of them yet, I thought I’d share a different pages featuring some strange horses from the book next week 😀 Actually some colouring books come one-sided. It’s a bit tricky because double-sided books have more colouring in so are a better bargain, especially if the paper’s a good quality, but some people who love to colour with pens hate them as they can bleed through. Plus one-sided pages can be torn out and hung up easier sometimes…I’ve never thought about hanging up any colouring before, lol
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