New JOHANNA BASFORD Coloring Book! [Rooms of Wonder Review]
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- Опубліковано 25 жов 2022
- Believe it or not, this is the first Johanna Basford coloring book that I have ever purchased! I've been so busy with Coloring Bliss that I rarely get a chance to color other artists' books, so I thought this would be a good one to start with.
"Rooms of Wonder" is a fun new book full of Johanna's whimsical art. In this coloring book she included a secret key and door in each illustration...what a fun idea!
Watch my Johanna Basford coloring book review to see what I think of her art, as well as the quality of the printed book.
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(I highly recommend getting the spiral bound version.)
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This was not the paper Johanna normally uses, she said it was no longer available for her US edition. She chose the one Kerby Rosanes uses in his books as the next best possible option. Also most pages she leaves a gap so it doesn’t go in the crease. You should try some of her other books.
Thanks a lot for this information sweetheart it helped!♥️✨
I own every book she’s ever came out with. I love her art work!
Johanna books are incredible beautiful and she is true artist. I have no trouble with the paper. And Chris Cheng does some incredible coloring in her book.
I ❤ her paper. Johanna basford is my favorite 😍 I never have any problems with any pencils.
She's my most favourite artist. Thank you for reviewing this book. The illustrations are just wonderful! I usually avoid colouring wide open spaces, so her style's right up my alley. And MANY colourists have used tons of media in her books, so I'm not really worried about the paper. I think it mostly depends on the colouring artist, how they manage to achieve a particular look. You should check out Chris Cheng, Suzanne Wimpenny Berry, Barbara Colour, they've not only used pencils & markers in JB's books, but watercolours as well! 😊❤️
I love Johanna’s work. Both her coloring style and yours are lovely, depending on what one prefers. When she does coloring videos, she keeps it very simple. I love you both for different reasons. She doesn’t use tri tones for example. Lately I’ve become overwhelmed by trying to use three colors and blending so much. Completely agree about using polys. They are my favorite anyway.
I have every Johanna book and eagery await a next one. i suggest you watch some of Johanna 's utube episodes. I love her style and color choices. True fans of hers get our spinal bond or razor cut pages and copy then color. Your pictures are fun but not as challenging or detailed. If I need to relax I simply color an object or small section of picture. To each his own.
The UK version has a different binding than the US version. The paper is different too.
I totally agree with you about needing a blank back to pages..so you can use markers! Without ruining artwork you could color on the back.
I love supporting you, Jennifer! You are an awesome teacher and creative!
THAnk god!!! I was worrieddddd that I payed so much but got not as good quality paper as her world of flowers!!! So it’s actually like that. Thank you so much dear Steve and Jenny this helped to settle meee😂😂 I can finally move on to do my other stuff
In my opinion, among the many Johanna's coloring books, I think Rooms of wonder is one of the best releases that you won't regret to buy it 🥰 Btw love your review jennifer❤ I also often watch your videos when I have free times. Send lot's of love from malaysia 💖🇲🇾
I love Coloring Bliss coloring books!!! ♥️♥️🤗🤗🌺🌺
I really love these sessions and my book arrived last week. Cannot wait to get stuck into the colouring
Thank you for your review and tips for using Johanna Basford's 'Rooms of Wonder' coloring book. I have several of her books and love each of them. I have both the spiral version of some and the regular book version. I have had no problems associated with using markers in my books. I also use water soluble crayons and pencils along with a Dove Blender, fine tipped markers and gel pens. There is NO bleed through to the next page. 😀 I find these to be high quality so no need to be afraid to try! 💕
As always Jennifer, your coloring is lovely! I am a fan of Johanna Basford...so glad you purchased one of her books. 💗
Thanks so much for showing how the different pencils work on the paper. Very helpful info!
Loving the purple hair. I have purple too lol tysmfs I received mine today. It’s my first of hers
I just started this wonderful book
I have one of these books that is glue bound. I colored in it for a little time here and there over many weeks and without meaning to, I was pushing the book open flat. And the pages popped out over time. I was a little annoyed when the first page fell out, but not even five minutes later, I said to myself, "Hey, that is much easier!"
And then I deliberately squashed the book open to get more of the pages to come out, and I even bend it backwards on itself. The more it falls apart, the happier I am with it.
I’m like you Jennifer……I’m not a real detailed person when it comes to coloring because of the time involved. And although her books are awesome, they aren’t one of my favorites. Like you, your books are more conducive to the style I enjoy coloring!
Thank you for sharing the coloring book with us! I would prefer a spiral bound book. I recently purchased your Tri Tone Workbook for PrismaColor Premier pencils. It's so nice and I am learning so much about colors.
She is my favorite coloring book artist by far … I like the detail and the many small “wins” like the clothing you showed. There are very few pages where the art goes in the creases and I can ignore that singular negative.
A great review. I love her books but you truly pointed out some important considserations. I wish I had heard you before I purchased the glue binding over the spiral. Thanks for your thoughts.
You did lovely coloring. You might want to watch Johanna’s utubes to see her style of coloring. She is a delightful artist! She often uses Staedtler pencils with her books.
I love all your videos they are very fun and informative However I do think it was unfair to
Compare your books and your paper to hers. True fans of her understand things happen
Don't worry I still love your stuff but felt like I had to comment🤷♀️❤️❤️❤️
I have 3 coloring books by Bashford, and find them to be good fun. I wish they were single sided though because I like to color them with gel inks and markers.
I have Johanna Bashford's World of Flowers and Rooms of Wonder in spiral bound. Perfect points you made about being able to copy the pages because of the square shape and the paper texture. If she is limited to a particular paper for U.S. printing then it would be perfect if she could single side her drawings and maybe change the paper size. I do love the cute images she has in Rooms of Wonder, and her other books. I didn't know you had spiral bound coloring books. I will check it out. Thanks again for the video.
Hmmmm or maybe you can take a picture of it then adjust and print ! Great video as always ❤
Thanks for another great review. I have all of Johanna's books and love all the tiny details. I only have the US versions which have glued spines. Some people have had problems with the pages falling out of previous books. Probably after pressing the book open flat and as you said that is not recommended. Personally, I would be okay with the pages coming loose and I press the books open as flat as possible every time I color. It's my understanding that the UK versions have a stitched spine and different paper. They may be able to take more "spine abuse" than the US version without falling apart. I do prefer Polys in all her books, mostly because they keep a point longer and that is great for the little details. :)
I’m a big fan of Johanna Basford, I love her coloring books. I own all of her books (multiple copies of some). I enjoy all the intricate pictures and the leaves!!! As far as the paper goes, I find that most paper is workable with a little patience. As for the question of spiral bound or not. I do like the spiral because it lays flat and it’s easier to color to the center. However, on the bound books I like to see the title of the book on the binding for ease of finding on the book shelf.
Emily Illustrator did a weeks worth of videos in this book using different pencils each day, and they were beautiful.
I’m afraid I don’t get the hype about Johanna .. and why, after all the feedback and comments she must hear from the field (read: colourists) does she still publish books with double-sided pages!
Thank you for your honest review 🙂
Lovin it ❤
I like your idea of buying the spiral verision instead...i like a coloring book you can ppen all the way and my fav is having a birder around the picture..thanks for review of johannas book...mikelle art mom👩🎨✍🎨🎃
I have one of her books. It’s a drawing tutorial book which I like. But the only other coloring book I have is a Hanna Karlzon book: Masquerade
You are going to enjoy this book. 😊
One option would be take it in to Staples and have them rebind it to be a spiral.
That’s wha I did. It was the only place I found that would do it
My first coloringbook was Secret Garden of Johanna Basford. I have all books of her.
I recommend all 365 days books of Lorna Scobie.
O Jennifer you don’t know what your missing Iv got all Johannas’s books the paper is lovely. Enjoy
Great advice
Jennifer, if you really want a better idea of what Johanna’s books have been up til now with the publisher’s u fortunate new paper choice, DO get some of her other books. I have many and I love them, super heavy paper and covers. I just got mine yesterday and wow, what a difference. I feel bad for Johanna. I will be using my Polychromos on this one. Worlds of Wonder has just as many pagers and weighs quite a bit more.
The publisher did NOT choose the new paper. They could no longer offer what they used to, but it was Johanna herself who picked out what was the best alternative. (Read her Instagram post)
@@ColorPlanBsB Maybe I didn’t state that right. The option of what they used before was not on the table. I know it was a disappointment but a choice had to be made as well as possible to keep it economical for the buyer. Either way, I’ll still enjoy the book, especially after I have it rebound.
i get my copy tomorrow
She also have a page on her site with colouring pages for free if you wanna test what her style is, or can’t buy the book right now. ;))
This is not the normal paper for her books, the publisher changed it for the US version this time. The UK version has her normal ivory colored, toothy paper and can be bought on Book Depository.
I love all Johanna’s books. The paper problem was disappointing to her as well as me. But, as others have pointed out, not her fault. I enjoy using gel pens on her tiny illustrations. They don’t bleed and look fantastic. I’ve even used some barely damp watercolor paints.
Jen, I agree with your impression of the paper. Since you have never owned one of Johanna books, you would not be aware of the paper in her previous books, which was terrific. She has said that she was not able to get that paper for this book, which is disappointing. The good part is that this book is printed in the USA, which is important to me. I started on a page this morning using my Prismas, and found them less than satisfying. I, too, plan to move to my Polys for my next page!
interesting that i have seen this comment several times here and diff facebook groups. I'm such a Prismacolor addict but i am inspired to pull out my polys and do some coloring with them ! on to the worlds of wonder book i was gifted a couple months ago and some fun coloring :-)
💜💜💜tfs💜💜💜 I've heard the US paper is different than normal.. I'm in Australia and I'm unsure if we have the US issue or the original.. if anyone knows?
Seems like all of Johanna's books have the same binding problem, it doesn't lay flat which doesn't allow us to paint close to be spine. I like to color my pages 100%, that's why I love Hanna's Karlzon books. But, I read in somewhere that Johanna's books UK version are best because the spine is sewed instead glued. With my Circle of life book I went against Johanna's rules and I forced the pages to flat them, it works fine if you start doing it from the very first page to the end. ;)
That looks like a fun book!
Are you aware of any coloring books for copic coloring? I have seen some on Amazon, but they are double sided and the reviews indicate that bleed through is an issue. I'd love to practice my copic coloring with a coloring book. I did buy a little book by Altenew which I like because I can turn them into cards quite easily.
Watch your channel often, absolutely love y’all ….but I got to address “the elephant in the room”…did you really compare your books to Joanna Basfords? I’m just saying….this review is giving major shade to the queen of the adult coloring trend. I’m just saying…….
I love your channel and your coloring books but I hate to say this video, to me, sounded a little bit more like a sales pitch for your books than a review of Johanna’s. Just giving honest feedback. :)
Also, another option for removing the binding of Johanna’s books that I’ve done before- you can use a clothes iron or heat gun to melt the glue and the pages will come out neat and clean not roughy cut edges. :)
You probably should have ordered the UK version from Book Depository. Still free shipping, no questions of paper quality. This is yet another reason that I don't like buying books from Amazon. But with that said, this is the same paper Kerby Rosanes uses and I use colored pencils all the time in his books with no problem.
I watched your video before I went to bed last night. I would have responded if I weren't so tired and already in bed. :) I'm wondering as well what her new paper will be like. Her other books were printed on ivory paper and so nice. (although I always used a combo of polychromes and prismacolor as I'm having difficulty with prismacolors exclusively on any paper except yours and mine that I ordered. I just recently (yesterday-finished except for background) a test with 4 different brands of pencil brands. I'll post later in the group. Also, her Worlds of wonder book I could pull out her pages to work on. No. I can't use the scanner but I try to get my lighting right and take a photo of her page and print it out on my paper that I purchased. There are work arounds if you don't like the paper & if you don't mind the work at doing that. But as an artist her work is so fun and satisfying. I'm feeling (sigh) apprehensive awaiting her book. It seemed you were getting a lot of slippage with your prismacolors. Prismacolor is not my favorite pencil but I truly enjoy mixing the Prisma with Polys.
I am so glad you did this video. Thank you Jennifer!
Spiral bound is the only practical option. I would be taking it apart.
I wanted to buy this book so bad but the paper is awful. My local bookstore has almost all of her books so I was able to compare page quality. Ugh. I really wanted to experiment with rooms, as I did one in another book I have and I really enjoyed it so I was happy to know she had an entire book of rooms. For the price and her reputation for beautiful illustrations I expected higher quality paper. Hopefully I can find a book of rooms that is on quality paper. Life is too short to color on cheap paper 😊
I love how you always do your “We are sponsored” like you’re another person. Makes me giggle a bit.
It sounds stingy, but definitely prefer coloring books with standard sizes (for me it's A4 but think I can also do letter? It may be autoscaled for letter) cause I can photocopy them, as someone whos struggles with perfection I feel more relaxed in starting an illustration knowing I can reprint it if I mess it up, or want to try a wetter media like markers or watercolors. For JBs books I have to scan in 2 parts and do my best to stitch it together, it takes so long I usually opt for a different book to color in, or a printable.
I love Johanna’s books and have doubles of a few of them so I can do them in different materials. I’d love to purchase your books but postage to Aus is just more than I can justify, it is much as the books if not more. 😢
Maybe ask Santa for one of Jennifer's books for Christmas. Something different ... and something you'll enjoy.
Never tried them they look very involved it seems overwhelming
I don't think there is a spiral bound version.
Just an FYI, Jennifer, if this is your first book of hers, you don't know that up till NOW, both the UK and US versions had very good papers at their respective publishers. However, this US version had to have a new paper, something happened at Penguin publishing. Johanna fussed and fussed and finally picked this paper out. First time as bright white, not an issue. But some find it too smooth. I find it a bit too smooth, yes. I used to use many different pencils in her books with no issues. Now I need a blender tool. And not likely able to get more than a couple layers down with wax pencils. It has been suggested that harder pencils and oil pencils might work better in this book. I am also going to buy a UK edition from Book Depository. That paper did NOT change. (As for other complaints in comments, there was some printing errors and I wish instead of complaining, they contact the vendor to replace their book.)
I think it's very valid to complain about the paper change and the printing errors. It's the purchasers' opinion and they are entitled to it. There is no reason to hush it up.
The printing errors are not Johanna's fault. I guess I am really referring to the negative reviews on Amazon. Yes, they SHOULD complain about a paper change. But a printing error can be resolved, and once it has been resolved, their review can be revised
Johanna is my favorite illustrator; I have all her books and this last one, at
Least for the US version, is really a disappointment. Starting with the cover and also the illustrations; not her best work. I will wait her next book 🙏🙏.I am still a fan; but this book will remain on hold by now 😢
Not for me…too fiddler! You books are better!
I won’t buy this book. Too busy for me.
Basford books are overrated
agree