Shades of Kawaii: A Cute Colouring Book

This is a book of 22 really cute and fun designs. The Kawaii in the title is the Japanese word for cute or adorable and that is certainly what this is. For some who may have some difficulty with spelling, like at least two members of my family, the island in Hawaii is spelled Kauai. When I shared that I had bought this book, they thought it was going to be a book about the island. While they may have been disappointed, I certainly was not. The designs are really cute and remind me of Hello Kitty type of cuteness. There are happy smiling characters all around. It's the type of coloring book that brings a smile to your face. The designs are printed on one side of fairly thin paper. The pages are white and are not perforated. The designs have a framing line around them and stop short of the bound edge, so you can use a penknife to cute pages out if you so wish. The binding is glued rather than sewn. All of my markers had issues with this paper. The best were my Stabilo 88 which only left a shadow on the backside of the page. I could still tell what color it was. Surprisingly, my Staedler fineliners seeped right through. My gel pens did not leak through but I could see a shadow of color. My coloring pencils all worked excellently with the paper. I suggest putting a thicker piece of backing paper or chipboard under the page you are working on to make sure that any ink doesn't ruin the page behind it. I'm starting to add a note to publishers/artists about how the book could be improved. We should keep in mind that improvements probably will add to the cost of the book, so it is one of those be careful what you wish for scenarios. In this particular case, the publisher is CreateSpace, which is actually owned by Amazon. As so many independent artists use this publisher, I'm hoping that some improvements can be made without too much additional cost. In this case, the publishing of the book could be improved in two ways: 1) make the pages perforated. Making it easier to remove the page to color makes life easier for many colorists; and 2) improve the paper quality so that ink doesn't leak through.

I love this little book. I love kawaii anyway. This book is fun and a great choice for kids and adults. I love making coloring pages beautiful and seeing them come to life, but there is that moment of carefree relaxation and you just throw color down. That why you need this cute little book for your collection. I felt it was maybe a little over priced for the quality. I'm still not dissatisfied.

A cute book to color bought this for my niece when she visits was fun to color. The art is fun, and very different but in a good way :) my only thing the paper is thin and least the book does say to place something behind the pages prior to coloring.

My girlfriend has been wanting this coloring book for so long and I finally caved in to buy it for her, despite her huge and growing collection of coloring books. However, this one has turned out to be her favorite coloring book so far! The book itself is a little small, but the pages inside are very pleasing to look at and are actually really pretty or cute! This has become the main coloring book that my girlfriend will color in and she's coloring so much of it that I'm going to have to buy the next book pretty soon!

Great for adult coloring! I bought this for myself because I'm an admitted coloring addict and always want more. I love this because it's different than most adult coloring books and actually has cute, unique pictures in it. The paper is a bit thin, but nothing unimaginable or unusable.

SOOOOOO much fun to colour. Each picture is very intricate!! It very relaxing and fun to colour <3 you cant help but smile at these adorable pictures as you are colouring them, and while you bring htem to life you can laugh with joy at how silly the depictions are. I absolutely love it <3

Cute pictures. But a bit smaller than I expected and the pages are very thin. I don’t regret getting it necessarily but I don’t think I would’ve ordered after seeing it in person.

I love this coloring book! The patterns are original, cheerful, and whimsical. The paper is a little thin, so I would recommend putting a piece of paper underneath your work to protect the next page. I get good results with my colored pencils. The pictures are a good balance, with some detail but not so much that it is overwhelming. 22 single sided pages. This book is a very manageable, portable size that makes it fairly easy for me to finish a page in one afternoon. I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes anime, manga, or just an unusual art style.

The paper is fairly thin so if you use markers I would recommend a piece of card or a few pieces of paper behind the page you work on. The book is a good size and the designs are adorable. I recommend it for beginner colorists as there is thick line art and large spaces.

Die Motive sind richtig toll und erinnern an gut gemachte Graffiti-Kunst die man selbst mit Leben füllen kann. Sie sind nicht zu schwierig und für Ausmalanfänger als auch schon Fortgeschrittene gut machbar. Das Buch ist nicht so umfangreich wie vermutet (22 Motive, wenn ich mich nicht verzählt hab ;) ) aber für den Preis ist das in Ordnung. Die Seiten sind sehr dünn muss man sagen aber sie sind nur einseitig bedruckt und so ist es kein Problem, wenn doch mal etwas Farbe durch kommt. Trotzdem sollte man unbedingt ein Blatt Papier unter die zu bemalende Seite legen um die darunter zu schützen! Alles in allem ein schönes Buch und ich hoffe auf Weitere von Miss Wah!

Totalmente enamorada de los dibujos. Lo único que no me gusta es que el papel sea tan fino porque se transparenta. Lo bueno es que solo viene un dibujo por página y así al traspasarse el rotulador, no mancha otro dibujo.

J'aime beaucoup l'univers de Miss Wah donc je suis ravie des designs à l'intérieur du livret. Il y a 22 designs (si je ne me trompe pas) donc c'est un nombre raisonnable pour passer des heures d'amusement ! Le point négatif est que les pages auraient pu être un peu plus épaisses mais ce n'est pas si grave. Comme indiqué, il faut impérativement glisser une feuille en dessous du dessin si vous coloriez aux feutres à alcool sinon vous allez ruiner le dessin suivant !

Troppo carino questo libro da colorare sui temi kawaii! Ho regalato questo libro a mia nipote che si sta appassionando al mondo kawaii! E' rimasta contentissima! Consiglio l'acquisto a chi è appassionato del genere!