Marty Noble's Sugar Skulls: New York Times Bestselling Artists? Adult Coloring Books

The media could not be loaded. This is a wonderful coloring book that is literally filled with Sugar Skulls (mostly human but there are a number of animal skulls interspersed throughout and primarily at the end of the book.) Sugar Skulls (known as calaveras) are one of the most celebrated and iconic images associated with Dia de Muertos – The Day of the Dead. This is a holiday that is celebrated in Mexico early in November but which is catching on around the world. It is a day in which one honors those loved ones who have passed on.This book is published by Skyhorse Publishing. I also have Mary Noble's book by Creative Haven “The Day of the Dead” and I find that each has their own charm. The older book has full figure drawings whereas this book focuses on the Sugar Skull itself. The artwork around and in the skulls include animals and plants as well as traditional Dia de Muertos imagery and elements. In addition to the 48 coloring designs, there is also a Sugar Skull Maze along with a small answer guide)There are so many elements that cry out for color. It is really a beautiful book for the colorist to experiment with color combinations that they may not have tried before. While each of the designs are fairly intricate, they are not small to the point of making coloring difficult or stressful.The designs are printed on one side of a good weight white perforated paper. The paper is of a good quality (though not the highest grade – see coloring medium issues below) and it can stand up well for framing. The binding is glued rather than sewn but this is not an issue as you can remove a page at the perforations if you choose to do so. The designs all stop well before the perforations and all of the designs have a framing line around them. I really appreciate this when an artist includes it as it gives me a natural stopping point for my coloring, saves me ink, and gives a more polished look to my finished project.I am starting to list my coloring medium at the end of my reviews but this is what I discovered in testing this book:All of my markers, alcohol and water based, bled through the paper. The water based were a little spotty but still came through enough to ruin the next project if you don't keep a piece of chipboard, heavy weight paper, or card stock below the page you are working on. You can also simply remove the page from the book to color as well. None of my gel pens bled through and they did not require additional drying time. My coloring pencils all worked well and as expected according to their type of lead (hard or soft.)These are the coloring medium that I use for testing. If there is something else you feel I should be testing, please let me know and I will see if I can add it to my growing pile:Markers: 1) alcohol-based – Copic Sketch, Prismacolor double ended markers (brush and fine point), Sharpies (fine and ultra-fine) and 2) water-based – Tombows dual end markers (brush and fine point), Stabilo 88, Staedler triplus fineliners, and Pentel markersGel Pens: Sakura, Fiskars, and TekwriterColoring Pencils: Prismacolor Premiere Soft Core, Derwent Colorsoft, Prismacolor Verithins, and Faber-Castel Polychromos

I have not colored in this book yet but from flipping through the pages it looks perfect! The patterns of these sugar skulls are exactly what I was hoping for when picking this book. I mostly use color pencils when coloring but recently bought markers as well, so the one sided pages are great to be able to use either pen or pencil and not worry about bleeding through and not being able to color reverse side.The pages are perforated for easy tear out for if you wish to color outside of the book or even to frame your work or give away. Easy tear out can make easy for sharing pages with friends or kids who love to color with mom! My son loves coloring with me so I often copy a page on my printer and we color our own page of the same design.I would highly recommend this book for anyone looking for beautiful designs and patterns, and loves the sugar skull idea. They are nice and simple yet detailed enough without being so small that its hard to color without going over lines.

I am simply blown away by the quality art in this coloring book! The designs are intricate, incredibly beautiful, and seemingly designed with passion. These aren't just simple sugar skulls, these are detailed designs with artistic framing and backgrounds. And it's not just human sugar skulls! There are several animal sugar skulls beautifully portrayed throughout the book, as well.I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves sugar skull art, voodoo art, or just wants something different to color. The designs will take time and concentration, because they're not just a quick color fix. These will be masterpieces when you're done coloring them! I have begun to color one design (see attached) and I'm realizing it's going to take quite some time to finish. This book will give hours upon days of coloring enjoyment!I received this book for free in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. My review is 100% my own opinion about this book. If you found it helpful, please click the YES button below. Thank you!

I took a couple pictures - by no means all that are in this book - of my favorite works. We all love candy skulls and the whole "day of the dead" artwork thing here so this was a big hit. There is only one piece of art per page so you don't have to worry about bleeding through to the other side or pressing down hard enough to mark up the underside and ruining a picture, though I would still suggest putting in a spare paper if you use markers to keep from hurting the pages underneath. The art is detailed - but just the right amount for beginners who have time and dedication, and experienced people who like detail but also like adding their own flair instead of needing those tiny tiny designs that are extremely time consuming and (in my opinion) kind of annoying. I love this book :)

I will be doing a lot of coloring for sure and what I like well just about everything Iam not even the best colorist don't even come close at being or near advanced but Iam working on it a little each day I love coloring even more snice I have to stay home a lot I do love the pictures and for Marty Noble you did a beautiful job so into sugar skulls they really are imagery, and traditional Mexican Art Motifs so thank you for making such a lovely book that makes me happy keep making more cause I will be looking

I love sugar skulls!! This book is full of a great variety! Marty Noble always does such great work and creates pictures that are fun and detailed, without details so small you go crazy trying to finish the page! I love how the details are different on every sugar skull so each one is its own individual picture.The pages in this book are single sided and perforated and the paper weight is thicker than a sheet of copy paper but not quite to cardstock level. If you move sugar skulls as much as me (a LOT) you won't be disappointed purchasing this book!

Tenía altas expectativas para este libro basado en las buenas reseñas que tiene en amazon.com, pero lamentablemente este producto no cumplió con ellas. Lamentablemente, el 70% del libro son solo calaveras y los diseños “diferentes” son muy limitados y poco originales. El Día de Muertos es una celebración que cuenta con muchas imágenes (desde altares y pan de muerto hasta cementerios y catrinas) y por lo tanto no debería enfocarse únicamente en calaveras. Al ser un producto de Estados Unidos, no debería sorprenderme que la selección sea tan limitada y la valoración tan alta, pero aún así, esperaba un poco más.

ilustrações interessantes;a gramatura do papel é média, razoável para pintura com materiais secos.

I would not expect to pay so much for an adult coloring book and the cover be all bent and the pages have humps on them. This seems more like something that came from a second hand store. Nothing to do with the content in the book but the quality of care given to my product.

Great coloring book has large and small details yet nothing too crazy

Love the concept but pictures seem computer generated, a lot of them too detailed for me to colour.