Lost Ocean: An Inky Adventure & Colouring Book

This is my third book of Johanna's - the paper is excellent quality, the drawings are intricate and it is a pleasure to sit and decide on a colour scheme fo each picture!Everything is beautiful from the covers to the story to follow and animals to find.

loads of pages had for my son keep him busy for weeks

lots of detail to colour

My brother bought me this for Christmas and I really like it. Beautiful designs, really engrossing. I can see why adult colouring books are so popular and addictive!Two things though; be very careful which pens you use. I was given a pack of Sharpies which I couldn't use because they bled right through the paper to the other side. Fortunately I'd only done a couple of strokes before checking and discovering the pens weren't suitable. The designs are printed on both sides of the paper, so I would have ruined the design on the other side of the paper had I not realised the pens bled through.Second, the designs are very fine and detailed, so you'll need either very well sharpened coloured pencils, or non-bleedy felt pens with a very fine tip, very good light, and very good eyesight to make sure you don't go over the lines!

Very happy with my purchase. The book is as good as new. Not a mark in it. Always makes me happy when I can reuse items. I shall look forward to spending time colouring in.

Absolutely beautiful book. Lovely gold foil on the cover and the drawings are marvellous.Easily recommended, I’m sure this will be appreciated by anyone who likes colouring.

Beautiful colouring book that I bought as a present and for an amazing price! Mine came without the main cover as I chose it for a lower price from Amazon outlet, however the inside cover is beautiful and already great as is, so it didn't affect the quality of the present at all. A delight to look at and lots of fun, with a game you can play inside. Definitely recommend these colouring books as the person I bought this for already owns another also by Johanna Basford - they're great fun (even for adults) and take you back to your childhood! A real stress-reliever, you can concentrat on something other than whatever's on your mind for just a minute. You might be surprised at how much you enjoy this (if you're an adult). Obviously it would be wonderful for any child as a gift.

A simply gorgeous book.The paper and print quality in Johanna's books are always of a high standard and this book is no different. The paper is slightly off white and very smooth, it takes a small amount of water if using watercolour pencils although will start to crinkle if you use too much so better to stick with dry mediums if you want to colour every picture.I find that the images in this book are more detailed than those in Enchanted Forest so it is best suited to coloured pencils or fineliners. The printing is double sided so if alcohol markers are your thing you will need to choose which image you prefer. Also the images go all the way into the spine making removing the pages tricky (but there will probably be an artists edition soon for that).The range of images covers all sorts of subjects, for example fish, mermaids, jelly fish, whales and shells.