Mystical Mandala Designs: A Dover Coloring Book to Inspire Creativity and Mindfulness

Catrin: Pictures on both sides of the paper which is always a bad idea.

Just thirty pages long so thirty images if you are able to colour both sides (which will depend on the medium you’re using, I think, but I’m expecting bleed through with gel pens). The images are basic and not really genuine mandalas.

I’ve bought better colouring books at £2.99 and although the price has now been reduced there is a delivery charge.

I would avoid - this one is a disappointment compared to some of the other print-on-demand books I’ve ordered since I became obsessed with colouring.

United Kingdom on Nov 10, 2023

VYV: I have used some gel/ink based pens on parts of the book, and also water colour pencils. Although printed back to back, if the is any bleed through it is negligible. Lots of felt tip may have different outcome. I choose a design that I wasn’t so interested in on the following page to colour, and all was fine. The paper is good, one of the better ones. I usually use a card behind any designs I colour to stop bleed through, and although this has designs both sides of the page, the paper is definitely of superior quality for the price. Can’t go wrong at £2.99.

United Kingdom on Aug 25, 2023

Sheke: A thin booklet with thick black print. Not good quality 😕

United Kingdom on Aug 20, 2023

Sam g.: Exactly what I needed

United Kingdom on Jul 07, 2023

Sandra PaolucciSandra Paolucci: The media could not be loaded.  Lindas mandalas para pintar. Não dei 5 estrelas porque as mandalas estão impressas dos dois lados da folha, desta firma não dá para usar canetas nem aquarela.

Brazil on Apr 09, 2022

Lisa Newcomb: I really like most of the pictures in this book. Most have enough detail that each page takes a decent amount of time to color. The only issue I have with this is that the pages definitely aren't made to use markers, which is a shame since a lot of these images would really pop with markers. Even being careful to never overlap lines the markers bleed through enough to make the image on the opposite side of the page unusable, so make sure to use crayons or colored papers.

If you are wanting to use markers there are many other adult coloring books that are either one sided, or with thicker paper. If you plan to use markers I'd recommend looking into one of them.

United States on Dec 01, 2015

Kelsey: I work in the wireless communications industry in Minnesota, and during the winter, our business drops because no one can be outside on the towers because of the weather, so it's usually pretty boring sitting at my desk all day. I also have issues with high anxiety, and it can sometimes take a bit of effort to slow my breathing and avoid an anxiety attack. Because of these two things, I started coloring mandalas, and purchased this book to bring to work with me. I am very impressed with the quality and the price! The mandalas are beautiful, and there is a broad spectrum of difficulty levels, so you can take time to color an intricate one, or you can do a quick and easy one. These are all for my own personal use, and I use a 100 ct gel pen pack to color them, so I ended up copying a few of them out of the book so I didn't ruin the other side of the page with my coloring. I'm very happy with this book, and have recommended it to many of my friends!

United States on Dec 08, 2014

KG: Nice designs and great detail. I could lose myself in this book with a set of colored pencils, markers, or gel pens. Having a design on just one side of the page would have been better though, especially since some fine point pens and markers have a tendency to bleed through ruining the design on the other side. I like to make copies of my favorite design so I can use my gel pens and markers without any worries, this allows me to try different color combos, and do better next time if I happen to mess up!

The designs are very nice and are detailed enough that this book would take quite a while to finish. This would make a nice gift with a set of gel pens or pencils. One of my favorite pastimes is sitting in my backyard with a nice drink , some relaxing music playing, and my grown up coloring books. The designs in this Mystical Mandala book are relaxing to color, and are a great way to de-stress! The designs in this book look so pretty when finished. :)

United States on Aug 19, 2014

Her Royal Peepness Princess HoneyBunny Blayze: Original Review:

The mandalas in this book are very beautiful and the designs are so intericate they remind me of works of art you see in a museum. I like to use color pencils so the double page design doesn't detract from the book for me at least. I liked that there were a few examples of what finished mandalas look like. As someone who is still fairly new to mandalas.

Edit typo.

Update for Dec 2017

Since buying this Mandala book in February of 2014 (and leaving review that I thought was for Amazon and the author. Not actually published on site.)

I have gone on to re-purchase this book several more times for gift giving. After developing a preference for gel pens in adult coloring. I returned to purchase two copies of this book to remove the pages since this book has a double page design. Although that's fine when using color pencils, it actually isn't a great design feature for anyone who enjoys using a wet media for coloring. Especially if there are designs you wish to keep after your finished

While I'm now of the opinion that this book would benefit from a single-sided book format. For colorist versatility. It still a 5* book in my...

United States on Feb 20, 2014

Lady DayLady Day: I purchased this adult coloring book in a 4-for-3 Amazon deal. I am new to adult coloring books (but as I mentioned in another review, I colored a ton of books when I was a kid). I was looking for a diversion to get my attention away from staring at a computer screen for hours. I wanted something creative to do, began looking for the old paint by numbers products, and found these lovely Dover (and other) coloring books.

I was attracted to the Mandala coloring books for their meditative and intricate patterns, and while reading all the reviews and looking at the customer photos, decided to try this one. This book has a lot of variety which I'm sure will keep me occupied and away from the computer for hours! I've only begun one Mandala, but I must say, it's really a lot of fun.

As others have mentioned, the book is printed on both sides of the paper - but my guess is the books would be more expensive if printed only one-sided. Indeed, I did pay a bit more for a one-sided coloring book within this same order, and I see other one-sided books on Amazon that go for $7 and up. So, keep in mind, this is a price selling point (I assume). One can always (as I have done) scan...

United States on Jan 13, 2013