The Time Garden: A Magical Journey and Coloring Book (Time Adult Coloring Books)

Artist - Daria SongPublisher - Ebury PressPages - 80BookThe Time Garden is one of two books by Daria Song. Both are square, around the same size as Secret Garden/Enchanted Forest. The book is 80 pages which makes it a lovely thickness.The cover is a card, with a simple design of stars under the dust jacket. The dust jacket has a nice embossed design with touches of gold.The paper is a medium thickness and I had no issues with bleeding with pencils, fineliners or water based markers, even though the images are double sided.The spine is glue and string bound, although I found after spending some time on one double page design the spine had started to split. This may have been because it was the first page, but I am yet to encounter this on other pages.ImagesThe Time Garden tells a story of a young girl fascinated with a cuckoo clock. She looks inside and finds a fairy, who takes her on an adventure - through the gear filled clock, down alleyways, through garden parties, to a tree filled with magical creatures.The images are very unique, and remarkably varied. Song has a unique quality in that although the images are so varied, the story and her consistent style tie all the images together with very little repetition. There is a mix of single and double pages spreads throughout the story.Even though the book is made up of scenes, there are patterns made up of wallpaper, trees and various scenes for pattern enthusiasts.There is a nice variety of intricate parts and bigger spaces for any level of colouring expertise, and I think it is definitely a book that would grow with the colourist.Something I say about a lot of books is that it takes you on a journey. This book doesn't take you on a journey, but its like reading an interactive picture book. One that you have collaborated with.HealthThis is a great book for anyone. It has patterns, scenery, nature and people. I think there is something for everyone. It is a great book to get lost in if you are in need of distraction or wile away a night. The subject matter is whimsical and sparks the imagination. If you can concentrate a little more, it's a great book to start cover to cover, as you would a picture story.The only person I think this book isn't suited for is a diehard mandala/pattern fan - but if you're looking for a different book to try, this does a good job of combining patterns and scenery!

The media could not be loaded. "The Time Garden" is the color book representation of a young girl's journey through a magical clock. She follows a fairy into the clock and enters into a wonderful world. The story reminds me of an updated version of "Alice In Wonderland". The story is told in a few short words on a smattering of pages. The words do not distract from the illustrations as they are kept to their separate pages.Daria Song, the artist/writer of this book, has received advanced degrees in fine arts in her native South Korea. Early in her life, she also spent time in San Francisco and that translates into the art in this book. The designs are charming and will be a pleasure to color. I really enjoy the story book form of coloring book as a change from straight coloring. I find both to be extremely relaxing for me and sometimes the most challenging are the ones that take me out of my daily stress the most.The book is printed on both sides of the good quality paper which seems to be the normal for the "story book" style of coloring book. I generally use my soft color pencils with these to be sure that I don't have any ink bleed through the book onto the backside of the page. As I go along, if I want to use a gel pen or other medium, I find a title page to test the specific pen. If it is good, then I go ahead and use it.The designs in this book include a number of intricate details and I am sure I will need to keep my magnifying lamp nearby for those bits and pieces.This coloring book is so lovely and so much fun, I will certainly be purchasing the follow-up to it, "The Time Chamber" as soon as it becomes available. I am hoping that Ms. Song will return again in the future with more delightful and beautiful adult coloring books.

The Time Garden by Daria Song is the most remarkable, enchanting, unique & absolutely beautiful coloring book I have ever seen. I have an adult coloring book collection of 49 color books, including The Secret Garden & The Tatoo Coloring Book which is handcrafted by Megamunden. The three of these are done in very similar ways, astounding works of art showcased on excellent paper or card stock & encased in a book jacket or slipcover. However, the Time Garden has the honor of being the most unique. When I purchase color books of this caliber I know I'm going to have to rely on colored pencils for the most part with the occasional gel pen. This book, however, has presented me with something of a dilemma. The pages feel and look like card stock or something very similar, unlike the parchment type pages of the others. When testing Prismacolor soft core colored pencils it doesn't seem to have much or any tooth to aid in grabbing the color, thereby leaving it with a flat look. I haven't tested my Faber Castell or Lyra Rembrandt oil based colored pencils yet, maybe they will lay down color better. I use mainly Letraset Promarkers, but also incorporate Prismacolor markers, Sharpies, & Bic markers, all permanent in nature. I tested the ultra fine Sharpies & Bic, and as expected they bleed through. I knew the others would so I didn't bother testing them. I tested numerous gel pens, including metallic, glitter, & neon, and they don't bleed through. With all my coloring books but these work of arts I copy the images onto card stock with a semi-fine tooth and get excellent results. I do not give the copies to anyone else due to copyright infringement. So I'm not certain as of yet which mediums I will use. One reviewer mentioned the Stabilo & Staedtler fibre tip pens, but they are water based and I've found the permanent markers to be superior. I do have the Stabilo fibre tip marker pens and never use them. If anyone has any suggestions about mediums to use comments are appreciated. I'm not taking a star off due to my preferences, the book is simply beautiful.As of September 9, 2015, I've found the Faber Castell Polychromos & Caran D' Ache Pablo colored pencils to be the best for this color book. Why Lyra Rembrandt didn't work as well as these I'm not sure, they are oil based as well. But I'm pleased with the results FCP and Caran D' Ache give me.

The story, the details. It's a great colouring book.

Beautiful illustrations on both sides of the pages, good quality white tick paper that holds small amounts of water and all kind of coloring pencils brands. It arrived in perfect conditions and right in time.

Questo è un libro meraviglioso ma complesso. Per chi ha già dimestichezza con le tecniche di colorazione. Perlomeno se si vogliono ottenere buoni risultati. È divertente e rilassante ma a mio parere non per tutti. Comunque vivamente consigliato come gli altri libri della Song

Livro lindo, com lindas ilustrações! Recomendo.

Commande pour ma femme. Elle le trouve très beau et conforme à son souhait