Magical Worlds: An Enchanted Coloring Adventure

Gorgeous book, lots of variety to choose from in terms of size and detail level, all very satisfying and high quality images, very happy with it

I was worried at first when I realized this book is double sided since I like to use watercolors. After testing even my darkest colors I can firmly say that watercolors don't bleed through to the other side. The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous and intricate which has made it so enjoyable to paint! Definitely will be getting more of this author!Photos show three water colored pages and the pages on the other side. No bleed through!

Johanna Basford’s Magical Worlds is pure enchantment on paper! Every page is a beautifully detailed doorway into a dreamlike universe—castles in the clouds, secret gardens, underwater realms, and cozy fairy-tale villages. Her signature style shines through with intricate linework that’s both relaxing to color and bursting with creative possibilities.What I love most is how imaginative this book feels. It’s not just about filling in lines—it’s like taking a quiet adventure through hidden worlds. The paper quality is great too, holding up well to colored pencils, gel pens, and even light watercolor without bleeding.If you’re into coloring as a form of self-care, stress relief, or just love fantasy vibes, this book is an absolute must-have. It’s magical in every sense of the word!

5 star as always. And this might be one of my favorites of Johanna's. It has just the right amounts of details but not too tiny that they are hard to fill in. If you love coloring and love cute, fantastical things, I highly recommend this coloring book!

Super cute book with just enough detail and nice thick paper. VERY happy with this one!Update: I have since purchased 3 more of her books! I have fallen in love with these adorable illustrations and the joy of coloring such beautiful, unusual pictures! I think I own 5 now, including her Christmas book. I highly recommend these fun, interesting books! So off the chart from your usual mandalas, etc. I am about to buy one for my sister to get her addicted as well!!

For the most part, I think this new book is cute and lovely. I love the dragons, the wizardish stuff, and the pumpkin house. The underwater scenic items, cute castles and houses, some space stuff, a flying boat, and two Rita Berman-esque style circular building pages. Nice little vignettes abound. Lots to love. However, there also quite a few adult coloring clichés here: a tortoise with stuff on its back? Really? Why? I am so incredibly tired of turtles carrying stuff on their shells (or stuff growing out of their shells). We don't need any more tortises as moving vans. A swan, two pegasus facing each other, and a sloth hanging from something. Beetles, snails, and moths (moths, and more moths) overkill. I don't understand the obsession with insects popularity with artists that drive the adult coloring trend buses. And, even more food obsession--especially sweets. I live on a fixed income, and have food allergies, so the food obsessiveness is annoying. What's with all the buildings with the onion shaped domes? Is Johanna obsessed with Russia, Arabia, and India? While I love the variety of animals and birds that are included, I wish they weren't so entangled with patterns. Again, there's lots to love here, but at the same time, there's not much that's "fresh" here in concept. However, overall, I'm glad I ordered it. Johanna has already said that the release slated for next year is going to largely botanical. I'm not really a fan of just coloring flora. As a result, I may skip the next one. I'd actually like to see someone publish anti-floral themed books, because florals seem to overwhelm adult coloring books. Time will tell, as Johanna reveals more teasers. If I do decide to skip it, World of Wonders, 30 days of Creativity, Small Victories, and Rooms of Wonder all have things that aren't as floral. And, I also have most of the rest of her back catalog. I don't pressure myself into coloring what doesn't interest me. So I'm not part of the crowd that it's absolutely important to completely finish books.

There's a lot of coloring book rubbish out here. A lot of AI slop, low effort, poorly thought out and disappointing crap. This is awesome. My kids wanted to color some of the pictures, but I said no. This is for me, and each time I color something it's like a little meditation. I love the variation in picture size. You can choose something tiny if you only have a few minutes, or something bigger if you're one of those people with free time. I love this book.

Top tier coloring book. Fantastic paper quality. I use colored pencils, but I still wish the pictures were one sided on each page, but everything else about this book is so great it doesn't matter to me and printing double sided on great paper saves costs. Plus for the price it goes on sale, if I wanted to use paints or markers its still affordable to just buy another book for the pictures that get ruined in bleed through. I got this coloring book on sale for cheaper than any of the Amazon printed Ai books that are flooding the market and can be confident in the quality of the book and illustrations by a well known OG coloring artist.