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Angel Coloring Book by Angie F. Michelli Trotter

9/7/2015

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As beautiful and successful as mainstream, mass produced colouring books are, there's always something a little more personal about handmade books that you can't get off a supermarket shelf. Angie Trotter is a fine artist from Arizona, USA, who uses her art as a form of pain management for her chronic migraines. As you all know I struggle with mental health problems and colouring helps me immensely, so I imagine that's what Angie's illustrating does for her too. This is her first colouring book, although she has floral and creature themed ones in the works. Angie's previous artwork is held in private collections all across southeastern US.

The Angel Coloring book is more a small collection of singular art pieces than just a book, in that there are only 10 pages but each image has taken a great amount of effort and intricacy. The drawings are reminiscent of stained glass panels, filled with tiny shards of detail and an icon in the centre. If you like colouring religious subject matter you won't go wrong with this book, and even if you don't you'll still be creating some beautiful Greek & Roman imagery.
The book is printed on cardstock and is one-sided, so bleeding isn't an issue. All of Angie's books are hand-bound with twine by her daughters, who encouraged her to create the book. The binding also doubles up as a bookmark, with a lovely beaded end. The illustrations are finished in Indian ink, so be aware that some light colours will cause the edges to bleed if you're not careful. Each drawing is contained in a border, perfect for removing and framing, although some of the images haven't been printed quite straight on the paper (this just adds to the handmade, imperfect nature of it IMO). 

Take a look at my finished Angel :) He took quite some time to finish, but I'm thrilled with the results. I tried to keep the edges dark as a contrast to the bright infills, just like real stained glass.
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And now for a giveaway! If you want to win a copy of Angie's book PLUS some beautifully illustrated cards, just make sure you like the Colour with Claire Facebook page, and I'll choose a winner from the likes next Friday (17th July). Good luck! 
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This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review. You can purchase your copy on Angie's Etsy page.
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45 Comments
Catherine Davidson link
9/7/2015 09:22:04 am

can do with the book as colouring is supposed to relieve stress.

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Tracy Alcock
9/7/2015 09:30:21 am

great prize

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Alison mackintosh
9/7/2015 10:17:35 am

Lovely

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Jean Maunder
9/7/2015 10:43:05 am

Please enter me into colouring book competition.

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Laura Jeffs
9/7/2015 10:44:11 am

What a stunningly beautiful book!! Love it!

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Marian Davison
9/7/2015 11:11:10 am

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Evette Gabriella Williams
9/7/2015 12:02:50 pm

Already loved page and love this prize <3

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Dawn Adams
9/7/2015 12:06:36 pm

They look fantastic. Have liked over on FaceBook.

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Sara Janeg
9/7/2015 12:39:30 pm

This looks Fab

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Jessica Powell link
9/7/2015 01:01:46 pm

I love the detail in these, so pretty!

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Claire Redfern
9/7/2015 01:34:17 pm

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Cori Webb
9/7/2015 10:07:04 pm

This is the first book with angels that I actually like. Would love a copy.

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Pamela Gossage
9/7/2015 11:47:38 pm

Beautiful

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Pamela Gossage
9/7/2015 11:52:12 pm

This is beautiful

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Beverley Marsh
10/7/2015 05:36:25 am

Lovely prize.

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Carole Paton
10/7/2015 11:26:18 am

Lovely and very therapeutic!

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Alison Daughtrey-Drew
11/7/2015 03:14:41 am

I'm loving your angel Claire quite stunning. I've been advised to try colouring to 'cope' with my cancer treatment & think it could really help. Fingers crossed for the comp, thanks xx

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Julz
11/7/2015 12:33:57 pm

What a lovely treat!

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Karen
11/7/2015 07:19:38 pm

Where is it available? Lovely! Hoping I win it!

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Toni
12/7/2015 07:53:32 am

Colour me HAPPY if I am lucky enough to win this Prize

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Anne-Marie Large link
12/7/2015 01:09:55 pm

All done. :) I love colouring and I love Angels. :D Thank you for the giveaway. :)

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Rich Tyler link
13/7/2015 06:27:04 am

Nice Comp :)

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Josie Davies
13/7/2015 06:28:46 am

These are fantastic and you are so kind giving one away as a prize :)

I work as a Mental Health Adviser at a University and often suggest people use these colouring books as a positive distraction technique!

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Haley Redshaw
13/7/2015 11:33:54 am

so beautiful

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Gaynor Lewis
14/7/2015 08:09:16 am

Just started colouring as a stress buster and it really works - would love some new materials to inspire me further

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lindsay chadburn
14/7/2015 08:13:34 pm

these look fab would keep me calm

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Sarah Rees
15/7/2015 10:07:38 am

Lovely :)

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Annmarie Jefferies
15/7/2015 10:44:27 pm

Would love to win this I suffer with stress and anxiety and colouring is meant to be really good

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Nicola Holland
15/7/2015 10:59:05 pm

Perfect to de-stress

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samantha bolter
16/7/2015 03:49:49 am

my kids would love me to have one of these as I am always moaning about them colouring over the lines when they do lol.... I would show them how to do it properly #OCD

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Karen Laing link
16/7/2015 04:59:50 am

I've heard that this is very relaxing,living in chaos I would love to try this out x

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Margaret Glover
16/7/2015 08:30:26 am

Beautiful pictures

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anita hargreaves link
16/7/2015 10:56:08 am

Help me with not smoking

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Emma Baker
16/7/2015 01:29:28 pm

Perfection with calming down from a long hard day at work.

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Eva Appleby
16/7/2015 03:57:20 pm

Good for rainy days

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Kirsty Woods
16/7/2015 08:43:51 pm

Fab :)

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NIKKI DEELEY
17/7/2015 12:28:20 am

This would be great after I finsh work I have a very stressful job working in health care :)

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charley w
17/7/2015 02:09:26 am

This would be a beautiful addition to my collection

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Karen Hughes
17/7/2015 03:36:03 am

Son in crash on motorway, broke down on motorway following day, moved son to new home weekend followed by 2 exams Monday, stresses stressed stressed would love to win

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Tamsin Dean
17/7/2015 05:11:48 am

so lovely

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Ingrid
17/7/2015 06:03:01 am

I have liked your page - so glad that I found this giveaway - it's opened up a whole new dimension for my colouring scrolling through your wall! I couldn't find a Facebook post about this giveaway. I would like to "like" it too. Hope I'm still able to enter - I love Angels as much as I love colouring

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Amy Jo McLellan
17/7/2015 11:20:43 am

Have liked! :)

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mellanie forster
17/7/2015 11:45:42 am

Stupendous prize

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marion morgan
17/7/2015 12:44:52 pm

nice prize

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angela evans
17/7/2015 12:49:10 pm

lovely book , always been rubbish at colouring perhaps i need to practice

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