This was a GREAT coloring book with a lot of great different designs for each kind of artistic skull. The paper is a little thick and very white, but I don't know that it would stand up to permanent sharpie or marker. I would recommend using crayons or colored pencils for these drawings. I originally bought them so that I could veg out with my boyfriend and meditate, but it's becoming a very relaxing date for us and we love putting the final product on the fridge. We joke that we'll eventually frame one of them if they were good enough (he doesn't know this, but I'm going to take our final products and scan them into a book of our own, with the date that it was completed next to each). This book would make a great gift for anyone who needs some relax/down-time and who would enjoy this little aspect of Mexican culture.