Daily Archives: November 6, 2015

This coloring book is chock-full of great designs based mostly on the Brothers Grimm fairy tales but also includes some other classic fairy tales, too. The designs range from complex to more open and easy to color, so there is something in this book for whatever mood you are in that day. Some of the designs are a little on the creepy side but so were the original fairy tales. Other designs are quite elegant and beautiful. I’m glad to see that the artist, Adam Fisher, has stayed true to the original stories. At the bottom of each design, the artist has included the title and a quote from the fairy tale.

The designs are printed in grayscale, so there are tonal changes within designs and between designs in the book. I really appreciate that as it helps to emphasize and de-emphasize elements of the design. The book is smaller than the normal at about 8 x 8 inches. It is quite a thick book but it can easily be slipped into a backpack or purse if you want to take it on the go.

The book is printed on a single side of medium weight white perforated paper. The paper has a smooth finish and is suitable for framing. The binding is glued rather than sewn but the perforations will make it easy to remove pages if you wish (which I will as this is a pretty thick book to try to color in.) The designs all have a frame around the edge and the images stop well short of the binding.

All of my markers (water and alcohol-based) bleed through this paper easily. My gel pens either bleed through or leave a shadow on the back of the paper. My colored pencils work well even with the smoother than normal paper. If I were going to leave the pages in the book, I would put a heavier piece of paper behind the page I was working on to keep the ink from leaking through.

My only suggestion for improving the printing of this book would be to use a thicker paper to lessen bleed-through. That really doesn’t bother me too much as the pages are perforated and the designs are printed one side.