Daily Archives: May 15, 2016

Lacy Sunshine’s Halloween Coloring Book Volume 4: Whimsical Witches, Ghosts, Pumpkins and Vampires (Lacy Sunshine’s Coloring Book)

By: Heather Valentin

Rating: 5 of 5

Halloween is the fourth coloring book by Heather Valentin for her Lacy Sunshine characters. This coloring book is different from the other three in that it includes a number of designs that are not big-eye girls. There is a ghost, a vampire, zoombies and even a mummy. There are still many of the other sweet characters from her three previous books, such as Eleanor and Pickles and Rory Sweet Urchin. They are all dressed up for a spooky Halloween.

I am always looking for fun Halloween designs and this book is certainly a great addition for me. I don’t have many of this style of book and certainly nothing for Halloween. I enjoy coloring these quick projects and look forward to coloring more in this book. I also hope to see more designs by this talented artist as well.

This is what I found while testing and coloring this book:

30 Halloween designs from the Lacy Sunshine line.

Printed on one side of page.

Paper is typical CreateSpace thin, white, slightly rough and non-perforated.

Glue Bound

Designs stop before the binding area

Alcohol and water-based bleed through the page. I suggest the use of a blotter page below your working page

Gel pens and India ink leave colorful shadows on the back of the page.

Coloring pencils work well both wax and oil based pencils put down good color, layer and blend well. Hard lead pencils dent the back of the page.

Lacy Sunshine’s “The Boo’s” Coloring Book Volume 3: Whimsical Big Eyed Girls and Fairies

By: Heather Valentin

Rating: 5 of 5

The Boos is the third coloring book by Heather Valentin for her Lacy Sunshine characters. In this book, there are 30 designs which of of a variety of different characters. Some are cute little fairies while others are sweet little girls (some even appear to be toddlers.) There are seasonal girls and even a Mary Had A Little Lamb girl.

What the characters all have in common is the sweet expressions and large eyes that are the signature of this artist. I really enjoy coloring this style of design it makes for a fun and quick project. I sometimes find that when I am working on something that takes days to finish, it makes sense to stop and do something fun that I can finalize in an hour or two.

This is what I found while testing and coloring this book:

30 Big Eyed Girls and Fairies the Lacy Sunshine line.

Printed on one side of page.

Paper is typical CreateSpace thin, white, slightly rough and non-perforated.

Glue Bound

Designs stop before the binding area

Alcohol and water-based bleed through the page. I suggest the use of a blotter page below your working page

Gel pens and India ink pens leave colorful shadows on the back of the page.

Coloring pencils work well both wax and oil based pencils put down good color, layer and blend well. Hard lead pencils dent the back of the page.

Lacy Sunshine’s Rory Sweet Urchin Coloring Book Volume 2: Fun Whimsical Big Eyed Art (Lacy Sunshine Rory Sweet Urchin)

By: Heather Valentin

Rating: 5 of 5

Rory Sweet Urchin is the second coloring book by Heather Valentin for her Lacy Sunshine characters. In this book, there are 30 designs which of Rory who is a little tomboy who loves to get into big mischief. She’s usually found wearing her patched coveralls and newsboy hat but she can dress up in costume and simply dress up from time to time.

Rory is always out playing something from riding her skateboard to playing baseball to going fishing. She likes the outdoors and being competitive. She is still a sweet little girl with enormous eyes as well.

I’m having fun with this style of design. I find them easy to color and finish in a very short time. I like to use my various markers with this style of design and then add pencils for shading depending on the design itself.

This is what I found while testing and coloring this book:

30 Rory Sweet Urchin Tombow designs from the Lacy Sunshine line.

Printed on one side of page.

Paper is typical CreateSpace thin, white, slightly rough and non-perforated.

Glue Bound
Designs stop before the binding area

Alcohol and water-based bleed through the page. I suggest the use of a blotter page below your working page

Gel pens and India ink leave colorful shadows on the back of the page.

Coloring pencils work well both wax and oil based pencils put down good color, layer and blend well. Hard lead pencils dent the back of the page.

Lacy Sunshine’s Eleanor and Pickles Coloring Book: Whimsical Big Eyed Art Froggy Fun (Lacy Sunshine’s Coloring Books) (Volume 1)

By: Heather Valentin

Rating: 5 of 5

Eleanor and Pickles is the first coloring book by Heather Valentin for her Lacy Sunshine characters. In this book, there are 35 designs which show Eleanor a cute little girl with Huge glasses and her little pet frog, Pickles. The two of them get into all kinds of mischief which makes it so much fun to color the designs.

I’m partial to little girl design with great big eyes and Eleanor fits the bill exactly. That she is also wearing glasses appeals to me as I have worn glasses for most of my life.

The designs include all sorts of activities from getting ready for the holiday season to painting to even riding a dinosaur. In my world, Missie Eleanor can have any number of hair colors though I do believe she is a natural blonde.

This is what I found while testing and coloring this book:

35 Fun and Easy Designs of Eleanor and Pickles characters in the Lacy Sunshine line.

Printed on one side of page.

Paper is typical CreateSpace thin, white, slightly rough and non-perforated.

Glue Bound

Designs stop before the binding area

Alcohol and water-based bleed through the page. I suggest the use of a blotter page below your working page

Gel pens and India ink leave colorful shadows on the back of the page.

Coloring pencils work well both wax and oil based pencils put down good color, layer and blend well. Hard lead pencils dent the back of the page.