Daily Archives: June 10, 2016

INKLINGS 2 colouring book by Tanya Bond: Coloring book for adults, teens and children, featuring 24 single sided fantasy art illustrations by Tanya … and other charming creatures. (Volume 2)

By: Tanya Bond

Rating: 5 of 5

I so enjoyed Tanya Bond’s first book in this series of coloring books (Inklings) that when I saw the second book was available, I purchased it sight unseen. It is another book filled with beautiful designs of big-eyed, wraith-like young women. The designs are all titled to give you some idea of the artist’s concept though for the most part, you can gleam this from simply looking at the designs. A good number of the designs have animals in them as well and those are also beautifully drawn.

The designs are detailed but not overly intricate. I didn’t need anything more than alcohol-based markers and a variety of coloring pencils for the first projects I colored in this book. I’m really happy to see that the artist released this volume 2 and I am looking forward to more coloring books in this series.

This is what I experienced in coloring in this book as well as testing my various coloring mediums on the paper:

24 Fantasy Designs of young women with large eyes

Printed on one side of the page.

Typical CreateSpace paper thin, white, slightly rough, and non-perforated

Glue Bound

Designs do not merge into the binding area (so you can easily cut the pages out and no twisting and turning to try to color into the binding.

Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper.

Water-based markers bleed through to a lesser degree with mostly a lot of spotting

Gel pens and India ink pens leave colorful shadows on the back of the page. India ink can bleed through if multiple coats are applied

Colored pencils work really well with this paper. I can get deep color with repeated thin layers with both oil and wax based pencils. I can layer and blend well using a blending pencil. Hard leads such as Verithins can dent through to the back of the page.

I used and recommend the use of a blotter page of card stock or several sheets of paper under your working page to keep seeping ink and dents from ruining the design below.