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Daily Archives: June 17, 2016
25 Adorable Little Girl Fantasy Designs Fairies
Whimsical World #2 Coloring Book: Fairies, Mermaids, Witches, Angels and More!
By: Molly Harrison
Rating: 5 of 5
While this is my first coloring book by Molly Harrison which is devoted to little girls fantasy characters, it is actually the second in the series. I have colored a few of this style of designs that were included in other coloring books by Ms. Harrison. I enjoyed them so much, I decided to purchase this book as well.
The designs are adorable. The little girls are fairies, mermaids, angels, witches, and maybe even just little girls! They have sweet round faces with rounded shoulders and non-existent noses. They are set in cute backgrounds which give context to the subject of the design. Some have animals to cuddle while others have balloons to hold or a crescent moon to sleep on.
The designs are also easy and fun to color. I like these kinds of projects to work on while I am working on something more difficult. Rather than get bogged down, I pick up a fun, happy and easy project and finish that. It usually gives me the burst of energy to finish off my longer project as well.
This is what I experienced while coloring in and testing the paper of this book with my various coloring medium:
25 Whimsical Fantasy Designs of Little Girls
Printed on one side of the page
Paper is typical of Createspace it is white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated
Glue Bound
Designs do not merge into the binding area and have double framing lines at the outer edge of the design. I really appreciate this finishing feature on designs.
Book opens fairly flat for coloring purposes.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper.
Water-based markers bleed through to a lesser degree with spotting more than a full bleed through
Gel pens and India ink pens leave colorful shadows on the back of the page. India ink can bleed through if I use multiple coats or blending of two colors.
Colored pencils work really well with this paper. I can get good color with both wax and oil based pencils. I can layer and blend well using a blending pencil. Hard leads such as Verithins can dent/score 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.
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