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Daily Archives: March 31, 2017
Another beautiful coloring book by Hanna Karlzon printed on both sides of the page
Magical Dawn Coloring Book: Published in Sweden as “Magisk Gryning” (Gsp- Trade)
By: Hanna Karlzon
Rating: 5 of 5
I own a few coloring books by Hanna Karlzon and I was looking forward to receiving Magical Dawn which I purchased sight unseen on pre-order. The book is filled with designs in Ms. Karlzon’s unique style. I think that the designs in this book are even more elaborate than her previous ones. There are many more jewels, animals, and lovely ladies.
Because the book is printed two-sided, I’m being very careful with what I use to color in it. I’ve discovered that I prefer using my Faber-Castell Polychromos because 1) I like the way they work with the paper and 2) I like the color mix available for these designs. I also like to use metallic and glitter gel pens to add a hint of pizzazz to my projects. This has been true with my other copies of regular hardbound coloring books by Ms. Karlzon. I like her artist edition and postcard versions for use with my markers as those editions are printed only on one side of the page.
This is what I found while coloring in this book and testing it with my coloring medium. I will list the coloring medium I use for tests and coloring in the comments section below.
90+ pages of beautiful and elaborate designs by Hanna Karlzon
Printed on both sides of the page
Paper is heavyweight, cream color, somewhat smooth, and non-perforated
Sewn binding with some glue as well. You can still snips the threads to remove the pages from the book but may have to contend with a tiny bit of glue on a few pages. I’ve not tried this as I want to keep my book together.
Some designs merge into the binding area, especially those which spread across two pages. Because of the sewn/glued binding and the hardcover of the book, it is difficult to color into those bits. It makes it more of a challenge to tilt the book to get the right angle for coloring
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page. If you use these, you will have ink seep through and mar the design on the back of the page.
Water-based markers, gel pens and India ink pens do not bleed through the page.
Colored pencils work well with the paper. I was able to blend, layer the same and multiple colors using both oil and wax-based pencils with ease.
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