Daily Archives: April 4, 2017

Festive Magic – Fantasy Christmas Coloring Book (Fantasy Coloring by Selina) (Volume 12)

By: Selina Fenech

Rating: 5 of 5

This is exactly the type of holiday coloring book I would expect from Selina Fenech. Her previous coloring books are fantasy in nature, so it makes sense that her holiday (not Christmas per se) book would be a merge of fantasy and secular. If anything, I am reminded of pagan holiday scenes from stories, movies, etc. from England.

Most of the designs are of angels who look rather more like fairies. The designs are detailed and some include intricate and small areas to color.
This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper.
25 x 2 copies each fantasy/pagan holiday (not Christmas) designs by Selina Fenech for a total of 50 coloring pages
Designs are printed on one side of white, thin, slightly rough non-perforated paper typical of CreateSpace
Glue Binding
Easy to open to flat position for coloring
Designs do not merge into the binding and there is plenty of room to cut pages out if you choose to do so
Alcohol and water-based markers bleed through the page to some degree. Water-based bleed through in spots while alcohol-based bleed through freely
Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of page. India ink can bleed through if you use multiple layers.
Coloring pencils work well with this paper. Both oil and wax based provide good color when I use multiple layers of the same color. I am easily able to blend (using a pencil style blender stick) and layer multiple colors as well. Hard lead pencils leave dents through the back of the page.
Because of the bleed through and dents, I use a blotter page below my working page. I prefer card stock but several sheets of heavyweight paper work as well.