Daily Archives: July 11, 2018

I own several coloring books by Tatiana Bogema Stolova. They are mostly line drawing books though a few have hints of grayscale shading within them.

This is a very different book as the designs are have more shading by use of lines and cross hatch than any of the others do. While there is a lot of this shading, there are still many areas within the designs which are line drawings. The designs are detailed and some have intricate areas to color.

For some, this type of shading might be too much. For others (like myself), who struggle with adding texture to fur on animals, having the extra lines makes coloring easier. It gives me a pattern to follow with my own color pencils strokes.

The subjects of the designs are also very different as they are both more realistic and more fantasy at the same time. The artist states (in the product blurb) that these are different designs which she was asked (by fans) to release.

I’m so glad that she did – it presents a whole new look at her art. I hope that she gives consideration to new coloring books which explore this type of artwork in more detail.

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This is the second in a series of books about Dreamlings by Edwina McNamee. Just as with the first book, the creatures that inhabit Dreamlings 2 are cute little animals. The focus is on their homes this time around.

There are high heel homes and bee hives houses and so many more. House sprout out of flowers and grow from acorns. There is a house gliding across the ocean and one that is made up a pumpkin. So cute and so much fun to color.

The designs are detailed and fun to color. The designs are not intricate nor difficult to color and do not need speciality pens, pencils in order to do so.

The designs are printed twice – once with black lines on white paper and the second time as white designs printed on black paper. The change in the paper tone gives each design a very different look which I personally appreciate and I love the way that “smoke” appears across the surface of the black page.

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