40 Pretty Fairy Designs from a variety of artists designs printed on one side of thin white paper

Fairies Coloring Book For Adults: An Adult Coloring Book Of 40 Fairies and Magical Woodland Fairy Designs by a Variety of Artists (Mythical Creature Adult Coloring Books) (Volume 1)

By: Adult Coloring World

Rating: 5 of 5

This is a coloring book of 40 different fairy designs. The styles range wildly though you can see, from the design, when an artist is probably responsible for two or three designs in the book. There are adult fairies, child fairies, and even anime style fairies. Some of the designs are simple line drawings, others have the look of a blended pencil sketch, while a good number are detailed and intricate with small areas to color throughout. I believe that the publisher has curated (or licensed) the rights to the images through various entities on the internet. When this happens, you might find the same images in a variety of books by different publishers. At this point, these fairy designs are all new to me but I have seen the duplication issue with other books by this publisher.

All of the designs stop well before the binding. The designs are printed on one side of thin white non-perforated paper that is typical for books published by CreateSpace. The binding is glued but there is plenty of room for you to cut a page out if you choose to do so. All of the designs either have finished elements at all sides or have a framing line around the outside. I really like this as it gives me a natural stopping point, saves ink/pencil, and also gives me a more finished looking project when I color.

All of my markers bleed through and my gel pens either bleed through or leave a distinct shadow on the back of the page. My coloring pencils work well with the paper. I will use a piece of chipboard or heavy paper behind the page I am working on so I don’t ruin the following page with leaking ink. I will list the coloring mediums that I tested with this book in the comments section below.

The paper on which CreateSpace prints these coloring book is less than optimal. It is thin and doesn’t stand up to repeated blending with pencils or watercolors. They are the venue through which independent artists are publishing their art. Because of this, I am willing to put up with the less than stellar paper to get the huge variety of coloring designs that are made available through this publisher. I can only hope that they as they are beginning to increase the prices of these books they will upgrade the paper on which they print.