The Majestic Flight of the Owl
By: Shawn Mayo
Rating: 4 of 5
The Magnificent Flight of the Owl is a cute coloring book of 24 owl designs. At the time I am writing this review, for some reason, the title is under The Majestic Flight of the Owl so that is the only way to search and find this book.
The designs are all licensed from Shutterstock and the Mayo family has done a good job of curated these images as most are not familiar to me. The printing is well done, the editors put a framing line around each of the designs for a natural stopping point, and the designs are generally well fit to the page. If you like to color owls and want a good inexpensive with a variety of artists work, this could be a good coloring book for you.
Keep in mind that it has the typical CreateSpace thin, non-perforated paper. While I am not a great fan of the paper and wish that Amazon (who owns CreateSpace) would offer a better grade, I accept it as a way to get inexpensive artwork as well as coloring books from artists from around the world. Because of these two factors, I accept the less than stellar paper when I purchase a coloring book published by CreateSpace.
For my first project in this coloring book, I chose to do a grouping of snow owls. I left these cute little cartoon owls white for the most part and played with color (Sharpies and Bic Mark-its) on their accessories and distinguishing features.
This is what I found in this coloring book:
24 Owl designs (licensed from Shutterstock)
Page for checking colors, etc.
Designs printed on one side of the page
Paper is thin, white, slightly rough, non-perforated.
Glue Bound
Designs do not merge into the binding area
Alcohol and water-based markers bleed through the page (I suggest you use a blotter page under your work.)
Gel pens and India ink leave colorful shadows on the back of the page.
Coloring pencils work well good color, layer and blend well. Hard pencils dent the back of the page.