Mermaids Grayscale Coloring Edition (Fantasy Coloring by Selina) (Volume 7)
By: Selina Fenech
Rating: 5 of 5
This is my second grayscale coloring book by Selina Fenech. While I loved the artwork in both books, this book is a vast improvement in how it is printed compared to the copy of her first book that I purchased. In that book, the skin tones were too dark and rather muddy. Because of how clear and good the contrast is in this book, I am left wondering if I received a bad printing with the first one.
I really like this book. I love the artwork as I do with Ms. Fenech’s line drawn coloring books as well. This book appears to have been taken, at least in part, from the first mermaids line coloring book Ms. Fenech published. I don’t own that book so I can’t verify that for sure.
This book has many mermaids both close ups of one and group designs of multiple mermaids. There are a couple of designs that mimic Art Nouveau poster art and which match the lovely fairies that I colored in the first grayscale coloring book by this artist.
I’m looking forward to coloring these pictures and having fun with the colorways because the book contains two of each of the twenty-five designs. If I really mess something up, I have another one to try. If I have problems deciding on a colorway, I have two designs that I can try two different ways. For my first projects, I used alcohol markers with an overlay of colored pencils. It worked well but as I am new to all of this, the results are not all that great but I sure enjoyed the time I spent coloring these pretty pictures.
25 x 2 each Grayscale Designs from Selina Fenech’s actual artwork
Printed on one side of CreateSpace typical white, thin non-perforated paper
Glue Bound
Designs do not merge into the binding area. There is a framing line around the outside of each design so you can cut the page out without any design loss.
Alcohol and water-based markers bleed through this paper (I suggest you use a blotter page below the page you are working on if you use these.)
Gel pens and India ink pens leave color shadows on the back of the page.
Coloring pencils work well with this paper. You can put down light to heavy color, it blends and layers well. Hard lead pencils leave dents on the back of the page.