The Adventures of Rover’s Magical Kingdom 1: Coloring Book for all … (Volume 1)
By: Global Doodle Gems
Rating: 5 of 5
This is my first coloring book by Rover Hsiao. The designs range from fairly simple with wide open areas to color to more detailed and intricate designs. The designs have a very playful look and feel which is in line with the title referring to the author’s magical kingdom.
There are cute little girls, animals, doodle hearts, mandalas and sweet looking young women in these designs. I chose one of a little girl and another of a young woman for my first two projects. I enjoyed coloring them with various coloring pencils.
This is also my first book by the publishing company, Global Doodle Gems, so I wasn’t sure what to expect as far as paper quality, etc. I found the book to be on par with books published through CreateSpace (similar paper quality, printing, etc.) so if you are familiar with that company, you will have an idea of what to expect there.
This is what I experienced while coloring and testing this coloring book:
60 Cute Designs in a variety of styles and subjects
Printed on one side of the page.
Paper is thin, white, slightly rough, and non-perforated.
Glue Bound
Designs stop before the binding area
Book can be forced into a fairly flat position by breaking the spine.
Alcohol and water based markers bleed through this paper.
Gel pens and India ink pens leave colorful shadows on the back of the page and India ink pens can spot through if more than one coat of color is applied.
Colored pencils work well with this paper. I found that both oil and wax based pencils put down good color. I use multiple light coats to build up to a deeper pigment. I could layer and blend well with all pencils except some of the harder lead pencils did not blend as well as the other brands of pencils. Very hard lead pencils, such as Verithins, also had good color but could leave dents that could be seen at the back of the page.
I recommend using a blotter page of card stock or heavy weight paper or several sheets of regular paper to keep ink or dents from marring designs below the page you are working on.