COLORING BOOK Fantasy Mermaids & Fairies: Amazing coloring book for all ages.
By: Alena Lazareva
Rating: 5 of 5
I have a grayscale coloring book that features the art of Alena Lazareva and I was happy to find a new line drawn design coloring book as well. There are 23 fantasy theme designs in this book as well as a sample of three grayscale designs one of which is fantasy. The designs include mermaids and fairies as well as beautiful women in decorative and old-fashioned garments.
It is really interesting to do both a grayscale and a line drawing coloring project by the same artist. In some cases, the artwork is of the same subject. I had fun coloring my first two line drawing designs in this book using alcohol-based markers.
This is what I found while coloring in and testing color mediums with this book:
26 Fantasy Designs (23 line drawing and 3 grayscale)
Printed on one side of the page
Paper is thin, white, slightly rough and non-perforated (typical of CreateSpace published coloring books.)
Some designs merge into the binding area making it more difficult to cut pages out
Glue Bound
Alcohol and water-based markers bleed through (though water-based are mostly spotty bleed-through)
Gel pens and India ink pens leave colorful shadows on the back of the page. India ink can spot through if you use multiple layers of ink.
Colored pencils work well. Both oil an water based pencils provide good pigment and lay color down well in multiple coats. I was able to layer and blend well, too. Hard lead pencils can leave dents at the back of the page.
I suggest using a blotter page below your working page – plain card stock or multiple layers of lighter weight, blank white paper work well. This will keep seeping ink and dents from damaging the page below.