Whimsical Halloween Coloring Book: Witches, Vampires Kitties and More!
By: Molly Harrison
Rating: 5 of 5
This is my second Whimsical coloring book by Molly Harrison. In this series, she highlights little girls with cute round faces and non-existent noses. They have an adorable look to them with their little eyes, broad faces, and fly-away hair. I did notice that a couple of the designs are duplicates of those I have in my other book. I’m not sure about this first book in this series as I don’t own it.
In this particular book, the designs are related to Halloween. There are witches, fairies, mummies, pumpkins, owls, kittens, and so much more. I always have a lot of fun coloring these little dolls and hope that someday Ms. Harrison will do a grayscale coloring book featuring them.
This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and using my coloring medium to test the paper (which is typical of CreateSpace who is the publisher of this book):
32 Cute Halloween Designs featuring little girls
Printed on one side of the page
Paper is thin, white, slightly rough, and non-perforated
Glue Binding
Designs do not merge into the binding area and can easily be cut out if you choose to do so.
Designs have a double framing line around the outside to give the project a more finished appearance and to save time and ink by not having to color the entire background.
Book opens fairly flat for coloring purposes.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper.
Water-based markers bleed through to a lesser degree with spotting more than a full bleed through
Gel pens and India ink pens leave colorful shadows on the back of the page. India ink can bleed through if I use multiple coats or blending of two colors.
Colored pencils work really well with this paper. I can get good color with both wax and oil based pencils. I can layer and blend well using a blending pencil. Hard leads such as Verithins can dent/score through to the back of the page.
I used and recommend the use of a blotter page of card stock or several sheets of paper under your working page to keep seeping ink and dents from ruining the design below.