Alice in Wonderland Coloring Book
By: Fabiana Attanasio
Rating: 5 of 5
This is a really cute and fun coloring book. The designs are detailed but not overly intricate. The characters from the book are well represented and are easily recognizable for anyone familiar with the story. Alice is there as is the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts and her playing card guards.
The story follows from the beginning of the book through to the end and the condensed story at the front of the book tells the high points in just a few pages. While you might want to keep a copy of the book handy, the story by itself is sufficient for telling to little ones and then you get to look through the pages you have colored together.
I am a real fan of Alice in Wonderland, so I have several different coloring books based on this story. I find it really interesting to see the difference in how individual artists interpret one of my favorite stories.
This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium. I did not test the poster as there is only one and my tests usually ruin the design page that I am testing. The poster is heavyweight and, while white, is slightly bluer in tone than the rest of the book.
71 pages of Alice in Wonderland inspired designs plus a 37 x 26 inch folded and removable poster at the end of the book.
Printed on both sides of the page
Paper is white, heavyweight, smooth and non-perforated.
Sewn Binding
Designs do merge into the binding area
25 of the Designs are printed across two pages of the book
The images line up exceptionally well in my copy of the book
Front and back covers fold out with suits of playing cards that can be colored; however, the paper is slick and may not work with all coloring medium
Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper
Water-based markers, except for the brush end of Tombows, can leave the faintest of shadows on the back of the page if you use dark or bright colors or have to put multiple coats on for coverage. My Tombows did not leak through or leave shadows on the back of the page.
Gel pens and India ink pens did not bleed through on my tests. Gel pens required additional drying time.
Colored pencils worked well with this paper. I used both wax and oil based pencils and while the paper was smooth, I was able to layer same colors for deeper pigment, layer different colors, and blend colors well using a pencil style blending stick. Hard lead pencils did not dent through on this paper.
If you choose to use markers, you will probably have bleed through of some sort and that will ruin the design on the back of the page. As with my other book in this series, I have chosen to use coloring pencils to finish this book along with some highlights of gel pens here and there when I want to make something sparkle or gleam.