Autumn Magic Grayscale Coloring Book: Autumn Fairies, Witches, and More!
By: Molly Harrison
Rating: 5 of 5
I have been a fan of Molly Harrison’s regular line drawn coloring books since she released her first one almost a year ago. That first book was based on Halloween style designs. Once Ms. Harrison started releasing grayscale design books, I’ve been hoping for a grayscale book that utilized some of the same Halloween/Autumn styles as my first coloring book did. The wait is over as this is the book I have been hoping and waiting for.
Autumn Magic is a grayscale coloring book which features 30 of Ms. Harrison’s designs. As with her other grayscale design books, the contrast between light and dark areas in the book are spot on. There are many elements designs of adult fairies and witches as well as a few of the younger versions (I hope to see a grayscale book dedicated to her little girls as well in the near future.)
The designs are lovely to color. I am using a mix of alcohol-based markers and colored pencils and find that that works best for me. There simply aren’t enough Halloween based coloring books, especially ones that are as elegant as Ms. Harrison’s, so I am enjoying coloring in this book while waiting for her to release more of the same.
This is what I found while coloring in this book and testing my various coloring medium on the paper:
30 Elegant Autumn/Halloween Fairy/Witch designs in grayscale. All designs are based on Molly Harrison’s original artwork.
Designs are printed on one side of the page
Paper is thin, white, slightly rough (with good tooth), and non-perforated
Glue Bound
Designs do not merge into the binding and there is enough room to easily cut pages out if you choose to do so
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the paper. Water-based markers spot through enough to mar pages below.
Gel pens and India ink pens leave colorful shadows on the back of the page. India ink can leak through if you use multiple coats.
Colored pencils work well with the paper. It has good tooth being slightly rough. I can use both oil and wax based pencils with it and get good results in coloring, layering and blending. Hard lead pencils dent through to the back of the page.
I use and suggest the use of heavyweight paper or card stock as a blotter page under the page you are working on. It keeps seeping ink and dents from ruining the pages below.