Lovely Snow White Coloring book based on Charles Santore’s Original Artwork printed on one side of page

Charles Santore: Snow White Coloring Book

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Rating: 5 of 5

I purchased two new coloring books, by Pomegranate, based on the artwork of Charles Santore. The other book (Aesop’s Fables) had much darker shading than this book but still Snow White has a lot of shading in lighter tones of gray. I found that the same technique I used for Aesop’s Fables worked well for dealing with the unusual amount of gray in these designs. I treated them as if I were working on a grayscale design by laying down a foundation of color using alcohol-based markers. Once that I was done, the gray shading became the shading in my colors. I added colored pencil details and highlights and was really pleased with the end result.

The designs are really elegantly drawn with fine details from the original artwork. Thumbnails of the original watercolors of each design are printed in glossy prints on the inside of the front and back covers. I appreciated this touch as at times I needed to look at the pictures to determine which part of the design I was coloring. I used my own color choices rather than following exactly what the artist had done originally.

The story in this book is slightly different from what most people think of with respect to Snow White. I am planning on buying the children’s book which includes these designs so I can follow the story along as I color and to give to our grandchildren when I am finished coloring the book for them.

This is what I experienced in coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper. I will list, in the comments section below, the coloring medium I use to test with and which I use most of the time to color my projects.

21 Snow White designs based on the original artwork by Charles Santore with lots of gray shading

Designs are printed on one side of the page

Paper is heavyweight, slightly off-white, slightly rough to the touch and non-perforated

The Designs are bound by two heavyweight staples which can be removed to release all of the page from the book without any loss of design.

Designs do not merge into the binding area

Pages can be cut out if you wish without losing any design elements.

Book easily opens to a flat position for coloring.

Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper easily.

Water-based markers leave shadows and slight spots of color bleed through on the back of the page

Gel pens and India ink pens do not bleed through the page.

Colored pencils work well with the paper. It has a slight roughness to it that allows good pigment coverage from both oil and wax based pencils. I was able to layer and blend easily with both as well.