25 Lovely Fairy Designs in second book in series designs printed one side of the page

Fairies & Friends: Enchanting Fairies and Friends to Color

By: Barbara Lanza

Rating: 5 of 5

I have several coloring books by Barbara Lanza and really enjoy the beautiful and elegant fairies who inhabit the world of her imagination. Fairies and Friends in the second book in her new fairy series. The first book, which I also own, is called Fairy Lane. In the new book, Ms. Lanza continues to populate this world with her beautiful creatures.

There are 25 new designs in this book. The designs have a really nice level of detail but are not overly intricate. Some of the designs are focused on a foreground imagine while others are fully illustrated with a background as well. In most of the designs, there is a fairy and its animal friend, such as a cat, a bird, a dragonfly, a squirrel, or even another fairy.

This is what I found while coloring in this book and while testing my coloring medium on the paper. In the comments section below, I will list the coloring medium I used to test this book and which I use for most of my coloring.

25 Fairy and Friend Designs

Printed one side of the page

Paper is thin, white, slightly rough and non-perforated

Glue Bound

Most designs merge into the binding area

Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper readily

Water-based markers bleed through in spots

Gel pens and India ink pens do not bleed through. India ink pens can bleed through in spots if you use multiple coats.

Colored pencils work well with this paper. It is slightly rough and has enough tooth to get good pigment from both oil or wax based pencils. I was also able to use both to layer colors and to blend easily using a pencil style blending stick. Hard lead pencils leave dents through the page.

I use a blotter of card stock or heavy weight paper with this type of coloring book to keep seeping ink or dents from damaging the pages below my working page.