The Night Voyage: A Magical Adventure and Coloring Book (Time Adult Coloring Books)
By: Daria Song
Rating: 5 of 5
The Night Voyage is the story of a young girl and her cat, Phoebe, who go on a night adventure giving away presents to others. Or did they? That is the question left unanswered at the end of this story.
The coloring book is filled with Daria Song’s beautiful artwork and imaginative design concepts. From paper crane airplanes to old-fashioned bicycles to gorgeous air balloons, each page is a wonderful opportunity to color.
In addition to the 64 pages of designs, there are thumbnails of each and a bonus coloring page as well as a card that can be cut out and colored. (with both cutting lines and folding line included.)
This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the page with my coloring medium. In the comments section below, I will list the coloring medium I use for testing and coloring.
64 pages of Daria Song designs plus bonus page and card
Printed on both sides of the page
Paper is bright white, very lightly rough, heavyweight and non-perforated
Binding is both glued and sewn not the type that is easy to snip threads to remove pages. I don’t recommend this as so many of the designs spread across two pages
Designs merge into the binding area
Most designs spread across two pages
Separate dust cover which has coloring opportunities on the inside and an attached cover which can be colored as well.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper
Water-based markers, gel pens and India ink pens do not bleed through and do not leave shadows on the back of the page. Some gel pens require additional drying time.
Colored pencils worked very well with this paper. I tested oil and wax based pencils. I was able to get good pigment lay down with both types. Layering the same color for deeper color, multiple colors and blending with a blending stick worked well and easily.
US versus Thailand printing:
Both versions have their advantages. The Thailand version was printed on a slightly off white when compared to the US one (thought I originally thought of it was simply white.) It also had colored images and colored cards included with some single page versions of designs which were on two-pages spreads. You can see my review and video of this version from May of this year on Amazon under the name The Present by Daria Song.
For me, the US version was the better of the two but I am happy that I have both. The US version is printed on bright white paper that was able to take all but alcohol-based markers without showing through. There are many pages of designs not included in the Thailand version at all. The detached dust cover, which is different from the original two books by Ms. Song, was a nice new touch with coloring opportunities as well. While the books are approximately the same size and the US version actually has less pages overall, it weighs more which leads me to believe that the paper is thicker.