The Throne of Glass Coloring Book
By: Sarah J. Maas
Rating: 5 of 5
The coloring book is based on various books and novellas in the series of books by Sarah J. Maas. I won’t discuss whether or not this coloring book what is I expected from the books but rather how I feel about it as an adult coloring book in its own right.
The coloring book has 46 different designs from different stories. The designs are by three artists Yvonne Gilbert, John Howe, and Craig Phillips. One of the three artists did not quite match in look and feel with the other two and it gave a slight discordant vibe to the book as I look through it. While I won’t detract in my overall review for that, it was certainly noticeable. Most of the designs are quite beautiful and elegant.
The designs are quite detailed and many of them have intricate and tiny elements to color. What is nice about this book is that the designs are printed on one side of the page with excerpts from the book on the opposing page. That allows me to use any form of coloring medium I choose without worrying about whether or not it will ruin a design on the back of the page.
This is what I found while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium. I will list, in the comments section below, the coloring medium I use for testing and coloring.
46 Throne of Glass Designs by three artists
Printed one side of page (with book excerpts on the back of the page)
Paper is heavy weight, white, ever so slightly rough, and perforated
Sewn binding
Designs are printed beyond the perforations and merge into the binding. Nothing essential will be lost if you remove pages at the perforations; however, you can remove several pages in whole by clipping a few threads of the binding.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper.
Water-based markers, gel pens, and India ink pens did not bleed through the paper. Some gel pens require additional drying time.
Colored pencils worked really well with the paper. The tiny bit of roughness to the paper allowed pigment to easily adhere to the page. I test both oil and wax based pencils and both worked well. I could layer the same color for deeper pigment, layer multiple colors and blend easily using a blender stick.
I like to use alcohol-based markers with this style of book (printed one side of page) but I use a blotter page of card stock under my working page to keep ink from seeping through. I would suggest either using a blotter page or removing the coloring page from the book beforehand if you use alcohol-based markers.