40 Beautiful and Intricate Fantasy Designs printed on one side of the page

Myth & Magic: An Enchanted Fantasy Coloring Book by Kinuko Y. Craft

By: Kinuko Y. Craft

Rating: 5 of 5

I have long been a fan of Kinuko Y. Craft’s artwork, especially in puzzles and calendars over the years. I was very happy to see that she had translated her artwork into line drawings for a coloring book. The designs are all very detailed and intricate with many small spots to color. I am using a combination of ultra-fine point alcohol-based markers and sharp pointed colored pencils to be able to color the details in this book.

The designs are elegant and richly detailed. I find them to be an excellent translation of her work into a coloring book. I would be hesitant to recommend this book to anyone who has fine motor control or vision issues but otherwise, I think it is a fantastic coloring book and one that can provide many hours of fun and challenging coloring.

This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium.

40 Hand-drawn intricate Fantasy Designs by Kinuko Y. Craft

Printed on one side of the page

Paper is heavyweight, white, slightly rough, and perforated

Glue Binding

Designs do not merge past the perforations and most have a frame of sorts around the outer edge of the design.

Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page

Water-based markers and India ink pens bleed through the page in spots.

I use a blotter page below my working page when using these wet mediums. It keeps the ink from seeping through. You can also remove pages before coloring to keep the rest of the book from being damaged.

Gel pens leave a slight shadow on the back of the page but do not bleed through. Some pens require additional drying time.

Colored pencils work well with this slightly rough paper. I was able to layer and blend easily with both oil and wax based pencils.

In addition to the copy of this coloring book that I purchased on Amazon, the publisher sent me a sample advanced reader copy of this book