25 grayscale designs in Volume 3 from the artwork of Tim Jeffs – printed on one side of page

Intricate Ink: Animals in Detail Volume 3

By: Tim Jeffs

Rating: 5 of 5

This is the third volume of beautiful beautiful hardback book of 25 designs by Tim Jeffs. It adds more animals to the beautiful designs I already own in the prior two volumes in this series. The animals look incredibly life-life. They look even better than photographs but are hand drawn by the artist.

My preferred method of doing grayscale is to use alcohol-based markers as a basecoat and then to add shading and details with colored pencils. However, as I have been ill and cannot use my alcohol-based markers while we try to figure out what caused my severe allergic reaction (pneumonia and continuing need for oxygen supplement 24/7), I am using just pencils. I’m enjoying it so much, I may not go back to my old way of coloring at all.

Included in this book are the following animals (in order): Amazonian Royal Flycatcher, Armadillo, Ball Python, Bighorn Sheep, Blue Heron, Chinese Water Dragon, Clouded Leopard, Cougar, Echidna, Honey Bee, Indian Rhinoceros, Kangaroos, Lady Amherst Pheasant, Leopard Gecko, Lynx, Okapi, Pangolin, Panther Chameleon, Parrot Chameleon, Parrotfish, Peregrine Falcon, Platypus, Resplendent Quetzal, Slow Loris, Snowy Owl, and Whale Shark.

This is what I discovered while coloring in this book and using my coloring medium to test the pages:

25 Grayscale Designs based on the artwork of Tim Jeffs

Printed on one side of the page

Paper is heavyweight, white, slightly smooth, and non-perforated

Sewn binding with a thin glossy hard back cover

The book opens flat easily.

There is enough room to remove a page if you wish to do so. I won’t but, instead, will use the book as a coffee table book both while I am coloring it and when it is finished.

Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper quite readily

Water-based markers can spot through. The exception was my Tombow brush ends did not spot through even with dark and bright colors.

Gel pens and India ink pens did not bleed through but some gel pens took much longer to dry than usual.

Colored pencils worked well with this paper. I tested both oil and wax based in several brands. I was able to get light pigment as well as heavy (with multiple layers) and to layer colors and blend well using a pencil style blending stick. My hard lead pencils were good color as well with crisp lines and did not dent through the page.

Here are some sample photos from the book: