Fairy Tale Princesses & Storybook Darlings Coloring Book
By: Hannah Lynn
Rating: 5 of 5
I love Hannah Lynn’s designs. I own most of her coloring books and was excited to see this new book with Fairy Tale Princesses and Story Book Heroines. Most of the other books I have by Ms. Lynn focus on the face of the young lady. In this book, the designs are set into full backgrounds which give context to the story/fairy tale the image is derived from.
The book includes a lot of my favorites, from Cinderella to The Wizard of Oz to Alice in Wonderland and even to Hansel and Gretel. The designs are all titled (on the thumbnail pages at the front), so if you are stumped on the subject, you can easily guess based on both the picture and the title.
Trust Ms. Lynn to do something special when providing a duplicate page for coloring. The second copy of each design has shading on the eyes. It gives a very different look to the image overall and will make coloring both designs fun and different.
This is what I found in this coloring book:
25 Unique Fairy Tale and Storybook Princess type designs. There are two of each design (total of 50 coloring pages) with shading on the eyes of the additional copy.
Printed one side of the page
Paper is typical inexpensive quality by CreateSpace printing: white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.
The designs do not merge into the binding.
Glue Binding
Create Space Paper/Media Quality
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page quickly.
Water-based markers bleed through in spots.
Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows on back of the page. India ink can bleed through if you apply heavily or multiple coats.
Coloring Pencils work fairly well with this publisher’s paper provided you don’t press extremely hard while coloring. I find that I can layers the same color for deeper pigment or multiple colors and blended easily with a pencil style blending stick. This is true of both oil and wax based pencils. I have also found that hard lead pencils leave dents through the paper.
I like to use a blotter when working in this type of book. I use a page of card stock or several sheets of heavyweight paper under my working page. It keeps seeping ink and marring dents from ruining the pages below.
Here are some sample photos from the book:
I love Hannah Lynn’s designs. I own most of her coloring books and was excited to see this new book with Fairy Tale Princesses and Story Book Heroines. Most of the other books I have by Ms. Lynn focus on the face of the young lady. In this book, the designs are set into full backgrounds which give context to the story/fairy tale the image is derived from. 
