The Imaginary Underwater World of Jane F. Hankins
By: Jane F. Hankins
Rating: 5 of 5
Quality comes at a premium and this is one of the nicest quality coloring books that I own. Not only are the pages larger than most at 11 x 14 inches, the paper used is #80 professional grade paper.
And that is just the nuts and bolts of the book. What is more impressive, to me, is the artwork on each page. When I first received the book, I thought that it would be filled with pages of mermaids. While there are a few of those designs, the vast majority of the designs are of wildly varying sea creatures. Or I should say, the artist’s interpretation of those sea creatures.
From Dog Fish and CatFish to Sea Unicorns and Sea Monkeys to Puffer-up Fish and even the cutest little oysters I have ever seen, the artist has re-interpreted the world of undersea creatures.
The book is a premium one and, if you enjoy the artwork, it makes all the difference. The pages are set up to be framed easily with the pages being perforated for easy removal.
The designs are detailed and some have some and intricate areas to color. There is abundant shading using crosshatch on some designs – not quite grayscale coloring but definitely more than a simple line drawing.
