Dreamlings 2: A magical coloring book
By: Edwina Mc Namee
Rating: 5 of 5
This is the second in a series of books about Dreamlings by Edwina McNamee. Just as with the first book, the creatures that inhabit Dreamlings 2 are cute little animals. The focus is on their homes this time around.
There are high heel homes and bee hives houses and so many more. House sprout out of flowers and grow from acorns. There is a house gliding across the ocean and one that is made up a pumpkin. So cute and so much fun to color.
The designs are detailed and fun to color. The designs are not intricate nor difficult to color and do not need speciality pens, pencils in order to do so.
The designs are printed twice – once with black lines on white paper and the second time as white designs printed on black paper. The change in the paper tone gives each design a very different look which I personally appreciate and I love the way that “smoke” appears across the surface of the black page.
This is what I found in this coloring book:
28 unique fantasy style Dreamlings house designs with two copies of each design, one on white paper and the other on black paper (total of 56 pages to color) plus there is a link to a free download for anyone who purchases the book.
Printed one side of the page
Paper is typical inexpensive quality by CreateSpace printing: white or black depending on which design page, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.
The designs do not merge into the binding. On the white pages, each of the designs has framing lines. On the black pages, the motifs are all finished within the black background.
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 designs from the coloring book:
This is the second in a series of books about Dreamlings by Edwina McNamee. Just as with the first book, the creatures that inhabit Dreamlings 2 are cute little animals. The focus is on their homes this time around. 
