Cute Fairies
By: Jade Summer
Rating: 5 of 5
This is a book of 25 cute Fairy designs. It makes the title make sense! Some of the recent Jade Summer coloring books have been a miss for me, but this one (although a little bit older) is one that I really like. The fairies are younger and some have a bit of anime look about them. There are mostly young women but a few younger girls and a couple of young men.
In addition to the hardcopy book if you purchase it, you can receive .pdf downloads (with directions on how to do so included in the book.) While printing those copies is a great plus, I will be reviewing (and videoing and photo images) from the print copy.
The designs are detailed with full backgrounds. I don’t consider this book to be intricate or hard to color. Simply said, the images will take a little more time to color but that is a plus for me.
I want to note that the Amazon owned company, CreateSpace is now being folded into KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing.) These independent artist books will move along into the new group shortly if they have not already done so by now. According to what I’ve read, the same warehouses and printing presses will be used. No mention is made of paper but one assumes that it will be the same as well.
This is what I found in this coloring book:
25 Unique and cute Fairy Designs with 2 copies of each for 50 coloring pages
Printed one side of the page
Paper is typical inexpensive quality by KDP printing: white (with black printed on the back of each page), thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.
The designs do not merge into the binding. There is a thick framing line on each of the design pages,
There is a thumbprint index of all images at the front of the book.
Glue Binding
Create Space Paper/Media Quality
While the back of the is printed black to show less bleed through, be aware that there is bleed through and protect your work. 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.
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.
Here are some sample photos from the book:
This is a book of 25 cute Fairy designs. It makes the title make sense! Some of the recent Jade Summer coloring books have been a miss for me, but this one (although a little bit older) is one that I really like. The fairies are younger and some have a bit of anime look about them. There are mostly young women but a few younger girls and a couple of young men.
