Serene Little Village -The Tiny Fairies of the Flower Meadow
Published by: Julia Rivers
Rating: 5 of 5
This is a second in a series of the Serene Little Village. I like little village coloring books and purchased the first one in this series as well. While that book was devoted to cute animals, this book is focused on fairies. Having said that, there are still little cute animals on almost every page.
The designs are detailed with lots of fun elements to color. The fairies are cute and are busy at work and play. The animals are represented more as animals rather than dressed in human clothes. There are friends of the fairies.
There are some areas with smaller than average elements to color but not what I would consider too difficult or hard to color.
This book is published under the imprint name of Julia Rivers but unlike many of their other books though as with the first of the book in this series, this one does not contain the name of the actual artist(s) responsible for the book. I can only hope that the publisher will encourage that the person(s) responsible for it and we will see new books in the future.
This is what I found in this coloring book:
32 cute fantasy and fairy designs are in the book
Printed one side of the page
Paper is white (with the back printed black), thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.
The designs do not merge into the binding. There are framing lines at all sides.
Glue Binding
KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing – formerly CreateSpace) 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 photos of drawings from the coloring book:
This is a second in a series of the Serene Little Village. I like little village coloring books and purchased the first one in this series as well. While that book was devoted to cute animals, this book is focused on fairies. Having said that, there are still little cute animals on almost every page.
