45 Whimsical and Lovely Fairies by Margaret Tarrant printed both sides of the page

The Enchanting Fairies Colouring Book

By: Margaret Tarrant

Rating: 5 of 5

This is a really beautiful coloring book of designs based on the outstanding artwork of Margaret Tarrant. Whoever was responsible for the translation of the full color designs to line drawings (brown on white pages) did a wonderful job. The designs are show on the right side of the page and a full color image of the artwork is shown on the left side of the page.

The designs are detailed but not what I call intricate. I am able to use standard sizes of nibs for most of the artwork, though crayons might not be able to be sharpened enough to do some of the more detailed areas.
There is a short history of Ms. Tarrant’s art at the front of the book. There are also title banners on each of the designs which is very helpful in seeing what the artist had in mind originally.
This is what I found while coloring in the book and testing the paper with my coloring medium:
45 Line Drawing Fairy designs based on the artwork of Margaret Tarrant
Designs printed right side of page with full color image printed on the left side of page
Paper is white, medium weight, slightly rough and non-perforated
Glue Binding
Designs do not merge into the binding. There are framing lines at the outer edge of the designs.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the page. If you use this medium, it will leak through and mar the design on the back of the page.
Water-based markers, India ink pens and gel pens show colorful shadows on the back of the page.
Colored pencils worked well with this paper. I tested both oil and wax based and could easily layer the same or different colors and blend using a pencil style blender stick.