Pirates and Mermaids Adult Coloring Book
By: Jon Silvergreen
Rating: 5 of 5
The designs are extremely well done and are quite detailed. This is my first coloring book of Jon Silvergreen’s designs and I hope that it will not be the last. The designs are elegantly drawn and provide a great opportunity for coloring. There are some small and intricate areas to color but nothing too extreme.
This is what I discovered while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper:
25 x 2 each (total of 50 pages) Pirate and Mermaid designs
Designs are printed one side of the page with a short story blurb written on the back of the first 25 design pages.
Paper white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.
The designs do not extend into the binding area. Some of the designs have a framing line at the outer edges
Glue Binding
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 well with this paper. I found that I could layers the same color for deeper pigment or multiple colors and I could blend easily using a blending stick. I tested both oil and wax based pencils. I also found that hard lead pencils (like Verithins) leave dents through the paper.
I like to use a blotter when working in the 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.