24 Grayscale Designs based on Cinderella plus bonus pages printed one side of the page

Cinderella: Grayscale Adult Coloring Book (Beautiful Fairy Tales) (Volume 2)

By: Ruth Sanderson

Rating: 5 of 5

This is a really elegant set of grayscale designs. The designs are based on the illustrations in Ruth Sanderson’s storybook version of Cinderella. As this is the second grayscale coloring book based on one of Ms. Sanderson’s illustrated storybooks, I am looking forward to seeing more of the tales brought to coloring books in the future.

The beautiful designs are extremely detailed and have small and intricate spots to color.
There are 24 designs in this book and, what is very interesting, is that there are 12 bonus pages that are duplicates of half of the original designs in the coloring book. This is fun to try different techniques or colors on (or to give away to friends if you are so inclined.)
This is what I discovered while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper:
24 Grayscale designs plus 12 bonus designs based on the fairy tale Cinderella for a total of 36 coloring pages
Printed one side of the page
Paper is typical inexpensive quality used by CreateSpace: white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.
The designs do not extend into the binding area. 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; however, some of the darker areas of the designs had a tendency to smear using this type of blender. I found that liquid forms (Gamsol or mineral spirits) did a better job. This doesn’t bother me as I generally do not use a blender on grayscale designs. 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.