25 x 2 Fairy Inspired Designs by Selina Fenech printed one side of page

Fairy Magic – Whimsical Fantasy Coloring Book (Fantasy Colouring by Selina) (Volume 14)

By: Selina Fenech

Rating: 5 of 5

I own several of Selina Fenech’s coloring books and so I am very familiar with her elegant artwork. This is her second book which features fairies as the main subject. The designs are beautiful and include close-ups and full scenes. As always with Ms. Fenech’s work, the designs are fun with lots of imaginative scenes to inspire me.

The designs are detailed and I find them fairly easy to color. While some designs have small details, the designs are not generally intricate with tiny details that are hard to color. I like to use markers to put down a base color and then to use pencils to finish off the details.
I really appreciate that Ms. Fenech puts a framing line around each design. It gives me a natural stopping point and a more finished looking project. I also like getting two copies of each design so that I can experiments with different colorways.
This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper:
25 x 2 of each design Fairy inspired artwork by Selina Fenech
Printed one side of the page
Paper is white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated
Designs do not merge into the binding and there is plenty of room to cut out pages if you choose to do so. Most designs have a framing line around the outer edge
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 pencils style blending stick. Both wax and oil based pencils worked well with the paper. Hard lead pencils can leave dents through the page.
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.