31 Fantastic and Detailed Winged Creatures printed one side of the page

Creative Haven Winged Fantasy Designs Coloring Book (Adult Coloring)

By: Aaron Pocock

Rating: 5 of 5

I have another coloring book by artist Aaron Pocock (Fantasy Designs) and enjoyed it so much I purchased this book before I could have a Look Inside peak at what it contained. I’m glad that I did so as it is a great representation of fantasy winged creature art. The range is from curious animals to elegant females and pretty much everything in between. Some of the designs are peaceful and some are quite furious in their aspect.

The designs themselves are quite detailed. There is a heavy use of shading. Many of the designs contain intricate spots to color which might require very small nib pens/markers or extremely sharp pencils. Because of that, it might not be for those who have fine motor or vision issues.
This is what I saw while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium.
31 Detailed Fantasy designs based on winged animals and creatures
The designs are printed one side of the page
Paper is the usual Creative Haven quality: white, medium weight, slightly smooth and has perforated pages.
Glue Binding but with perforated pages so removing a page is fairly simple.
The designs stop well before the perforations
Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper
Water-based markers bleed through in spots and show colorful shadows on the back of the page
Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page. India ink pens can bleed through when I apply more than one layer of ink.
Coloring pencils work well with this paper. I was able to get good color, layer the same color and multiple colors and blend easily using a pencil style blender. I tested both oil and wax-based pencils with similar results. Hard lead pencils, like Verithins, leave dents on the back of the page.
I suggest either removing pages from the book to color or using a blotter page under your working page. I like card stock as it keeps ink from seeping through and damaging the pages below.