23 Fantasy Myth/Legend designs in Art Nouveau style printed both sides of the page

Legend Nouveau Coloring Book

By: Herb Leonhard

Rating: 5 of 5

This is the latest coloring book in Herb Leonhard’s Nouveau series. In this book, the designs are based on legends and myths of enchanted beings from English, Celtic and European folklore. There is a nice range of designs and they are drawn with Mr. Leonhard’s eye for wonderful detail and design.

The designs in the book are detailed and in some cases have small and intricate areas to color. The designs are printed on both sides of the page and the book has a fold-out which has two designs printed on both sides of the page.
As it is printed on both sides of the page, using certain coloring medium will bled through to the design on the back of the page. As I like all of the designs in the book and it is a good value, I decided to purchase a second copy of the book so I can use whatever type of medium I want and still be able to color all of the pages.
This is what I experienced when coloring and testing my coloring medium with this book:
23 Fantasy Myth/Legend Designs in Art Nouveau Style (plus title page that can be colored.)
Printed on both sides of the page.
Paper is thin, white, slightly rough and non-perforated.
All designs stop well before the binding area and none of them extend across two pages
Staple bound with only two staples so that it is really easy to take the book apart if you choose to do so.
Opens easily to flat position for coloring
Alcohol and water-based markers bleed through the page
India ink pens leave spots through the page
Gel pens leave colorful shadows on the back of the page
Colored pencils work really well with this paper. I was easily able to get good color from wax and oil based pencils. I could layer the same and multiple colors and blend easily using a pencil style blender stick.