A Whimsy Girls Christmas Coloring Book: Festive Girls, Fairies, & More
By: Hannah Lynn
Rating: 5 of 5
I really appreciate that Ms. Lynn included many traditional Christmas elements in her designs in this book. A number of the Christmas coloring books I’ve purchased recently were lacking in this regard. Ms. Lynn’s book is a wonderful representation of both traditional and fantasy Christmas designs.
The girls are set in full background designs which makes the project even more fun to color. The designs are detailed but not what I consider intricate with too small elements to color with standard coloring medium.
This is what I discovered while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper:
30 designs (2 copies of each) of Hannah Lynn’s big eye girls in Christmas settings
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. There is a double framing line at the outer edges. There is plenty of room to cut out pages if you choose to do so.
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 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.