80 Fantasy Designs Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4 combined in one new book printed one side of the page

1-4: Spellbinding Images: A Fantasy Coloring Book Collection: Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4

By: Nikki Burnette

Rating: 5 of 5

I own a couple of grayscale coloring books by Nikki Burnette but had not purchased any of her regular line drawing coloring books. When I saw that she had put together a coloring book which included all four volumes of her first four books, I decided that it would be a good time and a great value to purchase it.

The drawings are familiar to me as the grayscale is based on the same figures. It is quite fun to color some of the same images and there are certainly so many more that I have not yet seen. The drawings are a mix of detailed and more simple drawings. That provides a good change of pace while I am coloring. The detailed drawings have backgrounds and lots of elements where the more simple drawings are of the fantasy female by herself.
This is what I found while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium:
80 Female Fantasy Line Drawing Designs, including witches, fairies and mermaids
Printed one side of the page
Paper is type of CreateSpace paper: thin, white, slightly rough, and non-perforated.
Glue Bound
Designs do not merge into the binding and designs have a framing line at the outer edge for a natural stopping point. There is plenty of room to cut pages out if you choose to do so.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through the paper
Water-based markers bleed through in spots
Gel pens and India ink pens leave colorful shadows on the back of the page. India ink pens can seep through in spots if used heavily or in multiple coats.
Colored pencils worked nicely with this thin but slightly rough paper. I tested both oil and wax based pencils and got good color with multiple layers of the same color, good results from layers of different colors and nice blending results using a blending stick. Hard lead pencils easily dent through the page and can damage the page below.
I use a blotter page of card stock or a couple of sheets of heavier weight paper under my working page. It keeps seeping ink and marring dents from ruining the pages below.