Beautiful Designs including Fantasy printed one side of the page

The Art of Jane Starr Weils Coloring Book: The Art of Jane Starr Weils Coloring Book (Volume 1)

By: Jane Starr Weils

Rating: 5 of 5

Jane Starr Weils is a new artist for me. I picked up this book based on the beautiful images on the cover and was completely won over by Ms. Weils style and graceful images. The designs include fantasy images but also show people and animals in realistic though romanticized designs.

The designs are detailed and some include intricate areas to color. On a few of the designs, the print is slightly uneven (light to dark) but I’ve found that to be true of coloring book designs which are drawn by hand. The designs stop before the edges of the page (and the binding.) While there are no framing lines at the outer edges, most of the designs have finished elements on most sides of the design.
I’m looking forward to seeing more coloring books released by this talented artist.
This is what I discovered while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper:
35 x 2 each (total of 70 pages) original designs based on artwork by Jane Starr Weils
Designs are printed one side of the page
Paper is typical of CreateSpace publishing: white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.
The designs do not extend into the binding area
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 (like Verithins) 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.