25 (x 2 of each) Gorgeous Victorian line drawing designs by Selina Fenech designs printed one side of page

Victorian Romance – The Memory’s Wake Coloring Book (Fantasy Colouring by Selina) (Volume 13)

By: Selina Fenech

Rating: 5 of 5

I really like Selina Fenech’s artwork and am absolutely thrilled with her take on Victorian Romance. It appears that the artwork is inspired by her series of novels called The Memory’s Wake. I just picked up the first volume of the series and will enjoy reading it as I color in this coloring book.

The designs, which are detailed and have some intricate and small areas to color, follow in a story format with the brief story excerpt or summary printed on the facing page. Thus, the designs are printed on the front of the page and there is a continuing story printed on the back of the page. If you use bleed-through media (see below), it will disfigure the story but it should remain readable.
The figures in the designs are beautiful and the settings are quite lush. It definitely evokes the look and feel of Victorian Romance novels that I have in my mind.
This is what I discovered while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper:
25 x 2 each (total of 50 pages) beautiful line drawing designs based on Victorian Romance by Selina Fenech
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. The designs have double framing lines at the outer edges
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.