A Little Bit of Wonderland
By: J.C. Ames
Rating: 5 of 5
This is my first coloring book by this artist. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I ordered it. It has an inspirational story about a young girl along with designs about her as she follows her dream journey.
The girl travels through many lands – each one more fantastic than the last. She doesn’t have features on her face, which makes for an interesting coloring conundrum. Do you leave her featureless so she can be anyone one or do you (if you have the skill) provide her with features. This was an easy decision for me as I am lacking the skill – so she is anyone and everyone in my book.
The designs are detailed and have full backgrounds. Something that I liked was that one the few two-page spreads, the artist divided the image into two and place it so that no other design was behind it. You don’t lose anything in the binding area.
The words of the story are printed on the back of each design page, so certain medium will leak through and will mar the words. It’s not important to me, but I wanted to let you know what to expect.
This is what I found in this coloring book:
30+ designs are in the book if you could those separated two page spreads as two designs as I did
Printed one side of the page
Paper is white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated.
The designs do not merge into the binding. There is a framing line around the designs.
Glue Binding
KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing – formerly CreateSpace) Paper/Media Quality
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 fairly well with this publisher’s paper provided you don’t press extremely hard while coloring. I find that I can layers the same color for deeper pigment or multiple colors and blended easily with a pencil style blending stick. This is true of both oil and wax based pencils. I have also found that hard lead pencils leave dents through the paper.
I like to use a blotter when working in this type of 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.
Here are some sample photos from the book:
This is my first coloring book by this artist. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I ordered it. It has an inspirational story about a young girl along with designs about her as she follows her dream journey.
