Fairy Magic - Whimsical Fantasy Coloring Book (Fantasy Coloring by Selina)

I own several of Selina Fenech's coloring books and so I am very familiar with her elegant artwork. This is her second book which features fairies as the main subject. The designs are beautiful and include close-ups and full scenes. As always with Ms. Fenech's work, the designs are fun with lots of imaginative scenes to inspire me. The designs are detailed and I find them fairly easy to color. While some designs have small details, the designs are not generally intricate with tiny details that are hard to color. I like to use markers to put down a base color and then to use pencils to finish off the details. I really appreciate that Ms. Fenech puts a framing line around each design. It gives me a natural stopping point and a more finished looking project. I also like getting two copies of each design so that I can experiments with different colorways. This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper: 25 x 2 of each design – Fairy inspired artwork by Selina Fenech Printed one side of the page Paper is white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforated Designs do not merge into the binding and there is plenty of room to cut out pages if you choose to do so. Most designs have a framing line around the outer edge 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 pencils style blending stick. Both wax and oil based pencils worked well with the paper. Hard lead pencils can leave dents through the page. 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.

Such beautiful drawings! I love it. Here are a few that I have done so far. The paper, I agree could be a bit thicker so if one uses markers or water colors; you must put another paper behind it. It says so if you read the instructions. I for one use colored pencils or gel pins. But I always have an extra paper behind my page. It may not be Selina Fench's fault. Someone else may have put the book together and used that kind of paper they. She is still my favorite artist. Her drawing are beautiful.

This is the first book by Selina Fenech that I have purchased and am in love with it. Selina does an amazing job with her illustrations, they are simply stunning and well thought out. Each image is printed on one side only which is great for using alcohol markers with, just be sure to place a piece of heavy card stock between your work and the next page. What I find interesting about this book is that there are two copies of every image, I think that's quite a clever idea because there are many times when coloring a page that I'd love to color it again using a different technique or color palette and find I can't unless I've scanned it prior to coloring, so the double images solves this issue completely. If you're a fan of fairies this book will not disappoint.

Loved the illustrations, hated the thin paper! Didn’t see any doubles of the prints either… false description…

I adore this book! The pictures are amazing, and are fun to color and be creative. My all time favorite from this book so far would have to be Shy Rose, but I love each and every picture present. I am so glad you get doubles to be even more creative, and do different color schemes on each one. Thank you Selina Fenech for putting out such a wonderful book! I'd highly recommend this book to everyone who's interested in fantasy type coloring stuff! Have a nice day.

Selena again continues to wow us with the next book in her series of fairy coloring books, Fairy Magic, Whimsical Fantasy. Inside are beautiful , intricate and Whimsical fairies coloring pages that totally take your breath away. I think Selena captures the very essence of what fantasy is all about and I strongly recommend all of her collections. Starting with this one Fairy Magic Whimsical Fantasy. I own them all and I strongly recommend them. They help with Zen, meditation, or if you just need to take stress away. The best part of Selena's books, besides the beautiful artwork is that she gives you two sets so that you can do both set of pages in different creative backgrounds. They're also perforated in you want to display them which I certainly will. Thank you again Selena for another wonderful book. I look very forward to getting your next one.

I love everything about this coloring book! And I LOVE that she gives us another set of the pictures. I’ve never seen a coloring book like that and I think it’s super thoughtful. As well as I love how big the coloring book is. 10/10! Running to buy more!

Amazing art and so fun to color. I feel like I can relax and de stress with the fantasy aspect of the book. The paper is a bit thin but I don’t mind

Själva motiven i boken att färglägga ger jag fem stjärnor. Men pappret som motiven är tryckta på är som vanligt kopieringspapper, så papperskvaliteten får en stjärna. Kommer ej att köpa denna artist härifrån igen. Andra målarböcker för vuxna som jag köpt har varit till full belåtenhet.

The book is incredible! The paper is thin but not fragile. The pictures are only on one side of the pages, which I found very practical. I work with Prismacolor Premier and the layers are easy to build on this paper. If you use markers, do put a piece of thicker paper underneath so I won’t pass through on the other sheet ;) I also love the fact that you have a double identical set of drawing on the other half of the colouring book. It’s nice because if you make a mistake or you want to do a different one, it’s awesome! I RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT!!

I shy away from leaving negative reviews but couldn't stop myself from this one. I love the art work but absolutely dislike the print quality. Not only the paper quality bad; some of the upper portion of the book is missing. I have been through several flip throughs of this book on youtube and have confirmed that a considerable portion of the upper end of every image in this book has been cutoff. Refer the comparison image of this book with another book from the same author. This is unacceptable and very very disappointing!

Magnifique livre de Selina Fenech. Si il y avait 10 étoiles, je lui en donnerai 9. Pour ne pas lui donner le maximum 😊 j'ai presque tous ses livres, les dessins sont superbes. Merci Selina Fenech continue à nous faire rêver avec tes jolis dessins ❤❤❤

I bought this book to use for relaxing adult colouring on holiday. It fits the bill perfectly. I wasn't sure about the value of there being two copies of each image in the book but my Granddaughter liked my book better than the one I bought for her and we were both able to use it with me using one half and her colour the same pictures in the other half.