Goddess and Mythology Coloring Book: Volume 9 (Fantasy Coloring by Selina)

Another brilliant colouring book that we can't resist buying. Let's be honest the quality never ever differs it is always top quality paper with beautiful designed pictures that are a joy to colour and being able to use any medium to colour with and not having to worry about the pages ripping or ruining the picture on the otherside of the one you're colouring (because the pages are single sided pictures) says a lot about the thoughtfulness gone into creating Selina's colouring books.

Beautiful pictures, enough detail to be interesting but not so much that it's intimidating to someone who's new to adult colouring. I haven't had much practice myself but I've enjoyed colouring this book so far and think they have come out fairly well.

Ok I love this book and this was the 2nd time I bought the same one but loved doing different styles Alway love these books lines are well drawn and very clear

Great little colouring book with two copies of each picture. Gives you the option of colouring the second differently I guess but personally I would prefer the second lot of picture to be different rather than doubles.

Another great book by selina in her collection of fantasy and myth

Goddess and mythology books are my favorite type of color books and these are just wonderful. Widh the paper was better though

Lovely drawings from a talented artist, I highly recommend buying this lovely colouring book.

Very happy with the colouring book and the posting and packing too

Un libro precioso, son unos dibujos muy bonitos todos relacionados con distintas mitologías, son tan bonitos que te dan ganas de pintar todos. Además me gusta mucho el detalle de que cada dibujo venga dos veces porque puedes pintarlo de nuevo si te equivocas o no te gusta como te ha quedado.

It’s pretty. The designs are nice.

Very fast delivery, great product as usual!

I have most of Selina Fenech's coloring books and grayscale coloring books and I always enjoy her design style. “Goddess and Mythology” is another fantastic book in her series. In this coloring book, there are 25 designs which is great as-is; however, as usual for Ms. Fenech, she gives us two copies of each design. That provides 50 coloring opportunities in this book. It gives me the option of coloring designs two different ways or to share a copy with someone. Either way, it's a good thing. The designs have many details but are not intricate or with tiny elements to color for the most part. There are a couple of nudes with very strategically placed elements so that nothing is showing. I've been playing with shading and have tried adding an element of clothing transparency to some of my more recent projects but that is my design choice rather than anything in the coloring book. While the designs are printed on one side of the page, on the page opposite each design (backside of previous design page) and in light gray print, Ms. Fenech has provided the name of each individual. Along with the name, she has given us a short blurb on the history of the mythology/goddess. I found that extremely helpful as some of these stories were new to me. As I am coloring, I can always look up the name and get a more in-depth explanation but, for the most part, the amount of information provided in the book is sufficient for me. The designs are based on stories from around the world – from Greek and Roman mythology to that of the Vikings to the Far East, from Africa to England. These are the designs that are included in the book: Valkyrie, Blodeuwedd, Diana, The Lady of the Lake, Arianrhod, Aphrodite, Antheia, Athena, Cerridwen, Coventina, Fidelma, Gaia, 2 Wiccan representations, Ishtar, Isis, Nuwa, Selene, Parvati and Shiva, Tempestas, Echo, Guanyin, The Triple Goddess, Oshun, and Rhiannon, This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium. I will list, in the comments section below, the coloring mediums I test with and generally use for coloring my projects. For this book, I especially like using alcohol-based markers with colored pencil for shading and depth. 25 x 2 each Goddess and Mythology Designs (50 coloring pages) Printed on one side of 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 and water-based markers bleed through the paper to some degrees. Alcohol markers bleed through quickly while water-based bleeds through in spots. Gel pens and India ink pens leave colorful shadows on back of the page. India ink can bleed through if you apply multiple coats. Coloring Pencils work well with this paper. It has enough tooth to get good pigment (especially with repeated layers), layer and blend easily as well. Both wax and oil based pencils worked well with the paper. Hard lead pencils can leave dents through the page. I use and I recommend that you use a blotter page below your work regardless of which medium you use so that ink or dents don't mar the rest of the book. I like card stock of several sheets of heavyweight paper for this purpose.

The book is lovely, the lines are dark and clear. Using pencil crayons won't be an issue but if you use markers you will have to tuck a blank piece of paper behind the one you're coloring to reduce bleed. (Title is to remind other shoppers that this book features x2 of the exact same illustrations)