Fairy Magic - Whimsical Fantasy Coloring Book (Fantasy Colouring by Selina)
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Fairy Magic - Whimsical Fantasy Coloring Book (Fantasy Colouring by Selina) Details
Review Amazon Customers Say:"Selina Fenech creates beautiful images that awaken your own creativity.""By far the best coloring books I have ever had!""You're never too old to color! I'm 32 and I find it very meditative and creatively stimulating.""The fairytale theme is prevalent throughout all of her work, and is nothing short of stunningly beautiful." "Selina Fenech's wonderful art is one to collect and color seriously." "Selina Fenech is an incredibly talented artist. Having a coloring book full of her images is such a delight." "Beautiful illustrations and so many of them all detailed so passionately." Read more From the Author As an artist, color is a thing of magic in my life. Color creates shapes, forms, and feelings in the artworks I paint. Laying color onto a blank page is when I feel closest to true magic, when I feel happiest and most relaxed, and it's through what I create that I share my love of magic with the world.Through my coloring books I want to share that same magic with you.The artworks in my books are based on my completed paintings, which I have painted over the last ten years as a professional artist. I have created the coloring designs to be intricate and detailed but still fun and accessible. There is something for lovers of meditative detail while simple enough to not be overwhelming for younger colorists.When designing my books I decided to print them with two copies of each design, because I know as an artist there are always so many possibilities! I wanted to give everybody the chance of a do-over with every design. Try a different medium, or a different colour scheme. Or a chance to share the magic with a friend, child, parent, sibbling. Because sharing your creativity and joy of color is the best magic of all. Read more
Reviews
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 FenechPrinted one side of the pagePaper is white, thin, slightly rough and non-perforatedDesigns 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 edgeGlue BindingAlcohol-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.
