Fairies to Paint or Color (Dover Art Coloring Book)

I love this book. I was trying to encourage my talented nephew to drag himself away from the computer and develop his artistic abilities. I sent him a couple of other Dover books which he really liked, so bought this for him as well. The only thing - I shipped it to my address instead. When I saw the pretty designs, I decided to keep it. I color in the early morning: I can plan my day as I color. My husband saw a couple of pages that I colored and told me they were beautiful and said I should frame. I hadn't thought about it, but upon looking at a couple, I decided that I will. This is a wonderful way to have a custom piece in my bathroom. Usually, I would cross stitch a piece, but that takes a long time: coloring is immediate gratification.

This book of Fairies is very pretty and there is only one picture on one side of the page. I love that fact because I use markers a lot and they bleed through, therefore a piece of blank paper should be inserted between pages if using markers. The pages are perforated and are very easy to color. The price is very reasonable. I started using this book January 30, 2016, I love it.

I think I returned this due to the paper quality

My students love these high quality, one-sided drawings! They can use markers or paint without the picture on the other side bleeding through. And the pages are good white paper with a grey lined sketch, instead of black. Dover offers 13 different books like this and with the 4-for-3 offer and Super Saver shipping the price is excellent. My only negative comment is the perforations are a pain. After tearing and ruining the first picture I tried different methods to remove them intact. Finally I just cut them out with an X-Acto knife cutting beyond the perforation and then trimming them with scissors.

I was halfway through this book (using watercolor pencils) when I began looking for a new project. Amazon has a wide variety of coloring books for adults like me who relax by doing two things at once. After evaluating at least a dozen books, I decided that I liked the one I owned best and ordered another copy--like buying the same pair of shoes in two colors. The fairies in this book are feminine and fanciful and are in interesting and detailed natural settings. It will be fun to see how my color palette changes from the first book to the second.

All of the pictures are printed on single sided, perforated pages, so bored through is not a worry. You can either remove the page, our put a protective page behind the one you're working on. I also love that its printed with gray lines, so they don't show as much after coloring. This first picture I'm posting was done with watercolor pencils, but I didn't stretch and tape the page first, so it got wavy. The rest of the pictures are ones that I didn't see in other reviews.

This book contains beautiful artwork with clearly defined lines which made coloring easier. I used the less expensive colored pencils and love the results. The gray lines don't disappear when using the pencils but maybe with paints they would? I have framed one of the designs. Document frames tend to be a better fit for coloring pages however with these designs having the white border around each picture some of the border showed. Not a big deal as I think it still looks great! I very much recommend this book!

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