Goddess and Mythology Coloring Book (Fantasy Coloring by Selina)

The paper is not thin like others are claiming. It's just typical paper. The artist needs more practice on hands, feet, and paws, but I don't buy a coloring book to criticize other people's art so I don't understand how that matters in other people's reviews. They're fun, shareable, and the art has titles. In this particular book the pages give a brief background on where the goddess/being comes from and their lore.

The media could not be loaded. 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 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 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 drawings are gorgeous. These would be really fun if it weren’t for the course paper. Even with artist level pencils. (Prismacolor)No matter how many times you go over an area or how hard you can see grain of the paper coming thru. I’d be more than happy to pay a little more to pay for that takes the color better. Consider this a 3.5 star because the drawing are lovely.

Artist - Selina FenechPages - 108Publisher - Fairies and Fantasy PTY LTDBookAs with Selinas previous books, Goddesses and Mythology is a subtle deep purple with a partially coloured image from the interior on the cover. The soft matte card cover is 27.9cm x 21.6cm and the book is 108 pages. The spine is glue bound, and quite pliable after some use. The paper is of moderate thickness and texture. A number of layers are easily achieved on the paper, with both oil and wax based pencils. Waterbased markers shadow, any other wet media will bleed. Make sure to have a few pages of standard paper behind the image to catch any bleedthrough.Images are single sided, and surrounded by a border to prevent the image from entering the spine. The facing page has the name of the image for easy reference to the original. This book contains , 25 different images, each one repeated, for a total of 50 images.ImagesI have wanted a colouring book with mythological imagery ever since I began colouring - and this one fits the bill.Selinas style is very consistent, with a delicate, traditional fantasy style that lends itself beautifully to colouring pages. These are no exception, with each image having been either converted from original artwork or drawn for the purpose of this book.One very handy feature is a short paragraph about the Goddess being pictures underneath the name on the facing page. This is very useful for referencing or researching if you want to!Linework is consistently thin throughout, and intricacy is moderate through the book with a good mix of smaller and larger spaces throughout. HealthThe natural colour schemes that accompany these mythological figures and scenes are innately soothing and would be very well suited for times of anxiety or pain, or just a low day.The fantasy theme is one of my favourites when you are in need of distraction, as the imagery and theme is perfect for escapism.Line thickness and intricacy means that those who have vision or fine motor skills impairments may struggle with some of these images, but as always, please do check the images and flipthrough before deciding.Thankyou for reading and I hope you have enjoyed this review,Batgirl xxTaken from my site, ChronicallyBatgirlColours

gramatura das folhas é baixa e imagens lindas

Very fast delivery, great product as usual!

COMO UMA BOA BRUXA, NÃO PODERIA PERDER ESTA PUBLICAÇÃO COM IMAGENS DAS DEUSAS PARA COLORIR...

My daughter loved this for her birthday gift

O livro possui lindas ilustrações, boa qualidade. Muito fácil de colorir.