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

The media could not be loaded.  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.

UPDATED 6-29-21. I dropped the worthless book off on 6-23-21. I just chatted with Amazon. The book was received 6-25-21. They are holding my refund until 7-2-21. Then I was told it will take 3-5 days to show up in my bank account. (I actually chose Amazon credit, but they also ignored that). Please do not order from this company until they do business the way they used to.I own 1) Festive Magic 2) Unicorns and Dragons & 3) Fairy Portraits. I've colored most of the pages so I ordered Fairy Magic. Horribly disappointed!!!! The printer must have been running out of ink, since only the very boldest lines are showing. This makes the pictures super hard to look at much less color. I will be returning. No I am NOT interested in buying a download and printing my own.

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.

I love this artist, and have purchased every one of her books. Why the low rating?......Cheap paper in the extreme!!!!! I can literary see through this paper as I am coloring!!!!! Such lovely artwork should be on quality paper!!!!! I am very disappointed 😞

I'm having so much fun with this coloring book. I only gave 4 stars because I'm not happy with the paper it's printed on. Way to flimsy I will copy the page onto heavy 95 lb heavy card stock to color and having to do this has increased my price considerably.I've loved every page thus far I've colored tho. I'm happy with Selina Fenech's coloring books and most DEFINATELY will buy again even tho I must print out on my own card stock.

The media could not be loaded.  I really like thos book. I like that is has two copies of each picture. I usualy copy before i start coloring just in case i mess up or want to color the same photo with different colors

Each picture is beautiful! As usual the create space paper is thin with medium tooth. I have had to use this paper before and you can get beautiful results with coloring in layers, gel pens and markers are possible, you do need to protect the next picture with a couple sheets of copy paper. I love the whimsical feel to this coloring pages. I give this book 5 huge stars. You can't go wrong with Selina Fenech​​!

Beautiful stunning fairies by Selena French. This one will go on my list of favorites of her. Always included in her books are two coloring pages for each picture for do-overs and download information for those who color on the computer.

I adore this book, I love all Selina's work and having two copies of each image is comforting, it means a huge array of colouring options are available. This book is solely for fairies and the details seem even smaller and more intricate than her earlier books. So happy! ❤️❤️

I have almost all of Selina's books to date (minus the minis) and this by far has to be my favourite of them all. The images are stunning and if feel like sharing there are 2 copies for you and a friend

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.

Lovely designs. Two sets of beautiful illustrations in each book. I can share with my grand daughter. Hours of colouring fun and relaxation.

These books are magical and I have enjoyed doing them, although of course I have only just started on one but all three books look as great.I like the idea of having copies to try again as I know there are a couple of pictures I will do differently already. Thank you Serena for these lovely books