Enchanted Fairies Coloring Book

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  I have been a fan of Joesphine Wall's artwork for years. I own several puzzles and other items which have her full color designs on them. Her artwork is ethereal with beautiful colors swirling around. The cover art on this coloring book is a good representation of what I have seen before. When I saw this book was available, I ordered it immediately.The coloring book is beautiful and well made as expected; however what surprised me most was how differently her artwork appears when the color is removed. Just as beautiful but different. I see the incredible intricate detail that her line art involves. Just a few ink strokes and there is a fairy looking back at me with a face and expression that is unique from the others in the book. I especially love the “Fairy Bubbles” design with the repeating pattern of a young fairy getting smaller and smaller within the infinite reflection of the bubble.I am buying a second book to keep as a coffee table book showing her line art. That way I can color in my book at my less than optimal skill level and still have the lovely original artwork to look at. While I do not recommend this book to anyone who has visual or dexterity issues, I think that anyone with a little experience coloring and who wants a huge challenge can have fun with it. It is certainly appropriate for advanced artists as well.The artwork is very detailed, very intricate and has very small areas to color. Some designs are a little less detailed and those will be the first I will attempt. Part of the challenge of coloring in this book for me will be finding the medium that has a delicate enough tip.The designs are on the right hand side of the book. On the sheet opposite (which is the backside of the previous design), the artist has provided the name of the artwork as well as insight into the subject of the design with a short paragraph explaining the design. It gives context to the design and helps bring it alive.This is what I experienced looking through and testing my coloring medium on the paper (the last page is not a design page and works well for testing.)45 Detailed and Intricate Fairy Designs by Josephine WallPrinted on one side of the pageDesign information is printed on the back side of the pagePaper is heavy weight, cream color, slightly rough and non-perforatedThe book has a detached dustcover (inside and attached cover are both left blank.)Sewn binding (easily to remove several pages at a time by snipping threads)Designs have a framing line around the outer edgesAlcohol-based markers bleed through the paperweightWater-based markers, India ink pens and gel pens did not bleed through. Gel pens required a bit more drying time.Colored pencils work well with this paper. I was able to get good color and to get deeper pigment by layering the same color. I found that I could layer multiple colors well and easily blend using a pencil style blending stick. This was the case with both oil and wax-based pencils.When I use alcohol-based markers, I also use a blotter page of card stock under my working page. It keeps ink from seeping through to and marring the page below.

I preordered this in August after seeing Wall's calendars and puzzles, and it did not disappoint. Very small and detailed areas will require gel pens. I took the first book apart and made copies to practice Wall's lovely coloring effects. So far I haven't succeeded. I am giving a second copy to my 7 year old granddaughter to see if she wants the challenge for Christmas. I am keeping the third copy "just because." I love the names and short descriptions of the fairies. Finally, a coloring book with both great paper and images inside that reflect the same great art in each inner page as on the cover.. Not recommended for beginners or to the impatient.

I must admit that I didn't know this artist work until I saw her coloring book here on Amazon. I was very impressed by her paintings, the lovely thick paper used for the pages. You can use watercolors, pencils, watercolor brushes, ink pens, just about any medium would be fine. I also saw a link that was written on the back inside cover to see the original paintings she created if you wanted to use her color schemes. I love very detailed artwork, and this book has it, but, you can easily keep your coloring to a larger, looser size and have the picture look beautiful. The color of the thick paper is a light buff color, not a bright white. I am planning on using hand-made watercolors made by an English artist I found through the "Ruby Charms" coloring world artist, and the 90 color Kutetake Watercolor paint brush pen set I just got a couple of months ago. I think their fine point brushes will work great with this art. I am also using Winsor & Newton Sable watercolor brushes in size 1, 0, and 000. I am very glad that I ordered 2 books right away, one to paint in, and one for later. I highly recommend this artist for anyone, quality on every page.

I love Ms. Wall's work, and purchase and send her greeting cards often. The coloring book is beautiful, but a bit daunting for a beginner. The drawings are very detailed, with lots of tiny elements. and the lines are light and very fine. This makes for spectacular finished pictures, but be prepared to spend a lot of time deciding your strategy for coloring them.

I have been a big fan of Josephine Wall's art for many years so when I saw this book I had to order it! The pictures are of course very well drawn with lots of detail. The paper quality is very good and all are one side. Each picture has a description which is very interesting. The book is really well made. I am a little daunted because I want to do these justice.

Very complicated, tinily detailed pictures. This would be fine if the original painting was there as a guide. Printed as is, you'd almost need to be an artist to pull off any decent coloring. On your own, this book will easily end up a complete mess

I was skeptical about whether a coloring book could truly do justice to Josephine Wall’s artwork, but this book somehow manages to capture the intricacies that make her work so beautiful while also being manageable for regular people to color. Thank you.

So many tiny, tiny details. It looks like it was drawn with a fine line pen . You really have to take your time with this book. Some things are hard to make out. But it does have a beautiful outlook

WOW, this is not a book for the faint hearted, personally I adore Josephine Wall's art, having bought my mother a 2000 piece jigsaw a couple of years ago, I knew exactly what to expect and was delighted to see her work in colouring book form, but the detail on some of the reproductions is incredibly small and being of an age where my eyesight is starting to falter, there were times when they felt a bit strained after some lengthy sessions on my first picture. It has not put me off though and I shall return particularly now the nights are getting lighter.The book itself is to Blue Angel's usual standard - I now have three of theirs - and provided they do not change their format, I would never think twice about ordering one of their colouring books.

I'm too scared to colour these pictures as they're so beautiful. I love Josephine walls artwork so to have her colouring book to create my own masterpieces is really lovely

Absolutely stunning book whether you are a fan of Josephine wall or not! Highly recommend it to everyone, though not really for beginners

Nice

Amazing artwork fab paper... very intricate