Night Magic - Gothic and Halloween Coloring Book (Fantasy Coloring by Selina)
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Night Magic - Gothic and Halloween Coloring Book (Fantasy Coloring by Selina) Details
Review "The fairytale theme is prevalent throughout all of her work, and is nothing short of stunningly beautiful." Colour with Claire"Selina Fenech's wonderful art is one to collect and color seriously." Amazon Reviewer"Selina Fenech is an incredibly talented artist. Having a coloring book full of her images is such a delight." Amazon Reviewer"Beautiful illustrations and so many of them all detailed so passionately." Amazon Reviewer 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, because I also know mistakes can happen, and even the fear of mistakes can hamper creativity. I want you to be able to create without fear! Try a different medium, or a different color scheme. The double pages are also a chance to share the magic with a friend, child, parent, sibling. Because sharing your creativity and joy of color is the best magic of all. Read more
Reviews
I own a number of Selina Fenech's coloring books so I am very familiar with her elegant artwork. I also really enjoy Halloween inspired designs and am always looking for new books to add to my collection (especially as there have been very few published compared to other genres.) In “Night Magic”, Ms. Fenech has provided a number of lovely witches along with Gothic style designs. I would not categorize the book as a Halloween book but rather one that includes Halloween designs.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 work first with my markers and then with my colored pencils as I find that that is the process that works best for me with Ms. Fenech's coloring books.Two things I really appreciate about the book are that you get two copies of each design. That makes it easy to share or to try two different colorways or mediums. The second thing I really like is that almost all of the designs have framing lines around them. It gives me a natural stopping point which gives a more finished look at the end and it also saves me ink/pencil as I don’t' have to color to all the edges.This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper:25 x 2 Gothic and Halloween-inspired designsPrinted 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.
