Gothic - Dark Fantasy Coloring Book (Fantasy Coloring by Selina)

“Gothic Dark Fantasy” is the latest great coloring book by talented artist Selina Fenech. There are 25 fantastic designs ranging from medieval maidens to rather elegant witches. I'm so happy that the book contains two of each design because it gives me the opportunity to explore each in different colorways. I don't have to choose whether I go light or dark with each design – I can do both in the same book. The designs feature lovely women with beautiful, brooding eyes. The gowns inspire me with thoughts of elegance while the bustier style outfits of the witches give me the chance to go a little more flirty in style. I own a number of Ms. Fenech's coloring books and each is better than the last. For my first project, I choose to color a design as a tattered angel. I used a variety of medium on the design, including alcohol and water based markers and soft lead pencils. I went with pastel tones for my first go with the design. When I color it a second time, I will be sure to use deep and rich colors to give it a different look. I will provide a more detailed description of the coloring physical book below but here is a quick overview of what I found: 25 x 2 Gothic Fantasy Designs Printed on one side of page Pages are not perforated Designs do not merge into the binding Glue Binding Alcohol and water-based markers bleed through the paper India ink pens and gel pens leave shadows on color on back of the page Coloring Pencils work well with this paper The designs in this coloring book are printed on one side of medium weight, white, non-perforated paper. The binding is glued rather than sewn and the designs do not merge into the binding area. You can easily cut pages out if you wish to do so without any loss of design. I was able to get the book to lay flat for coloring purposes. The artist has placed a “frame” around the majority of the designs in this coloring book. The few that do not have frames have finished elements. I really appreciate when an artist includes this thoughtful touch. It makes it easier for me to complete the project with a finished look and saves me time, trouble, and especially ink. I test all of my coloring books with various medium which I will list in the comments section of this review for anyone interested. Here are the results of my tests: Alcohol and water-based markers bleed through the page. Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page. My gels pens also left dents on the back of the page. Coloring pencils work well with this paper. My soft lead pencils went on nice and thick and layered and blended well. My hard lead pencils provided good color and thin lines but they did leave dents at the back of the page. For my coloring project, I used a piece of card stock as a blotter page below the page I was working on. It kept ink from seeping through. I highly recommend that you use a blotter regardless of which medium you use so that ink or dents don't mar the rest of the book.

Gothic - Dark Fantasy coloring book is my second book from author Selina Fenech. Night Magic Gothic and Halloween was the first book I colored in. I am now a fan of this author's style of adult coloring books and could see myself purchasing many more books to come. The thing I like most about a Selina Fenech coloring book is, that the pictures are drawn in a detailed portrait design. Most are from a "close up" prospective. That I don't need to magnify to color all the details. Features included in this book are: ~An author's introduction that explains why she chose to include 2 sets of 25 pictures. ~ Tips on how to use the book along with a invitation to dismantle the book. ~Titles for each of the pictures. About the 25 pictures: ~ All 25 pictures take up almost the entire page including a boarder that doesn't merge into the binding. ~ 3 pictures contain both female and male subjects. ~ 22 pictures are of females in different styles 1 is a little towards the steampunk genre., 14 are medieval, 4 are dark gothic, 3 are of witches. ~ The 3 witches are posed in a sexy manner the other 22 while showing beautiful women they also depict a feminine strength to them. Rather then subjective poses I have seen in other books. While I like this book a lot there are 3 areas I would like to see improved. 1 The titles are printed in light gray on the back left of the page for picture on the right. It is hard to see especially when colored as paper is thin. 2 The paper quality isn't the best. My gel pens leave a "medium heavy" shadow on the backside. My markers bleed through heavily leaving a full mirror image. *To avoid damage to the next page I found using the cardboard from calendar packaging works best for me. I tape a piece of heavy weight construction paper to the cardboard to keep it clean. Then I change the paper as needed. 3 Non-perforated pages are included in this book even though the author encourages removal of pages. This is surprised me as I thought she would have offered perforation as Creative Haven books do. Overall I feel this is a very good book and worthy of five stars. Without it being perfect because, it is still among the top adult coloring books I have found. Where the subject matter is people. I would highly recommend this book to others.

I absolutely love this coloring book! I only color a little at a time and have not finished coloring a page yet, but the images are stunning all on their own. The lines are crisp and neat, and the details are amazing. I love that the book comes with two copies of each page as well. I split the book between myself and my 14-year-old. We both love the way the cats are drawn in addition to the characters. It's hard to find coloring images of realistic looking cats. If you read these Mrs. Fenech, please consider doing a feline only book! I'd buy it in a heartbeat! The only downside to the book is that the pages are not perforated for easy tear out. I removed one picture from a different book so I could print it on thicker paper for us, then color it, and it was very hard to tear it out carefully so it could be copied. On the whole though, that is a small complaint compared to the enrichment that these images have brought to me and my child. Thank you!

I love these coloring books. The images are beautiful, and I like that there are two of each image for do-overs or different ideas. The only downside for me is that it is impossible to detach a finished picture for framing or whatever. Otherwise, I would give 5 stars.

Love Selina Fenech. The paper quality is wonderful and the artwork is gorgeous.

I have found the pictures to be a lot of fun to colour in and it is great to basically have two books in one to try out different colour schemes.

A gramatura do papel utilizado parece ser menor que a de alguns sulfites, mas para colorir com lapis de cor esta excelente. Seria 4 estrelas pelo papel, mas os desenhos sao tao bonitos que compensa a estrutura nao tao atraente. Otimo para quem procura rostos e pessoas para colorir enquanto espera o Dagdrommar, lembrando que alguns desenhos sao meio sombrios com caveiras e espiritos. Duas copias de cada ilustracao, para o caso de nova tentativa.

Ein wunderschönes Malbuch. Die Seiten sind dick genug, auch wenn ich trotzdem immer ein paar extra Blätter hinter die zu bemalende Seite lege. Die vorgezeichneten Motive sind sauber gedruckt und gehen oft bis ins kleinste Details. Die Seiten sind einfach bedruckt und auf der leeren (linken) Seite ist immer ein passender Spruch zu lesen. Der Clou an diesem Malbuch ist, dass jedes Motiv 2x drin ist. Ab der Mitte beginnt es von vorn. Dies eröffnet dem Maler 2 Möglichkeiten: 1. Man kann die Motive noch einmal, diesmal jedoch völlig anders gestalten, oder aber 2. Kann man dort in der Mitte das Buch einfach auseinander reißen (ja wirklich! Das steht da so als Tipp drin) und die 2. Hälfte dann dem Kumpel, Freund, Freundin, Kind etc weiter geben. In jedem Fall doppelter Spaß. Das Einzige was ich vermisse ist die Möglichkeit fertige Bild durch eine Perforation sauber raus trennen zu können, um sie beispielsweise irgendwo aufzuhängen oder zu verschenken. Ansonsten: TOP!

Los dibujos son a cada cual mas bonito, y viene dos dibujos de cada diseño, algo que esta genial por si no te ha gustado como ha quedado lo puedes volver a pintar, la coleccion de selina fenech es muy recomendable.

I Love these colouring books by Selina Fenech. I wish I had more time to colour them, but I keep buying them when they come out anyway! They are really detailed and I like that there a 2 copies of each as I do tend to be a bit outlandish with colour and then regret it! I really like this one as when most things are labelled gothic they tend to have lots of skulls/witches/cats etc and this one does have a few of those but it has a lot of dragons and fairies too which I was really pleased about.