Magical Dawn Coloring Book: Published in Sweden as "Magisk Gryning" (Hanna Karlzon)

Whether you color or not this is just a beautiful book. The illustrations are enchanting and such fun to explore. I do color but because I love this author/illustrators work so much I always purchase two copies are reviewing each. One for coloring and one for backup!! Highly recommend.

The media could not be loaded. I own a few coloring books by Hanna Karlzon and I was looking forward to receiving Magical Dawn which I purchased sight unseen on pre-order. The book is filled with designs in Ms. Karlzon's unique style. I think that the designs in this book are even more elaborate than her previous ones. There are many more jewels, animals, and lovely ladies.Because the book is printed two-sided, I'm being very careful with what I use to color in it. I've discovered that I prefer using my Faber-Castell Polychromos because 1) I like the way they work with the paper and 2) I like the color mix available for these designs. I also like to use metallic and glitter gel pens to add a hint of pizzazz to my projects. This has been true with my other copies of regular hardbound coloring books by Ms. Karlzon. I like her artist edition and postcard versions for use with my markers as those editions are printed only on one side of the page.This is what I found while coloring in this book and testing it with my coloring medium. I will list the coloring medium I use for tests and coloring in the comments section below.90+ pages of beautiful and elaborate designs by Hanna KarlzonPrinted on both sides of the pagePaper is heavyweight, cream color, somewhat smooth, and non-perforatedSewn binding with some glue as well. You can still snips the threads to remove the pages from the book but may have to contend with a tiny bit of glue on a few pages. I've not tried this as I want to keep my book together.Some designs merge into the binding area, especially those which spread across two pages. Because of the sewn/glued binding and the hardcover of the book, it is difficult to color into those bits. It makes it more of a challenge to tilt the book to get the right angle for coloringAlcohol-based markers bleed through the page. If you use these, you will have ink seep through and mar the design on the back of the page.Water-based markers, gel pens and India ink pens do not bleed through the page.Colored pencils work well with the paper. I was able to blend, layer the same and multiple colors using both oil and wax-based pencils with ease.

….The only thing (and this is a pet peeve, no more) that I wonder is WHY does EVERY woman HK draws have a crooked nose/flat chest/same face?? More variety, please! Women DO have chests, after all, lol. Ok, now I’ve gotten that out of the way, on to the review: this book is quite well illustrated and filled with beautiful imagery throughout. The paper quality is excellent. Too bad it’s on both sides of the pages; but hey ho, I can live with it. I will just have to use my alcohol markers on other books.Do purchase this book, it’s quite lovely and you will have a smashing time coloring in it.

This is a fantastic coloring book! The pictures are beautiful and inspire creativity! The paper quality is good and I love a hard-cover coloring book!

Love her books I hope they keep coming!!!! The best coloring books ever!!!!!! A+++++

At first glance I was worried that I could not use markers in this coloring book - the paper is not particularly thick and pictures are printed on both front and back of each page. I tested some markers on an inside cover page to see what would happen. I was thrilled that my brush pen markers did NOT bleed through. Alcohol markers DID bleed through, so that does limit my coloring tools a little bit. I did forget about the bleed-through on one small part but it looks like that can be covered up when I get to the drawing that was affected.The hardcover binding actually opens up pretty well for coloring. Anything very near the binding is difficult to color but not impossible.The pictures are a nice mix of fantasy drawings. Most are very intricate.This book would be much improved by better paper, a looser binding and single sided pages.The only good thing about being hardcover and having double sided pages is that once you finish the book you can set it on a coffee table and it's something that anyone can pick up and be surprised about. So the cons can be seen as pros depending on how you look at it.

Like all of Hanna Karlzon's books, Magical Dawn has been lovingly reproduced in the English language edition. There were some issues with paper quality in the second edition, so the publisher printed a third edition and replaced all defective copies free of charge. (if your book says July 2016 inside the flyleaf email the publishers and they'll send you the good one. On its own, the defective books just look like any other colouring book, but see them side by side with the first or third editions and there's no comparison.) One of the things I love most about these books is the magnificent paper quality - even though the pages are double-sided, the paper is thick and coated so that you are able to use water-based markers without worry about their bleeding through the pages, and even to blend them with the appropriate blending tool. Just don't scrub TOO hard with the blender or you might pill the paper. The coated paper takes pencil beautifully as well, so colouring these books is a pleasure whatever tool/s you decide to use.

The media could not be loaded. Envio rápido. A capa do livro é chique, as imagens são bem detalhadas, com papel de gramatura como papel cartão, vem desenhos nos 2 lados, o que é negativo para quem quer usar marcador, etc .

Nice thick paper will support most mediumsI love this artist’s light touch with her imaginative detailed pictures. It is really hard to make realistically shaded and highlighted metals and jewels. Every page is a new challenge

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Le livre est très beau.. belle finition.. sauf que le livreur a déposé dans la boîte aux lettres en forçant et les coins ce sont endommagés ce qui est vraiment dommage

Che posso dire? Bellissime e delicate illustrazioni, ottima qualità della carta, rilegatura molto bella. Consegna ineccepibile.