Summary
Current Price: £9.98 Number of Pages: 128 Size: 22 x 22cm Paper colour: White Paper surface: Smooth Paper thickness: Good Linework: Varied Perforated: No One sided: No Binding: Glue Drawings go into the spine: Yes Waterbased pen bleed: Slight
This is the beautiful sequel to 2015's My Magical Oasis by Plexus Books, and continues the series in much the same style and format as its predecessor. The 101 designs in this book are mainly floral based with loads of swirly leaves, petals and abstract flowing shapes. These aren't really my thing, so I was pleased to find it also contains plenty of intricately patterened animals, both realistic and mythical.
Inside the book you'll find unicorns and dragons among elephants and deer, so there's plenty of variety for those who love to colour the animal kingdom. Take a look through my slideshow below or watch my first YouTube 'look through & review' below. I've been thinking about doing video reviews for a while but I don't think I'm very good at it so I may stick to written for now!
The paper is exactly the same quality as the previous book- thick and smooth for use with waterbased markers and pencils without bleed through, which is good because the illustrations are not one sided. The binding is a tight glue which sometimes makes it difficult to lay flat and get right into the spine; something I'd certainly think about changing for the next book as the double page spreads can be impossible to fill in. There is a variety of complexity from large open spaces to tiny detail, but those spaces really are super small so make sure you're up for that before you dive in.
I'd have prefered more animals and realistic scenes over the plethora of swirls and shapes, but overall its a gorgeous book that carries on in the same style as My Magical Oasis, so if you liked that one you'll definitely feel the same about My Mystical Wonderland :) Here's my finished picture, coloured with Prismacolor pencils.
This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review. You can find it on Amazon here:
3 Comments
Deirdre
31/1/2016 02:15:16 am
Love love your video review! As always another book I want to get based on your reviews! I finally got the Menagerie book! Thank you for taking time to do this for us all, very appreciated! =)
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Heather Mardian-Connell
31/1/2016 08:32:37 pm
I love your reviews, advice etc. Now I see you're on YouTube! ! Am going to look you up, would be awesome if you posted a link to your YouTube, as well if you're on Google + it would help others find you too!!
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Sandi
7/2/2016 12:47:18 am
I love your reviews, your tutorials on You Tube, and all the wonderful understandable advice you give!!! Thank you.
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