Whimsical Girls: Fun Inspiration and Instant Creative Gratification

Great book Thank you

Farbenfroh, unheimlich inspirierend und wunderbare anleitend. Ich liebe alle Bücher dieser Autorin! Kann sie nur jedem ans Herz legen

I am a real fan of Jane Davenport. I own her two “how-to” books (“Fabulous Figures” and “Beautiful Faces”.) I like her design style and have enjoyed learning how to draw with her. When I saw that she had a coloring book (though it’s really much more than that), I pre-ordered it and, when it came in, was even more happy with it than I thought I would be. The book contains high quality paper in a number of finishes: coloring, marker, watercolor, and kraft paper. They each have a different look and feel. By including the various paper, it allows the colorist to experiment with different medium and to branch into other areas of the art form. I generally test the medium for a coloring book with a wide variety of items but in this case, I will not be doing that. The whole purpose of the book is to try different things on different paper and that is exactly what I intend to do. If something works, great! If it doesn’t, it is a learning experience. My one caveat is that I will certainly use a blotter page below my working page. Thing may and probably will leak through. I want to be sure that I keep the pages below in good condition so I can have the enjoyment of coloring them all. This is what I found in this coloring book: The designs in the book are printed on one side of the page. The reverse of the page is printed with full color artwork and lovely thoughts and/or quotes. The book is glue-bound; however, each page is perforated for ease of removal. Also, each page designates the type of paper that is used. In addition to the coloring pages, there is included a page of full-color and quote stickers and also a variety of collage papers to provide fun for a mixed-media style of coloring. All in all, one of my favorite coloring books in a while. I’ll have fun with this one!

perso je m'en sers pour mon art journal, je prends des bouts de ci de là, je le junk !!! :) depuis que j'ai vu l'auteur nous dire d'en user et abuser j'hésite pas même si au départ ca fait mal ! c'est fait pour ca :)

I love Jane’s after work and use of colour in this book. I don’t feel like I’m copying an artist just incorporating my own doodles and colour choices and material choices on top of Jane’s fabulous artwork I also find I can skip through and do a few bits on different pages then go back to them at a later date or I have over doodled on a few of her lady’s and spent a few sessions on just one page. Suffering on a daily with chronic pain, fibromyalgia feeling low when a bad day with my depression or feeling sick to stomach with bad anxiety through stress (I’m the only female in our house) not being sexist but I do get ganged up on alot in when disagreements. So I have found this book to be a really useful supportive tool when having a bad day with mental health. Feeling stressed and down or upset. Fatigue so I want to create but don’t have alot of energy. Or taking my mind if a bad day when my pain medication just isn’t working. I presume this was the idea behind this book if it wasn’t it sure is does help. When finished if I will defo purchase the wild and whimsical in this book/artjournal series it is very therapeutic and really helpful when I don’t have it in me that day to create my own work. As the pages I have done so far have all inspired me just can’t physically stop it’s that fun so I’m too tired to do anything next day. But I don’t feel down in dumps about it as I still feel adding to someone else’s work with their permission is exciting and lots of fun