--- product_id: 25321135 title: "Romantic Country: A Fantasy Coloring Book" price: "€ 34.10" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.gr/products/25321135-romantic-country-a-fantasy-coloring-book store_origin: GR region: Greece --- # 96 intricate pages sewn binding, removable pages 700 toothpicks ink-drawn lines Romantic Country: A Fantasy Coloring Book **Price:** € 34.10 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎨 Unlock your inner artist with a fantasy escape you can color — don’t miss out on this cult-favorite creative retreat! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Romantic Country: A Fantasy Coloring Book - **How much does it cost?** € 34.10 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.gr](https://www.desertcart.gr/products/25321135-romantic-country-a-fantasy-coloring-book) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Sewn Binding with Removable Pages:** Easily detach pages without damage—perfect for framing or sharing your masterpieces. - • **Handcrafted Ink-Dipped Toothpick Art:** Experience uniquely faded, hand-drawn lines that bring a nostalgic, artisanal charm to every page. - • **96 Pages of Whimsical Fantasy Landscapes:** Dive into detailed rural villages, magical forests, and towering castles that spark creativity and calm. - • **Bonus Fold-Out Poster & Story-Driven Chapters:** Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Cocot with maps and narratives that elevate your coloring journey. - • **Double-Sided Cream Paper Optimized for Colored Pencils & Watercolors:** Enjoy smooth blending and layering with minimal bleed-through, ideal for sophisticated coloring techniques. ## Overview Romantic Country: A Fantasy Coloring Book features 96 pages of intricately hand-drawn designs created using an ink-dipped toothpick, offering a unique faded line art style. The book’s sewn binding allows for easy page removal, and its cream-colored double-sided paper is optimized for colored pencils and watercolors. With whimsical rural and fantasy scenes, story-driven chapters, and a bonus fold-out poster, it’s a sophisticated, relaxing creative outlet beloved by over 1,600 reviewers. ## Description Magnificent rural villages, prairies, forests, lakeside scenery and a beautiful towering castle await you and your colored pencils in Romantic Country: A Coloring Book by Japanese illustrator Eriy, who uses an ink-dipped toothpick to draw each intricate design. Inside are pages and pages of provincial delights for you to bring to life through coloring: delectable French pastries, magical forests filled with wildlife, charming town squares bustling with people-and so much more, sure to delight people of all ages. Perfect for fans of Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest , as well as those looking for a creative way to relax, Romantic Country: A Coloring Book will whisk you away to a black-and-white fantasy land that you can bring to colorful life. Review: A Charming and Whimsical Imaginary Country – printed on both sides of the page - “Romantic Country” is the imaginary country that artist Eriy created in her childhood. Based on these designs, it is a charming and whimsical land to visit. The artist named this land Cocot. What is interesting about the designs is the back story on how the artist created them. Apparently, these were the first ink studies she had done and while she remembered to buy ink, she forgot to buy a pen! Being resourceful, she used what was on hand – a toothpick. Approximately 700 toothpicks were used to create the designs in the book. The unusual drawing tool gives the lines in the book a faded appearance and provides lines that vary in thickness. These add to the charm of the designs rather than detract from them. The artist tells the story about the town at the front of the book and then follows up with a detailed description the subject matter of each design at the back of the book. The fantasy land (and the book) are separated by their areas. There are several maps and five chapters. In all, the story adds an event more delightful layer to the coloring book. It makes it a story book of coloring designs rather than simply a coloring book. The book has a removable dust cover. While there are no elements to color on the inside of the dust cover (a missed opportunity), there are areas to color on the actual brown cover which is attached to the book. The designs are printed on both sides of non-perforated cream colored paper. The ink tones seem almost sepia in nature but it may be because of the toothpick tool. The binding of the book is sewn rather than glued, so you can remove a few pages at a time by snipping a few threads. Eleven of the designs spread across two pages and, in my book, align very well. Fifty-eight designs are printed on one page. Many of the designs merge into the binding but if you remove pages by snipping threads, you should be able to remove them without loss of any of the design. I was able to get the book to lay flat by breaking the spine. There is a bonus fold-out poster included at the back of the book. My copy was fairly bent up. It appears to have been done in manufacturing as the cover of my book and the package it arrived in was pristine. I tested this coloring book with a wide range of coloring medium (though, I must admit, I did not try a toothpick!) Here are the results of my tests and a listing of the coloring medium I used in testing: All of my alcohol-based markers bled through the page immediately. My water-based markers and my India ink artist pens left shadows of color on the backside of the page. My gel pens did not bleed through but required a little extra drying time than ordinary. My coloring pencils worked exceptionally well with this paper. The soft lead pencils went on thick and creamy with little effort. They blended exceptionally well. My hard lead pencils went on distinctly and did not leave indents on the back of the page. I plan to use primarily coloring pencils and some gel pens with this coloring book. If you use any form of ink, be sure to use a blotter page below the page you are working on. The ink will certainly mar the design on the back of the page but the blotter page will keep the ink from seeping further into the book. These are the coloring medium that I use for testing. If there is something else you feel I should be testing, please let me know and I will see if I can add it to my growing pile: Markers: 1) alcohol-based – Copic Sketch, Prismacolor double ended markers (brush and fine point), Sharpies (fine and ultra-fine) Bic Mark-its (fine and ultra-fine) and 2) water-based – Tombows dual end markers (brush and fine point), Stabilo 88, and Staedler triplus fineliners India Ink: Faber-Castell PITT artist pens (brush tip) Gel Pens: Sakura, Fiskars, Uni-ball Signo in the following sizes - 0.28/0.38/0.5/1.0 and Tekwriter Coloring Pencils: Prismacolor Premier Soft Core, Derwent Colorsoft, Prismacolor Verithins, Caran D'Ache Pablo Colored Pencils and Faber-Castell Polychromos Review: Quaint, inspiring pictures perfect for watercolor! - I saw this in stores, but purchased here. As always, desertcart has the best prices on coloring books! This book is absolutely adorable if you like quaint images to color. The thing that really drew me to this book was the quality of lineart in it. The lines are unlike any other book I've found. Most books have crisp black lines and more and more I'm finding have a crisp, generic feel to them. It's hard to find a book that still has the feeling of being hand-drawn (like Color Me Your Way, Sommernatt, and Dagdrommar). This book takes it a step further. Not only do the lines retain the sense of being drawn by hand, the lines are a grey color. The color of the lines is a great feature in this book because it makes these pages look stunning with soft, subtle colored pencil and even better with watercolor. I've been using Inktense and Albrect Durer watercolor pencils in mine and have had great results. The pages handle the water well, despite being printed on both sides, as long as you don't overdo it with the water. (I use a water brush for more controlled water flow.) They handle layering and blending of colors well, both dry and wet. The only flaw with the book is that they are printed double sided, which limits the use of markers. However, I think this line style lends itself better to softer colors than bright, bold markers anyway. Bottom line: If you're looking for a new coloring book to use with colored pencil or watercolor, buy this! ## Features - A fantasy coloring book, the land of beautiful towering Castles - St martin's Griffin books - Softcover, 96 pages ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #97,430 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #55 in Cities & Architecture Coloring Books for Grown-Ups #194 in Fantasy & Science Fiction Coloring Books for Grown-Ups #373 in Flowers & Landscapes Coloring Books for Grown-Ups | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,693 Reviews | ## Images ![Romantic Country: A Fantasy Coloring Book - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91PBYi63VCL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Charming and Whimsical Imaginary Country – printed on both sides of the page *by I***R on March 1, 2016* “Romantic Country” is the imaginary country that artist Eriy created in her childhood. Based on these designs, it is a charming and whimsical land to visit. The artist named this land Cocot. What is interesting about the designs is the back story on how the artist created them. Apparently, these were the first ink studies she had done and while she remembered to buy ink, she forgot to buy a pen! Being resourceful, she used what was on hand – a toothpick. Approximately 700 toothpicks were used to create the designs in the book. The unusual drawing tool gives the lines in the book a faded appearance and provides lines that vary in thickness. These add to the charm of the designs rather than detract from them. The artist tells the story about the town at the front of the book and then follows up with a detailed description the subject matter of each design at the back of the book. The fantasy land (and the book) are separated by their areas. There are several maps and five chapters. In all, the story adds an event more delightful layer to the coloring book. It makes it a story book of coloring designs rather than simply a coloring book. The book has a removable dust cover. While there are no elements to color on the inside of the dust cover (a missed opportunity), there are areas to color on the actual brown cover which is attached to the book. The designs are printed on both sides of non-perforated cream colored paper. The ink tones seem almost sepia in nature but it may be because of the toothpick tool. The binding of the book is sewn rather than glued, so you can remove a few pages at a time by snipping a few threads. Eleven of the designs spread across two pages and, in my book, align very well. Fifty-eight designs are printed on one page. Many of the designs merge into the binding but if you remove pages by snipping threads, you should be able to remove them without loss of any of the design. I was able to get the book to lay flat by breaking the spine. There is a bonus fold-out poster included at the back of the book. My copy was fairly bent up. It appears to have been done in manufacturing as the cover of my book and the package it arrived in was pristine. I tested this coloring book with a wide range of coloring medium (though, I must admit, I did not try a toothpick!) Here are the results of my tests and a listing of the coloring medium I used in testing: All of my alcohol-based markers bled through the page immediately. My water-based markers and my India ink artist pens left shadows of color on the backside of the page. My gel pens did not bleed through but required a little extra drying time than ordinary. My coloring pencils worked exceptionally well with this paper. The soft lead pencils went on thick and creamy with little effort. They blended exceptionally well. My hard lead pencils went on distinctly and did not leave indents on the back of the page. I plan to use primarily coloring pencils and some gel pens with this coloring book. If you use any form of ink, be sure to use a blotter page below the page you are working on. The ink will certainly mar the design on the back of the page but the blotter page will keep the ink from seeping further into the book. These are the coloring medium that I use for testing. If there is something else you feel I should be testing, please let me know and I will see if I can add it to my growing pile: Markers: 1) alcohol-based – Copic Sketch, Prismacolor double ended markers (brush and fine point), Sharpies (fine and ultra-fine) Bic Mark-its (fine and ultra-fine) and 2) water-based – Tombows dual end markers (brush and fine point), Stabilo 88, and Staedler triplus fineliners India Ink: Faber-Castell PITT artist pens (brush tip) Gel Pens: Sakura, Fiskars, Uni-ball Signo in the following sizes - 0.28/0.38/0.5/1.0 and Tekwriter Coloring Pencils: Prismacolor Premier Soft Core, Derwent Colorsoft, Prismacolor Verithins, Caran D'Ache Pablo Colored Pencils and Faber-Castell Polychromos ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quaint, inspiring pictures perfect for watercolor! *by T***S on July 12, 2016* I saw this in stores, but purchased here. As always, Amazon has the best prices on coloring books! This book is absolutely adorable if you like quaint images to color. The thing that really drew me to this book was the quality of lineart in it. The lines are unlike any other book I've found. Most books have crisp black lines and more and more I'm finding have a crisp, generic feel to them. It's hard to find a book that still has the feeling of being hand-drawn (like Color Me Your Way, Sommernatt, and Dagdrommar). This book takes it a step further. Not only do the lines retain the sense of being drawn by hand, the lines are a grey color. The color of the lines is a great feature in this book because it makes these pages look stunning with soft, subtle colored pencil and even better with watercolor. I've been using Inktense and Albrect Durer watercolor pencils in mine and have had great results. The pages handle the water well, despite being printed on both sides, as long as you don't overdo it with the water. (I use a water brush for more controlled water flow.) They handle layering and blending of colors well, both dry and wet. The only flaw with the book is that they are printed double sided, which limits the use of markers. However, I think this line style lends itself better to softer colors than bright, bold markers anyway. Bottom line: If you're looking for a new coloring book to use with colored pencil or watercolor, buy this! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you buy no other coloring books, PLEASE buy this one! *by R***P on March 7, 2016* I LOVE this coloring book❣ I have somewhere around 15 coloring books including all 3 of Johanna Basford's books. While I do love Johanna's books, this one has completely stolen my heart. The illustrations remind me of quaint European villages and places I've always wanted to go. They take me back to childhood coloring books - a little girl on a swing, a girl reading a book to her teddy bear, little boys around a campfire, castles, windmills, cottages and geese! There is a GREAT variety of detailed pictures and then easier pictures. I like to switch between easier and more detailed when the details become too much. The paper is thick and printed on both sides. It's very different from other papers I've colored on in that it is a creamy color and rather slick. You will have to use darker colors and/or heavier pressure if you're using Prisma Color pencils. I have not tried any other mediums yet, but will update my review after testing what I have. I'm pretty sure that water based markers won't bleed through, but I don't think alcohol based markers would be a good idea. The lines are lighter than most other books as the artist drew these with a TOOTHPICK dipped in ink! They will be easy to cover if that's an issue for you. If you buy no other coloring books, PLEASE buy this one! 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