Amazon.com: Fantasy Fairy Homes: An Adult Coloring Book Full of Whimsical Black Line and Grayscale Images: 9798370916144: Publishing, Clair Essa: Books

I read the mixed reviews prior to buying this book and I was hesitant, as I had never heard of (or worked with) black line grayscale. After the first page I was hooked. It has absolutely become my favorite coloring-book style. I plan to buy all the others in the series.Grayscale requires you to color differently than what you usually do….. it’s the blending of color and gray that gets the colors and image to “pop” … it requires you to think about what color will blend well with the gray. The gray gives the picture definition, the color enhances and brings it to life. I have 132 color Prismacolor coloring pencil set, I am not sure I would try this method with a 18 color set. I am not an artist so it really requires me to stretch my color palette and color style. I’m actually surprised at how amazing the finish pictures look. It’s mindful relaxing coloring, not mindless.