Creative Haven Peacock Designs Coloring Book (Creative Haven Coloring Books) Paperback – Coloring Book, May 21, 2014

This book is filled with 31 stunning, bordered , illustrations , creatively showcasing elegant Peacocks as the focal point in each, some images are of a single Peacock with graceful, detailed , spectacular, tails, other images include several Peacocks. The backgrounds and sometimes the foregrounds include entangled, flowers, leaves, vines, and trees, or just a few strategically placed detailed, beautiful flowers in full bloom.Once you bring life to these images, with the combination of color and your own unique creative style, they will be worthy of framing.A perfect gift for college students, adults, some school aged children that love more detailed pictures and birds but especially Peacocks!1. 31 Illustrations printed one per page (the back of each page is blank) on heavy weight, bright white, perforated paper for easy page removal.2. All markers and some Gel pens leak through this paper, place two pages of scrap paper under the page you are coloring to prevent damaging the page under it.3. Full page, very detailed, bordered illustrations fill this book, the art work is flowing and the art style varies throughout the book.4. This book is perfect for Colored pencils or Markers: Gel pens or crayons could be used but some details are a bit small for crayons and some areas a bit large for Gel pens.5. The details in the images are complete, you won’t start coloring a detail and suddenly it disappears and you are not sure what to do next.Tips:1. Outline flowers, leaves, larger areas in your illustration with a color a shade darker than the one you use to color them with, and even the edges of the flowers.2. If it is hard for you to distinguish your colors at night or in low light areas in your house when you try to color, purchase a Day Light bulb, this is a type of bulb that provides a brighter light and mimics daylight and colors are true.

I've really enjoyed this coloring book. I did about 8 pages in a row and finally had to put it down because I'd peacocked out for the time being, but I'm sure I'll come back to this book, because the drawings are great, with some variety in styles and shapes of the birds and in the backgrounds--some have their tails fully fanned, others have them gracefully draped behind them, some heads are turned towards you, some you're looking more at the bird's back than its front... I say this because I had wondered how monotonous a whole book of just peacocks would be, and I was pleasantly surprised at the variation. The paper is decent quality--neither the best nor the worst I've seen--and it's printed on single-sided perforated pages. I've only used pencils with this book, so I can't speak to how gel pens or markers do, but I noticed I had to be careful with watercolor pencils if I tried to add water at all--the paper won't hold up well for that, which makes me doubt how well pens and markers would do. I love the price of this book, and I'm planning to purchase more by the same artist and publisher. It may not be the highest quality book you own, but it's good enough for fun coloring with pencils, and you can't beat the price.

I adore peacocks, so when i found this coloring book, i knew i had to have it. Pages are thick enough to where i can color with my Staedtler fine liners , or use any other medium i want. I would suggest placing couple of sheets of printing paper in between pages when coloring with alcohol markers. Very nice, one sided peacock designs, and ability to remove the pages, if one should choose to do that. I personally like my pages intact and inside the book.This book is a definite must for any adult colorist (is that the right word to use?), and at this price it's more than worth it! You won't be disappointed.

Nice variety of designs. I have enjoyed it so far. Nice quality of paper and will be easy to remove the picture once you are finished.I use colored pencils so I don't have any issues with bleed through. But the designs are only on one side, so it wouldn't matter if it bled through the page, just make sure to put another piece of paper in between just in case.I would recommend this to a beginner to a little more experienced artist. There are some designs that are somewhat complicated and some that are pretty easy. So you can share with your kids if you want to.Personally, I don't let anyone touch my books ; )

What to buy as gifts for creative teenage girls led me to try coloring books as an alternative to trendy clothing. This series has many designs that focus on flowers, animals and fanciful scenery. The quality of the books and paper is important - all pages are single sided - no color can bleed over onto the next page.

I love all kinds of coloring book.

I have a bunch of different designs and themes from Creative Haven, and all of them are great!! Single-sided designs, decent paper quality, and awesome peacock designs, the whole book is filled with different styles, patterns and designs of peacocks. Definitely a great gift for the peacock lover, who also loves to color as well. Love this book!

I've always loved peacocks and have purchased several cross stitch patterns to stitch. But none completely satisfy me so I'm working to find a picture I can adapt to needlework. Several of these pictures fit the bill. If I stitch one...I'll upload it into the images to the right.I LOVE the back cover--it gave me a good laugh. It starts:"Any peacock would be proud of these gorgeous designs to color."Not "any peacock lover" but any of the birds!! Now I'm picturing a peacock busily trying to grasp a crayon with its talons...or maybe with its beak?