Creative Haven Art Nouveau Animal Designs Coloring Book: Dover Edition

C.L. th_amazon shopper: I love the nostalgia that is in this coloring book. This coloring book paper has smooth tooth so not all pencils are going to grip the paper. Might be better to print onto another paper, or use a smooth media like alcohol markers, or gel pens.

United States on Sep 14, 2023

Assis: Lindo

Brazil on Jul 30, 2023

Carmen Zanini: The media could not be loaded.  Folha lisa e branca.
Um desenho por folha, nada no verso.
Desenhos lindíssimos.
Achei que merece e necessita de algumas técnicas de pintura pois para mim é um nível acima no quesito "desenhos mais elaborados"
Chegou antes do prazo , gostei da editora já comprei outro da coleção aguardando chegar.

Brazil on Aug 09, 2022

Mauricio GambiniMauricio Gambini: Some great images, good variety of images, good quality paper (not enough for watercolor).
Buying it in Brazil, the price for this book is excellent.

Brazil on Mar 08, 2022

V. Evans: this is my second purchase of this book. The one I have only has pics on one side so no worries about my gel pens or markers bleeding through. I do though insert a hard cover book under the page I am coloring as I like to be able to get the best colors out of my pencil crayons so that probably prevents bleeding also. I found that I was only interested in coloring about half of the designs in this book but the ones I did like... I really like. I have recently discovered gel pens that include neon colors and sparkly colors so now I want to redo some of the pics I really liked with the addition of those. The pages have enough intricacy to make them challenging and require some color planning. Really a fun book to color.

Canada on Apr 26, 2017

Just Me 123Just Me 123: I finally decided to dive in and find out what the hype was about regarding adult coloring books. I initially was not very interested in something that was not my own creation. However, I finally let my curiosity win and purchased a couple books. This Art Nouveau Animal Designs coloring book by Dover is very nice. It has a good mix of detailed pictures and simple pictures. The paper stock is decent enough, and each page has a perforation near the spine so that individual pictures can be removed. I prefer to remove the pages before I begin to work on them, but I do know people who prefer to keep them all in the original book.

I have used gel pens, colored pencils, and water colors on these pages. The paper works well with all 3 of those mediums, but my favorite is to use a combination of nicer quality colored pencils and watercolors. A nice set of watercolor pencils would also work quite well. I do like the art nouveau style, and it is fun to work with all the detail.

While I don’t think I will frame and hang the completed pieces, I do find it satisfying to mindlessly sit and work through the pages. I will finish both of the books I purchased, and I might buy...

United States on Mar 21, 2016

Manuel Reyna: I have wanted to get an Adult coloring book for quite some time now. Ever since I was as a child, I have always enjoyed coloring and I never out grew enjoying the activity. I used to color with children that I babysat for when I was a teen. Then, I used to color with my children when they were young. Next, I would color with my Grandchildren, and while they are still young enough to enjoy coloring, I don’t get to see them all that often in order to get to enjoy coloring with them.

Over the years, I have bought myself some coloring books, coloring pencils and some crayons, just so I could enjoy the relaxing activity of coloring. I would try to pick coloring books that were not as childish as most of the others, but until recently, there wasn’t really much to choose from in the coloring book genre that wasn’t geared towards children.

I am an animal lover, so I chose this coloring book of animal designs. This book contains 30 pages of mixed designs featuring animals, birds, insects and aquatic life. Each page is printed on just one side, so you can use marker or paint and not worry about it bleeding through and messing up the next design. Being printed on just one...

United States on Dec 01, 2015

Lydiah Harmon: Full of beautiful pictures.... Each page is full of detail, and fun to color.... Love this brand so many different kinds of books tho choose from. I looked over all kinds of reviews before making a purchase, I looked over lots of the pictures posted as well. Very impressed with them. Have only colored a few pictures, but a great way to pass time. I would recommend for anyone who may be recovering from a surgery like myself. I also purchased staedtler triplus fineliner 0.3 mm 36 pack which included the neon colors, I would recommend them. Love them i may try and find some a little bigger. But these are great for small details. I
also purchased a pack of Lolliz gel pens 48 pack, tip range from 0.6 to 1.0. I DO NOT recommend them for the following reason they take a while to dry, i have smeared multiple places on the pages. Not fun tho cover up. I plan on returning the Lolliz gel pens. I will try again with a different brand for now i will use the 16 pack I bought at Wal-Mart. I also made a page protector out of a placemat from the dollar store. A child's plastic one, cut it in half, rounded the coners. I place it behind the page I'm Coloring as a precaution, it also helps with...

United States on Sep 22, 2015

Leseratte: Mich haben die phantasievollen, reichdetaillierten Motive zum Kauf bewogen, da ich gerne mit Farben arbeite, ohne mich mit der Motivwahl zu aufzuhaltenen.
Das gebundene, perforierte Heft zum Heraustrennen der einzelnen Blätter mit seinen zahlreichen verschiedensten Tiermotiven ist wirklich etwas für sehr geduldige Menschen. Pfauen, springende Fische in einem Teich mit Seerosen, Affen, Giraffen, fliegende Kolibris, Rehe im Wald (eins der wenigen Motive die eher flächig auszumalen sind), Pferde mit Mähne usw. haben sehr viele, kleine Details, bei denen man langsam arbeiten muß um ein schönes, harmonisches Bild zu erzielen .Für mich bedeutet das, zuerst die Farbgebung zu überlegen, um dann erst mit dem Ausmalen zu beginnen.
Ich verwende dreierlei Farbstifte: Buntstifte für Kinder, Farbsifte die härter sind und die Spitze länger behalten um filigrane Details auszumalen und schließlich Künstler-Farbstifte zum Hervorheben und manches plastischer erscheinen zu lassen. Das Papier ist reinweiß, man kann mit Vorsicht und nicht zu nass, die Farben mit dem Pinsel aquarellieren.
Wirklich schöner Zeitvertreib!

Germany on Sep 06, 2015

CLG: Adult coloring books are a wonderful way to escape from various aspects of our daily lives that can cause us stress. For me, I have a very ill mother (terminal cancer) who has been an artist all of her life, yet now her hands shake and short-term memory is problematic. Yet give her an adult coloring book (or two or three...), a firm top lap desk, several types of colored pencils and accessories and she is very happy to delve into the image for hours at a time while recovering from chemo treatments in her bed. Even I enjoy coloring these pages as Noble consistently produces images (many from famous works of art) that are simple to challenging when found in these coloring books. This book "Art Nouveau Animal Designs" is amazing particularly due to the details included within each image. When my mother's copy arrived today, I was so happy to see the joy on her face as many of the designs included magnificent birds (her favorite animal next to her real-life puppy). A few relatives were also here when I gave it to my mother and they expressed interest in having their own copy of this coloring book...all over the age of twenty! So coloring is not just for kids anymore! (PS: Hospice...

United States on Sep 10, 2012