Creative Haven Autumn Scenes Coloring Book (Adult Coloring Books: Seasons) Paperback – July 18, 2017

The media could not be loaded. This is the fourth book in a series of seasonal coloring books by Teresa Goodridge. For me, each of the books has been even better than the one before. As autumn is my favorite time of year (with changing colors of leaves, the last of vegetables being harvested and the holidays approaching.) While the colored samples are still pictures of the original watercolor artwork rather than colored samples of the actual designs in the book, I don't have the issues with tiny details that I had in the first book in the series. I'm able to use all types of coloring medium with this book, which makes it a real pleasure to color in.The designs are exactly what I would hope for in book about autumn. I really like that as I have had problems finding a good autumn coloring book up till now. The designs have lots of trees for coloring the change of leaf colors, pumpkins and other harvest items, Thanksgiving, Halloween and even a football scene. The designs are quite detailed and some few do contain intricate and small areas to color. There are less of the intricate portions in this book than in the prior ones.I noticed that the feel of the paper is slightly smoother than some of the Creative Haven books I have received recently. I've noticed that the paper seems to change quite frequently on these books. Because of that, if you buy one of these books, it may be slightly smooth or slightly rough depending on when and where it was printed. Colored pencils still work well with the slightly smoother paper (see below.)This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium.31 Autumn inspired Designs by Teresa GoodridgeThe designs are printed one side of the pagePaper is the usual Creative Haven quality: white, medium weight, slightly smooth and has perforated pages.Glue Binding but with perforated pages so removing a page is fairly simple.The designs stop well before the perforations. Most, but not all, of the designs have a framing line at the outer edges. Some simply stop with no line and I wish that they had put the framing line around those as well.Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paperWater-based markers bleed through in spots and show colorful shadows on the back of the pageGel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page. India ink pens can bleed through when I apply more than one layer of ink.Coloring pencils work well with this paper. I was able to get good pigment (color) lay down, layer the same color and multiple colors and to blend easily using a pencil style blender. I tested both oil and wax-based pencils with similar results. Hard lead pencils, like Verithins, leave dents on the back of the page.I suggest either removing pages from the book to color or using a blotter page under your working page. I like card stock as it keeps ink from seeping through and damaging the pages below.

The media could not be loaded. This is my new favorite coloring book (I think I say that every time I get a new one)! I LOVE all the fall scenes! It's so relaxing to color such beautiful, peaceful scenes. The paper is a good thickness and each page is printed on one side, which makes it nice not to have to worry about wasting any pages. I also hate the coloring books with both sides printed because I don't like coloring on the left-side page, even if it hasn't been compromised by coloring the other side of it. It has nice perforation for tearing out pages without ripping, too. Maybe I shouldn't mention this but I like to rip out all the pages as soon as I get a new coloring book and scan them, that way I can color the same image as many times as I want. With my memory, in a few months it'll all be new to me anyway! This book though has nice wide inner margins so not only do you avoid coloring inside the crack, I didn't have to rip out any pages to scan the whole book, yay!The video is just leafing through to give you an idea of what the pictures are like. I didn't go through the whole book because I didn't want to show the ones I've colored. I've also killed the sound (or at least I tried to) so you wouldn't be tortured with whatever horrible song Pandora thought I wanted to hear.

What a special coloring book! The pictures are very well put together and fun to color. Lots of farm scenes with produce. The theme runs to Thanksgiving and the fall. There is a scarecrow that I did in a plaid shirt with denim jeans, buildings, wreaths and more. There is also a football plate. I use Pan Pastels for the large areas such as gardens and fields. This product makes great looking gardens and pastures. This book is designed for experienced colorists. Perforated pages and the paper is real nice The wait on this book was worth it!!! I am very happyPS One year later this continues to be my favorite Autumn coloring book. I continue to do Pan Pastels. This is the BEST coloring book!!! I love to take the time just to look at and enjoy the pages I have colored. I have just about colored this book up. I am going to order at least one more book, and try different methods other than the ones I have already used.Good job Creative Haven and Teresa Goodridge. I love that you produce such a variet of books.

I've become a big fan of Teresa's art. This book is really lovely. The line art definitely has a hand-drawn charm. The pictures in this book are more simplic than the newer autumn books, and I'm totally over the moon happy with that. I'm a very slow colorer, even for a colored pencil fan (pencils are a slow medium). The pictures are just as beautiful, however. I wish all the images had a frame around them. In my opinion, the frames help colored pictures look more finished. The book does display my coloring pet peeves, though. If an artist draws something with a repeating pattern--such as: bricks, feathers, scales, stones, tile, wooden boards, and so on--I like all the pattern to be drawn in. Not just a board or brick (or so on) here and there. I'm not an artist, I don't draw. If I have to fill in patterns on my own, I don't color pages. An oddball exception is woodgrain. If I'm going to color it in, I prefer the artist doesn't draw hints of grade in, because I don't keep anything like Micron pens (again, I'm not an artist). I like when Teresa's scenes leave humans out of the equation. There are quite a few images feature people. I really like the biking path scene, for instance, but I don't know if I'll color it (because of the people). Overall, I really like the book. Teresa is very talented.

This is a very nice coloring book. Has some pretty pictures to color. Mostly fall pics but there is some Halloween and Thanksgiving too. I would highly recommend it.