Creative Haven Summer Scenes Coloring Book (Adult Coloring Books: Seasons) Paperback – Coloring Book, September 21, 2016

Very beautiful, more detail， but each parts too small, need enough patience to complete, the numbers are also difficult to find, too much strain on the eyes

I've been coloring for a few years now and decided that the only books I will buy are the ones drawn by Teresa Goodridge. I like her attention to detail. I just received Summer Scenes and It's Cats World and the pictures are great. I can't wait to start coloring. I've tried Jade Summer but their drawings are much simpler which I consider to be more for a child to color.

This book has a wide variety of summer pictures to color from boating, beach and garden scenes.I thought I would have colored one of the boating scenes first but instead I was drawn to color this house that I left a picture of and I am really enjoying coloring this picture and I especially enjoyed coloring the house.I colored this picture with TomBow Irojiten colored pencils and they worked wonderfully with the paper in this coloring book. These pencils are from Japan and they are one of my favorite colored pencils because they are so smooth with unique colors. They are also sold here on Amazon.This is my first Creative Haven coloring book by Teresa Goodridge and I am looking forward to buying her Autumn Scenes coloring book for fall because it is full of pumpkins, jack o' lanterns and even a scarecrow with a jack o' lantern for a head.

The media could not be loaded. This is my second coloring book by Teresa Goodridge. It shares some of the same issues that I had with the first book, which are 1) the designs are very sketchy and seem sized down from the original artwork and 2) the “sample” colored images in the book (front and back page both inside and out) are of the actual painted artwork on which the designs are based rather than a colored sample based on the line drawings in the book. Even though it has similar issues, I find that I like these designs better and the faces of the people in the book (with the exception of those on the Ferris wheel designs) can be colored with at least a flesh tone marker or pencil.I can work with the smaller less finished drawings but I think it is a little disingenuous to show the paintings and allow customers to think that their finished projects can look anything like those. It seems like someone made a line drawing version based on the original work. Details are changed somewhat and sizing becomes an issue. The line drawings have a cartoon feel to them rather than the elegant look of the original art.The designs are evocative of summer with beach, cabin, dock and other scenes which bring to mind summertime activities. There are lots of flowers and insects that make me think of gardening during the warmer months.For my first project, I chose to do a wooded cabin in the woods. It reminded me of summer vacations that my family has had in the past. I was able to use alcohol-based markers for the first coat of color and then details with my colored pencils. I'll post a photo of my first project as well as samples from the book.This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper. I will list, in the comments section below, the coloring medium I use for testing and for most of my coloring projects.31 Summertime designs with a cartoon style quality compared to colored samples in the book.Designs are printed one side of the pagePaper is white, medium weight, slightly smooth and has perforated pages.Glue BindingThe designs stop well before the perforations and have a framing line at the outer edgesAlcohol-based markers bleed through this paperWater-based markers bleed through in spotsGel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page. India ink can spot through on the paper if I apply multiple layersColored pencils work well with this paper. I was able to get good color and to get deeper pigment by layering the same color. I found that I could layer multiple colors and blend easily using a pencil style blending stick. This was the case with both oil and wax-based pencils. Hard lead pencils leave dents on the back of the page.I prefer to use a blotter page under my working page to keep ink from seeping through or dents from marring the pages below. You can also remove pages from the book to color. I like card stock for my blotter page but a couple of sheets of heavyweight paper work as well.

Creative haven are my favorite coloring books

The firdt pic I colored was the pic that was on the front of the book just so I could have some reference of what colors to use as I am a beginner, it was fun & not too hard bc heck, we r doing this for relaxation & don't want to be stressed by the coloring, nice summer pics & have fun. I have done a couple more of the pics in this book. I really like this book as I am practicing my skills. I have watched many tutorials to help learn some of the different techniques in shading. The only amusing thing that has happened is when I get confused at where the sky starts & the hills end in some pics so some of the sky in my world is green! lol

plenty to color, and detailed

I just got this book today and it has some kind of liquid on the back cover and last coloring page. It has a weird smell and sticky. Other than that love Creative Haven books.