Beautiful Creatures: A Boundless Coloring Book Adventure

Oh my! Challenging but super fun and a winner in the grayscale coloring book opportunities. This is definitely a prime coloring book for adults. Below are the things that I found and loved about this book.`In this stunning array of beautiful creatures, there are soooo many gorgeous, handsome, beautiful, a bit scary, fluttery etc. animals to choose from. There are both wild animals and domesticated ones with a total of 48.`The paper is super quality, white and heavy. I experimented with a variety of brands in colored pens, gel pens, brush markers and water color pencils with wet brushes. I did not have any bleed-through, however, it is always best to use a blotter paper under the page you are working on.`The pages are micro-perforated for easy removal.`The foreground designs are well defined so the colorist knows what he/she is coloring. No guesswork here. The backgrounds are somewhat muted and can be colored in any way the colorist desires. They will look fantabulous whether they are shades of gray or have brilliant colors.`Printed on one side. The back of the printed page has a muted rectangle for putting the colorist’s name and date colored. Nice…..if you give your finished work of art as a gift, hang it on the wall or archive your masterpieces.`The cover picture is included.`The designs are centered on the page with a ragged, black border torn paper look. It’s attractive and adds character to the finished picture.`The book is 9¼ X 10 ½ x 3/8 inches and is thick enough to do lap coloring if a hard flat surface is not available.I definitely recommend this book for anyone who loves grayscale coloring books.

This has just become my #1 coloring book. I have never done Grayscale before. I sat down tonight, read the very simple instructions and dove right in. This was the result. I am very pleased and definitely recommend this book to others. Unlike a normal coloring book that leaves white spaces, this type of coloring book is intentionally done in shades of gray. The gray helps you define the lightness or darkness of each color and helps with shading to give a more realistic look. I used Copic Markers and Colored Pencils but would say that colored pencils for the most part work the best as the markers don't blend as well and could obscure the details. I would not recommend gel pens as they too would cover up the effects.NOTE: There are some highly negative reviews out here but these are left by people who don't understand what "grayscale" is. Bear in mind that this is a totally different type of coloring and the images are meant to be in varying shades of gray. They come alive when you color them and you do not need to be a pro to get amazing results.It may seem daunting, or that the image is too dark and your color won't go on - or that it will be too difficult... but that's not true! Just read up online or watch some online tutorials it's very easy. The below picture took me about 2.5 hours from start to finish never having done it before. It seems like it would take a huge amount of skill but the gray actually helps bring detail through to your work and adds realism. And this is a very old technique too. A lot of the master painters of old painted in grayscale first so they would understand how light/dark each area of color in their painting needed to be. Then they would paint over it in color. This gave them a much better understanding of how each color should look in light and shadow. Using the photographs is a wonderful way to learn while getting professional results!!!

The media could not be loaded. I'm extremely pleased with this book. I love to color over grayscale and this is the first coloring book I've found that offers this. It is a beautiful book that I am truly enjoying coloring. I will be buying more copies to give as a gift for the holidays because of how lovely the book is overall.The paper is excellent quality. It's thick and printed on only one side which is something I prefer in a coloring book. Colored pencils layer very nicely on this paper. I've also found that the paper can handle all kinds of mediums, not just colored pencils.The pages can be removed (perforated) and they have a nice little area on the back of each page for putting your name and the date you completed the piece. I think that's quite a special touch.There are 48 images in the book that are all quite stunning and eye-catching. I'm very excited to color most if not all of them!

This book by Nicole Stocker is outstanding in every. It begins with the paper used--it's the absolute best of any coloring book I have (and I have more than a few!). It's heavyweight white paper with a lovely surface that makes application of any medium-pencils, gel or fineline pens, markers, pastels, watercolor or Inktense pencils--they all lay down beautifully without the paper wrinkling or bending-it is a pleasure to work with.The selection of 'creatures' is amazing, from the everyday to the exotic, each one is carefully framed and presented. The grayscale is carefully calibrated to be not too dark or light so it's easy to decide where shadows are, and where to apply dark or lighter colors. Additionally there is a website listed in the book where you can go to see every page colored in various ways to give ideas on how you might want to do any project. You can also upload your complete picture if you would like to share your work. Anyone who enjoys animals and grayscale coloring absolutely needs to own this book--and be sure to check out the companion book "Beautiful Nature" which is equally worth having.