Creative Haven Midnight Forest Coloring Book: Animal Designs on a Dramatic Black Background (Adult Coloring Books: Animals)

This is my second book by Lindsey Boylan where the backgrounds are pre-filled in with flat mat black and the design stretches over the entire page from side to side. I really love the way that my coloring “pops” off the page with this style. I have found that my pastel and neon colors really show up in a whole new way. There are 31 designs in the coloring book and they are all quite imaginative. The artist has filled in the animals with lovely flowers and motifs to making coloring them even more fun. I am a huge fan of animal scenes and having them with the black background makes this a new and unique book in my coloring collection. There are many animals in the book, including a gorgeous howling wolf, a rabbit, some mice, and even an owl. The animals are set in an imaginative forest with lots of great plants and flowers to color. Creative Haven books are always a good quality paper and my pencils and gel pens generally work well with them. My markers almost always bleed through. Not too worry, though, as they only print designs on one side of the page. The backside is left blank. If you don't remove the page from the book to color, you should put a piece of freezer paper, cardstock, chipboard, or even a couple of sheets of good weight paper behind the page as you work so it won't bleed through to the following page. If you do remove the pages, the publishers have provided nicely perforated pages for easy removal.

This is one of the only coloring books that I have that I don't want to mess up the pictures by coloring them. It's a strange thing, but I like all the illustrations and on some of them, I am afraid I will mess them up. It's a bit irrational because when I do finally chose one to color, it turns out perfectly fine and usually very pretty. I love the artwork in Midnight Forest. I also love the Creative Haven books and I have a several and they are all my favorites-especially the animal ones. This book is really fun to work in. The paper is a bit thin, but Prisma Color pencils really pop with the black background. I bet gel pens would work okay in this book but may bleed through to the other side, but the bright colors would be really cool with the black. All in all, great artwork. The one sided pages are perforated for easy removal, but the paper is a little thin- not horrible though. Fun Book-next time I use it, I am going to close my eyes and just pick a picture to color and go for it.

This colour book has unique and beautiful designs that are all set on a solid black background. They don't look like much when they are still white, but after you colour them in there is a dramatic difference and they look amazing. The black background really makes the colours pop and are very eye catching. The paper quality is good and the animals actually look like what they are supposed to be instead of being silly imitations. I think this would be a great gift for the person who loves to colour in your life.

If you HATE doing backgrounds, this is a terrific book! It has beautiful pictures for you to make your own. Even if you like doing backgrounds you will NEVER get them as black as these pages are. Colors pop. The pictures are not too intricate, for me they are perfect for peaceful coloring. Some faces are left so you can draw/shade structure of facial character. The front and back covers are completed to get you going. No repeated pages, all are adorable pictures. 30 or 31 to be completed by you. It is my first black book and it will NOT be my last. Hope this helps. There are other reviewers showing pages so I will not repeat that here.

This fun adult coloring book is especially great to use with my metallic colored pencils because of the black paper background, they really pop! Creative Haven produces such beautiful coloring books and this one is no exception. The quality of the drawings is superb. Each design is single sided as with all Creative Haven coloring books, but it is always recommended when using colored markers and some gel pens to put a protective sheet of heavy paper between pages in case of bleed through. You can't go wrong with Creative Haven brand coloring books for the quality and quantity of pages as well as the reasonable price. A great friend to coloring enthusiasts! : )

I am a new, soon-to-be 70 coloring addict. Most of the animals in Midnight Forest have a special look to their faces--sweet, stealthy, watchful, cuddly, and their surroundings are interesting. This is a great book for those of us entering "A Room of One's Own" for the first time, trying out different pencils, gel pens, markers, etc. The small spaces are not too small and the larger areas are not too big. Thus, you can learn what you want from other coloring books (I already have eight--many from Creative Haven--because I like diversity.) One day I'm in a dark, beautiful jungle and the next diving in the ocean. If you have not tried these black background books, you are missing a fun experience. Don't forget to give it sparkle over the colored pencil work. After all, there's a full moon to catch the colors.

I love Creative Haven coloring books, and I especially love the ones with the black backgrounds. It makes a colored picture look very dramatic. As all Creative Haven coloring books, the pages are one-sided and the paper is heavier than other brands such as the Dover books, which are mostly double-sided with thinner paper. All CH books also have perforations, to easily tear out and display in frames on walls, give as gifts, use as cards, etc. The illustrations are quite detailed and eloquent. Love this coloring book; it's a fantastic way to pass the time!

Update: I contacted Dover Publishing and I couldn't have gotten better customer service. They offered me any book on thier site of equal or less value to replace the Midnight Forest. Great customer service is far and few between this day and age. The fact that they recognized the problem and offered to replace my book was tops in my opinion. Changed my review to three stars for this. I love the designs in the book the problem is the cheap paper used. My pencils build up and won't separate even with a blender. It's also way to thin. I'm so disappointed in Dover over this book. I have other Dover coloring books that have quality paper. Going to contact Dover about this.

Sehr schöne Motive, die durch den schwarzen Hintergrund ausgemalt richtig schön zur Geltung kommen! Bin sehr zufrieden mit dem Malbuch!

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雑というかなんというか… 繊細な美しい絵ではないです。 塗ったらマシかな？

Nice product, like the black background. Different, but cool

Ce cahier est vraiment magnifique, de jolis dessins, bien pour débuter les coloriages pour adulte, je recommande les produits de l'auteur.