As you saw if you looked at my supplies set up post, I have a lot of coloring books.    I'm going to talk about 5 or so at a time so the posts don't get too long.   I really have no idea how many parts this will end up being as a result.    I may mix it up and add some gel pen/marker posts in between, as well.

I really like the Design Originals and Creative Haven books, so that is mostly what I have.  I do have a few others, though.   Let's get started!

Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Animal Designs

This is one of the very first adult coloring books I bought.   It was a nice starter book for me in terms of designs, but when I started out (and still a little bit even now) I want to color animals their proper natural colors.   This leads to some really boring coloring on beautiful designs.   So I have only done 2 pages from this book.   Now that I'm getting more comfortable mixing things up a bit, I need to pull this one back out and try again.   The designs are all one animal per page and there is a good variety of animals included.   The areas to color are easy to do with a sharp pencil or a gel pen.  Thicker markers will probably be an issue for the majority of designs in this book.  Pages are single sided and perforated, so you don't have to worry about bleed through and you can pull them out easily for completion (my preferred method).

Creative Haven Creative Cats Coloring Book (Creative Haven Coloring Books)

I love this book.  I have done 2 pages out of it so far.  My only complaint and it's minor is that the cat is the same on every page.  I solve this by just making the cat a different color every time.   The cat is adorable, which you can see here on the cover.  There are a variety of situations the cat is in, including nature scenes, cityscapes and a set of face cards.   All the designs have quite a lot of detail in them, some of it pretty small..  The pages are single sided and perforated.

Dover Creative Haven Art Nouveau Animal Designs Coloring Book (Creative Haven Coloring Books)

I have not colored any pages out of this book yet, but I do really like them.  They are more of a realistic, old style rather than many of the books I have which are a bit more cartoony looking.   All the designs contain some type of animal in a nature scene.   Some of them are quite detailed, but some pages have fairly large areas so there is a good mix.  The pages are single sided and perforated.

Creative Haven NatureScapes Coloring Book (Creative Haven Coloring Books)

I haven't done any pages out of this one yet either (which is actually the case with the majority of the books I have lol).  If you like animals, this is a great book for you.  The designs are all done in a realistic style and it includes a large variety of wild animals and birds.  This one has design areas that are fairly large, but there is still nice detail in each picture.   The pages are single sided and perforated.

Dover DOV-91374 Dover Publications-Nature Mandalas

This is one of my favorite books.  I've done a few pages out of this one.  There are animals, birds and insects in the designs, along with other nature elements.  The designs have a good bit of detail, but it's not tiny, hard to color areas.  The designs are on the more realistic style side.  The page are single sided and perforated.

If you have specific questions about any of these books, please feel free to ask in the comments.  I'll be happy to dig the book out and answer any questions to help you get the best fit for your style.

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