The peacock though is pretty close to the meme..

True, but presumably once the reader has worked their way up to this part of the book, they'd have built up the needed skills for drawing this one.

Not really, that's the point of the meme: you just follow explicit steps and then have to make a logical leap in understanding the actual subject. It's a fail at all levels when the author adds detail from their own knowledge/experience the student is unaware of. Frustration will follow...