Pair Of Bluebirds On A Flowering Branch Coloring Page

Two round bodied birds sit shoulder to shoulder on a branch at the middle of the sheet, one facing left and one facing right, their tails crossing below. Both are covered in fine directional strokes that follow the curve of the breast and throat, a texture that repays colored pencil and defeats markers entirely. The branch they share carries five open blossoms and a scatter of pointed leaves, and it runs off both edges of the page. Two ornamental sprays occupy the top corners, each built from a large flower, a few leaves and a tangle of loose curls, with a third smaller spray at the bottom left. The birds are the only place where careful value work will show. Keep their upper parts darker than their breasts and the pair will sit forward off the paper. The blossoms are large, simple and widely spaced, which makes them a good place to try a color you are unsure about. Everything in the corners can be treated as decoration in one muted shade, and doing so keeps the attention where the drawing wants it, on the two birds in the middle.