Peacock Feathers Coloring Page

This peacock stands in profile with its train fanned open behind it, and almost no part of the bird has been left plain. The upper fan is made of pointed feathers, each carrying the familiar eye spot at its tip, while a second bank of long soft plumes hangs down to the lower left. The body is covered in overlapping scale shapes, the wing is broken into rows of beads and paisleys, and a crest of three tiny spheres sits on top of the head. Real peacocks are iridescent, which means a single blue will undersell the bird. Layer teal over blue on the neck and body, then add a touch of violet where the two meet, and you get that shifting quality without much effort. The eye spots take a small ring sequence, gold outside, then green, then a dark middle, and repeating it across the fan gives the page its rhythm. The hanging plumes suit a lighter treatment so they do not compete with the fan. Set aside a decent stretch of time, because this patterning rewards slow work.