Sugar Skull Dog Coloring Page

A dog takes the calavera treatment here, drawn as a cartoon face with two folded ears hanging at the sides. Scrollwork sweeps across the brow in mirrored curls with a pointed motif at the center, and rings of small beads circle both eyes. Those eyes are drawn filled rather than open, which is how a dog's eyes actually look and what keeps the face reading as an animal rather than a bone skull. The muzzle is one broad rounded shape with a dark nose above a wide mouth, framed by two heavy curved lines that give the jowls their weight. Each ear carries a solid patch at the top, the kind of marking most dogs really have. Treat the ears as your main color decision. Matching them to the brow scrollwork pulls the whole head together, while leaving them pale makes the face jump forward instead. The scrolled brow rewards a fine tip, but everything else on this sheet is large and forgiving, so a younger child can work on it alongside you.