Cat Curled Asleep in a Round Glass Medallion Coloring Page

Nothing on this sheet is cut small. The sleeping cat occupies the middle of the medallion as a single unbroken shape, by a wide margin the largest open area here, so it suits a softly blended coat far better than flat color. Its tail curves round the front of the body and the head is tucked down onto a foreleg, with the ears, one closed eye and a few whisker strokes carrying all of the facial detail. Behind the cat the glass is cut into long wedges that radiate outward, and those wedges are what make the piece read as a window rather than a portrait. A ring of trapezoidal panes sits between the two heavy circles at the rim and offers a natural place for a repeating pattern, two tones alternating or a slow gradient running round the ring. Because the cat is pale and large, the background has to carry the contrast. Pick a deep tone for the wedges and the sleeping shape will lift off the page with no shading at all. Paper outside the circle is left plain, so the medallion can be cut out and mounted once it is finished.