Hot Air Balloon Above Cloud Cells in a Tall Glass Panel Coloring Page

A hot air balloon fills the upper two thirds of a tall panel, its envelope divided into long tapering gores that run from the crown to the mouth. Each gore is a single closed strip, wide at the middle and narrowing at both ends, and there are enough of them to give the balloon real roundness without a line of shading anywhere.

Below the mouth, suspension lines drop to a basket drawn with horizontal weave bands and vertical uprights, so it reads as wicker. The basket is small and holds the most detail on the page.

Rounded clouds drift across the panel on both sides and gather into a bank along the bottom, each one a soft closed shape with no interior lines at all. A plain double frame closes the window.

Gores are made for color. Run them in an alternating pair of tones and the balloon stripes itself, or shift hue gradually round the envelope for something gentler. Keep the clouds very pale so the balloon stays the subject, and take the basket a warm brown.

The shapes are large and open throughout, which makes this a quick sheet to finish. Markers are the right tool here. Fifteen to twenty minutes.