Koi Pair Nose to Nose in a Round Glass Panel Coloring Page

Two koi meet head to head at the top of a round panel and curve away from each other, so their bodies form a ring inside the circle. The design is close to mirror symmetric, which makes it an easy sheet to plan and a satisfying one to finish, because whatever you do on the left you can answer on the right.

Each fish carries a dense field of overlapping scales, drawn as small rounded cells that step down the body from shoulder to tail. The fins and the broad tails are filled with fine parallel striping rather than closed cells, so they take a pencil or a fine nib much better than a broad marker. The eyes print as solid dots.

Behind the pair, large curved panes sweep across the circle to suggest moving water, and the whole thing sits inside two heavy concentric rings. Those water panes are generous and open, which balances the scale work nicely.

Traditional koi coloring gives you plenty of room: one fish warm and one pale, or both warm against a deep water field. Keep the scales lighter than the water or the fish sink into the background. Allow forty minutes, more if you shade every scale separately.