Owl Perched on a Branch in a Round Glass Medallion Coloring Page

An owl sits square to the viewer in the middle of a round leaded medallion. The bird is drawn full face, with two sharp ear tufts swept out to the sides and large round eyes under heavy brows. Only the pupils print solid black. Everything else on the bird is an outlined area waiting for color: rows of scalloped breast feathers stepping down the chest, a long wing panel on each side cut into tapering feather shapes, and two short legs gripping a branch that crosses the lower third of the circle.

The background does the real work here. A ring of rounded, almost pebble shaped cells sits directly behind the owl, and outside that ring a band of wedge panes radiates to the rim like spokes. A plain outer band closes the design, held by two heavy concentric circles. That gives you three distinct zones to plan before you start.

The owl rewards a warm scheme and the radiating band rewards a cool one, which keeps the bird forward without any shading. Markers suit the breast scallops and the wedge panes. Reach for a pencil on the small pebble ring, because those cells are the tightest on the sheet. Half an hour is about right for the full circle.