Cute Axolotl Smiling With Feathery Gills Coloring Page

One small axolotl, nothing else. It stands in the middle of an otherwise empty page with all four feet down, tail curled up at the tip, and a closed-mouth smile on a wide rounded head. Three feathery gill stalks sweep back from each side, drawn as clusters of pointed fronds rather than the usual soft plumes. Two dots mark the nostrils, and the eyes are simple rings with solid middles.

The whole drawing sits in bold, evenly weighted outline with no interior detail at all beyond a few marks on the flank.

All that blank paper around it is deliberate. This is a page to hand a young child, or to use when you want to try a technique without committing an hour of work. The body is one large closed shape, so it accepts a flat fill, a gradient, or a full blend equally well. Gill fronds are the only fiddly part, and even those are wide enough for a standard pencil tip. Anything behind the animal is yours to invent.