Decorative Indian Corn With Patterned Kernels Coloring Page

Three ears of dried corn stand shoulder to shoulder across this page, gathered at the top by one ribbon tied in a simple bow. The ear in the middle sits highest and the two outer ears lean in slightly, which keeps the arrangement from reading as a flat row. Every ear is covered in staggered rows of small oval kernels, and there are several hundred of them in total, each drawn as its own closed outline. That is the whole appeal of the sheet and also its warning: this is a long sit, and it suits colored pencils or fine liners rather than anything with a broad tip. Long husk leaves peel back from each ear and hang down past the base, drawn as open shapes with a few lengthwise lines to suggest the ribbing. Real dried corn runs cream, rust, deep red and near black in the same ear, so scatter four or five shades through the kernels at random instead of working one ear in one color. Leave a handful of kernels white and the whole cob gains highlights for free. The husks read well in pale golds, which pushes the darker kernels forward.