Doe Drinking From a Forest Stream Coloring Page

The pose does the storytelling here. A deer leans down with her front legs braced and her muzzle just touching the water, so her long neck makes a diagonal that cuts right across the sheet. Her back is dappled with rings of open spots that thin out as they travel down the flank, and her ears sit forward and low. Below her, the stream bed is scattered with rounded stones of every size, each one outlined separately and crying out for slightly different treatment. That stone bed is the most rewarding part of the page. A ripple ring spreads out where her nose meets the surface. Behind the animal the forest is drawn lightly: a few upright trunks, hanging foliage across the top, low shrubs and tall grass along both edges. Keeping the background in muted greens and the deer in a warmer brown gives the picture real depth. This sheet suits a colorist who enjoys working on many small separate shapes without any of them being difficult.