Stag Head Inside a Mandala Frame Coloring Page

A circle of small beads rings the stag head, and outside that ring the page opens into big symmetrical petals that fan to all four edges. Each petal is filled with its own line work: long tapering veins in some, layered chevrons in others, and fine curved hatching in the largest ones at the corners. Because the arrangement is symmetrical, the easiest route to a striking result is to mirror your colors left to right and let the pattern do the rest. Inside the frame the stag looks straight out, its face marked with sharp angular shapes over the brow and cheeks, its antlers rising through the top of the ring and past the petals behind. A ruff of long fur hangs below the chin and spills out of the bottom of the circle. This is squarely an adult sheet with a lot of narrow shapes in it, so a sharp pencil or a fine liner is essential. Keep the stag darker than its frame and the portrait holds the middle of the page.