Elephant Standing In The Golden Savanna At Sunset Coloring Page

An elephant walks through open grassland with a large sun disc sitting low behind it. Flat topped acacias stand at both sides and along the far horizon, thin cloud bands stretch across the sky, and tussocks of grass rise in the foreground. The animal is drawn simply, with just enough line to show the ears, the tusks and the trunk swinging down.

The scene is sparse, which is exactly what makes the sun work. Fill it in a single strong orange, keep the sky pale above it, and the whole page reads as evening light without any shading skill required.

Ages five and up will find this comfortable. The grass tufts along the bottom edge are the only fiddly part of the whole page, and skipping them costs the picture nothing.

Elephants really do move at dusk. Herds feed and travel through the cooler hours and rest in shade at midday, which is why safari drives run early and late.