Icy Trees Sparkling In Winter Sunlight Coloring Page

Every branch in this picture is sheathed in ice. The artist has drawn a stand of bare trees after a freezing rain, with each twig doubled by its ice coating, icicles hanging along the undersides, and short radiating lines added where low sunlight catches the surface. The branch structure is intricate and repeats across the whole sheet, so this is a demanding page best suited to adults who enjoy fine detailed work.

Sparkle cannot be colored on, only colored around. Leave the ice itself untouched, then work pale blue and lilac into the gaps between the branches and deepen the sky toward the top corners. Where the artist has drawn the little radiating highlight lines, put nothing at all. Sharpen your pencil often, because the gaps between twig and ice coating are extremely narrow.

There are two different kinds of ice on winter trees and this scene shows the heavier one. Freezing rain lands as liquid and freezes on contact, building a smooth clear shell that can grow thick enough to bring branches down. Hoar frost, by contrast, grows as feathery crystals straight out of the air.