Koala Holding a Pineapple Coloring Page

The pineapple is the busiest object in this whole koala set. Its body is covered in a diamond lattice, two runs of diagonal lines crossing to make rows of small four sided cells, and every one of those cells is a closed shape you can fill separately. Above the fruit a crown of long pointed leaves splays out, some upright and some bending outward, each drawn with its own outline.

Both paws grip the fruit low on its sides and the fingers show as short strokes. The koala behind it has a round head, two oversized ears with ragged fur edges, a tall blank muzzle, two solid eyes and a narrow smile. The torso carries no texture at all, which comes as a relief next to that lattice.

The hind feet rest at the bottom with pads and toe circles as usual. Forty seven closed areas make this the most demanding of the cartoon koalas, behind only the mandala, the leaf border and the patterned sheet, and it suits an older child or an adult who wants something to settle into. Shading alternate cells in two tones turns the skin three dimensional with very little effort.