Koala Wearing a Nightcap Coloring Page

The nightcap starts as a band around the forehead and then tapers up and over to the right, flopping as it goes, with a round pompom hanging from the point. The band is drawn as a clean strip, the body of the cap is left completely open, and the pompom is a small ball of short bumps. The whole shape leans, which gives the page a bit of movement.

This koala is grinning with its mouth open and two small teeth showing at the top, which is unusual in the set and worth noticing before you start. The muzzle above is tall and blank, the eyes are solid with lashes drawn over them, and both ears stand clear of the cap on either side.

Everything below the neck stays simple. One soft line marks the belly, the arms taper down to paws with small claw strokes, and the hind feet carry rows of little toe shapes along their tops. Around two dozen closed shapes make up the page, and most of them are the small toe and claw shapes along the feet and the bumps on the pompom, so the body fills quickly and the feet are where the time goes. A deep color on the cap against a pale animal reads best.