Smiling Monkey Face Close Up Coloring Page

The face is blown up until it nearly reaches the edges of the paper. Two large round eyes, a broad muzzle, a grin that runs most of the width of the head, and a spray of hair standing up on top. The ears sit out on either side as plain rings.

Almost all of the area on this page belongs to three shapes: the muzzle, the forehead and the rounded jaw below the smile. A young child can cover all three and be finished, which is exactly why it works as somebody's first coloring page.

Anyone older should treat those same areas as empty canvas rather than flat fill. The muzzle in particular is wide and completely blank. Pattern work, graduated shading, even a face painted design all fit there, and the heavy outline around it keeps the work contained.

Enlarge it if you have the paper. The drawing was built big and it holds up printed across two sheets taped together, which turns the finished page into a mask once the eyes are cut out.