Troop of Monkeys in a Jungle Scene Coloring Page

Four monkeys occupy this scene, two low on a branch that crosses the page and two higher up among the vines. Every one of them is drawn separately with clear paper around it, so the troop never collapses into a single mass the way crowded scenes often do.

The jungle around them is the real undertaking. Broad veined leaves bank in from the top corners, strap shaped leaves push up from the bottom edge, and a curtain of thin vines hangs down one side. There are several hundred enclosed areas on this sheet.

Plan before starting. Pick two or three greens for the foliage and stay with them, and keep the animals in a browner range so they separate from the background. Without that discipline the monkeys vanish into the leaves and the scene stops working entirely.

Nobody needs to finish this in one sitting. It is built for a colorist who returns to a page across an evening or a week, filling one region at a time. Older children and adults both get a lot out of it, and the detail level sits well above everything else on this hub.