Red Panda Sitting On A Branch In Autumn Leaves Coloring Page

A red panda sits up on a heavy branch that crosses the lower third of this page, facing straight out at you. Its ears are wide and rounded with tufts of fur drawn inside them, the muzzle is short and the mouth turns up slightly. Two dark teardrop patches sit beneath the eyes and there is one small dark wedge on the chest; apart from those, the whole animal is left open. Its front paws grip the bark with the claws showing, and the long tail drops away to the left and curls at the tip. A twig of plain outlined leaves hangs below and to the right, and a second branch runs out of the bottom left corner.

The fur is suggested by fine broken strokes along the outline rather than filled anywhere, which keeps the body one big open area.

That matters here more than usual: this animal is famous for its color, and the drawing hands the whole decision to you. The tail is a particular opportunity, because a real one is banded in alternating rings and the artist has left it plain.

Red pandas are not closely related to giant pandas. They sit in a family of their own, and both animals simply arrived at the same name by eating the same plant.