Puppy With A Big Bone Looking Proud Coloring Page

The bone is enormous, drawn across the full width of the sheet and gripped in the middle, and it is left almost completely empty while everything around it is packed with pattern. That contrast is the design of the page. Behind the puppy, four large flowers sit in the corners with a field of curls, small leaves and dots between them, and the dog's own coat is covered in short directional fur strokes. To make it work, keep the bone pale, hold the background to one restrained color family, and put your strongest values into the face. The eyes are large and round with a highlight in each, the muzzle is wrinkled, and both ears fold forward over the sides of the head. This is an adult style sheet. There are several hundred separate marks in the background and the fur strokes sit close enough together that a marker will bridge them, so reach for pencils or a fine liner. Worth passing on to a child who asks: vets would rather dogs did not have real bones like this one, because cooked bone splinters, and the safe version is a rubber toy shaped like it.