Flamingos Standing in a Shallow Pool Coloring Page

Three flamingos stand together in ankle deep water, and the interest comes from how their necks cross. One curves forward and down, one rises almost straight up, and the third bends toward the right edge, so the three shapes overlap without hiding each other. Their bodies carry rows of layered feather marks along the wings, short curved strokes that build up into a pattern worth taking slowly. Below them the legs are long and thin with a clear knee joint, and they disappear into flat water marked by wide concentric rings. Those rings give a chance to lay down very pale blue washes that get lighter as they spread outward. A dense stand of upright reeds fills the space behind the birds and reaches the top of the sheet. Each beak ends in a solid dark hook that stays as it is. Pink is the obvious answer for the bodies, but varying it bird by bird, one deeper and one barely tinted, looks far more convincing than three identical birds. Keep the reeds muted so the flock stays in front.