Two Ninjas Facing Off In Dramatic Battle Coloring Page

The standoff is drawn tight. Two ninjas face each other in profile, close enough that their hoods nearly touch, hands raised between them and one sword angled up past a shoulder. Everything about the pair is cloth, so the page is full of long folds and gathered wraps rather than hard edges, and that makes it forgiving to color. An arch of dense scrollwork spans the top, and peony heads pile into both lower corners. Symmetry gives you an obvious approach. Color the left figure and the right figure differently, even if only by a shade or two, and the confrontation reads instantly. The arch above is fine detail and works best left light, perhaps a single wash of one color so it stays a backdrop. The peonies are large and open, which makes them the right place for the strongest tones on the page. Fold lines on the robes will take shading if you want to push it, though the drawing holds up without any. This is a longer sit than the simpler sheets in the collection and suits a teenager or an adult.