Princess Dancing At A Grand Royal Ball Coloring Page

A woman in a floor length ball gown stands in profile in the middle of a round ballroom. Her hair is swept up into a knot, her hands are clasped together at her chest, and the skirt falls from a tight bodice into a wide bell that reaches the floor in long smooth panels. The room around her is drawn properly: a tall arched window with small panes on the left, a fluted pilaster on the right, a run of framed panels along the curved wall, a cornice following the curve, and a chandelier hanging from the ceiling with candles standing in each of its scrolled arms.

She is the only person in the room. For a grand ball that is a quiet scene, and it suits the drawing, which has the stillness of a moment before anyone else arrives.

The chandelier is the detail work. Every scroll and candle is separate, and it is the one place on the page where a fine tip really pays.

Ballroom candles were a serious expense. A room like this burning for an evening went through hundreds of them, and the hot wax dripping from overhead is why dancers kept to the middle of the floor.