Princess Riding A White Horse Through A Forest Coloring Page

A princess rides at a walk along a path cut through dense woodland. Her horse lifts one foreleg mid stride, mane and tail flowing back, a bridle and loose reins drawn at the head. She sits with her skirt spread down the horse's flank and a single slipper showing, her long hair streaming out behind her, a small pointed crown set on top. Two heavy tree trunks frame the scene at the left and right edges, pines and leafy trees crowd the background, and ferns, leaf clumps and small flowers line both sides of the track.

The forest is the part that takes time. Those background trees are drawn with short repeated strokes rather than solid shapes, so they reward a light hand and punish a thick marker.

A practical suggestion: keep the horse pale, even leave it white, and put your color into the gown and the undergrowth. A dark horse here swallows the rider sitting on top of it.

Most horses people call white are really gray. They are born dark, often nearly black, and the coat lightens year by year until it turns white in middle age. A genuinely white foal is rare enough to be remarkable.