Mermaid Surfing On A Cresting Wave Coloring Page

A mermaid rides the face of a breaking wave with one arm flung forward and her hair streaming behind her, and the wave is enormous. It curls up from the bottom right of the sheet, its inner face ruled with dozens of long parallel lines that follow the curve of the barrel, and its crest breaks into ragged clumps of foam along the top edge. Spray flies off the lip in scattered droplets and a burst of white water explodes where her tail cuts through. Her tail itself is covered in neat rows of small scales and finishes in a wide fluke thrown up behind her. The ruled lines inside the wave are the heart of this page. They give you a ready made gradient, so run a color from deep at the base of the barrel to pale at the crest and the water gains volume immediately. Four ornamental corner sprays of flowers and scrolls frame the sheet, and faint curling flourishes fill the sky behind her. Keep the foam white and let it stay the brightest thing on the page.