Beautiful Phoenix Feathers In Decorative Pattern Coloring Page

A phoenix flies across the middle of this sheet and a ring of ornament floats around it like a wreath. The bird is drawn in a soft rounded style with an upswept crest of five small plumes, a large expressive eye, and a breast covered in rows of overlapping scalloped feathers. Its wing spreads up and to the left in three layers of long blades, and its tail falls away below in four tapering ribbons. What surrounds it is arranged rather than scattered: leaves, curled tendrils, small spirals, round beads and four diamond shaped ornaments set at the compass points, all drawn much lighter than the bird and evenly spaced to form a circle. That difference in line weight is your instruction for coloring. Keep the ring pale and let the phoenix take the strong color, and the wreath will stay a frame instead of competing. The feather rows on the breast are the finest work here and reward a sharp pencil, but the wing blades are large enough for anything.