Mother Swan with Chicks Colouring

A mother swan glides across the pond with three small cygnets close beside her. Her tall curved neck and broad feathered body contrast with the chicks' short necks and soft rounded shapes. Small ripples surround the family, creating a calm scene that highlights the adult bird and her young without crowding the page. How to colour: Leave the mother swan white and add a whisper of pale blue-grey under her wings. Use orange and black on her bill. Colour the cygnets soft silver-grey, their bills charcoal-grey, and the pond pale sky blue. Work in small circular pencil motions on the chicks to suggest downy feathers, then use longer curved strokes on the adult. Keep the water lighter around each bird so every outline stays clear, and deepen only the lowest feather shadows.

◫ A4 size✎ Bold outlines♡ Ages 3–8

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