Trumpetfish Colouring Page

Meet this cheerful trumpetfish, a wonderfully long and slender reef swimmer with a tube-shaped snout, a tiny round mouth, small fins and a broad fan tail. Trumpetfish can hover near coral and sea plants, using their narrow shape to blend into the underwater scenery. Start with golden yellow, warm brown, rusty orange or olive green along the main body. Colour the broad curved bands in alternating shades, such as yellow and orange or green and turquoise, then fill the round spots with blue, purple, red or dark brown. Use long strokes that travel in the same direction as the body so the colour looks smooth from the tail to the snout. On the very narrow nose, work slowly from the wider head toward the small round mouth and turn the page if that makes the diagonal line easier to follow. Colour the tiny side and rear fins pale blue, green or lavender, leaving narrow white spaces between the rays. The broad tail can use a brighter pattern, perhaps yellow at the centre with orange or blue tips. Keep the eye highlight white and add a soft coral touch around the smile. Use several greens for the seaweed, pink or red for the branching coral, orange or purple for the tube sponge, warm beige for the sand, and grey or tan for the rocks. Pale blue bubbles will complete the water. Add a slightly darker shade along one side of the long body for simple depth. This friendly page is ideal for practising long controlled strokes, repeating bands and careful colouring inside narrow shapes while imagining a quiet tropical reef.

◫ A4 size✎ Bold outlines♡ Ages 3–8

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