Dog Jumping over a Puddle Coloring Page

About this page

Caught mid-air, a long-eared dog leaps toward the right with its front paws tucked and its back legs trailing behind. A small tag hangs from its collar, and the tail streams up and back in a wavy plume. Below, a wide puddle with ripple lines spreads across the middle of the ground, bordered by grass blades, rocks and weeds. A wooden fence runs along the right side, and rounded bushes and a distant hill fill the horizon, with two puffy clouds drifting in the sky at the upper left and right. The scene has real depth, with a foreground, a middle ground and a far background, so you can shift from dark to light as you move back. It is a medium page for teens who enjoy outdoor scenery, and the dog's open mouth and flying ears give the page its energy.

In this picture

• dog
• puddle
• fence
• clouds
• hill
• bushes
• rocks
• grass blades
• collar tag

Coloring ideas

• Color the distant hill a pale blue-green so it feels far away
• Fill the puddle with a sky-blue wash and leave the ripples white
• Shade the fence boards in weathered gray-brown with dark knots
• Add a soft cloud shadow beneath each cloud using pale gray

Suggested palette

• sky blue
• grass green
• golden tan
• weathered brown
• slate gray
• white

Good for

• a spring-outdoors theme week
• an after-school sketching break
• a wall display of animal action scenes

Coloring tips

• Start with the largest areas, then add detail.
• Test markers on spare paper to prevent bleed-through.
• Use lighter layers first when working with colored pencils.

Print guide

1. Choose the PDF that matches your paper size.
2. Print at 100% scale or “actual size”.
3. Use portrait orientation and normal print quality.