Fantail Fish Beside a Leafy Water Plant Coloring Page

About Fantail Fish Beside a Leafy Water Plant Coloring Page

A round fish swims to the right while its long tail spreads behind it like a pair of ribbons. Curving lines inside the tail and fins create several separate spaces without covering the smooth belly in a pattern. Beside the fish, a leafy water plant rises from a small group of stones. Bubbles above the face draw the eye upward and balance the heavier leaves below. Start with the body, then carry a lighter version of that color into the broad tail lobes. The plant can stay green or take a blue shade for an imagined underwater garden. Small gray stones will help the leaves stand apart from the white page. There is room around the whole scene to add a pale water wash, although leaving that space blank keeps attention on the fish's flowing outline.

In this picture

• Round fish body
• Ribbonlike tail lobes
• Curved side fin
• Leafy water plant
• Smooth stones
• Bubbles

Coloring ideas for Fantail Fish Beside a Leafy Water Plant

1. 1Blend peach into pale yellow along each long tail lobe.
2. 2Give the plant darker stems and lighter leaf centers.
3. 3Leave small white centers in the bubbles above the face.

Suggested palette

• Peach
• Butter yellow
• Leaf green
• Slate gray
• Pale aqua

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.