We are thrilled to announce the latest additions to our Animals with Hobbies Vol. 2 collection! Our illustrators have been hard at work dreaming up new, whimsical scenarios for your children to color. This month's digest focuses on animals discovering their musical talents and enjoying quiet, creative crafts.
Along with these lovely new coloring pages, we have put together some fresh art techniques to help your little artists level up their coloring skills at home or in the classroom.
Our new koala illustration features a lot of beautiful wooden elements, from the carefully crafted instrument to the large tree stump stage.
New Technique: Wavy Wood Grain. To make wooden objects look realistic, encourage kids to avoid coloring them with a single, flat shade of brown. Start with a light tan or ochre base, then use a darker brown colored pencil to draw gentle, wavy lines along the surface. This simple trick mimics natural wood grain and adds wonderful depth to the scene!
Knitting in the snow requires some serious focus! This adorable Arctic ground squirrel is busy crafting a cozy winter accessory on top of a wooden sled.
New Technique: Warm and Cool Contrast. This page is the perfect opportunity to teach older children about color temperature. Because the background is filled with cold, snowy elements (which look great shaded in pale blues and cool purples), coloring the knitted scarf in "warm" colors—like vibrant reds, bright oranges, or sunny yellows—will make the squirrel's hard work pop right off the page.
Preserving nature is a wonderful hobby. Here, a charming red panda in a cozy newsboy cap is carefully pressing freshly fallen leaves.
New Technique: Autumn Blending. Red pandas are famous for their rich, rusty-red coats, but the real star of this page can be the autumn foliage. Teach your child to blend colored pencils by overlapping two colors on a single leaf. Start with a layer of bright yellow, then gently color over the edges with orange or red to create a realistic, fading fall leaf effect.
Taking the music outdoors, this energetic ring-tailed lemur is having an absolute blast in a sunny garden setting.
New Technique: The Sunny Glow Effect. To capture the feeling of a bright, sunny day, have your child use a pale yellow crayon or pencil to lightly outline the lemur and the xylophone before coloring the rest of the garden background in greens and blues. This creates a subtle "halo" effect, making it look like the sun is shining directly on our musical friend.
These new pages are available to download and print right now. Grab your favorite coloring supplies, try out these new techniques, and most importantly, have fun creating your own vibrant masterpieces!
This article is part of Animals with Hobbies Vol. 2 — browse all 21 coloring pages
