Spring Coloring Pages: A peaceful coloring page of a traditional windmill standing over the forever-fields of flowers: smooth lines, smooth sky and pleasant looking rows of flowers.
It is a tranquil composition built around a tall, wood, windmill whose sails are strong and which has a stone foundation that stands on a slight elevation that makes it be overlooking striped rows of flowers as it extends into the horizon. Bands of flowers that have been planted neatly--tulips, daisies, or wildflowers--give a feel of rhythm and perspective. There is a country lane that leads to the windmill door, a humble fence divides the horizon, and the distant trees and fluffy clouds outline the sky. The line drawing is equilibrated between the expanses (sky, hill, sail vanes) and the sharply defined texture (wood plank, roof shingles, flower petals, leaf clusters). A wheelbarrow along the road, or a miniature signpost, or a flock of birds are the little details to give the story telling without litter. The page with its open spaces and details in fineness is suited to both fast relaxing color and close, layered shading.

To Colour:
Begin with the sky: put down a light blue haze, receding into the distance; bring in a warm tone of the same color low down the sky (a sort of peach or pale yellow) as sunshine. Maintain distant hills and tree lines cooler and also lighter such that foreground fields stand out. With the flower stripes, choose a harmonious color scheme--e.g., red, pink, yellow, purple--and use each one alternately; darken the bottom of the petal with darker, lighten the tips with lighter; and speckle some warm ochre in the middle. In the foliage vary greens (olive in shadows, spring green in middle, yellow-green on sunlit sides) and draw thin lines of veins just a bit darker. Provide the path with a beige base made of sand, enhance ruts and edges with taupe and include soft oval shadows underneath the fence posts. Windmill has a wonderful weathered wood effect: planks that are golden-ochre at bottom, light brown marked the grain lines, and in deeper lines cooler grays; leave one edge a lighter shade of sunlit effect. Paint the sails light gray or off-white, made darker about joints to indicate structure; paint a narrow crisp highlight on leading edges. The cast shadows should be soft and be planted under the sails on the tower as well as under the row of flowers to establish everything. To cover the sky, stripes on flowers, and any pattern that is flat, markers are ideal; then colored pencils in gradations and textures like wood grain, petals, and the sunward edge of the sails (you can do it with the markers, too, but colored pencils make it a lot more fun). And to put the finishing touches on the petals, the window panes, and the sunward rim of the sails, a white gel pen.