Spring Coloring Pages: A sugary coloring page children on grass making a daisy-chain necklace- sweet smiles, small petals and spring wind.
It is a hart-warming scene in which the sun falls upon a spot of meadow where two or three children are seated with their knees drawn up, as they thread a necklace of daisies very carefully. There is a little heap of gathered flowers in a picnic blanket, and even more of the daisies stick out of the grass near them. There are rewarding textures too fluffy seed heads and crunchy petals, brushed off folds of fabrics, the errant blades of grass, and an empty basket or Jar that collected flowers in. The fine details that are introduced include hair strands, shirt seams, cuffs and shoelaces; the wider shapes such as the blanket, the sky and rolling field help in keeping the page open and comfortable. Voluntary details, a daisy wreath on one of the figures, an inquiring ladybug, a floating ribbon-they do not crowd the picture. The arrangement guides the eye down into the pile of flowers and then up to the occupied hands of the children and then into the completed chain encouraging the stillness, quiet coloring.

How to Color:
Start with a very pale sky or with it left white to add extra brightness, or shading the meadow in two or three greens (cool olive on dips, spring green mid-tones, with a light yellow-green on the sunlit tips) flicking in short strokes to represent the blades, and leaving grass in dimmer places darker. Leave daisies pretty nearly white--shadow the petals a little cool gray or lavender at the bottom and where they overlap; colour the centre warm ochre, darkening one edge and leaving a small spot. Use soft, amiable colors on clothing (pastels such as mint, peach, lilac or more assertive combinations such as teal/coral) darken folds in crevices and lighten upper ridges. On skin, mix a medium wash, touch cheeks and noses with a warm color and put pools of soft shadows under chins and wrists; with very small touches of white in eyes, as highlights. Hair is best read in layers: begin at the bottom of the hair (golden brown, chestnut, black or sandy blond) and then tease out a few of the lighter hair over the top and darken the roots and underlinings. Sketch the blanket, either a plain strip or gingham; bend the design on folds and shade a bit where daisy pile rests. Pin it all in with muted cast shadows under hands, knees, the basket and the coil of the necklace. I can use markers on flat bases (blanket, sky), colored pencils on the petal shading, hair texture and the grass, finish in white gel pen to do the tips of the petals, the bead-like pollen dots and the small lights of the sun on the necklace.