- Choose one page.
- Look for two real body clues before you start.
- Color the big shapes first.
- Add small marks last, such as wing bars, eye rings, spots, or tail tips.
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Color a backyard friend after you look at a real photo or this site's field guide. The goal is not perfect colors. The goal is noticing the marks, stripes, spots, and shapes that make an animal itself.
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