Goldfish In The Sea Colouring Page

This goldfish faces left with a curved smile and one big round eye, a short lash line above it. Its body is one large rounded shape, split by a curved gill line near the head. A tall fin fans up from its back in several ribbed lobes, a wide tail fin flares out behind, a rounded fin sits near the cheek, and a smaller scalloped fin runs along the belly. Above the fish, three bubbles float in a rising line, small to large. Below, two clumps of seaweed grow on oval bases, each made of five wavy fronds, anchoring the fish in its spot without any other background to fill in.

The body and the tail fin give a child two big, friendly spaces to fill in with one main colour, which is where most of the page gets finished fastest. The fins are where it gets more interesting: each lobe of the top fin and each frond of the seaweed is a separate small shape, so there is room to switch colours or try shading each stripe differently if a child wants that. The three bubbles are small and round, good for practising a steady circular stroke, or a child can just leave them white for a watery look. There is nothing else on the page to distract from the fish, so the eye stays the obvious place to start.

This sits on the easier side of the sheets in the ocean set, thanks to the thick outlines and the amount of open space in the body. It suits a child just starting to colour inside lines, and the fin and seaweed detail gives slightly older preschoolers something to spend more time on once the plain body is done.