Freshwater turtle at a drawn waterline between two reed clumps, with oval ripples.

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Freshwater Turtle between Reeds

A turtle raises its striped neck between two reed clumps. A waterline crosses the drawing, with feet outlined below and ripple ovals in front. Color the shell and neck separately, then repeat one shade across the reeds.

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A green shell between four brown cattails

Keep the water white so the striped turtle and the four tall seedheads remain clear.

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Wading turtle with a deep-sage upper shell and pale-sand head and limbs between four brown cattail heads in white water. — Leave the belly shell, water and oval ripple shapes white. Keep the waterline crossing the turtle visible rather than treating it as a new body marking.

1. Deep sage · upper shell
2. Pale sand · head and limbs
3. Warm brown · four cattail heads

Color all upper-shell plates and rim plates deep sage green.
Fill head, neck, legs and feet pale sand, preserving eye whites, claw tips and every black stripe. Keep the small folded shape just behind the left side of the neck green, as shown.
Color the four long cattail seedheads brown, two on each side. Their stems and leaves remain white.

Leave the belly shell, water and oval ripple shapes white. Keep the waterline crossing the turtle visible rather than treating it as a new body marking.

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