Freshwater turtle swimming beneath hanging leaves among water-lily leaves and stones.

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Freshwater Turtle beneath Pond Leaves

A turtle swims beneath an arch of hanging leaves, with round water-lily leaves, stones and ripples nearby. Its four spread feet and shell plates sit below the curved plant shapes. Try separate color groups for the turtle and plants.

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Blue shell beneath green leaves

Frame a blue turtle shell with hanging leaves and three lily pads.

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Digital example: Blue-shelled turtle with olive skin and white stripes beneath green hanging leaves on a brown branch, among green lily pads and gray rocks.

1. Blue — shell
2. Olive — turtle skin
3. Leaf green — plants
4. Brown — curved branch
5. Gray — rocks

Fill every shell plate and rim band blue.
Use olive on the head, neck, feet and tail; leave the long neck and foot stripes white.
Color every hanging leaf, all three lily pads, the right grasses and lower-left plants green.
Trace the thin curved branch in brown without filling the spaces between leaves.
Color every rock gray, including the tiny pebbles.

Keep water, eye and claw tips white. Check the small plants and pebbles as well as the large shapes.

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