Freshwater turtle with its head raised beside two pebbles and a small grass tuft.

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Freshwater Turtle with Pebbles

A turtle raises its head beside two smooth pebbles and a small tuft of grass. The angled view shows wide shell plates and striped legs. Try one set of colors for the turtle and another for the ground.

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A green shell and a pale-blue raised neck

Use a playful blue for the turtle’s skin, keeping the long black neck stripes easy to see.

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Turtle looking up with a sage-green shell and pale-blue head and limbs beside two tan stones on white ground. — The lower belly shell, three grass blades, small pebbles and ground remain white. Check that both large stones share tan and the neck remains blue between its lines.

1. Sage green · upper shell
2. Pale blue · head and limbs
3. Tan · two large stones

Color every upper-shell and rim plate sage green, keeping the divisions clear.
Fill the head, raised neck, legs, feet and tail pale blue. Preserve eye whites, pointed claws and the black stripes.
Color the two large oval stones at lower right tan; leave the tiny scattered pebbles white.

The lower belly shell, three grass blades, small pebbles and ground remain white. Check that both large stones share tan and the neck remains blue between its lines.

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