Freshwater turtle swimming beside exposed tree roots, stones and water ripples.

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Freshwater Turtle by Tree Roots

A turtle swims past branching roots in a calm stream. The overhead angle shows its shell plates, striped neck and four spread feet. Color the turtle first, then trace the root shapes with a contrasting shade.

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Terracotta turtle by the roots

Warm shell and roots stand out over white water.

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Digital example: Terracotta-shelled turtle with sage skin and white stripes swims past light brown roots, green grasses and gray rocks.

1. Terracotta — shell
2. Sage — turtle skin
3. Light brown — roots
4. Leaf green — grasses
5. Gray — rocks

Color the whole shell terracotta, including its narrow rim.
Color the head, neck, four feet and tail sage; keep their long stripes white.
Follow the branching roots in light brown, leaving water between them white.
Use leaf green for the grasses behind and between the roots.
Color both foreground rocks and every small rock beside the roots gray.

Check all four feet and the tail for white stripes. Claws, eye and all water stay white.

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