Johnny Appleseed holds a seed over a pot while a girl scoops soil into another at a potting bench.

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Planting in Pots with Johnny Appleseed

This imagined storybook scene shows Johnny Appleseed holding a seed above a pot while a girl scoops soil into another. A little seedling and rows of trees outside complete the potting-bench scene.

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Orange pots on a warm wooden bench

Separate the soil from its bright pots; leave the apron white.

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Digital example: A girl fills an orange pot beside a man holding a seed at a tan workbench.

1. Orange — pots and apples
2. Green — leaves
3. Tan — wood and hair
4. Dark brown — soil and trousers
5. Peach — skin
6. Blue — shirts and cloth

Fill pots, bowl and apples orange.
Color leaves and bushes green.
Use tan on wood, hair, hat, baskets, bags and scoop.
Darken soil, seed and the man's trousers brown.
Add peach to faces and hands.
Color shirts, dress, bow and hanging cloth blue.

The seed and falling soil stay visible; keep the apron and outdoor gaps white.

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