Johnny Appleseed kneels beside a young tree with gardening supplies.

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Johnny Appleseed Plants a Tree

Johnny Appleseed kneels beside a young tree with gardening supplies.

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Johnny Appleseed planting illustration with green sapling leaves, brown soil and blue trousers; other areas remain white. — A digital color suggestion, not a photograph of a printed result. Open the original line drawing to print and try your own colors.

1. Green sapling leaves
2. Brown soil mound
3. Blue trousers

Color only the sapling leaves green, keeping their central veins visible.
Color the small soil mound around the sapling brown. Leave the trunk, hands and surrounding grass uncolored.
Use muted blue on the trousers and leave the sewn knee patch white. Keep the rest of the picture white for this first pass.

The sapling, hands and soil should remain separate; you can add the rest in a later session.

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