Sinterklaas waves from a steamboat with bunting and an anchor emblem beside a harbor lighthouse.

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Sinterklaas Arrives at the Harbor

Sinterklaas waves from the deck of a steamboat decorated with bunting. The curved bow, anchor emblem and lighthouse offer different shapes to color around the harbor water.

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Bring the boat into the blue harbor

Use repeated red flags and gold details to draw attention to the waving figure.

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Digital example: Sinterklaas in red waves from a pale blue boat beside a white lighthouse and brown dock posts.

1. Brown — dock wood
2. Peach — face and hands
3. Red — robe, flags and chimney band
4. Gold — trim, staff, anchor and ropes
5. Pale blue — hull, water and windows

Color posts and dock planks brown and the stone quay very lightly brown, preserving their lines.
Color the face and hands peach; leave the hair and beard white.
Color the robe, hat panels, flags, chimney band, lighthouse cap and house roof trim red; leave sleeve lace white.
Color hat and robe trim, crosses, staff, anchor and ropes gold.
Use pale blue for hull, sea, sky, windowpanes and door; keep foam, railing, building walls, lighthouse body and clouds white.

Check the gold anchor against the blue hull and keep every wave line visible in the pale water.

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