
Guinea pig sniffing a leafy green
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Color guinea pigs with hay, leaves, round tunnels and wooden shelters. Choose a single animal, a group scene or children watching and sorting hay and leaves beside an enclosure.

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Compare the big leaf and broad coat patches with the smaller shapes around two animals.

Choose this to practice working around a white face stripe and following leaf veins.
Guinea pig sniffing a leafy green →
Choose the pair for overlapping bodies and many thin hay lines.
Two guinea pig friends eating hay →Print the original line drawing linked below. The numbered areas match the color key and steps; use the colored example as a starting point, then choose your own colors if you prefer.
Digital coloring example

The white face stripe and whiskers should remain clear beside the leaf.
Start at the leaf’s central vein and follow one branch toward the edge. Color lightly around it. In the hay picture, treat the thin lines as separate strokes rather than filling them all into one block.
Try the single guinea pig with hay, the large leaf or the tunnel opening for a clear main subject. Group scenes add fur patterns, fences and shelters; the children’s scenes include faces, clothing and table details.
Give the main subject a color first, then work through the setting. Tell a short story about what is happening in your picture.