Animals Coloring Pages
16 free coloring pages to color online or print.
An animal is the first thing a child draws that exists. Unlike a cartoon character, it has a shape that can be got right or wrong, and that is exactly what makes it worth coloring: the coat, the mane, the direction the hair lies in. This universe gathers the collections built on real animals, from a foal a two year old can fill in one sweep to a horse drawn with every muscle showing.
Why an animal is a better exercise than a character
A cartoon face is a closed outline with nothing inside it. An animal has texture: fur that lies in a direction, a mane that falls, a coat that is lighter on the belly than on the back. None of it is hard, and all of it rewards a child who slows down, which is the one thing a coloring page can teach that a screen cannot.
The collections here
The horse coloring pages are the first of them: sixteen sheets from a chubby foal to a celtic knot.
Where to start
With a small child, the round cartoon versions: they carry the animal's silhouette with none of its detail. From about six, the realistic sheets are where the coat starts to matter. For creatures that do not exist, see the fantasy creatures.