Ariel Holds a Seaweed Sprig Among Starfish

Ariel sits on a big rock with her long hair flying out behind her in a wavy swoosh. She is smiling and looking over her shoulder, and she holds a small sprig of seaweed in both hands. She wears a seashell top, and her tail curls across the rock with a ruffled fin at the end and stripes on the tail fin. On the right side of the rock you can see three starfish and tall wavy seaweed growing behind them. Long straight lines slant down from the top of the page like beams of light shining through the water. The large shapes on the tail, rock and hair are easy for small hands, while the stripes and starfish give older kids some detail to work on. Try shading the light beams in pale yellow or leaving them white, then use deeper blues and greens on the seaweed and rock so Ariel stands out.