Seaweed Hideout with a Peeking Baby Shark

A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.

• lime green
• sky blue
• cool gray
• forest green
• lemon yellow
• bright green
• golden yellow
• orange
• tangerine orange
• pale yellow
• lavender
• pale stone

A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.

1. 1Start with the shark: fill its head, body and top fin with sky blue, leaving the two eye whites and the row of teeth white.
2. 2Color the tall seaweed strands in lime green, then add bright green to the right-side stalks and small sprigs, and forest green to the darker strands at the bottom.
3. 3Fill the seahorse body with lemon yellow, add pale yellow bands along its body and tail, and color its crest and fins orange, leaving the curled tail tip white.
4. 4Color the clownfish head and body in golden yellow and tangerine orange, keeping the white stripes white, then add tangerine orange to its tail and fins.
5. 5Color the rocks in cool gray, the small pebbles and bottom rock in pale stone, and add the pale pink scallop and lavender spiral shell on the sandy floor, keeping the water and sun rays white.
6. 6Optional: add a few darker strokes along the edges of the rocks and seaweed to give them a little depth.