Little Vampire Boy Waving, a Halloween Castle Scene

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

• charcoal gray
• bright red
• peach skin
• forest green
• lime green
• royal purple
• chestnut brown
• sky blue
• warm gray
• maroon
• coral pink

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

1. 1Start with the sky blue clouds on the left and right, and leave the moon and the open sky white.
2. 2Fill the lime green hill on the left and the forest green bushes and grass tufts at the bottom corners.
3. 3Color the castle walls warm gray and the tower tops royal purple, keeping the windows white.
4. 4Use bright red for the big cape, the collar and the bow tie, adding maroon inside the open mouth.
5. 5Color the suit, pants, shoes, hair-free bats and small bats charcoal gray, the hair chestnut brown and the vest royal purple.
6. 6Fill the face, ears and waving hand with peach skin, keep the eye whites and shirt parts white, and add a coral pink tongue. Optional: add light shading with a darker shade of each color for depth.