Headfirst Dive Into a Swimming Pool

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

• grass green
• skin peach
• honey orange
• cream beige
• warm brown
• light gray
• tan brown
• royal blue
• sky blue
• bright blue
• light aqua
• coral pink

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

1. 1Fill the boy's arms, legs, torso, face, ears and hands with skin peach, leaving the chest highlight white.
2. 2Color the boy's hair warm brown, then add the open mouth in coral pink.
3. 3Color the swim trunks sky blue and leave the white stripes white.
4. 4Fill the diving board in bright blue, the fence pickets in honey orange, and the bushes and lawn strip in grass green.
5. 5Color the pool edge tiles cream beige, and the ladder railings and rungs light gray, with the tower panels in tan brown.
6. 6Finish with the splashes in light aqua. Optional: add a few darker strokes of royal blue on the board for depth.