Wise Owl in Glasses, a Back to School Coloring Page
Coloring guide
An owl with big round glasses perches on the edge of a desk, one wing folded at its side and its little beak open like it's about to share a fact. A framed chalkboard behind it shows a circle, a triangle and a star, with a small ledge of chalk along the bottom edge. On the right, three thick books are stacked on the desk, and on the left a cup holds three sharpened pencils. The owl's chest feathers are drawn as scalloped rows, with layered wing feathers and tufted ears on top. The shapes on the board are handy for talking about circles, triangles and stars as you color. Warm browns and tans suit the feathers, bright yellow works for the glasses frames, and each book spine can get its own color. Save it as a free PDF for a quick coloring break. Fans of Back to School coloring pages often like New Year and Teacher Appreciation Day as well.
A gentle color plan to get started — mix in your own anytime.
- chocolate brown
- light peach
- dark green
- caramel
- tomato red
- sky blue
- sunny yellow
- leaf green
- golden yellow
- cream white
- tangerine orange
- soft pink
A suggested order, zone by zone — skip around as you like.
- 1Start with the chalkboard in dark green and the wooden frame and ledge in caramel, leaving the chalk cream white.
- 2Color the owl's head, wings and feathers in chocolate brown, then fill the belly and chest area with light peach.
- 3Fill the sun with sunny yellow, the triangle with tomato red, and the star with sky blue.
- 4Color the three stacked books: the top one red, the middle one blue, and the bottom one green, with cream white pages and sunny yellow bands.
- 5Add golden yellow to the beak, feet and claws, and tomato red and leaf green to the pencils in the cup, with the pencil cup in sky blue.
- 6Optional: Leave the eye whites and lenses of the glasses white, and use a slightly darker brown in the wing shadows for a bit of depth.
More Back to School Coloring Pages
Smiling Backpack on a School Desk: Back to School Coloring Page
Four Kids Riding a Smiling School Bus, Back to School Page
Pencil Jar Pals with Scissors and Glue Stick for Back to School
Girl Heading Down the Path, a Back to School Walk
Cozy Classroom with Globe and Bookshelf, Back to School Scene
Happy Apple on Stacked Books, Back to School Coloring Sheet
Fox Carrying a Pencil to the Schoolhouse, Back to School Fun
Boy Painting a House on His Easel: Back to School Art Page
