Young David the Harping Shepherd · Color reference
Young David the Harping Shepherd Coloring Page Color Example
Color example for the Young David the Harping Shepherd coloring page. The color reference for Young David the Harping Shepherd (Psalm 23 / 1 Samuel 16), painted in olive green, meadow yellow-green, stream cyan, woolly white, and teak wood. Use it to plan your colors, then print the matching line art.
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Activity guide for this page
- Recommended age
- Ages 6–9
- Estimated time
- 35–45 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Areas to color
- about 130
Coloring order
- Start with the olive tree's leaves, olives and thick trunk across the top left, then the hills behind in slightly different greens.
- Color the head cloth and tunic of smiling David as he plays, the curved wooden frame and strings of his lyre, and the lamb asleep at his feet.
- Leave the three sheep on the hill, the stream winding off to the right with its stones, and the wildflowers along the bottom for last.
Questions to talk about
- What song might David be playing beside the sleeping lamb?
- How do you think young David cared for his sheep every day?
- Have you ever taken care of someone? How did it feel?
Take it further
Read the opening line of Psalm 23, "The Lord is my shepherd," together. Then stretch rubber bands over an empty box to make a little lyre and strum it while singing, like David.
Age and time are rough guides for a child coloring alone with pencils or crayons; every child is different. The area count is an estimate counted from the line-art image.
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Color example for the Young David the Harping Shepherd coloring page. The color reference for Young David the Harping Shepherd (Psalm 23 / 1 Samuel 16), painted in olive green, meadow yellow-green, stream cyan, woolly white, and teak wood. Use it to plan your colors, then print the matching line art.
A reference showing the scene in color. Follow it or choose your own. It sits on the left page of a spread.
Printing and coloring tips
- Print on A4 or Letter in portrait to keep the original proportions.
- Keep the finished version open beside you while you color.
- Use slightly heavier paper with water-based markers so the ink shows through less.
- Fill the large areas first and leave the small ones for later.
- The finished version is only a suggestion. Any colors you like will work.
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