Simple Saxophone Coloring Page

This Simple Saxophone Coloring Page stands the instrument upright with the mouthpiece angled off at the top left and the bell swinging out to the right at the bottom, so the whole S shape of it fits on one sheet. A free printable simple saxophone coloring page for ages 2 to 8. Two notes float in the space on either side, which is the generator filling the corners the curve leaves empty.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we entered the concept: "One bold simple saxophone standing upright with a curved body and a few keys, thick outlines" on Colorin AI and generated a print ready coloring page in seconds. It came back with a great many more keys than "a few", and with the two notes as well.

Worth saying plainly before printing: the outline of this instrument is simple, but the keywork is not. There is a column of round pads running the length of the body and a second row of narrow levers beside it, so this page has more small pieces on it than its title promises.

What's in this simple saxophone coloring page

The bell is the thing that makes the drawing readable. It is drawn as an open ellipse tipped toward the viewer, so the mouth of it is a full oval rather than a line, and it is the widest shape on the page by a long way.

That gives a child one big win before any of the fiddly work starts. The bell and the body between them cover most of the sheet, and the keys can be left until the shape is already colored.

Here is the count. The mouthpiece at the top is a tapered wedge with two ligature bands around it, and the neck curves down from it into the body. Eight round key cups run down the front of the body, each one with a small lever arm reaching off to the left, and two oval pads sit lower down on the right hand side of the tube. Along the left edge runs a separate row of narrow levers for the left hand. Near the foot the body curves through a U and rises into the bell, which flares up and to the right with a double rim around its mouth. A guard curves around the outside of the bell's throat where it meets the body, and a small hook is drawn on the tube at the lower left. Two notes float free of the instrument: a beamed pair on the left and a single note with a curled flag on the right.

Coloring Ideas and Techniques

Saxophones are gold, and gold is easier to fake than it sounds. Yellow over the whole body with orange pressed along the left edge and brown at the very bottom of the bell reads as polished brass without needing a metallic pencil.

Leave the keys alone until the brass is done, then do all eight cups in one lighter color. Coloring them one at a time as you go down the body makes the page take twice as long and the tones never quite match.

Is there a saxophone in the family? Turn a photo into a coloring page and color the real one the same way.