Ninja Master With a Staff Coloring Page

This Ninja Master With a Staff Coloring Page stands an older fighter square to the front, feet apart, a long bamboo staff held upright in his right hand from the top of the page down to the floor. His beard falls to mid chest in heavy segments, a headband ties across his forehead, and his hair is gathered into a topknot above it. The robe is covered in pattern from the shoulders to the knees. A free printable ninja master coloring page for ages 8 and up.

How this coloring page was created

For this page, we entered the concept: 'a detailed older ninja master with a long staff held upright, a beard and a patterned robe' on Colorin AI and generated a print ready coloring page in seconds. A belt pouch came back that we had not asked for, and it earns its place.

'Older' is the word that decided the drawing. Every other ninja in this set is hooded and mid action, with the face covered. Older produced an uncovered face with brows, cheek lines and a beard, and it produced a standing pose instead of a leap, because a master is drawn holding ground rather than crossing it.

Details of this ninja master coloring page

This is the only face in the ninja set that is not behind a mask. It is also the only figure standing still, which changes what the page is for.

A still pose gives a colorer flat, wide areas to work with, and the pattern printed into the robe gives those areas something to hold. It reads as a portrait rather than an action sheet.

The staff runs the full height of the drawing and is broken by five node rings into six lengths. The topknot is wrapped in three loops above a headband whose two tails hang at either side of the face. The beard divides into five tapering locks and the mustache into two. Both shoulders carry a panel of overlapping scales, roughly seven rows deep, while the body of the robe and both trouser legs are broken into irregular panels by long straight lines. A rope sash circles the waist three times and knots at the center with one loop and two ends. A flap pouch hangs at his left hip with a rounded flap, a buckle and a strap. Each forearm shows about seven wraps and each calf about nine, and both feet wear split toe sandals with three strap lines apiece. His left hand hangs open beside the pouch with all five fingers drawn, and the right fist closes around the staff with the thumb over the knuckles. A thin rectangle frames the figure over empty white paper.

Coloring Ideas and Techniques

The two shoulder panels of scales are the place to start, because they are the only part of the robe with a repeating unit. Alternating two tones scale by scale gives the shoulders weight and makes the rest of the robe look lighter by comparison.

For the beard and the topknot, work from dark at the roots to light at the tips rather than lock by lock. The staff is best left pale, since a dark staff cuts the figure in half down the middle of the page.

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