Two figures on one sheet, which is the useful part: the rider can be colored as whoever is holding the pencil, and the horse stays whatever color the child decides. The helmet and the boots are small areas that want a contrast, the horse is a large one that does not. It is the horse riding coloring page for a child who actually rides. The carousel horse is the one that never moves.
A rider in a helmet on a horse, a tree behind them.
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Horse and Rider: how to draw it step by step
Here is horse and rider in 8 steps.
Draw the ground line across the lower third, with the tree behind.
Draw the horse's body in profile, walking.
Add the neck and head, then the four legs.
Sit the rider on the back, starting with the helmet.
Add the face, then the body leaning slightly forward.
Draw both arms down to the reins.
Add the legs and the boots in the stirrups.
Finish with the mane, the tail and the reins to the bridle.
What you need
Paper, a pencil and an eraser.