Art nouveau hedgehog walking through curling fern fronds beneath a crescent moon

Art Nouveau Hedgehog Under a Crescent Moon

A bright-eyed hedgehog steps through sweeping fern curls, with flowing quills and a slim crescent moon above.

🎨 How to color it

Color the hedgehog’s face warm honey brown, its long flowing quills in chestnut and cream, the curling ferns emerald green, and the crescent moon pale silver. Use sharp colored pencils for the many narrow fern ribs and quill lines, coloring each section from the outer edge toward the center. Try a moonlit twist by shading the fern tips with blue-green and adding a soft silver glow along the hedgehog’s back.

The story behind this coloring page

Kestrel’s Moonpin Dash — Under the glasshouse roof, where night made every pane shine blue, Kestrel tucked a bent fern pin behind one ear and sprang onto the lowest vine. Read the full story →

Under the glasshouse roof, where night made every pane shine blue, Kestrel tucked a bent fern pin behind one ear and sprang onto the lowest vine. She wanted to reach the roof ridge before the crescent moon slipped past the tallest leaf. The pin looked like a curled scrap of green, but it had fastened her adventure satchel on every short trip so far, and tonight it clicked softly against her quills: tik, tik, tik.

Up she went through warm damp air smelling of soil and lemons. Ferns unrolled around her like waving banners. She hopped from stem to stem, tiny claws scratching, heart thumping quick and bright. “Just one more curl,” she whispered, and leaped onto a high frond that bowed under her feet, then lifted her like a spring.

At the top, moonlight struck the fern pin. Its little veins glowed into lines: not decoration, but paths, looping across the whole glasshouse roof. Kestrel laughed so suddenly that a moth spun in a silver circle. The pin had been showing her the way all along. Next time you spot that small curled fern near her ear, see if you can trace the first brave route under the glasshouse roof.