Intricate stained glass dragonfly hovering above lily pads, lotus flowers, reeds, and pond ripples.

Stained Glass Dragonfly Over Water Lilies

A jeweled dragonfly tilts over layered lily pads and blooming water lilies, framed by tall reeds and mosaic pond ripples.

Free to print for personal and classroom use. This coloring page is part of the Stained Glass collection, made for teens and adults, drawn in a Stained Glass style.

🎨 How to color it

Color the dragonfly’s wings in pale aqua and lavender, the lily pads in deep emerald, the water lilies in blush pink, and the reeds in olive green. Use sharp colored pencils and work one wing or petal section at a time, since the stained-glass lead lines create many narrow panes. For a luminous twist, layer a golden wash through the pond ripples directly beneath the dragonfly, as if the glass has caught late afternoon sun.

🔢 How this color by number works

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Find each number in the key and fill its zone: 546 zones and 14 colors, sized for adults. Tiny unnumbered slivers borrow the color of their neighbors, and the little model above shows the finished page whenever you want to check your work. More grids like this live in our color by number gallery.

Prefer classic line art? Open this drawing as a regular coloring page.

The story behind this coloring page

Why Dragonflies Share Light — At dusk, Liora pressed cool lead around the marsh window, trying to mend the one pane that never caught light. The reeds hissed like paper, and mud smelled of rain. Read the full story →

At dusk, Liora pressed cool lead around the marsh window, trying to mend the one pane that never caught light. The reeds hissed like paper, and mud smelled of rain. Beneath the largest lily root—where no glasskeeper stored anything—her knife touched a tiny sealed vial, warm as a held breath. When she opened it, laughter rose in gold flecks, too bright for one hand. “Go on,” she whispered. A dragonfly drank the glow and carried it from pad to pad. Ever since, dragonflies wear glass wings because joy that large must be shared.