Thursday, February 27, 2020

Fantasy Coloring Pages for Wizarding Dayz


Today we are celebrating Fantasy Coloring Page in honor of  WIZARDING DAYZ!  This is a fun event that my wife and I volunteer at every year.  We help run a Potions Class.  We also bring a bunch of my drawings to share at the coloring pages booth at the event.  This year the event is at the Utah State Fair Park on Friday February 28th and Saturday February 29th.  

To those of you who picked up my card at Wizarding Dayz... This is a free coloring page blog.  There are hundreds of free printable coloring pages that can be found by clicking on the category buttons at the top of the page.   There are no fees and no ads on this blog.  
As I said before, today we are celebrating Fantasy Coloring Pages.  
There are hundreds of Fantasy Coloring Pages found by clicking on the 
"Fantasy, Myths, and Circus Button"   ...at the top of the page.
Just choose the category that interests you and click.  

The first few drawings are new tonight.  Then I will post some of my favorite older fantasy drawings from previous posts.   I write something about everything I draw.  
You can read what I wrote in previous posts by scrolling
down this page and clicking on "Older Posts."
I have been doing these drawings now for around four years.  The drawings, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the correct category button up top.  The correct buttons for Fantasy drawings are. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Printables . . . . and . . . . . Fantasy, Myths, and Circus.  
Scroll down to the bottom of the drop down menu list of drawings for new drawings.  
 Have fun coloring!  



  Pollination Fairy with a Butterfly
(This is a new drawing today.)

Pollination Fairies are important pollinators in Nature.  You probably won't see them, buecause their powerful Fairy magic hides them from most mortals.  They appear, to most of us, to be a large butterfly or a Lacewing Fly or a Dragonfly.  

Pollination Fairies use their wand to magically collect pollen.  They magically hold on to the pollen in a small spherical shape of pollen that they call a "pollen cloud."  The Fairy takes the pollen cloud to a flower of the same species.  This Pollination Fairy is visiting a marigold.  A small butterfly is also visiting this flower.  





Wizard and Witch Couple conjuring up some Love
(This is also a new drawing.)

If you have read the Harry Potter books then you know that witches marry wizards.  And like mortals, witches and wizards grow old.  (Unless they have a Sorcerer's Stone to conjure up the Elixir of Life.  This couple includes a small little witch and a tall and large wizard.  But like many mortal marriages, this height and size difference made no difference in how much they loved and love each other.  Little differences make little difference when you are friends first and fall in love with each other from an intense LIKE.   

For instance, maybe this witch, before she met her husband, always wanted a man who was closer to her height.  And maybe the wizard always wanted a taller wife...before he met the love of his life.  Sometimes the lists we make as young people seem ridiculous when we fall in love with someone who has the more meaningful traits we love and need in our lives.


Alicorn taking a Flight
(New drawing today)

Alicorns are flying unicorns.  They are also called Horned Pegasus or Pegacorn.  There are other names, but these are the two that I like the most.  I prefer the name Alicorn.  Alicorns came to be when a flying horse or Pegasus mated with a Unicorn.  This fist occurred thousands of years ago.  Although their magic hides them from our eyes, Alicorns are fairly common in the magical world.  When we see what looks like a bird of prey flying and gliding way up high, sometimes it is actually an Alicorn. 




Forest Dragon flies over the Forest
(the last of the new drawings today)

Much to the chagrin of humans, forest dragons sometimes start fires.  When a forest is mature and a Forest Dragon determines it is time, it will flame the forest.  Some forest fires that are attributed to lightning are actually started by dragons.  This may make you annoyed, but some forests trees, like the lodgepole pine, require fires.  You see, the lodgepole pine cones need the heat of a fire to open up.  So SOME fires are healthy for a forest... eventually.  

I should point out that Man caused fires are not natural.  Those fires may burn a forest that is not totally mature.  And any forest fire can kill a lot of wild animals.  Some forest managers have known to let remote fires burn.  The problem comes when a fire starts to burn human made structures and threaten human settlements and lives.  By the way, Forest Dragons NEVER start fires near human settlements.  And I should add that we owe a great debt of gratitude to our fire fighters.  Several years ago they saved my in-law's town in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Now below are a few of my favorite Fantasy drawings that I have done.  Remember that older drawings are further up the printables lists.  (Newer drawings are at the bottom of the lists.)

Elegant Fairy and Baby Dragon


3 Cat Humanoids


Fairy by a stream... Mortal Size



Fairy by a Stream... Diminutive Size


Boreal Forest Fairy training a Baby Dragon



Fairy Laurentia with Box Elder Beetle




Dragon escorted by Fairies



Fairy sitting on a Mushroom




Unicorn Traditional Look



Male Beach Fairy



Fairy leans on a Tree



Bailey the Mermaid




Centaur Girl with Satyr



Fairy kneeling down on Leaves



Water Dragon from Mythology



Bastet the Cat Goddess


Maryn the Night Fairy



Congaree Fairy with Wings Out



Unicorn Mare defending Foal


Forest Fairy on a Blue Mushroom


Unicorn Stallion at an Overlook

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

来自中国的霸王龙 (Tyrannosaurs from China Chinese)



Guanlong the early Tyrannosaur from China
冠龙来自中国的早期霸王龙



冠龙生活在现在的中国,在Jur罗纪晚期。  这是大约1.6亿年前。  这是一个早期的霸王龙,它很可能是像霸王龙这样更为人熟知的霸王龙的祖先。  它似乎有羽毛,这是一些古生物学家认为它的后代,t.rex可能也有羽毛的原因之一。



冠龙的头上有一个波峰,在后来的暴龙中是看不到的。..除了它的残余被认为是在最后恐龙我把这个博客,(死亡的收割者,Thanatotheristes).  这两只霸王龙的顶部都显示出进化的联系  但冠龙比其他人小得多。  与其后代相比,冠龙很小。  观龙只有约10英尺或约3米长。  它可能站在约3 1/2英尺或略高于1米高。  它仍然是一个杀手。  它每只手上有三个手指,手臂与其身体尺寸相比成比例地长得多。  后来的暴龙,像那些在北美,失去了一个手指,他们的武器变得更小,因为头部演变成比例更大,更强大。



在中国,还有另一个霸王龙形成了同一个区域,叫做Sinotyrannus。  这就像一个冠龙类固醇。  Sinotyrannus更接近33英尺或10米长。  冠龙传递其波峰沿,因为Sinotyrannus有一个波峰在它的鼻子了。  Sinotyrannus生活在白垩纪早期。  Sinotyrannus也可能有羽毛。



所以总结一下:冠龙是一个早期的暴龙,来自现在的中国。  它的鼻子上有一个波峰。  冠龙生活在Jur罗纪末期。  接下来是Sinotyrannus,这也是现在的中国。  Sinotyrannus也有它的鼻子上的波峰。  很久以后,一些霸王龙似乎已经迁移到北美。  在这里,我们看到Thanatotheristes。  它是北美第一只大型霸王龙,它的鼻子上有脊,看起来像它们可能是鼻子上的波峰残余。  然后是Daspleteosaurus和Albertosaurus,最后是霸王龙。 



我应该注意到,还有其他的霸王龙。  羽毛Yutyrannus和Dilong浮现在脑海中。  但也有其他人。  而进化并不总是遵循一条线。  它更像是生命的分枝树。  所以暴龙分支上有几种类型的暴龙。 不过,我认为,这是一个很好的赌注,Guanlong可能已经演变成Sinotyrannus,也许这也是给我们Thanatotheristes和最后的霸王龙,如Albertosaurus,Daspleteosaurus,和霸王龙雷克斯。

翼龙或飞行爬行动物在中国的绘图也是从中国白垩纪早期。  它被称为:Ikrandraco阿凡达。  这是不寻常的,因为它有一个波峰是在其下颚,而不是其鼻子或头部。   在Guanlong的绘图中的两只翼龙也来自中国,像Guanlong一样,它们来自Jur罗纪时期。  没有波峰的就是长成白蝶。  头上有一个纹章的是一个叫做"五弓翼"的小翼龙。


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Sinotyrannus one of the Tyrannosaurs from China



Reaper of Death Thanatotheristes




Yutyrannus 

Tyrannosaurs from China coloring pages

Guanlong the early Tyrannosaur from China
(New Drawing)

Guanlong lived in what is now China, in the late Jurassic Period.  This was about 160 million years ago.  It was an early Tyrannosaur, and it was quite likely an ancestor of the more well known Tyrannosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex.  It seems to have had feathers and that is one reason that some paleontologists think that its descendant, T. rex, probably also had feathers.

Guanlong had a crest on its head that is not seen in the later Tyrannosaurs...except for a remnant of it IS seen in the last dinosaur I put  on this blog,  (The Reaper of Death, Thanatotheristes).  This crest on both of these Tyrannosaurs show an evolutionary connection.  But Guanlong was much much smaller than Thanatotheristes.  Guanlong was small compared to its descendants.  Guanlong was only about 10 feet or about 3 meters long.  It probably stood at around 3 1/2 feet or just above 1 meter tall.  It was still a killer though.  It had three fingers on each hand and the arms were proportionally much longer compared to its body size.  The later Tyrannosaurs, like those in North America, lost a finger and their arms became much smaller as the head evolved to be proportionally much larger and powerful.

There was another Tyrannosaur form the same area in China called Sinotyrannus.  It was like a Guanlong on steroids.  Sinotyrannus was closer to 33 feet or 10 meters long.  Guanlong passed its crest along because Sinotyrannus had a crest on its snout too.  Sinotyrannus lived in the early Cretaceous.  Sinotyrannus also probably had feathers.

So to sum up:  Guanlong was an early Tyrannosaur from what is now China.  It had a crest on its snout.  Guanlong lived in the late Jurassic Period.  Next came Sinotyrannus, This was also from what is now China.  Sinotyrannus also had the crest on its snout.  Much later some of the Tyrannosaurs seem to have migrated to North America.  Here we see Thanatotheristes.  It was the first of the large Tyrannosaurs in North America and it had ridges on its snout that look like they may be remnants of a crest on the snout.  Then there were Daspleteosaurus and Albertosaurus and finally Tyrannosaurus rex.   

I should note that there were other Tyrannosaurs too.  The feathered Yutyrannus and Dilong come to mind.  But there were others too.  And evolution does not always follow a line.  It is more like a branching tree of life.  So there are several types of Tyrannosaurs on the Tyrannosaur branch. Still, it is a good bet, I think, that Guanlong may have evolved into Sinotyrannus and maybe this was also the line that gave us Thanatotheristes and the last Tyrannosaurs like Albertosaurus, Daspleteosaurus, and Tyrannosaurus rex.

The Pterosaur or flying reptile in the drawing of Sinotyrannus is also from the early Cretaceous Period in China.  It is called:  Ikrandraco avatar.  It was unusual because it had a crest that was on its lower jaw and not on its snout or head.   The two Pterosaurs in the drawing of Guanlong are also from China and, like Guanlong, they are from the Jurassic Period.  The one without a crest is Changchengopterus.  The one with a crest on its head was a small Pterosaur called Wukongoperus.

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Sinotyrannus one of the Tyrannosaurs from China
(This is a new drawing and the drawings down below are from previous posts.
News drawings are found at the bottom of the lists.)

Reaper of Death Thanatotheristes
(Remember that this Tyrannosaur was NOT from China but probably
 evolved from the Chinese Tyrannosaurs.)



Yutyrannus 

Monday, February 24, 2020

Faucheur de dinosaure mort Thanatotheristes (Reaper of Death Thanatotheristes French)

Reaper of Death  Thanatotheristes
Faucheur de dinosaure mort Thanatotheristes



C'est une assez nouvelle découverte.  C'est un type de Tyrannosuar.  Il est nommé Thanatotheristes... ce qui signifie Faucheur de la mort.  Le nom d'espèce honore la famille qui l'a trouvé.  Le nom de l'espèce est degrootorum.  Donc, le nom complet est Thanatotheristes degrootorum.  Ce dino a vécu environ 80 millions d'années.  Le spécimen type n'était pas un ADULTE de taille normale.  Il a été trouvé en Alberta, Canada.   Il y a d'autres tyrannosaures de la région: Daspleteosaurus et Albertosaurus.  



Ce Tyrannosaure mesurait 26 pieds ou 8 mètres de long.  Mais comme je l'ai mentionné avant, il n'était pas un adulte.  Si l'adulte aurait été plus gros.  Ce faucheur de la mort avait des crêtes de front et une crête bosselée sur le museau.  Le crâne était presque une cour ou un peu moins d'un mètre de long.  Un crâne de T. rex est 5 pieds ou 1,52 mètres de long. 



Donc, même si c'était plus petit qu'un T. rex, c'était pas des animaux minuscules.  C'était probablement le principal prédateur il y a 80 millions d'années.  C'était 18 millions d'années avant L'apparition de T. rex.  Il se peut que Thanatotheristes était un ancêtre de T. rex.   



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Daspleteosaurus on the Prowl




Albertosaurus with Leoapard Pattern Spots



Reaper of Death Dinosaur Thanatotheristes

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Reaper of Death Dinosaur Thanatotheristes

This is a fairly new discovery.  It is a type of Tyrannosaur.  It is named Thanatotheristes... which means Reaper of Death.  The species name honors the family that found it.  The species name is degrootorum.  So the full name is Thanatotheristes degrootorum.  This dino lived about 80 million years ago.  The type specimen was not a full-sized adult.  It was found in Alberta, Canada.   There are other Tyrannosaurs from the area:  Daspleteosaurus and Albertosaurus.  

This Tyrannosaur was 26 feet or 8 meters long.  But as I mentioned before, it was not a full adult.  So the adult would have been bigger.  This Reaper of Death had brow ridges and a bumpy ridge on the snout.  The skull was almost a yard or a bit less than a meter long.  A T. rex skull is 5 feet or 1.52 meters long. 

So even though this was smaller than a T. rex, it was no tiny animal.  It was probably the top predator 80 million years ago.  That was 18 million years before T. rex appeared.  It may be that Thanatotheristes was an ancestor to T. rex.   

This will be available in printable form in the lists found by clicking on the buttons up top.  Click on the buttons labeled:   . . . . . All Printables. . . . . or . . . . Paleontology.   Scroll down to the bottom for new drawings like this one.  I will re-post some other drawings of dinos mentioned in this post.  I will post them below.  By the way, since part of Canada speaks French, I think I will post this in French too.  


Daspleteosaurus on the Prowl
(This was smaller than Thanatotheristes... but also from Alberta, Canada.)



Albertosaurus with Leopard Pattern Spots
(Another Tyrannosaur from Alberta, Canada)
(This dino, at 30 feet or 9 meters was bigger than the individual Thanatotheristes that was found.)
(The words were added because this was made as a Mother's Day Card.)

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Jesus gives Comfort and Great Promises



Resurrected Jesus greets a Little Boy

After His resurrection Jesus appeared to many people.  This could be one of them.  Jesus appearing to a very young little boy who needed comfort.  Maybe this is one of the little children who Jesus was talking about when He said, 

      "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the 
       kingdom of God."  Luke 18:15-17  

In that story in the Bible, Jesus' disciples tried to keep children away from the Lord.  But Jesus WANTED the children near him so He could bless them.  Little children are alive in Christ.  We members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints believe that children who die before reaching the age of accountability (8 years old)are saved by the Atonement of Christ.  They are not capable of committing sin so they are Alive in Christ and if they die while so young they are saved in the Kingdom of Heaven.  They need no baptism for the remission of sins because they never sinned.  

The Fall of Man or Adam's and Eve's transgression in the Garden of Eden is taken care of by the Atonement of Christ.  So, again, little children are pure.  If they have died young then they go to the Paradise of God and their eternal prospects are  wonderful.  When Jesus Christ comes to Earth again all those little children who died young will be will be resurrected and saved in the Kingdom of God.

Maybe you could think of this top drawing being a drawing of Jesus greeting a very young child who has died young.  If that were the case then this is Jesus and the Little Boy in the Paradise part of the Spirit World. I would bet that Jesus does greet many children who have died while very young.  I think he greets many of us who have tried to serve Him in mortality. 

When someone who dies young, even a good person who was older than 8 years old, we sometimes mourn terribly at the things they missed in life.  We mourn that they had no marriage, no children, no career etc.  But this life is only a temporary part of our existence.  We lived as Spirits Children of our Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother before this life and we have the chance to return to them IF we keep God's commandments and serve others and repent of our sins when we mess up.  We all sin and mess up at some point so the Atonement of Christ takes care of the eternal consequences of our sins.  A good person, who was denied a long life, will have the chance in the eternities to do lots of amazing things including finding an eternal companion and being sealed to them for time and all eternity.  This would include the many good people who have died young in war such as countless young soldiers and civilians. 

Early leader of our church named George Q. Cannon, said the following: 

         “If God deprives His children of any present blessing, it is so that He may bestow upon them
          a  greater and more glorious one by and by.” 

The point is that really, this life is only a short time in our eternal existence.  This mortal life  IS important.  But it is only temporary.  The eternities are a long long time.  We will be able to make up for anything we missed in mortality.  If you always wanted to do something, and it was a righteous desire, then I think that you will be able to do it in the eternities.  Maybe we'll get to do those things in the Millennium.  The Millennium is 1000 years of peace where all the righteous will dwell on the Earth with Jesus.  After the Millennium the good people who have kept the commandments and received the ordinances of salvation will be able to go to the Celestial Kingdom where we will again live with our Heavenly Parents.  We also will be with our righteous loved ones for time and all eternity.  But I want to reiterate that little children who have died young do not need repentance and baptism.  They never sinned in mortal life so they are fine.  They are saved in God's Kingdom and are not suffering in any way.  So if you have lost a child be comforted.  They are waiting to see you one day in God's Paradise.  

These drawings can be found in printable form by clicking on the correct top buttons.  Those buttons are. . . . . . . . . 

Note to my English readers:  I posted this once before, then I translated it into several languages.  This is a re-posting. 

Here are some older drawings of Jesus mostly with individuals or groups of His people.  



Jesus with a pair of Children


Jesus comforts a Man


Jesus comforts a Young Woman


Jesus ordains Nephi... One of His Disciples in the New World


Jesus appears to His Apostles

Jesus with light haired Little Girl

Jesus with dark haired Little Girl

Jesus with a Young Boy

Jesus and the Resurrection of Soldiers



Jesus at His Resurrection



Jesus in the Celestial Kingdom



Together in the Celestial Kingdom