New Gigantic Pliosaur coloring page

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Today's newest drawing is of a huge Pliosaur.

I drew these drawings that you are welcome to print for kids or adults to color. 

New Gigantic Pliosaur

This drawing is based on a recent find... a skull of a huge Pliosaur.  It was found on the Jurassic Coast of Southern England.  The tip of the snout fell out of a cliff by the ocean.  Eventually, the entire skull was found up in the cliff face.  It is thought that this species of Pliosaur was the biggest of all time.  The majority of the skull was found 40 feet up the cliff face and it took a lot of creative engineering to get it out of the rock and down to the beach so it could be taken away to be cleaned up and studied.  The paleontologists only had three weeks to do it before the fall and winter storms started.

Pliosaurs were the biggest predators of the Jurassic oceans.  Pliosaurs are a short-neck Plesiosaur.  The long-neck Plesiosaurs are more well-known now.  But the short-neck Plesiosaurs or Pliosaurs were the real top predators of the Jurassic seas.  Some Pliosaurs you might have heard of are Liopleurodon and Kronosaurus.   They had an incredibly strong bite and certainly ate other marine reptiles like Ichthyosaurs and long-neck Plesiosaurus.  

This latest find of a big Pliosaur had a head that was over 6 feet long and a body length that is estimated to have been over 40 feet long. The new Pliosaur had large conical teeth up front and curved teeth towards the back of the mouth.  So the curved teeth were further towards the back of the mouth.  The conical teeth in the front were great for grasping prey, such as other big marine reptiles. There was also evidence in the jaw of this fossilized skull of Pliosaurs being able to regrow lost teeth. By the way, this is the largest and most well-preserved of any Pliosaur skull that has ever been found.

I learned about this amazing find on an episode of the PBS show called Nature: Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster.  The show pointed out that this monster had pressure sensors on the tip of its snout.  Crocodilians have this as well.  So animals with these pressure sensors on their "nose" can sense their prey, even in dirty murky water or deep down in the sea where there is no sunlight. 

See if you can identify the following in the drawing:  bony fish or Class: Osteichthyes, squid and octopus or Class: Cephalopoda, sharks or cartilaginous fish or Class: Chondrithyes, three Ichthyosaurs who like the Pliosaur are put in Class: Reptilia.  Finally, see if you can see two Jellyfish from Class: Scypozoa.

Look closely right at the top of the head behind the eyes.  There is a dark spot that represents the parietal eye.  This is a third eye that we are not too sure about its uses.  Maybe this third eye was to help the Pliosaur tell where the surface was.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology" and scrolling to the bottom of the Mesozoic section of the list of drawings.  Have fun coloring. 

David slays the Lion coloring page

This is my free coloring pages blog.  There are over 2000 drawings that I have done that you can print to color.  Today's new drawing is of David.  It is of David the shepherd boy taking on a lion. 

David slays the Lion

David is known for slaying Goliath the giant.  However, before King Saul allowed David to face off with Goliath, David, explained how he, David, had killed both a lion and a bear that tried to take  David's father's sheep.  Of course, David won this battle.  He had skills but he also had great power from his faith in God.  Therefore God had given David the strength to kill the lion, the bear, and later Goliath.

By the way, I drew this in church yesterday. Drawing actually helps me focus and pay better attention to the talks and lessons in the Sunday meetings. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Religious."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the "Old Testament" section.  Have fun coloring!

Skarlawynn the Woodland Elf Princess coloring page

 Hi everyone!  This is my free printable coloring pages blog.

Unlike some coloring page sites, I have done all these drawings that are posted here...

except for a very few done by a grandniece and a grandnephew.

Today's new drawing is of a Woodland Elf Princess.

Skarlawynn the Woodland Elf Princess

Skarlawynn is a beautiful Woodland Elf.  She is also an Elven Princess. She is seen here by a forest stream.  She is wearing a traditional Elven Princess crown and belt. She truly is spectacularly beautiful.  In this type of coloring page medium and style, I can only hope to capture a small part of her beauty.  Of course, she is also a very kind and loving person.  

An old Elven saying says:  

All those who fail to love will be bitter

They will wander in life and be lost

But love makes you shine like bright glitter

You take the risk and sometimes pay the cost

But your love can be reawoken

Your heart once again learns to sing

Yes, your heart was once broken

But one day it will surely take wing

NOTE:  This drawing is available in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list of drawings and click on this title. Have fun coloring this drawing of the Beautiful Elven Princess, Skarlawynn.  By the way, I drew her with her husband a few days ago, and that drawing was posted a few days ago. 

Rilia the Mushroom Fairy coloring page

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Today's drawing is of a beautiful Mushroom Fairy.

Rilia the Mushroom Fairy

This is Rilia.  She is a Mushroom Fairy.  She is gifted at fungi identification. Fairies know how to identify edible mushrooms from poisonous toadstools.  Mushrooms are considered a delicacy in the Fairy Community.  There are also medicinal uses of some fungi and Mushroom Fairies, like Rilia, can identify them.  She will also gather mushrooms for her village.  She can use her magic to miniaturize mushrooms and then return them to their normal size when she gets the fungi home to her village.  

In this drawing, Rilia is sitting on a fly agaric mushroom.  These are not a safe mushroom to eat in that there are many mushrooms in this family that are deadly.  Others are hallucinogenic.  But if you identify it wrong you will certainly die.  This type of mushroom is red with white spots. 

There ARE some mushrooms with medicinal properties and Rilia certainly knows how to identify those.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths and Circus" and then scrolling down to the bottom of the list.  New drawings are at the bottom of the correct list.  Have fun coloring. 

Chinchilla coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of a chinchilla.

Chinchilla in the Mountains

Chinchillas are somewhat small rodents that live in the Andes Mountains of South America.  They can thrive at altitudes up to 14-15,000 feet.  That is way too high of an elevation for most people to tolerate.  Heck, with MY breathing problems, I need supplemental oxygen at elevations above 6000 feet. Chinchillas are about 9-14 inches or 23-36 cm. long.  They have the thickest fur of any animal.

Chinchillas are kept as pets as well as living in the wild.  This drawing is based on the photo I took of a chinchilla that I saw in the local Petsmart. I added the Andes Mountains background and did leaves instead of the hay bale the chinchilla was feeding on. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the "Animals" button and then scrolling down to the bottom of the page.   Have fun coloring!  

Chinchilla photo

Skarlawynn the Elf Princess & Zakarin the Dwarf Warrior coloring page

 

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Today's new drawing is of an Elven Princess who married a Dwarf Warrior!

Skarlawynn the Elf Princess & Zakarin the Dwarf Warrior

This was a match made for the ages.  Skarlawynn and Zakarin first met each other when her group of traveling Elves were ambushed by goblins.  Zakarin proved his bravery by taking out many of the goblins singlehandedly.  Well, Zakarin and his ax took them down.  The Elves invited him to travel with them and as they say, the rest is history.  As they traveled Skarlawynn fell in love with Zakarin's piercing blue eyes.  He was amazed that a creature as wonderful as her would love him.  But love each other they did.  

You may think that this is an odd match and you would be wrong.  Any happily married couple finds each other in their own unique way. Their way to happiness is their business and nobody else's. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the long list of drawing titles.  Have fun coloring. 

By the way, there will be more drawings of Skarlawynn.  I have another almost done now. 

Review of The Chosen and My Perspective on Jesus Christ with a coloring page drawing of Jesus' Resurrection

 This is my free coloring pages blog.

There are over 2800 free drawings that you can print and color. 

Today's new drawing, since it is Sunday, is another drawing 

of our Savior Jesus Christ.

Jesus is resurrected from the Tomb after 3 Days

Jesus was and IS our Savior.  Let me explain.  Before we came to Earth to receive our mortal bodies we lived in what is called our Premortal Existence.  Our Heavenly parents, or our Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother are the parents of our spirits.  But our Heavenly Parents had and still have physical bodies.  They sent us to Earth to get a physical body.  Here we are tested to see if we will be worthy to return to live with Them.

When we sin, and all mortals sin, we have violated eternal law.  So we can never return to live with our Heavenly Parents. So while we were still in our Premortal Life our Elder Spirit Brother, Jesus Christ, agreed to suffer and die to pay the eternal penalty for our sins. So if we repent of our sins and strive to do better we can return to live with our Heavenly Parents. Of course, we also need to obey God's commandments including being baptized by one who has authority, and making our Temple Covenants - including being sealed in the Temple to our eternal companion or spouse.  All those who do not have the opportunity in mortality to marry and be sealed will eventually have that opportunity in the next life.  After our mortal body dies our spirit goes to what we call the Spirit World.  Our spirit can never die and indeed will never die.  Then we will go to one of the Kingdoms of Glory.  If we have received the ordinances needed and kept God's commandments... and repented of our sins the Atonement of Jesus Christ will make us clean and worthy to return to live with our Heavenly Parents in the Celestial Kingdom.  

I should also mention that Jesus' resurrection broke down the doors of permanent death.  His resurrection means we ALL will be resurrected and get our physical bodies back.  However, when we are resurrected our physical bodies will be glorified and perfected.  We won't ever get sick or injured.  Health challenges we deal with now will not be a problem... (like me having a tracheotomy, a tracheal stent, and needing a pacemaker). Obviously, I look forward to resurrection day.  Praise be to our Savior Jesus Christ for making that possible. 

The above is the perspective of Jesus that we have as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  We ARE Christians.   

REVIEW OF THE CHOSEN:  This drawing was inspired by the actor who plays Jesus in The Chosen TV series.   This drawing is not an exact portrayal of that actor as Jesus as seen on The Chosen.  For instance, I gave Jesus in this drawing longer hair.  The actor's name is Jonathan Rounie.  He does an amazing job.  I highly recommend the series.  It really helps you appreciate more the world where Jesus lived in his short sojourn on Earth.  Of course, Jesus was half god and half man so we can't call His time on Earth as His mortal life. The Chosen has a perspective that I think will ring true for MOST Christians.  My daughter says that Jonathan Roumie's portrayal of the Savior is the best she has ever seen.  She says, "It makes you appreciate Jesus as being a real person."  The Chosen is a non-denominational portrayal of Jesus' life and again, I think that they do a spectacular job!  This drawing is not from the TV show because the series has not yet gotten to the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord.  The Chosen is a wonderful series and I hope you will give watching it a chance.  It is available on a free app and on several streaming services. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, will be found by clicking on the "Religious" button and scrolling down to the bottom of the "New Testament" part of the page.  Have fun coloring!

By the way, there are many drawings there on that page that are of the life of Jesus.  They can also be printed for a child or adult to color.