Wandari the New Guinea River Shark Mermaid coloring page for Shark Week

 Today I am posting another drawing for Shark Week.

This is my free coloring pages blog. I drew these coloring pages.

Wandari the New Guinea River Shark Mermaid

This unique shark can live in rivers. It is found in Australia and New Guinea. It is called the New Guinea River Shark. It is also called the Northern River Shark. It has triangular teeth up top but spear-like teeth on the lower jaw. It is capable of reaching sizes up to just over 8 feet, or about 2.5 meters. This drawing shows Wandari looking out for a pup. That is, a shark pup of this species. Maybe it is more like a partly grown juvenile New Guinea River Shark. 

New Guinea River Sharks live in estuaries and brackish water and even further upstream in rivers. They like murky water. In fact, they have small eyes, so they rely on other shark senses to hunt and catch prey. This is a very endangered species with only around 250 adults known to be alive in the wild. That explains why Shark Mermaids, like Wandari, are striving to help the species survive. 

Notice the unique white stripe on the tail. Also, this shark does not need big eyes because they live mainly in murky water. They use their ability to sense electrical charge in the nerves of other animals to hunt. They also can sense movement in the water. 

Did you see the turtle. It is endemic to New Guinea. It is a Pig-Nosed Turtle. Yes, it has a snout like a pig’s snout. Also, if you look in the distance you can see that this is a riparian environment. That means a river environment. By the way, “endemic” means the organism is only found in that location or area. So, the Pig-Nosed Turtle is only found in New Guinea.

NOTE: This drawing in printable form is found under the "Animals" button and under the "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus" button. Then scroll down to the bottom of the list. IF you are accessing this page in late July or August 2026, then you will find this drawing's title at or near the end of the lists. Have fun coloring!

Megalodon hunting Livyatan coloring page for Shark Week

 Today on this, my free coloring pages blog, in honor of Shark Week, I am posting a drawing of 

Megalodon, the giant shark. It is hunting an ancestor of the modern Sperm Whale.

Megalodon hunting Livyatan

Megalodon was a giant shark that lived in the ocean until about 5 million years ago. It hunted whales, seals, probably giant squid, etc. One of the biggest prey species was Livyatan melvillei. It was a whale that was between 44 and 57 feet or 13.5 to 17.5 meters long. It was an ancestor of the modern sperm whale. Unlike modern sperm whales, Livyatan had teeth in its upper jaw AND its lower jaw. Modern sperm whales only have teeth in their lower jaw. By the way, the species name for Livyatan honors the name of Herman Melville, who wrote the book Moby Dick. Moby Dick was a giant albino Sperm Whale.    

Megalodon was thought to be around 50 feet or 15.24 meters long. That size has been upgraded to up to 80 feet long. It is also now thought to have been more torpedo-shaped. It did not look like a big Great White Shark. A find from Denmark of vertebrae shows that Megalodon may have been up to 80 feet or 24.3 meters long. It weighed up to 115 tons. It is remarkable that the vertebrae fossilized; in sharks, bones are made of cartilage. Usually, the only evidence of ancient sharks is their teeth. The find indicates that Megalodon looked more like a giant Lemon Shark rather than a giant Great White Shark.

NOTE: This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the "Animals" button and scrolling down to the end of the drop-down menu. If you are accessing this page in late July or August of 2026, then this drawing's title will be at or near the end of the list. 

Reina the Ray Mermaid Shark Week coloring page

 This is another coloring page I drew for Shark Week.

You may ask why I drew a Ray Mermaid for Shark Week...

The answer is that Sharks are Rays are both in Class Chondrichthyes.

They are both cartilaginous fish.

Reina the Ray Mermaid

Sharks AND rays are both in Class: Chondrichthyes. Both are cartilaginous fish. Instead of hard bones, they have bones made of cartilage. They DO have hard teeth. This coloring page drawing has 3 types of rays or ray-fish. They are the Brown Ray, the Spotted Eagle Ray, and the Manta Ray. There are two Brown Rays but just one of each of the other two rays. 

Brown Rays are about 25 inches or 63 cm long for males and 23.5 inches or 60 cm long for females. So the Brown Ray near the Mermaid is about the right size for an adult. The one higher up in the picture must be further back... or it is a juvenile.

Spotted Eagle Rays can grow up to over 16 feet or about 5 meters long. Since I drew this ray closer to the Mermaid, it must be a juvenile Spotted Eagle Ray. 

Manta Rays are the biggest rays. They can be up to 29 feet or almost 9 meters long. So you decide: is the Manta Ray in this drawing an adult who is farther back from the Mermaid, or is this a juvenile Manta Ray?

Ray Mermaids and Ray Mermen are fond of Rays. They can even communicate with them telepathically; however, rays are not nearly as intelligent as Merpeople or even humans. You might notice that Reina has webbed hands. This is common among Merpeople, although not all Merpeople have webbed hands. Notice that Reina the Ray Mermaid's article of clothing is made up of enchanted and woven sea grass - as seen growing in the sea floor. 

Can you spot all the organisms in this drawing or coloring page?  Manta Ray, 2 Brown Rays, Spotted Eagle Ray, jellyfish, squid, lobster, sand worms, crab, brain coral, coral, and the previously mentioned sea grass. 

NOTE: This coloring page is found in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus." Then scroll down to the bottom of the list of fantasy drawings and look for this title. Click on the title, and you will get your free coloring page. Since this drawing has specific identifiable species of rays, I am also posting a printable version under the "Animals" button. Again, scroll down to the bottom of the list, and if you are accessing this page in late July or August 2026, then you will find this title at or near the bottom of the list. 

There will be more Shark Week coloring pages coming up tomorrow and later this week!

Shark Mermaid feeding Sharks coloring page for Shark Week

 Today's newest coloring page is another drawing in honor of Shark Week.

This is a Mermaid... a Shark Mermaid who is feeding sharks. 

Shark Mermaid feeding Sharks

As mentioned before, Shark Mermaids have a love of sharks. Of course, there are also Shark Mermen. This Shark Mermaid is named Charla. She is feeding small fish to a pair of sharks and probably the nearby ray. This drawing is admittedly not a specific, well-drawn species of shark. However, one of the sharks resembles a Black-Tip Reef Shark. 

Sharks and rays are cartilaginous fish. They have bones made of cartilage. Both sharks and rays are loved by Shark Merpeople. Although there ARE some Merpeople who love rays specifically. I will be drawing a Mermaid or Merman with rays later this week. 

Can you spot all the organisms?  Shark that looks much like a Black-Tip Reef Shark, another shark, a sea anemone, a clownfish, brain coral, a crab, coral, kelp, sea grass, several bony fish, one jellyfish, squid, and of course, a stingray or ray. 

NOTE: This drawing or coloring page, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus." Then scroll down to the bottom of the list of drawings. If you are accessing this page in late July or in August 2026, then this coloring page title will be at or near the bottom of the list of fantasy drawings. 

Merman with 3 Young Sharks coloring page for Shark Week

Today, in honor of Shark Week on the Discovery Channel, 

I am posting a coloring page I drew of a 

Merman with 3 young sharks of different species. 

 

Merman with 3 Young Sharks

Merpeople, or SOME Merpeople, are friendly with sharks. They have a powerful magic that keeps sharks under control... or at least the Merpeople are not in danger from sharks.  Here we see Marino, a Merman who is teaching 3 young sharks. The sharks are from 3 different species. The spotted one is a Leopard Shark. The Hammerhead Shark is the one lowest in the picture. The top shark in the picture is a young Great White 

Leopard sharks usually are only around 4-5 feet long. That is 1.2 - 1.5 meters long. But large females have been found that were up to 7 feet or 2.13 meters long. This is a juvenile Leopard Shark. 

There are 10 species of Hammerhead sharks. The Great Hammerhead Shark can be up to 20 feet or 6 meters long. This is a young Hammerhead Shark. 

Great White Sharks grow on average to be 11- 16 feet or 3.35 - 4.9 meters long.  Exceptionally large ones can be up to 21 feet or 6.4 meters long. The pups or babies are about 4 feet or 1.2 meters long. This is a juvenile Great White Shark. She is only about 6 feet or 1.8 meters long. I will admit that this juvenile Great White Shark should probably be thicker, but the markings are correct for a Great White Shark. Maybe she has had trouble finding enough to eat, and that is why Marino is helping her out. 

See what other organisms you can spot: octopus, clown fish, coral, brain coral, sand worms, and a couple of reef fish hiding in plant matter and sea grass. 

NOTE: This drawing is found in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Animals." If you are accessing this site in July or August of 2026, then this drawing's title will be at or near the bottom of the list of Animal coloring pages that I drew. I posted this drawing or coloring page in the "Animals" section because I drew specific species of sharks  I am also posting this drawing under the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus." Scroll to the bottom of that list as well to get the printable coloring page. All Mermaids and Mermen drawings are always posted in "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."

My wife and I are watching Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. So I will be drawing and posting more shark coloring pages - - probably with Mermaids or Mermen or both. Keep checking back this week!

Big Horn Sheep in the Mountains coloring page

 Today's latest free picture on this, my coloring pages blog, is 

a Big Horn Sheep.

(All the coloring pages are free to print.)

Bighorn Sheep in the Rocky Mountains

Bighorn Sheep get their name from their large curved horns. They are ungulates, that is, hoofed mammals. They live in the high mountains of North America. These are NOT domesticated animals. They are wild animals.  They live here in Utah and in neighboring states that are also mountainous, like Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, & etc.

Bighorn sheep are herbivores that eat whatever is available, including grasses and woody shrubs. That makes them both grazers and browsers. They are ruminants, which means they have multi-chambered stomachs to process tough vegetation for digestion.

Bighorn sheep can weigh up to around 320 lbs or 160 kg. The horns on the rams add up to 40 lbs of the weight. Furing the rut the males bash horns against rivals for the right to mate with the ewes. This is a very lound echoing sound that reverbarates in the mountains. The females have horns as well, but they are tiny in comaprison to the Rams' horns. Rams have extra thick skulls to handle the collisions with other rams in the fight. The force is something like 7 times the force needed to crack a human skull. 

I want to mention something about art of nature and nature itself. It is this: Repetition with Variation. My brilliant art teacher taught me that during art class. But I also realized it is true of nature. Look at the flowering shrub. Each flower is not exactly the same size or shape as the other. They are very similar so repetition. But there are differences so variation. The horns on the ram are not exactly symmetrical. That is also accurate. No two conifers are exactly the same either. This is how I strive for my art to reflect science facts of nature. I do some stylized things in my nature drawings, for example, the grass, the conifer trees, the bushes. I CAN draw bushes with individual leaves and occasionally I do. 

I was a junior high science teacher before I had to go on disability and eventually retire. Then I started this free colroing pages blog. Today I reached a million hits on this blog or site. I don't know how many hits are bots but a lot of the hits are real people from all over the world coming to my site and printing coloring pages for them or for children they know to color. I hope I am making a difference. For me, drawing is healing and literally replaced the narcotic pain medications that I was on. Drawing a dinosaur, or animal, or magical being etc. are much better for my brain than the narcotics were. But I undestand that some poeple's pain is so extreme that narcotics is the only answer. For me drawing coloring pages, posting them here, and writng about my drawings on this blog - were very healing and still to this day distract me from the pain. I just had more throat surgery two weeks ago. Yes, I WAS on pain meds in the hospital. but I'm back on drawing to manage my pain now. 

NOTE: This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Animals." Then jsut scroll down to the bottom of the list of titles. Have fun coloring this Bighorn Sheep Ram. 

Jesus comforts a Woman New Arrival in Paradise coloring page

 Today on this, my free coloring pages blog, 

I have drawn and posted a coloring page of

Jesus, as he comforts a woman who has just arrived in Paradise.

Jesus comforts a Woman New Arrival in Paradise

This is a coloring page of Jesus as He comforts a woman who has just arrived in Paradise. I suppose that for some people it must be a real shock to find that they have died, left their bodies behind, and are in Paradise. I would think this would especially be true for people who die sudden deaths or are victims of violent crime or war. I like to think that Jesus welcomes them into Paradise and comforts them. This drawing or coloring page reflects that. 

I would think that Paradise looks much like the countryside and nice neighborhoods on Earth. So, this picture may reflect Jesus welcoming the spirit of a former mortal into the entryway of Paradise. Paradise is a temporary Heaven where the spirits of good people go to await resurrection. Resurrection is when we, because of Jesus, get our bodies back in immortal and glorified form. When Jesus returns to Earth in glory, then the righteous spirits, who are still in Paradise, will be resurrected to live on the Earth for a 1000 years. 

The wicked people go to Spirit Prison AKA Hell. There they suffer the price for their sins. Eventually, they also will be resurrected but to a more diminished state of glory. And they have to wait through the 1000 years of peace before they get resurrected. That 1000 years of peace is commonly called "The Millennium. The Earth will be at peace, and mortals will raise their children in righteousness. 

NOTE: This coloring page is found in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Religion." Then scroll down to the bottom of the General Religious section and click on this title to get your free coloring page.