Six New Coloring Pages of Jesus

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Today we have several drawings of Jesus that I did on various recent Sundays while at Church.

Drawing helps my ADHD brain focus and I can enjoy the talks and lessons more. 

Plus I don't fall asleep during Church if I am drawing.  

Jesus was and is our Savior.  He died for our sins.  What that means is that we all sin.  In our premortal life Jesus volunteered to pay the eternal price for our sins so that if we repented we could return to live with Him and our Heavenly Parents.  Jesus is our eldest Spirit Brother.  You see, we all lived as Spirit Children of our Heavenly Parents.  Jesus was the eldest of our Heavenly Father's and our Heavenly Mother's Spirit Children. He fought for our right to have free agency in our mortal life.  Satan, another Spirit Brother deceived 1/3 of our Spirit Brothers and Sisters. Satan and those Spirits who followed him were cast down to Earth.  They are now devils and tempt the rest of us.  They are jealous that they don't have and will never have a physical body like the rest of us have.  

Jesus suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross to pay the eternal price for our sins so that we could repent.  He came to Earth and took on a mortal body.  His earthly father was also our Father in Heaven.  So since Jesus' mortal body was half god he had power over life and death.  He voluntarily suffered and died for our sins. He was a victim of the cruelty of the Romans and the jealous cruelty of the Jewish leaders of the time.  But Jesus ALLOWED them to kill him.  At any time he could have stopped it all.  But He loved us too much to do that.  Jesus was and is Jehovah of the Old Testament.  He is the Word and He created the Earth.  He certainly had to be a willing sacrifice because He was incredibly powerful.  He used that power to heal people's bodies and their souls.  He still does this. 

Because Jesus was part mortal He could die.  But because He was part God He could resurrect and become the first of all of us to receive our bodies back.  When we die our Spirit separates from our body.  When we are resurrected we get a perfect body back and that glorified and perfect body is one that can never die.  Then we get to go to the Kingdom we are worthy of to live there for all eternity.  Those who inherit the top Kingdom or Celestial Kingdom will be able to be married and live with their family for all eternity... with our Heavenly Parents and our Eldest Brother, Jesus.  And we will get to be with our worthy family members and our other worthy loved ones.  

These five drawings are certainly not the only drawings I have done of the life of Jesus.  See all of them, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled "Religious" and scrolling through the drawings.  I frequently draw a dove with my drawings of Jesus.  In the Holy Bible, a dove representing the Holy Ghost descended upon Jesus right after Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist. 

These are the new drawings:  1. The NativitJey   2. Jesus walking along the Sea of Galilee where He chose some of His Apostles  3. Jesus praying and communing with God   4. Jesus as an itinerant teacher 5. Jesus right after His resurrection.  He is appearing to Mary Magdelene.  6. The last drawing is also of Jesus after His resurrection.  He is seen descending from Heaven to visit His people in the New Word... namely the Nephites and Lamanites.  This particular story is told in The Book Of Mormon, Another Testament Of Christ.

To get to these coloring pages in printable form just click on the button labeled Religious.  Then #1-5 will be at or near the bottom of the New Testament section.  The drawing of Jesus descending from heaven will be near the bottom of the Book of Mormon section. 

Nativity Baby Jesus in a Wooden Manger

Jesus walking along the Sea of Galilee

Jesus Praying and Communing with God

Jesus as an Itinerant Teacher

Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene directly after His Resurrection

Jesus descends from Heaven to visit His People in the New World

Utahraptor Father teaching Offspring to Hunt

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There are around 3,000 free-to-print coloring pages here.

Today's drawing is of a Utahraptor father and his offspring. 

Utahraptor teaching Offspring to Hunt

Utahraptor was a bigger-than-you-think predatory dinosaur.  They were around 16-23 feet long.  An adult Utahraptor weighed around 700 to 2,200 lbs.  It almost certainly had feathers.  Here we see a Utahraptor with his offspring during a hunting lesson. It was a raptor dinosaur so it had a large claw on the first toe of each foot.  This was a killing claw that now is thought to have probably been used as a stabbing weapon.  

The offspring, following his or her father, is a juvenile Utahraptor.  It so happens that this juvenile Utahraptor is about the same size as Velociraptor.  Velociraptor was about 5 to almost 7 feet long.  Much of that length was a long thin tail.  It may have weighed up to 100 pounds.  That made the Velociraptor around 22 times smaller than a large Utahraptor.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled Paleontology.  Then scroll to the bottom of the list.  Click on the title and you will get the coloring page in printable form.  Of course, the picture will only be on the bottom if you are accessing this page on or near May 24, 2024. 

Butterfly-like Wings on Jessia the Mushroom Dragon Fairy coloring page and puzzle

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Today we have a reworked drawing of a Mushroom Dragon Fairy.

In this version, Jessia has butterfly-like wings instead of Dragon-like wings.

Butterfly Wings on Jessia the Mushroom Dragon Fairy

As previously mentioned, this drawing originally had Jessia with Dragon-like wings.  Here she has changed her wings magically into butterfly-like wings. There are a few other differences so see if you can find them.  

Below is the original drawing so you can easily compare the two drawings.  

Jessia the Mushroom Dragon Fairy

(With Dragon-like wings)

Below is at least a partial list of differences. 

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Differences in two drawings of Jessia:  

Wings (obviously)

stem of mushroom width

heads or seeds of grass

spots on mushroom stem

 ash specks in smoke

width of smoke 

beards on dragon

shading on Dragon horns

shading on parts of Fairy

differences in blades of grass 

shadow on her cheek

NOTE:  This drawing can be found in printable form by clicking on the button labeled Fantasy, Myths, and Circus.  Then just scroll down to the bottom of the list of drawings.  This will work if you are accessing this on or near May 21, 2024.  

More Dragon Types Chinese Dragon, Wvern, & Fairy with Pet Dragon coloring pages

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Today's new drawings are all of Dragons. 

I have been in a dragon-drawing mood lately. 

My last two posts were Dragons too. 

Chinese Dragon and Dragon Training Fairy

Chinese Dragons are long somewhat snake-like dragons.  They usually do have 4 but they usually do not have wings.   On the other hand, some of them can still fly.  Chinese Dragon Training Fairies are skilled at working with and controlling the Chinese Dragons.  Without the great efforts of the Dragon Training Fairies much of China would be overrun with dragons.  

Chinese Dragons are generally considered good not evil.  They also exist in Water Dragon form and they can swim well.  Many Chinese Dragons and Water Dragons are only about a yard or about a meter long. Then again, some Chinese Dragons are absolutely huge!  

In the above drawing the two seen Dragons are NOT smaller in size.  You know because the Fairy is in his mortal size that he uses when working with larger Dragons. All Fairies can transform from Fairy size of about 5 inches tall to mortal size of around 5.5 to 6 feet tall.  Six feet tall is just under two meters tall.  (1.8 meters tall)  

Wyvern Dragon

A Wyvern Dragon has two back legs and instead of forelegs, its wings are the forelegs.  Like most Dragons, Wyverns can breathe fire or use oral fire as a weapon.  This particular Wyvern is a Forest Wyvern.  It is not what you think though.  It starts forest fires in old-growth forests so that pine cones will open. So they destroy the old trees pine cones that only open when exposed to fire will open and hence plant new young trees.  So believe it or not, this type of Dragon, the Forest Wyvern, is an ecologist. 

Fairy and Her Pet Dragon

Fairies sometimes have a Mini-Dragon pet.  Or they have a Juvenile Dragon as a pet.  In either case, the "pet" is highly intelligent and is more like a friend of a different species of magical life.  Here we see a Swallowtail Fairy who also is a Dragon Taming Fairy because she has a pet Dragon.  The lovely Fairy is named Misty and the Dragon is a female Dragon named Charrita.  

Charrita is a Mini-Dragon and she is an adult Mini-Dragon.  She has chosen to spend much of her life with Misty because they are good friends.  Some Fairies get a little nervous around any. Dragon, so Misty has a collar and a simple leash on Charrita.  This helps other Fairies not feel nervous.  In all reality, Charrita could orally fry the leash in a second.  But she chooses not to do so.

NOTE:  These dragon coloring pages, in printable form, are found by clicking on the button labeled Fantasy, Myths, and Circus.  Then, if you are accessing this on or around May 19, 2024, scroll down to the very bottom of the list of Fantasy drawings.  

Jessia the Mushroom Dragon Fairy coloring page

Today's new drawing is of a Mushroom Dragon Fairy. 

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Jessia the Mushroom Dragon Fairy

You probably want to know about Mushroom Dragons. They are a small type of Dragon that is only about 2 feet long.  That is 0.6 meters long.  Jessia is about 5 inches tall.  That is around 12.7 cm tall. 

These Mushroom Dragons eat (as you might expect) mushrooms.  They do not eat hardly anything else.  So sometimes they are called "Fungi Dragons."  Interestingly enough, these Dragons ARE a lot of fun.  They are very friendly with Fairies and will play games with them.  

In this drawing, you see that Jessia is a very kind Mushroom Dragon Fairy because she is actually caring for or babysitting the Mushroom Dragon's egg.  The mother Dragon is not angry, she is just through feeding and she is coming back to pick up her egg.  

Mushroom Dragons work with Fairies and help the Fairies find mushrooms to harvest.  I have drawn many Mushroom Fairies.  But this is the first time I have drawn and explained how Mushroom Dragons work with Mushroom Dragon Fairies.  

Although not all Dragon Fairies have Dragon-like wings... you see that Jessia does have that kind of wings.  However, she can change her wings to be either butterfly-like or lacewings.  There are several types of Dragons in the world and many of them have friendships or at least working relationships with Fairies, Dragons, or good Witches.  Yes, some Dragons are bad and have relationships with corrupt magical people like Dark Fairies or Dark Magic Wizards and Bad Witches... but I almost never draw them and I almost never talk about them.  This is because I am an artist of Light and I try to depict positive things in my drawings.  

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 list of drawings IF you are accessing this drawing on or near May 18, 2024. 

European Dragon vs Dragon Taming Wizard coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of a European Dragon 

who is being charmed by a Dragon Taming Wizard.

European Dragon vs Dragon Taming Wizard

European Dragons have four legs.  Their forelegs are also used as arms.  They actually have two wings that are separate from their four other limbs.  They also have opposable thumbs on their "hands." Dragons are sentient beings.  That is, they have human intelligence.  Some Dragons are very dangerous and others are docile with humans.  

Dragon Taming Wizards are gifted with working with enchanted animals like Dragons, Unicorns, etc.  They can use a charm on dragons so they can talk to them. Of course, not all dragons are dangerous to humans and Wizards.  Some Dragons are quite friendly, especially with Wizards and Witches.  

NOTE:  To get to the printable version of this drawing just click on the button labeled: Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list of drawings IF you are accessing this picture on or around May 16, 2024.  Have fun coloring!  

Happy Mother's Day 2024 with a Young Mother Fairy and Her Baby Fairy and other Mother & Offspring coloring pages

 Happy Mother's Day Everyone...

Especially to the great women in our lives!

Today's first new drawing is of a young Fairy Mother.

She is also a Night Fairy, a Mushroom Fairy, and a Moth Fairy.

The second new drawing is of a Mother Rock Fairy with her daughter.

Young Mother Fairy and Her Baby

This is Ilia who is a Mother Fairy.  Her baby is on a mushroom behind her and Mom is looking back at her baby.  The baby is smaller than you might expect but this is true of Fairy Babies.  They are born relatively smaller in comparison to their mother.  The baby Fairy carries a strong concealment charm so she is lighter and more difficult to see, even for mortals who have the "Fairy Vision" gift. 

Ilia is a Night Fairy so she is usually more active an night or nocturnal.  She loves moths so she is seen here charming a moth.  Or perhaps this moth is her friend.  She is NOT using light to attract the moth also she can do that as well.  As you can see, these are both Mushroom Fairies.  The mom gathers mushrooms for the Fairy village where she and her baby AND her husband live.  

Fairy infants are relatively small in comparison to the mother/infant size ratio in mortals.  Yet the infants grow very fast at first.  The mother Fairy in this drawing has set her baby on a small mushroom.  But the mother has also enacted a safety charm that keeps the baby on the mushroom so she does not fall off.  That charm also contributes to the difficulty for mortals to be able to see the baby.  

This first drawing shows the Mother and Daughter Fairy in their natural 5-inch or so normal Fairy size.  All Fairies can also change to mortal size if they wish.  In fact, they can go back and forth between mortal and Fairy size... and any size in between.  

Mother's Day Card with Mother Rock Fairy and Daughter

This is a new drawing done just now in Church.  I was planning on only doing ONE new Mother's Day drawing this year.  But the inspiration for doing another drawing was a mother and her daughters who all have lovely long cascading hair with wavy curls.  They were sitting in front of us today in Sacrament Meeting.  Sacrament Meeting is our large group meeting for we members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  I draw during Church because then I don't fall asleep AND my ADHD brain can pay attention better in Church if I am drawing.  Thank you to this nice family.  They are a beautiful family that is more than just beautiful on the outside.  And THAT kind of beauty is far more important.

Now, about Rock Fairies.  Rock Fairies might be called Geologists if they lived among us mortals.  In fact, quite a few Geologists are part Fairy.  Here we see a Mother Rock Fairy who is out among the rocks.  The mother is holding onto a couple of rocks and her daughter is examining a rock.  (Although you can't see that the daughter is holding a rock.)  The mother is teaching her daughter all about rock identification.  I married a geologist so I know all about them.  I wonder if my wife is part Fairy because she doesn't age like a normal mortal.  Fairies age slower than mortals, even though Fairy babies grow quickly at first. 

This mother and daughter Fairy have changed to mortal size to examine larger rocks.  Of course they can return to their Fairy size at will.  

NOTE:  To get to the printable version of these drawings just click on the button labeled "Holidays." Then scroll down to the bottom of the Mother's Day picture titles.  OR these coloring page drawings will be the last drawings on the list of the Fantasy, Myths, and Circus drawings.  At least they will be if you are accessing this on Mother's Day, 2024.  Have fun coloring.  AND you could print the first drawing and write "Happy Mother's Day" on it and give it to your mom for Mother's Day.  The second drawing already has that greeting on it..  So just color it and maybe fold it in half then give it to your mother. Below are a few other recent Mother & offspring drawings that could serve the same purpose.  Also, there are several other Mother's Day drawings and cards on the list when you click on "Holidays."

Harp Seal Mother and Pups

Found in printable form under the Animals button...  near the bottom of the list.

Crocodile Mommy and Son

Found in printable form under the Animals button...  near the bottom of the list. 

Tyrannosaurus mcreensis teaching Chick to Hunt

Mommy Rabbit and Baby Bunny 

Found in printable form near the bottom of the Animals list 

or in the  Esater Section of the Holidays drawings.  

Harp Seal and Pups coloring page - Includes Black-headed Gull

 Today's new drawing is of a Harp Seal mother and her pups. 

It also includes the Black-headed Gull. 

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Harp Seal Mother and Pups 

(With a Black-headed Gull)

Harp seal pups are born with yellow fur because it is stained with amniotic fluid.  Then it turns a brilliant white for a couple of weeks or so.  The fur starts darkening in the first molt.  Adults are spotted black and on gray fur. The scientific name is Pagophilus groenlandicus.  Harp seals are native to the northern reaches of the Atlantic Ocean. Adult harp seals grow to be up to 5.7 feet or 3 meters long.  

Harp seals can dive up to 1640+  That is feet.  That is around 500 meters deep!  They feed on fish like Polar Cod and invertebrates like squid and krill.  They often feed just off the coast and some dives are only about 66 feet or 20 meters down. Harp seals have all-black eyes. 

NOTE:  This drawing was done for my 4-year-old granddaughter.  To get it in printable form just click on the button labeled "Animals" and scroll down to the bottom of the list.  Have fun coloring!

M10 Booker Combat Vehicle coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of the new M10 Booker Combat Vehicle.

M10 Booker Combat Vehicle

The M10 Booker is the US Army's newest combat vehicle.  It will replace the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.  There are some who call it a tank killer.  Some call it an Armored Fighting Vehicle.  And some Generals refer to it as a light tank.  And of course, it is also called the M10 Combat Vehicle.  

This fighting vehicle is about 19 feet 7 inches (about 7 meters long) if you are only talking about the hull length.  It is 22 feet 5 inches (nearly 8 meters) long if you are also counting the length of the hull and how far the gun sticks out past the front of the hull.  This armored fighting vehicle is about 10 feet (3 meters) wide.  

The Booker is armed with a 105 mm cannon and a 7.62 mm internally mounted machine gun.  It also has an externally mounted .50 caliber machine gun on top of the turret.  Yes, this vehicle has a turret very much like a tank.  Although the 105 mm cannon is not as big as a typical 120 mm cannon in an Abrams (full-sized) tank.  So I would vote with the generals who refer to it as a light tank.  The other generals and high-ranking officers like colonels argue that this vehicle is meant to combat fixed positions, infantry, and other armored fighting vehicles, NOT full-sized tanks.  So I will admit that those officers have a point.  

By the way, the Booker has a top speed of 45.  That is 72 kph.  The Abrams tank shares that same speed.  However, the Booker is much lighter than the Abrams. Because of this, a C-17 Cargo Plane can carry two Bookers at a time, while the same plane can only carry one Abrams tank at a time.  That is because the Booker has lighter and composite armor.  It weighs around 40 tons, while the Abrams tank weighs almost 74 tons.  

Since I am married to a geologist, and we both have a masters in Geoscience, I included magnesium staining in the rocks.  Magnesium stains are dark and look almost like leaking oil on the rocks.  Groundwater runs down rocks and washes the magnesium out of the rock and down the face of the cliff, creating the magnesium stains.  These kinds of stains are seen in the red rock of Southern Utah in national parks like Zion and Bryce Canyon.  

By the way, since my local artilleryman saw this and told me that I did it wrong, I need to point out that the Booker and tanks, in general, are direct-fire vehicles.  The main gun would probably be elevated less most of the time during combat.  My friend said that it would be more likely the Booker would be on a rise or top of a hill and fire down on enemy armor.  So I decided that the Booker in my drawing is firing at an armored vehicle that is up on a slightly higher mesa on the other side of the canyon.  That is why the M10 Booker in my drawing has an elevated gun.  (I know, I'm pushing it.)  

The M10 Booker Combat Vehicle has undergone testing with the US Army 82nd Airborne Division.  That means that they will also be the first unit to start fully operating this vehicle by next year or sooner.  

Finally, I need to point out that I drew this Booker with the .50 caliber external machine gun not mounted.  Also, look closely at the fired shell or bullet.  It is an armor-piercing shell

To get this drawing printed you need to hit the button labeled "Vehicles and Military Vehicles."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list.  Then you click on the title to get the printable version.  Enjoy coloring this new "light tank."  

Two-headed California King Snake coloring pages

This is the last of my re-posted drawings from my 14-picture Reptile post. 

These drawings are based on an amazing tattoo that I saw recently.  

The animal here though is a California King Snake.  

The California King Snake is known to rarely have two-headed snakes hatch. 

Two-Headed California King Snake

I recommend that you look up photos of this species of snake.  Then you can color it how you want.  There are several patterns of this snake: brown stripes on white, lavender, white stripes on black, blue stripes, etc.  Below is one I colored with black and white stripes.

California King Snakes really do come in various patterns and various colors.  I have posted the above drawing so you can add the pattern that you want when you color it.  I will say again that you should look on the internet so you can see the various versions of patterns on this cool snake. I am sure you will find more than I listed here.  I am posting one drawing with a pattern so you can get the idea.  But on the above drawing, you can choose your own pattern to color the scales.  

I should mention that most California King Snakes have just one head.  Only one in 100,000 snakes hatch with two heads.  It is a developmental birth defect I suppose.  Although most snakes are hatched from leathery eggs not born alive.  Two-headed snakes fare pretty poorly in the wild.  They struggle to feed and to move.  With that thought, I drew this snake as a very young one.  It is seen with what would be a healthy adult snake's food - a kangaroo rat.  Of course, this baby would not be able to eat such large prey unless it lived to adulthood.  By the way, California King Snakes are constrictors.  They squeeze or constrict their prey to kill the prey before they swallow them.  

Black & White Stripes on 2-Headed California King Snake

 You could print these coloring pages several times and color each one differently. THIS drawing is of a black and white striped California King Snake, (a 2 headed one).  But you could color either drawing any way you would like.  I really suggest you look up some photos of this type of snake in all of its variations.  This is a good example of what my art teacher told me. "Nature is all about repetition with variations."  California King Snakes are basically the same shape but the coloring and patterns are totally different in the many different types of this snake. 

These two drawings are found in printable form by clicking on the Animals button and scrolling down to the bottom of the list of titles. Have fun coloring... when I get the pictures posted.

And, that is the last drawing for the reposting of my Reptile drawings. I re-posted each drawing individually or in pairs.  They were posted originally in evolutionary order.  The individual and pair postings are in reverse evolutionary order. 

Western Banded Gecko subspecies Utah Banded Gecko coloring page

 

Utah Banded Gecko 

The Utah Banded Gecko is a subspecies of the Western Banded Gecko.  It lives in deserts and feeds on small invertebrates like arachnids and insects.  It is native to the Southwestern United States.  The Utah Banded Gecko full scientific name is Coleonyx veriagatus utahensis.  When it is hunting it waves its long tail in the air like a flag.  It is known to kill and eat scorpions.  When it catches a scorpion it shakes its head like a dog killing a rat.  The shaking of the scorpion is so fast that it disables the scorpion and at least disables the scorpion's stinger.  There are tree scorpions and several species of scorpion that live in the Southwest desert.  The Utah Banded Gecko is not a large lizard.  They get to around 6 inches long.

This drawing is found in printable form by clicking on the Animals button and scrolling to the bottom part of the list.  Have fun coloring! 

Two Forest Snakes cartoon coloring page

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This drawing came from my previously posted Reptile drawings. 

This is of a pair of forest snakes and it is kind of cartoony, not realistic. 

I should say that the snakes are rather cartoon-like but he landscape and background are more realistic.

The background depicts a forest, so these are two forest snakes of indeterminate species.

Forest Snakes cartoon drawing

This is another cartoon drawing of a pair of snakes in the forest.  Snakes evolved from legged animals and now snakes can be found in practically all environments.  The snakes in this cartoon drawing are forest snakes.  Snakes live practically everywhere on Earth except Iceland, Greenland, New Zealand, Ireland, and Antarctica.  These snakes in this drawing can be colored how you wish: with stripes, with spots, with diamond shapes, etc. 

You can print the drawing by going to near the bottom of the Animals page... by first clicking on the Animals button and then scrolling down.  Although this drawing is somewhat cartoony, it has quite a bit of detail as well.  Have fun coloring this forest snake drawing.

Sea Turtle Hatchlings swimming in the Ocean cartoon coloring page

Now here is another drawing from my Reptiles post. 

This is of a few Sea Turtle Hatchlings swimming in the sea. 

Sea Turtle Hatchlings cartoon drawing 

This is a cartoon drawing of sea turtles.  Sea Turtles crawl onto land to lay their eggs in the sand of sandy beaches.  Then the mother books it back into the ocean.  Her eggs hatch and the baby sea turtles (hatchlings) book it to the ocean too.  About one in 100 sea turtles live to reproduce.  In this drawing the sea turtles are clearly hatchlings that DID make it to the ocean.  Some of the turtle hatchlings are farther away so they are drawn smaller.  In cartoons, eyelashes make the animal a female. 

This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled Animals.  Scroll down to near the bottom to see the title and then click on it to get your printable coloring page.  Have fun!

 

Long-necked Galapagos Tortiose with Frigate Bird coloring page

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 Here is another reptile drawing from my Reptiles post.  It is a drawing of a long-necked 

Galapagos Tortoise.  It also includes a Frigate Bird.

Long-Necked Galapagos Tortoise

There are several species of Galapagos tortoise.  One species evolved a long neck to be able to reach cactus from cactus trees.  This drawing is of one of those.  The Galapagos tortoises are the largest species of tortoise in the world.  Be aware that there ARE bigger sea turtles, but a turtle is aquatic while a tortoise is terrestrial.  In fact, a tortoise can't swim so if you put it in the water it will drown.  This long-necked Galapagos tortoise evolved from a common ancestor of the Galapagos tortoise that has shorter necks.  But natural selection in action led to these long-necked tortoises getting longer necks so they could reach cacti from cactus trees.  The drawing has a cactus but not a big cactus tree. 

Frigate Birds look like a Pterasoar when they are flying.  They are black sea birds but the males have a large red gular pouch that they inflate to attract females of the species. 

This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the Animals button and scrolling to the bottom of the list of drawings.  Have fun coloring this Galapagos tortoise!

Triceratops Drawings coloring pages

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a few days ago.  The second is a newer drawing of Triceratops that I just finished drawing today. 

Triceratops ignoring Volcano

Triceratops was a large quadrupedal herbivore.  Although considered part of Dinosauria, it is also still considered to possibly have still been a large reptile. It was around 30 feet or 9 meters long and had brow horns the length of broomsticks. These large horns may have been for sexual display, but considering the top predator in North America at the time, those horns were also clearly for defense.  Parallel evolution is when two animals with a relationship evolve together.  In predator-prey relationships, it is thought that size can be involved.  The mammals of the Mesozoic did not evolve into larger animals because they had to be able to burrow and hide from all the dinosaurian predators.  In the case of Triceratops and T. rex, the dinosaurs were hunted and hunter.  AKA predator-prey.  So as the Tyrannosaurs evolved into bigger size the Ceratopsians evolved bigger size and bigger defenses.  Those three horns, especially the brow horns, were evolved defenses.  The frill was also probably part of that defense.  Although considering the strength of T. rex's bite the frill would not be great protection.  But getting stabbed in the gut or in the leg even would have done a number on a predator.  If injured it could not hunt and thus would certainly starve to death unless fed by another member of the pack. 

Triceratops horridus Mother and Calf

Triceratops is the Genus and horridus is the species.  But the odds are that Triceratops horridus was NOT a horrid mother.  In fact, the Ceratopsians clearly lived in herds and almost certainly protected the young - probably by surrounding them like modern bison do  This drawing is the new one in this post. The young of Triceratops or of many of the non-Theropod dinosaurs are called calf or calves. 

To get to the printable version of these Triceratops drawings just click on the button labeled "Paleontology" and scroll down to near the bottom part of the "Mesozoic" section.  Have fun coloring Triceratops! And you can choose the color(s) for the spots etc. 

Baryonyx, two Marine Reptiles, and a Sauropod coloring page

This is another one of the Reptile drawings that I posted previously but I 

am now posting it individually.   Being an enthusiast of Paleontology, Geology, Biology, etc. 

I wrote about the animals in the drawing.  Of course, I drew the picture as well. 

 In fact, I drew nearly all the drawings on this free coloring pages blog... 

all except a few done by a grandniece and a grandnephew. 

In fact, I always write about each of my drawings that I post on this free coloring pages blog. 

Baryonyx near Two Marine Reptiles

A somewhat different version of this drawing was posted previously.  I have included two marine reptiles in this new version of this drawing.  One is an Ichthyosaur and the other is a long-neck Plesiosaur.  They are in an estuary - that is, brackish water near the mouth of a river... where it runs into the ocean.  There IS some evidence of some Mesozoic marine reptiles living in estuaries.  Baryonyx was a type of Spinosaur.  It actually mostly fed on fish.  This is a mother Baryonyx who is carrying her offspring in her mouth, like modern crocodilians do.  I suppose that Baryonyx might have also fed on small marine reptiles if they got close enough.  Or maybe Baryonyx could swim out into the river to catch small or young marine reptiles.  But its main diet was probably river fish.  By the way, there is a Sauropod and two Pteranodon Pterosaurs in the distance. Baryonyx was an early Spinosaur.  It did not have a sail like Spinosaurs. And Baryonyx lived during the EARLY Cretaceous Periond in what is now North America and Spinosaurus lived in the LATE Cretaceous millions of years after Baryonyx.  Plus Spinosaurus lived in what is now North Africa. So they are somewhat related.  They had a common ancestor. Both ate fish.

This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the Paleontology button and scrolling down to near the bottom of the Mesozoic part of the list.  Have fun coloring!

Jurassic and Cretaceous Period Marine Reptiles coloring pages

These are two of the previously posted drawings from my set of Reptile drawings.  I decided to post these two drawings together.  The second is from the Jurassic Period.  The first is from the Cretaceous Period.  The Cretaceous Period came AFTER the Jurassic.   One big difference in the oceans of the two geologic periods was that in the Jurassic the Pliosaurs were the top marine predators.  In the Cretaceous, it was the Mosaurs who ruled the seas. 

Mosasaur hunting Plesiosaur

This is a drawing of the Cretaceous Sea.  It includes a Mosasaur and a Plesiosaur.  Plesiosaurs were long-neck marine reptiles.  Previously it was thought that Mosasaurs had a a long flat tail.  Now tail flukes have been found on some Mosasaurs so possibly all of them had tail flukes or tail fins.  This is a smaller - possibly subadult Mosasaur hunting a Plesiosaur.  There are a few other animals in the drawing, like the shelled floating Ammonites on the lower left and a crab near the lower right.  These animals were all living in the Late Cretaceous Period.  Plesiosaurs actually also lived in the Jurassic Period.  As far as size, the Mosasaurs could get to be 55 feet long.  Some Plesiosaurs could get to the length of 50 feet, with much of that length made up of their long skinny neck.  FYI some Plesiosaurs (called Pliosaurs) had short necks and they were the kings of the sea in the Jurassic Period.  Remember that THIS is a drawing of the Cretaceous Sea, not the Jurassic Ocean.  

Pliosaur hunts an Ichthyosaur

Pliosaurs are short-necked Plesiosaurs.  One of the more well-known ones is Liopleurodon. It is seen here about to attack an Ichthyosaur.  Opthalmosaurus was an Ichthyosaur with large eyes for seeing in deep and dark water.  The Opthanlmosaurs is about to bite into its favorite prey, an Ammonite.  But the poor Opthalmosaurus is not aware that it is about to become lunch for the Liopleurodon.  To be clear, Liopleurodon was a short-necked Plesiosaur called a Pliosuar.  Opthalmosaurus was a type of Ichthyosaur.  It was considerably smaller than the Ichthyotitan that is further up this post.  Opthalmosaurus was around 20 feet (6 meters) long and marine reptiles from the Liopleurodon genus were somewhere between 16 and 85 feet (5-25 meters) long.  

To find these drawing in printable form just click on the button labeled Paleontology and then scroll down to near the bottom of the Mesozoic Life section of the page.  Have fun coloring!

Ichtyotitan the Biggest Ichthyosaur and the Biggest Marine Reptile coloring page

  This is one of the Reptile drawings I posted previously.

I am now posting each drawing individually. 

This is my free coloring pages blog... with around 3000 coloring pages that I have drawn.

I am a retired science teacher and a confirmed Paleontology and Biology fanatic...

 so I will tell you about the animals in each drawing.

I should add that I am a Geology enthusiast as well.

Ichthyotitan the Biggest Marine Reptile

The first found fossils of Ichthyotitan were found a few years ago by an 11-year-old girl.  
The fossils were found near the same place as Mary Anning found the first known Ichthyosaur.  The 11-year-old girl is named Ruby Reynolds.  The fossils of Ichthyotitan were enormous.  They turned out to be a few of the bones of quite possibly the biggest marine reptile ever.  Icthyotitan was an Ichthyosaur.  It was shaped vaguely like a dolphin... only a HUGE dolphin!  It is estimated to have been 82 feet long!  That is 25 meters long!  There IS some evidence of a larger Ichthyosaur but there is speculation that it may be another sample of Ichthyotitan.  

Other similar gigantic Ichthyosaurs were found deep in the Southern Nevada desert and that spot is now a state park.  It is called Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park.  My wife and I have been there.  It is amazing to see the fossilized bones of such huge marine animals!

The two Pterosaurs that are seen in the sky are Rhamphorhynchus and Caelestiventus. They are both Pterosaurs from the late Triassic Period, so they did live at the same time as Ichthyotitan.  To get to the printable version of this drawing just click on the Paleontology button and scroll down to the bottom of the Mesozoic section of the list.  Click on the title and print.  Have fun coloring!

Crocodile Mommy and Son coloring page

  

 This is one of the Reptile drawings I posted previously.

I am now posting each drawing individually. 

This is my free coloring pages blog... with around 3000 coloring pages that I have drawn.

I am a retired science teacher and a confirmed paleontology and biology fanatic...

 so I will tell you about the animals in each drawing.

Crocodile Mommy and Son 

Crocodilians have been around for a long time here on Earth.  They lived before the dinosaurs, with the dinosaurs they got huge, and even now they (crocodilians) are thriving on Earth.  Since this is a cartoon drawing you can change it from Crocodile Mommy and Son to Crocodile Mommy and Daughter.  Just add eyelashes to the juvenile in the cartoon drawing and that makes the animal a female... AKA a daughter.   The crocodilians include caiman, alligators, and crocodiles.

To get to the printable version of this page just click on the Animals button and scroll to the bottom of the list. Then click on the title to get this drawing to print and color. Have fun coloring!

Triassic Reptiles and Mammal-like Reptiles coloring page

This is one of the Reptile drawings I posted previously.  

I am now posting each drawing individually. 

This is my free coloring pages blog... with around 3000 coloring pages that I have drawn.

I am a retired science teacher and a paleontology and biology fanatic...

 so I will tell you about the animals in each drawing.

Diichtodon killed by Postosuchus

Diictodon was one of the mammal-like reptiles.  It lived in burrows and was about half a meter in length.  Postosuchus was the T. rex of the Triassic Late Triassic Period.  Here we see it feeding on a Diichtodon.  The animal in the background is a large tusked herbivore called Placerias.   An adult Postasuchus would have been around 13 feet or 4 meters long.  So this would have to be a juvenile Postaoschus since Diictodon was only about 19 or 20 inches long.  Surprisingly, none of THESE animals are dinosaurs either.  Although it looks much like a dinosaur, Postosuchus was more closely related to crocodilians, not dinosaurs.  The Theropod dinos did NOT evolve from Postosuchus. 

The printable version of this drawing is found by clicking on the Paleontology button and then scrolling down to the bottom of the Mesozoic section of the Paleontology list.  Then click on the title and print the drawing to color it.  Have fun coloring. 

Mammal-like Reptiles with Sails: Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus coloring page

 I am re-posting the reptile drawings that I posted earlier in a single post.  Now I will post each drawing alone.  This drawing is set in the oldest age of early reptiles... The Permian.  This was BEFORE the dinosaurs. This is one of the Reptile drawings I posted previously.  

This is my free coloring pages blog... with around 3000 coloring pages that I have drawn.

I am a retired science teacher and a paleontology and biology fanatic...

 so I will tell you about the animals in each drawing.

Edaphosaurus chased by Dimetrodon

These two animals are from the Early Permian Period of the Paleozoic Era.  They are NOT dinosaurs, although toy Dimetrodons are often found in packages of toy dinosaurs.  Dimetrodon was a predator and Edaphosaurus was an herbivorous prey species. Both were some of the earliest mammal-like reptiles.  Dimetrodon means two-length teeth.  It was the first animal with fangs.  They both lived in what is now Europe and North America between 275 mya and 295 mya. MYA = million years ago. This drawing is a rather simple depiction of the two actual animals.  (It is not exactly perfectly accurate, but it is a recognizable drawing of the two animals.)  They lived in the early Permian Period, many million years before the first dinosaur appeared.  So they were NOT dinosaurs.  

The printable version of this drawing is found by clicking on the Paleontology button and then scrolling down to the bottom of the  Paleozoic section of the Paleontology list.  Then click on the title and print the drawing to color