The Holy Family in the Stable coloring page

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Today I am posting a drawing I did of the Holy Family.

They are depicted in the stable after Jesus was born.

The Holy Family in the Stable with Jesus in a Stone Manger

Jesus was and is the Creator of the Earth. His Father, our Heavenly Father, and His Heavenly Father commanded Jesus to create the Earth for us. Our Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother are the parents of our spirits. Our spirits are inside our mortal bodies. We knew Jesus in our Premortal life. He was our eldest Spirit brother. Jesus had volunteered to pay the price for our sins... so He was to be our Savior. He had incredible power. He HAD to be powerful in order to create the Earth.

So consider that the Creator of the Earth was born in a stable. His bed was a manger - probably a stone manger. His parents were poor, not rich. They had just traveled a great distance. There had been no room for them in the Inn in Bethlehem. That is how they ended up in a stable for the night. So consider again that the Creator of the World was born in the humblest of circumstances.  He was the greatest example of humility ever!  His birth circumstances were so humble.

Then the Wise Men, probably a couple of years later, visited and gave valuable gifts. Those gifts helped the Holy Family flee to Egypt. The Holy Family became refugees because Herod wanted to kill Jesus. An angel warned Joseph in a dream and he fled with his family to Egypt before Herod's soldiers could find and kill baby Jesus.  (Although Jesus was probably a toddler by the time the Wise Men showed up.

I want to explain some of the details in this drawing. Some are symbolic, and some are representative of the times Jesus was born and what we know about the Holy Family. 

Note that Joseph is a strong young man. He was a carpenter, and that is a physically demanding career. 

Mary was certainly a beautiful young woman. In this drawing, she looks a little frazzled. She just gave birth in a stable.  Of course, she's frazzled. But notice that Mary has a relieved smile on her face. Her baby has been born, and He is the Son of God. 

Chickens are in the drawing, and chickens are Kosher food for the Israelites, including the presumably Jewish innkeeper who probably owned the stable. 

The black sheep is symbolic of how Jesus will save those of us who are the "black sheep" of the family. When anyone sins, and we all sin, He will show mercy if we repent. This is because he paid the eternal price for our sins. 

Notice the dove on the perch. The dove is a symbol of the Holy Ghost. 

The donkey is a Bethlehem Donkey.  They have unique features. 

There is a lamb because Jesus was and is the Lamb of God. 

The ox reminds us of Jesus teaching that we would pull our ox out of the mire - even if it were the Sabbath.  This is Jesus pointing out that we need to follow the spirit of the law more than the letter of the law. At least that is my take on it. 

The ox is also a symbol of strength. Jesus was the strongest man ever to be on Earth because he bore the punishment for our sins while performing His Atonement in the Garden of Gethsemane and on the cross. 

Although often portrayed as wooden, the manger was more likely made of stone cemented together. 

The lamp represents that Jesus told us to be the light of the world so others would see our good works and glorify His Father in Heaven.

The horse is symbolic of royalty and strength, although Israelite kings also rode mules in ceremonial processions as a sign of their being kings of peace.  Jesus IS the King of Peace. 

You can see the Star of Bethlehem about to set if you look through the open window.

Baby Jesus is wrapped in swaddling clothes. These were long strips of cloth used to wrap babies and help them feel safe and comforted.

The ram in the back of the stable represents power, sacrifice, and leadership.  One day, Jesus will return, and He will have all power and be the leader of everyone on Earth. In fact, many of the Christmas hymns we sing talk about the power and glory Jesus will have when He returns to Earth in His second coming. 

NOTE: This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Religious." Then scroll down to the bottom of the New Testament section to find this drawing. This will work if you are accessing this page in December of 2025.  ALSO, I will put this drawing under the "Holidays" button.  It will be found at the bottom of the list of Christmas drawings.  

Mr. and Mrs. Claus coloring page

 Christmas is coming, and so I have done another Santa coloring page. 

Actually, I met Santa and Mrs. Claus today at a store, and I drew them.

Mr. and Mrs. Claus

This is another drawing of Santa with his wife, Jessica Claus. They are out and about sometime in December. The moon would be on the left because there is now sunlight at the North Pole in December.  You can see the shadows so there IS some light... but it is the light of a full moon. Feel free to draw a moon on the left and add stars to the sky. 

I heard a kid say something at a store years ago.  He said, "Mom, I get it! Santa is John the Beloved." Quite honestly, it would not surprise me to learn that John, the Beloved Apostle of Jesus, was still on the Earth and doing good... like giving gifts to children at Christmas. So in that sense, the kid got it right!

John the Beloved Vision of a Fiery Mountain falling into the Sea

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has a doctrine that John the Beloved was permitted to stay on Earth as an immortal.  He will be here when Jesus returns and is out and about doing good. 

So, COULD he be Santa, or at least doing "Santa-like things?  Of course he could! 

NOTE: This new drawing of Mr. and Mrs. Claus is found in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Holidays." Then scroll down to the bottom of the Christmas section. The picture of John the Beloved, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Religion" and then scrolling down through the list to find the title of the picture. Have fun coloring. 

Santa the Day before Christmas coloring page and poem

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Today is one of my annual Santa drawings. 

This drawing, along with over 3100 other drawings, is available

here on this blog for you to print for free! 

I have also written a poem to go along with my drawing.

Santa the Day before Christmas

The below poem is called:

THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS

By Robin Andrew Lyman

The day before Christmas

Santa was out

He was bonding with reindeer

as he walked about

The sled was still empty

as it sat in the snow

But soon it would be loaded

and ready to go

The day before Christmas 

is fun for the elves

Into the season's spirit

they joyfully delve

The reindeer are out

and practicing their flying

As pairs race around

some win and some are tying

The castle was filled

with toys galore

Piled from the ceiling

and down to the floor

The moon was out 

and making shadows so soft

And soon Santa's sleigh

would be aloft

Where is the sun?

It is not in the sky

Because the North Pole latitude

is very, very high

So there is no sun 

in December up there

Yet everyone is adapted 

to the cold frigid air

Your breath you can see

when you are outside

Plus Christmas magic

makes it easy

For everyone to abide

Abide in the dark 

and cold winter nights

As everyone prepares

For Santa's annual flight

NOTE: This drawing is available in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Holidays." Then scroll down to the bottom of the Christmas section if you are accessing this site in December 2025.

Animal Word Puzzle and Coloring Page to celebrate 500,000 hits!

 I have just hit 500,000 hits on this, my free coloring pages blog!

These hits are from countries all over the world! 

It feels great to know that kids and some adults are coloring my drawings.

To celebrate, I am posting an animal word puzzle that I have been saving for a special occasion.

Animal Word Picture Puzzle

Use the list below to find each named word, name, or compound word. Keep an attitude of fun for this to work. Don't take it too literally or not too literally.  It is meant to be humorous, but if it hits your funny bone, it is also humerus. 😉😉😉😉😉😉

Animal Word Picture Puzzle answers

NOTE: You can find the answer page and the picture puzzle page in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Animals." It IS made up of many quick and simple animal drawings. Scroll down to the bottom of the list of animal drawings if you are accessing this in December 2025.  I did this with my grandchildren tonight.  They loved it. They searched for the matching picture and circled it on the page.

Nativity 2025 coloring page

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Today's coloring page is the Nativity drawing for the Christmas Season 2025.

Nativity 2025

We celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in December.  He was and is our Saviour who allowed himself to suffer and be sacrificed for our sins.  So, because of him, we can repent and be forgiven. And we, too, will be able to return one day to our Heavenly Parents. We will also be resurreted and conquer death. Christmas carols tell much of the story of the importance of Jesus.  

For instance, "risen with healing in His wings,"  "born that man no more will die," and  "born to raise the sons of Earth, born to give them second birth."

Some Christmas carols are about the SECOND coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Or at least there are lines in the lyrics about the Second Coming of Jesus.  For example:

"He rules the world with truth and might... and makes the nations prove... the glory of His righteousness..." 

NOTE: To get to the printable version of this drawing or coloring page just click on the button labeled Holidays and then scroll down to the bottom or near the bottom of the Christmas section.   

Rhamphorhynchus Mates Flying coloring page and Book Review of The Dinosaurs' Night Before Christmas

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There are over 3000 drawings that I have done that you can print and color.

Today's newest drawing is of one of the Jurassic Pterosaurs.

Rhamphorynchus Mates Flying

Rhamphorhynchus was an early Genus of Pterosaurs from the Jurassic Period. It had a tail like many Jurassic Pterosaurs.  It was NOT a flying, but it did live with dinosaurs in the same ecosystem. There were several species, and they range in size from .5 meters to up to possibly 4 meters wingspan.  That is about almost 20 inches and 157 inches. That is a wingspan of 13 feet 1 inch.  It ate fish and cephalopods. It was a very successful Genus of flying reptile or Pterosaur.

Rhamphorynchus lived in the Jurassic Period from 165 to 148 million years ago. It was found in Taznaia and Europe. 17 million years is quite a long time for a Genus to be on the Earth, so that is why it was a very successful Genus of animals.  In looking at the drawing, you decide which is the male and which is the female Rhamphorynchus.

I got the idea for the striped pattern on the wings from a great kids' book and CD called The Dinosaurs' Night Before Christmas. It has a cute story and several hilarious dinosaur Christmas Carol parodies - with dinosaur themes: Hark the Pterodactyl Sing is one example. Allosaurus Chorus is another example. The author of the book is Anne Muecke, and the illustrator is Nathan Hale. A few other song parody titles in the book are: Hey Duckbills and Deck the Halls With Stegosaurus.

I colored in the stripes, but not in great detail. I recommend that you color the stripes a dark color, and the white stripes can be any color you want... or just keep them white. Pterosaurs may have been brightly colored. Some may have been more earthy tones. For your coloring page - you decide.

NOTE: This drawing in printable form is found by clicking on the "Paleontology" button and then scrolling down to the bottom of the Mesozoic Life part of the list, IF you are accessing this site in December 2025. 

The Dinosaurs' Night Before Christmas book and CD

Christmas 2025 The Lamb of God

Here you are at my free coloring pages blog. 

There are over 3000 pictures that I have drawn for you to print and color.

Today's drawing is of Baby Jesus in a stone manger.

The Lamb of God

Baby Jesus probably lay in a manger made of stone. He probably did NOT lie in a wooden manger, but that IS a possibility. A manger is a long feeding trough for larger animals. As a kid, I had to go out and clean mangers with a pitchfork. A manger full of hay could be used as a cradle. But if it were made of stone, then it would have been larger than the mangers shown in most Nativity sets, drawings, or paintings. This is a stone manger, not an altar. But there is some symbolism there. 

Jesus was and is the Lamb of God. He suffered for us to pay the eternal prince for our sins, so we can repent. This means that when we repent of our sins and strive to do better, we can be forgiven and one day return to live with our family and our Heavenly Parents. The lamb in the drawing is also symbolic. Can you see why? 

We all lived in our premortal life. Jesus was our big brother. He volunteered to be our Savior. It is actually amazing that Jesus, the Creator of the Earth, was born into mortality in a stable and was laid in a manger for his cradle. 

We celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas. It is appropriate to celebrate Him - even though He was actually born in the spring, not the winter. The sacrificial lamb was an animal that was sacrificed in the Temple by the Jews. The lamb sacrifice was to represent the sacrifice of Jesus, who was sacrificed to suffer and die for our sins.  Then He was resurrected after 3 days and opened the door for all of us to be resurrected one day. So, Merry Christmas! We celebrate our salvation that Jesus made possible. 

Finally, the bird is a dove. The dove is a symbol of peace and of the Holy Ghost. 

NOTE:  This drawing is available to print and then color. Just go to the button labeled "Holidays." Then scroll down to the bottom of the Christmas part of the list. Click on the title, and you can print your picture or coloring page. 

Abelisaur on a Flood Plain

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Today I have drawn a coloring page of an Abelisaur. 

Abelisaur on a Flood Plain

Abelisaurs are a group of Theropod predatory dinosaurs. They lived 80-70 million years ago in the Cretaceous Period. Many of them lived in what is now South America. They ranged in size, but footprints at a Bolivia fossil footprint site show that perhaps there were some REALLY big Abelisaurs. There are footprints that are over a meter long... 1.2 meters to be exact. They are probably Abelisaur footprints. That would indicate that there were Abelisaurs that were up to 40 feet long! That is about as long as Tyrannosaurus rex. 

Abelisaurs had vestigial arms that were small. Their hands had 4 fingers, but only two of the fingers had phalanges or finger bones. The fossil site in Bolivia called Torotoro has evidence of Theropods going swimming. Their claws left claw marks in the sand as the Theropod dinosaur pushed off to go swimming.  So, this drawing shows an Abelisaur about to go for a swim. By the way, as the drawing title says, Abelisaurs lived and hunted on wide open flood plains. That is interesting when you consider that the dinosaur tracks at Torotoroare located between 8000 feet and 9350 feet.

Some Abelisaurs had eye bumps or almost eye horns above each eye. I guess you could call them eye crests. Those crests were probably for sexual display and species recognition. 

Newer findings show that grass and flowering plants WERE around in the late Cretaceous. So that is why you see them here in this drawing. There is a cycad and some ginkgo trees, plus some conifers as well. 

NOTE: This drawing is available in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology." Then scroll to the bottom of the Mesozoic Life section. Have fun coloring!

2 Fairy coloring pages

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There are over 3000 of my drawings that you can print and color.

Today I am posting two new Fairy drawings.

Hanniah the Lacewing Dragon Fairy

Hanniah is a beautiful and kind Fairy. Of course, being kind is a huge part of beauty. Hanniah loves dragons - especially baby dragons. Baby dragons are also called "dragonlings."  Since dragons are not the best parents, for their offspring to survive and thrive, they rely on Dragon Fairies. Dragon Fairies take care of the egg and hatchling. The Dragon Fairy will care for the dragonling until the juvenile dragon is old enough to care for themselves. In this drawing, you can see that Hanniah has just taken possession of a dragon egg. The dragon egg is about to hatch.  She will need to care for the dragonling until it is around 6 months old. Then it will be able to care for itself. Also, part of that time, Hanniah will be bonding with the dragonling and teaching it to not eat humans... or Fairies.

Noelia the Christmas Fairy with Christmas Dove

Noelia is a Christmas Fairy. She loves decorating for Christmas. She is receiving help from a Christmas Dove. Christmas Doves are a symbol of peace. And Jesus is the Prince of Peace. The Christmas Dove is bringing a sprig of holly to help decorate the Christmas Tree. The holly will be an ornament on the tree. Notice that Noelia is wearing a wreath made of holly.  By the way, IF this is in North America, then the sprig would be of Oregon Grape because holly doesn't grow in North America.

NOTE: This pair of drawings is available to print by clicking on the correct button.  The Dragon Fairy drawing is located at the bottom of the page of "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  So you need to click on that button. The Christmas Fairy is found by clicking on the button labeled "Holidays." Then scroll down to the bottom of the Christmas section. Click on the desired title to get the printable drawing or coloring page. New drawings are located at the bottom of lists of titles. Have fun coloring!

Fantasy Sentient Beings - A Fairy, a Mermaid, and 2 Centaurs coloring pages

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Today, my latest drawings are Fantasy drawings. 

All of these are considered Fantasy or Magical sentient beings.

Southwest Cliff Fairy

Cliff Fairies are often associated with Native American culture, particularly in the Southwest of North America in the countries of the USA and Mexico.  There are still some European Fairies that have fallen in love with the Red Rock country of the Southwest. This drawing shows magnesium stains on the rocks. Magnesium stains are a dark reddish brown, or medium brown, or light brown, or even green.

Maelina, the name of this Fairy, is sitting on a high, jutting cliff wall.  She is holding her wand. She is a bit curvy. You should know that although many artists depict Fairies as being very thin, like people, not all Fairies are built like Disney's Tinkerbell. Some are much more curvy. All body types are accepted in the Fairy society. The Fairies of Light do not have body prejudices. All are welcome. 

Shark Mermaid

Sharks are an important part of the ocean ecosystem. Yet over the last 50 years, shark numbers worldwide have declined by over 70%. Shark Mermaids are striving to protect sharks from overfishing. This Mermaid is named Piastria. She has a powerful magical trident that she uses to cut fishing line, remove the hook, and heal the shark's mouth. 

Can you identify the following in this drawing from a reef?  

Black Tip Reef Shark

Lobster

Sea Anemone

Underwater Sand Worms

Clownfish (by the anemone)

Brain Coral

Two other types of Coral

Clams

Oysters with Barnacles on their Shells

Seahorses

One more species of Tropical Reef Fish

Centaur Couple with Magical Lighted Sphere of Helios 

Centaurs are sentient beings. So they are intelligent, like humans are. Of course, Fairies and Merpeople are sentient as well.  In this drawing, we see two teenage Centaurs. They have a Sphere of Helios that is glowing. Notice that the sphere is the source of light in the drawing. The Sphere of Helios has powerful magic. Centaurs nowadays are generally Beings of Light, so they would only do Light Magic, not dark magic. This couple is actually sweethearts, and love is the most powerful magic there is.

NOTE: These drawings are found in printable form by clicking on the button labeled Fantasy, Myths, and Circus. Then scroll down to the bottom of the list. If you are accessing this blog in December of 2025 then the drawings' titales will be at or near the bottom of the list. 

Istiorachus a Sail-back Iguanodon from the Isle of Wight coloring page

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There are over 3000 drawings I have done here. You can print them to color for free.

Today, the new drawing is of a newly discovered dinosaur.

Istiorachus a Sail-back Iguanodon

Istiorachus macarthurae was a dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period about 25 million years ago. It lived at what is now called the Isle of Wight. It is unique among Iguanodons because it has a sail on its back.  This herbivorous dinosaur was about 18 feet or 5 meters long. Its sail was probably for sexual display. But it may have been involved in body temperature control as well.

Iguanodons were a group of very successful herbivorous dinosaurs.  They had a thumb spike on each hand. This spike was presumably for self-defense. When the first Iguanodon was found, the thumb spike was assumed to be a nose horn. That was cleared up later.

The Pterosaur seen in the drawing is also from the Early Cretaceous. It is called Tupandactylus.  It had a large and rather flat crest that may have been used like a rudder for steering during flight.

NOTE: This drawing is found, in printable form, by clicking on the "Paleontology" button. Then scroll down to the bottom of the "Mesozoic Life" section. Click on the title to get the printable coloring page. Have fun coloring this new Iguanodon dinosaur! (And have fun coloring the Pterosaur.)

Animals eaten at the First Thanksgiving coloring pages

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is my free cooring pages blog. 

Today, I am posting some pictures I drew of the various animals that may have been served at the First Thanksgiving Feast. Yes, it includes turkey... but there were so many other forms of meat!

Wild Turkey & Passenger Pigeon

Back in 1621, in the area around Plymouth Colony, there WERE turkeys. But there were also Passenger Pigeons.  Sadly, now Passenger Pigeons are extinct... Was it the Pilgrim's fault?  Turkeys are a bird native to North America. So were Passenger Pigeons. Turkeys are found from Southern Canada to Guatemala. The largest wild turkey ever taken weighed over 37 lbs. 

Canadian Geese on a River

Canadian Geese were probably part of the first Thanksgiving Feast.  Canadian Geese, also called "Honkers," are found all over North America from Northern Canada to Northern Mexico. Waterfowl are listed as part of the first Thanksgiving Feast. 

Mallard Ducks on a Pond

Mallard Ducks are a very common duck in North America. They live from Northern Canada to Southern Mexico. The drakes have a beautiful green head that really stands out.

Whitetail Deer at an Overlook

Whitetail deer... or white-tailed deer... or white-tail deer are a common species of deer. They are found from Canada to northern South America. They were and still are the most common deer found near Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.  The Wampanoag tribe of Native Americans brought 5 deer to the first Thanksgiving feast. So venison was on the menu... most certainly more so than turkey.

Swan, Grebes, Ducks, and Coots on a Pond

Swans were eaten by Native Americans, as were ducks and probably coots. Coots are a smaller, dark-feathered waterfowl. Grebes were probably hunted by Native Americans in the past. In the USA, Grebes are protected due to some species of Grebes almost being wiped out by European Americans.  Grebe feathers are very soft and were used in hats, etc. Notice that the grebe in the drawing is a mother with her grebelet on her back. By the way, I think swans are the most beautiful of all birds, so I could never hunt them. But I will also state that hunting organizations like Ducks Unlimited have many of the best conservationists for waterfowl. Growing up by a reservoir, we even had ducks and geese for Thanksgiving dinner some years. Nowadays, I never hunt, but I do love to fish for Trout. In fact, fish were also probably part of the first Thanksgiving Feast. In fact, the feast might have even included brook trout. 

Brook Trout in a Stream

Since it is probable that fish were served at the First Thanksgiving, I drew a Brook Trout. Brook Trout are naive to the East Coast of North America and westward all the way to Minnesota. They have bright red-orange undersides. There are some species that live in the ocean and spawn in rivers. Other species are only freshwater fish. These have been introduced to Western North America. I actually love Brook Trout. They are beautiful and are also the best-tasting trout. The meat in a Brook Trout is even salmon-colored. I have caught a lot of Brook Trout in the streams of the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Shellfish eaten at Thanksgiving

We probably don't think of shellfish at Thanksgiving. But the original Thanksgiving probably included clams and oysters from the Atlantic coastal waters.

NOTE: These drawings are found in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Holidays" and then scrolling down to the Thanksgiving section. Have fun coloring these "tasty" animals. 

Four Flower Fairy coloring pages

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There are over 3000 drawings that I have done for you to print and color.

This is not coloring online. I taught kindergarten for a few years and I believe in crayons.

Today's new drawings are all Flower Fairies.

Kira the Flower Fairy 

Kira is a Flower Fairy. Her favorite flowers are Black-Eyed Susans. She is also a Polenation Fairy who obtains pollen from one flower and transfers it onto another flower of the same species. She is also a very kind Fairy. She is very beautiful, but a coloring page can not show all that beauty.  See below for more on beauty.  (Meaning in the paragraph before the NOTE.)  By the way, Kira is wearing an outfit made from small leaves and flower petals.  Many Fairies wear naturally-sourced clothing of a plant nature. 

Swallowtail Pollination Fairy

Swallowtail Fairies have butterfly-like wings that are similar to wings on a swallowtail butterfly.  A Pollination Fairy, as mentioned above, spreads pollen from flower to flower. They do this when there is a lack of sufficient pollinator animals like bees and hummingbirds. This Fairy is named Ellagenia. 

Tulip Pollination Fairy

Some Pollination Fairies specialize in one type of flower, like this one. Other Flower Pollination Fairies work with many species of flowers. Here we see a Tulip Fairy or Tulip Pollination Fairy sitting on a stump and pollinating a tulip that grew next to the stump.  This Fairy's name is appropriately Tulipia.

Floria the Ground Cover Flower Fairy

This is a type of Flower Fairy that specializes in low-to-the-ground flowers. She is named Floria, and she is sitting on a rock to pollinate the Drift Ground Cover Roses. She uses her wand to magically collect pollen from one flower and place the pollen on the next flower. Floria is a beautiful Fairy. Her outfit is made of small leaves and flower petals. 

About beauty, these Fairies are all beautiful. But they are beautiful because they are beautiful on the INside, not just the outside.  I want to say that the greatest of all of God's creations is His children. Yes, WE are God's greatest creation. And that means WE are a more important creation than planets, suns, and galaxies. I think the human body is absolutely magnificent, male/female. And God sees beauty in every one of His children. Plus, He sees into our souls and knows what true beauty is. So that includes God's other sentient beings like Fairies, Mermaids, Unicorns, Elves, Dwarfs, etc. 

NOTE: These drawings or coloring page drawings are available in printable form by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus." Then just scroll down to the bottom of the list of drawing titles. These drawings will be at or near the bottom of the list if you are accessing this in late November or December 2025. 

F-16 in Battle coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of an F-16 Fighting Falcon.

F-16 Fighting Falcon in Combat

This was a quick drawing that I did for my grandson. He added the enemy jets and the Sidewinder Missile fired from the F-16.  The details of the jet are not extensive.  I drew this from memory during church, if you can believe that. It was a quick drawing. If you want to add exhaust coming from the back of the F-16, that would make sense.  I should tell you that this is my absolute favorite fighter jet. 

The F-16 is a workhorse jet. It can be used for both air-to-air combat and air-to-ground attack. It is smaller than many other jets, and it is also less expensive.  The F-16 can fly at a speed of MACH 2 or about 1500 mph. It has a ceiling of 50,000 feet. It has a wingspan of 32 feet and a length of 49.5 feet. 

For armament, the F-16 can carry a lot of different weapons, including air-to-ground bombs or missiles and air-to-air missiles. It can carry an electronic warfare pod as well. It can carry a payload of up to 12,000 lbs. That is 5443 kg. It also has a 20 mm rotating Vulcan cannon for short-range. This is like a modern Gatling gun.

The F-16 has a maximum ferry range of 2000 miles. It has a combat range of up to 500 miles, depending on the payload. That works out to about 805 km. A heavy load of armament would lead to a combat range of more like 340 miles or 547 km. 

There are more than 4600 F-16s that have been produced since they first appeared in 1976.  Right now, there are an estimated 2400 to 2600 still in service in several different countries.  It is the most common fighter and even the most common fixed-wing military aircraft in the world at present. New ones are still being produced with many upgrades. 

NOTE: This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Vehicles and Military Vehicles." Then scroll down to the bottom of the list. New drawings are found at the bottom of the list. 

King Benjamin coloring pages

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There are over 3000 drawings or coloring pages here.

I drew all but a few that were drawn by a grandniece and grandnephew. 

Today's new drawing is of King Benjamin.

King Benjamin teaching from His Tower

King Benjamin was a great king in Ancient America. When he was getting older, he had a tower built so that he could teach his people. He first announced his successor, his son Mosiah. Then King Benjamin taught his people about Jesus and how Jesus would have us treat each other. 

King Benjamin especially talked about how we should treat the poor. We should clothe them, feed them, and give them shelter. If we say in our hearts, "They brought this on themselves, so they deserve their bad situation," then WE are under condemnation.  

Jesus also taught that same doctrine. We are supposed to care for and administer to the poor, sick, imprisoned, and the afflicted, not abandon them. 

King Benjamin had called his people together to give them a final message. They came in families with tents, and each family had their own tent so they could hear him speaking, and presumably the family could stay out of the sun. You can read about King Benjamin in The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Christ. Look in the first chapters of the book of Mosiah. 

NOTE: This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Religious." Then scroll down to the bottom of the "Restoration" section of the lists. Below is an older drawing of King Benjamin.  Here he is on a stone tower. Have fun coloring these drawings!

King Benjamin teaching His People

 

Allosaurus coloring pages

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Today's free drawings are of Allosaurus jimmadseni. 

Juvenile Allosaurus jimmadseni

Allosaurus jimmadseni was a large Theropod predator of the Jurassic Period.  Allosaurus fragilis grew up to 40 feet long, or 12 meters long, and weighed up to 4 tons.  It was one of the apex predators of the age. Allosaurus jimmadseni was a different species from the more well-known Allosaurus fragilis. Allosaurus jimmadseni lived millions of years before Allosaurus fragilis. Allosaurus jimmadseni was able to grow up to 33feet long or 10 meters long. It could weigh up to 2.5 tons or 2300 kg. 

Allosaurus jimmadseni had a crest above and in front of each eye.  It had a shorter crest on its snout as well. It most probably was the ancestor of the later Allosaurs, like Allosaurus fragilis.

Allosaurus fragilis Mother and Chick at an Overlook

In this drawing we see a mother Allosaurus fragilis with her chick at a valley overlook. Remember that an adult Allosaurus fragilis could grow to be 40 feet long. Allosaurus fragilis lived later than its smaller probable ancestor, Allosaurus jimmadseni.

NOTE: To find the printable version of these drawings, just click on the button labeled "Paleontology." Then scroll down to the bottom of the Mesozoic Life section. Click on the title and you'll get the drawing of your choice in printable form. Have fun coloring Allosaurus!

Jesus Praying at the Temple in Jerusalem coloring page

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If you are not new to my blog, welcome back!

Today, the new coloring page drawing is of Jesus.

I often draw Jesus during church on Sundays. 

Jesus praying at the Temple in Jerusalem

Notice that Jesus has on a prayer shawl in this drawing. In this drawing, I imagined Jesus at the Temple early in the morning, so no one was in sight but Him.  He liked solitude sometimes.  He used time away to commune with His Father... our Father in Heaven as well.  

You see, Jesus was the Only Begotten Son of God.  We ALL are spirit children of our Heavenly Parents. But Jesus was also the Son of God on Earth.  We were all with Jesus in our premortal life. We were there with our Heavenly Parents and everyone who has ever been, or is now on the Earth, or will be on the Earth. Of course, we were there as spirit children of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother.  

Jesus volunteered to be our Savior. He paid the eternal price for our sins so that we can repent and return to live with our Heavenly Family... and our formerly mortal family.  Everything in Heaven revolves around Family.  Things are even organized by Family.  

We have to have Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and we need to know how to repent. And of course, we all sin and we all need to repent and strive to do better. Jesus was the only person ever to live on Earth who never needed to repent. 

I should mention that I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  We have that doctrine of a premortal life where we were all there with Jesus, who was our eldest Spirit Brother... along with our Heavenly Parents and everyone else.

NOTE: This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Religious." Then scroll down to the bottom of the "New Testament" pages. Click on the title to get the printable coloring page. Have fun coloring! 

 

American Crow coloring page

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There are over 3000 free-to-print coloring pages here. 

Today I am posting a drawing I did of an American Crow.

American Crow

This crow is sitting on a branch of an elm tree. You can tell because the serrated leaves are asymmetrical. Crows are one of the most intelligent animals out there.  They have a high brain-to-body ratio. They use tools to get food and remember where they put the tools. They can recognize human faces and even remember specific humans. They are a social bird and quite successful. 

NOTE: This coloring page, in printable form, is found by clicking on the "Birds" button and scrolling down to the bottom of the list. New drawings are at the bottom of the list. 

Happy Veteran's Day 2025

 Today is Veterans' Day in the USA

So I really want to say,

Thank you to those who had the nerve

To defend our country and serve

The drawing below is not a new drawing. It is a drawing of my father, who was a B-24 pilot in World War II. He enlisted the day after Pearl Harbor was bombed.  His two best friends enlisted with him. HE returned to marry, attend Medical School, and have a bunch of kids, including me. His two friends did not survive their time in the Army Air Corps. 

Dad never talked much about the war.  He used to say that while on his bombing missions, he felt like he should be teaching those kids down there the Gospel of Jesus Christ instead of having to bomb them. His missions were against transportation, like bridges and railroads. Yet he served his country and did what he had to do to eradicate violent and aggressive fascism in Europe. Sadly, it appears to me that fascism is trying to raise its ugly head here in the USA. That is so sad and so ironic. 

Lt. Lyman and B-24

NOTE: This drawing in printable form is found in the "People and Portraits section, so click on that button and look for this title.  I'm sorry I did not post this earlier. 

Talos sampsoni a New Raptor from Utah coloring page

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I have drawn and posted over 3000 pictures for you to print and color.

Today's new drawing is of a newly discovered raptor dinosaur

named Talos samsoni. 

Talos sampsoni 

Talos samsoni was a raptor dinosaur that lived in what is now Southern Utah. It was around 6 f 1/2eet long or bout meters long. It weighed about 84 lbs or a mass of 38 kg. It had killer sickle claws - one on each foot. It had feathers and probably was a pack hunter. It lived 78 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous. By the way, this dinosaur was around a yard or just under a meter high.  

I got to meet the Paleontologist who named Talos.  She is Dr. Lindsay Zanno. She is a professor at North Carolina State University and Head of Paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science.  She is an expert in Theropod dinosaurs.  In fact, if you read my last post, she was on the team of Paleontologists who identified Nanotyrannus as a true separate species from T. rex.  Dr. Zanno got her master's and her PhD from the University of Utah. I expect that is where she was taught by Dr. Scott Sampson.  So that is why Talos has the species name of samsoni. Dr. Sampson was also involved in the discovery of Talos samsoni.

The Pterosaur is similar to a Cryodrakon. An ulna or arm bone (wing bone) of a fairly large Pterosaur has been found in the same part of Southern Utah.  This flying reptile or Pterosaur was NOT a dinosaur.  But it/they lived with the dinosaurs - or at least they lived at the same time. A Cryodrakon had a wingspan of 16 feet or 5 meters. However, there is new evidence that the original fossils were of subadults.  It may be that Cryodrakon was as big as Quetzalcoatlus, with a wingspan of 33 feet or 10 meters.  In any case, there WAS a large Pterosaur living in what is now the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument - where Talos was found. 

NOTE: This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology." Then scroll down to the bottom of the "Mesozoic Life" section of the drop-down menu. Have fun coloring this relatively newly discovered raptor dinosaur!

Nanotyrannus coloring pages

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Nanotyrannus without Feathers

THIS dinosaur has been the source of much debate. The key issue is: Was this Theropod dinosaur a separate species of Tyrannosaur, or was it a juvenile T. rex?  Recently, evaluations have supported the idea that Nanotyrannus is a separate species of dinosaur.  It has some unique traits that would not have changed to be like a T. rex. 

Nanotyrannus with Feathers

Nanotyrranus was a smaller Tyrannosaur about 18-20 feet long or around 5 meters long. It weighed about 1500 lbs. or a mass of 680 kg.  It was around only 1/10 the weight of a full-grown adult T. rex. It has been discovered that it lived at the same time as Tyrannosaurus rex. Nanotyrannus was smaller and much faster. It had teeth made for slicing, not breaking bones. That is one of several differences that show that Nanotyrannus was a separate contemporary species of Tyrannosar, but NOT a T. rex.  

There is a possibility that Nanotyrannus had feathers, since its Tyrannosaur cousin Yutyrannus had feathers. But maybe Nanotyrannus only had feathers as a juvenile, in order to keep warm. But it lost its feathers when it fully matured.  So far, we do not know conclusively. 

I have a challenge for you:  What differences do you see in the second drawing?  It is similar, but many things have been added to the drawing.  Obviously, the second drawing has a feathered dinosaur.  What else is different or added?

NOTE:  To find the printable versions of these two drawings, just click on the "Paleontology" button. Then scroll down to the bottom of the "Mesozoic Life" section.  Have fun coloring!

Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz coloring page

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Today, I am posting a drawing I did of a neighbor girl who was dressed as Dorothy for Halloween.

Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz

I think it is worth mentioning that Dorothy is a strong female character. She is incredibly brave and open to new experiences. She is also friendly and kind to outcasts. Think about it, the Cowardly Lion, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman... all are treated kindly by her.  AND they are encouraged to follow their dreams... by Dorothy.  Dorothy is also a family-loving girl who cares about her aunt and uncle. 

Dorothy and her dog Toto is the point of focus for this drawing.  The background of farms, the Emerald City, and the Yellow-Brick Road are there for the setting, but done in far less detail. 

NOTE: This drawing can be found in printable form by clicking on the button labeled Fantasy, Myths, and Circus. Then scroll down to the bottom of the list.  Have fun coloring, Dorothy!

Halloween 2025 coloring pages

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Here you will find over 3000 pictures I have drawn.

You can print these coloring pages for free. 

Today we have some Halloween drawings... starting with a Winsome Witch.

Wisteria the Winsome Witch

Did you know that "winsome" can mean a person who is attractive in an open, friendly way? That describes Wisteria.  She is friendly and kind.  She is clearly a "good witch," not a "wicked witch."

Finley the Friendly Vampire

Believe it or not, some vampires are not evil.  They DO need to consume blood, but many vampires get by on animal blood and leave mortals alone.  Meaning they never attack a mortal and bite their neck and suck their blood.  

Wandering Werewolf

I strive to keep my posts positive, usually.  Sorry, I don't have anything nice to say about most legendary werewolves. I guess there are SOME innocents who have been bitten, and they sometimes have friends who care for them and prevent them from biting or killing people.  One example is Lupin in the Harry Potter books. His friends are animagis who can turn into animals to help him. 

Halloween Liv the Lovely Witch

Liv is a good witch, obviously. She works tirelessly to help mortals know that not all witches are evil.  Here we see her near a haunted house.  Can you spot the two ghosts?  Can you see the other witch? Do you see Liv's familiar - a young black cat?  And do you see the bat? 

NOTE: These drawings are found in printable form by clicking on the "Holidays" button and going to the bottom of the "Halloween" section.  There are many other printable Halloween drawings available as well. Have fun and Happy Halloween!!!

Brother of Jared sees the Lord coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of the Brother of Jared and the Lord.

Brother of Jared sees the Lord

The Jaradites traveled a great distance to get to the ocean.  They were told by the Lord to construct barges. But the barges were sealed up tight, so their prophet, Mohonrimoriancamur, AKA The Brother of Jared, told the Lord of the lack of light problem.  

The Lord said to him, basically, "So what are you going to do about it?"

So the Brother of Jared melted small stones from some type of rock and climbed up a mountain and said, "Lord, if you'll touch each stone with your finger so it will glow, then we'll have light for our barges."

The Lord (the premortal Jesus Christ AKA Jehovah), must have liked the idea because He had been talking to Mohonri from a cloud.  Now he reached His finger out and the Lord touched each stone.

Mohonrimoriancamur was really surprised.  He told the Lord that he did not know that the Lord had flesh and blood.  

Jesus appeared completely to him and told the Brother of Jared that He, Jesus, would one day in the future take upon Himself a body of flesh and blood. 

I like how Jesus didn't just solve the prophet's problem.  He let the prophet figure it out and come up with an idea.  By the way, the glowing stones were placed at each end of the inside of each barge to give light to the people we now call the Jaradites.  

Read all about this in the Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Christ. In retrospect, I could have drawn the ocean and the 8 peaked at both ends barges in the distance. I guess you'll have to imagine that the ocean is over to the right, I suppose.

NOTE: This drawing in printable form is found by clicking on the button labeled "Religious." Then scroll down to the bottom of the last part of the list called: "Restoration or Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saint topics... including Book of Mormon drawings.