Jessia the Mushroom Dragon Fairy

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.  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

 Welcome or welcome back to my free coloring pages blog!

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

Welcome to my free coloring pages blog. 

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!