Achelousaurus

Achelousaurus

Achelousaurus was a smaller species of Ceratoposian.  It lived in the Creatceous Period in  Montan, USA, in North America.  The fossil was found on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation by a team led by the Hadrosaur or Duckbill dinosaur expert John Horner of the Museum of the Rockies.  The fossil was initially thought to be a type of Styracosaurus.  Eventually it was named as a new species by Scott Sampson. . . the Paleontologist who is "Dr. Scott" in the TV Show Dinosaur Train.  

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Achelousaurus was about 6 meters or 20 feet long.  It weighed over 3 tons.  It is considered to be nearly as robust as the 30 feet long Triceratops.  It had 2 long horns on its frill but only bumpy protrusions on its snout.  I suppose that the frill horns would have made it difficult for a Tyrannosaur to reach over and bite its neck.  

Fairies

Fairy kneeling by a River

(This is a new drawing so located on the bottom of the correct lists.
Also, the older drawings below are further up the lists.
These drawings are found in printable form by clicking on
the buttons up top labeled Fantasy Myths and Circus  or  All Printables.)

Fairies are an amazing subspecies of humans or mortals. . . as they call us.  They have a lot of powerful magic, but in reality that magic is just advanced technology that we mortals do not yet have.  If you think about it, to a primitive culture our technology (like a computer, a cell phone, or a TV etc.) ...would look like magic.  The above fairy is obviously the size of a human or mortal.  The fairy technology allows them to do grow to our size when there is a need.  This increase in size magnifies their "magic" or technology. . . if you will.  This above fairy has a swallowtail butterfly style of wings.  The fairies are classified as follows:  Homo sapiens fata.  

Not all fairies are like the one just below.  Yes, there are some what has been called Type A body fairies.  They are quite thinly built.  But the above fairy is clearly more curvy.  In the Fairy culture they accept and celebrate the beauty of all body types.  Let this be a lesson to you.  Maybe some mortal cultures could take a clue from the fairies.  Beauty comes in many forms.  In fact, there are fairies in many different mortal countries and on every continent.  

Fairy with a Praying Mantis

(This is another new drawing.  The rest of the drawings on this post are from previous posts.)

Fairies have the ability to communicate with animals in a way far beyond what we mortals can do.  In fact, fairies are capable of sensing good auras in animals and people.  The above fairy is talking with a praying mantis.  Did you know that they LOOK like they are praying so the correct spelling for the above insect really is PRAYING mantis.  NOT preying mantis. . . . even though these insects prey on other insects. 

Some of the older fairy drawings are below.  There are some done stylized and others drawn more realistically.  

Fairy among the Roses

Fairy holding crystal ball while riding a Unicorn

Fairy named Celeste

Fairy flying with a Robin

River Fairy kneeling

River Fairy swimming

Fairy child with Aunt

Fairy of Flowers

Fairy with Squirrel

Fairy with wasp and flowers

Auburn Fairy

Avery the Flower Fairy

Alishia and Kameron Forest Fairies

Erikr and Michaela soon to be wed Fairies

Maltapoo Georgie II

Georgie II

Georgie II Photo on our bed.  
The Quilt was made by our daughter.  

This is our new doggy.  He has the same name as a Bichon Frise that we owed 11 years ago.  So this dog is named Georgie II.  George Cross or Georgie was his original name from his human foster mom via a rescue group called Rescue Rover.  Georgie II is maybe a Maltapoo.  Maltapoo doggies are half Maltese and half Poodle.  There is actually a theory that the Bichon Frise breed originated in France with crossing a Poodle and a Maltese.   We actually don't know the breed of Georgie II for certain.

The drawing was done from the below photograph.  I obviously changed some things.  The doggy coat is red and green in the photo.  He has a doggy diaper  because he is a senior dog and has had problems with wettting inside. . . but we have not seen that happen much.  He whines when he needs to go out.  I also decided to draw him outside under a very small tree and lying in the grass.  In reality, our grass is partly covered in snow right now.  We live in northern Utah, USA.  So it is winter here right now.

The top drawing is a new drawing so it will be found in printable form by clicking the top button labeled Animals.  New drawings are always at the bottom of the correct list.  By the way, all drawings in printable form are found under the All Printables  button up top. 

Ellie Dog

This is a Maltese we had a few years ago.  She was named Ellie.  I guess we are into small white doggies.  Ellie was also a rescue dog and a senior dog.  The two Ellie Dog drawings are older drawings.  They will be further up in the list of Animals on the Animals button up top.  

Ellie Dog 

Swans

Swan and Cygnet

(This is the only new drawing today.  

It is found in printable form at the bottom of the list 

by clicking on the Animals or All Printables buttons up top.
NEW drawings are at the bottom of the lists.)

Swans are beautiful animals.  They are large water fowl with a graceful glide when in the water.  There are 3 species, not including a black swan species.  So I guess there are 4 species.  Some species are about 1.5 meters long.  That is about 5 feet long.  Their wing span can be up to 3.1 meters or 10 feet.  They can weigh up to 15 kg or 33 lbs.  They are some of the biggest flying birds in the world.   Black swans are found in Australia.  Some flocks of black swans have been brought to the USA and escaped.  So we once saw a flock of black swans near the mouth of the Columbia River.  I have seen a white swan take off from the water at a bird refuge in Northern Utah.  Personally, I think that there are few things more beautiful than a swan swimming or gliding through the water with its beautiful arched neck.  I also love the story of the Ugly Duckling.  Baby swans are called cygnets and cygnets look kind of awkward compared to a mature swan.  

I drew this top drawing the other day when I was in pain.  The thought of swans helps me deal with the pain I deal with much of the time.  In fact, I guess a pond or lake or river with swimming swans are my happy place.  I will need that happy place tomorrow.  I am having another trachea surgery to replace my tracheal stent.  So, if you are a person of faith I would ask for your prayers.  My name is Robin Lyman.  I am a retired Science teacher who is on disability due to heart failure and tracheal malacia.  I am the artist that drew all of the drawings on this blog.  My wife and I would love to be together for a few more years in mortality, although we also believe in eternal marriage.  This procedure also involves lasering out some scar tissue from my trachea.  That is kind of scary.  Still, I has a blessing a few days ago so I am hopeful that all will go well.  I HAVE had this procedure before.  I am very grateful for the blessings I have received over the years.  In fact, the doctors told me 14 years ago that I was not going to make it.  But then the Holy Ghost spoke to my soul and told me that it was OK to go. . . to die. . . but if I wanted to stay He would help me, but it would not be easy.   I had a 14 year old son who I felt needed me so I chose to stay.  Of course I also stayed for my young adult daughters and my lovely wife.  Again, that was 14 or so years ago, in Boston, when a surgical mesh surgery had gone very bad.  Myself and one other patient named Robin as well had a bad reaction to the tracheal mesh.  40 patients did well with the mesh procedure.  In any case, I think the Lord grew epithelial tissue into the gaping hole in my trachea and I got to keep on living.  The doctors did not think that was possible.  But with God anything is possible.  

Swan realistic

(This drawing was done from a photo so it is more accurate.)

This is not a printable drawing.  It was done for a neighbor girl and she colored it.  

Swan with Cygnet

Swan

Drawing with my Granddaughter

Drawing with my Granddaughter

My granddaughter was visiting today and she and I were drawing together.   I got the idea to draw her as she was drawing.  I was sitting on the couch.  She looked at the picture of
her and told me that I had to draw myself as well.  She insistes and who can resist a determined 3 year old.   This was a rather quick drawing and I used a fine point marker.  Usually I draw people with pencil first.  So the drawing is not perfect. but it will do.  The box in front is an ottoman that doubles as a toy box.  I actually took a selfie side view of myself as I sat on the couch.  I had previously gotten a box of crayons for my granddaughter but she wanted to draw with a pencil.  

She'll probably be a far better artist than me one day.   

By the way, I don't have that big of a double chin, but you can't erase with marker.  I also took off a few pounds when I drew myself.  I guess I'm vain.  

David vs Goliath

David vs Goliath

(New Drawing)

Most people know the story of David and Goliath.  The Philistines had invaded Israel and David's brothers were part of the Israelite army.  According to the custom of the day a champion from each army could meet and the winner of the fight would determine the winner of the battle.  David was only a shepherd but he was no wimp.  David had killed both a lion and a bear to defend his flock.  David was also full of faith and told Goliath that the Lord would protect David in the fight.  Goliath laughed when he saw David and made fun of him.  David swung his sling over his head or at his side and let go of one string and the smooth stone struck Goliath in the forehead.  He may have been already dead from the stone.  .  .  but David made sure.  He pulled out or picked up Goliath's sword and chopped off Goliath's head with it.  David went on to be a great warrior and the King of Israel.  .  

The new drawing in printable form is found by clicking on the Religion button and the All Printables button.  The new drawings are always on the bottom of the correct list.  This list includes Old and New Testament so look for the drawing at the Old Testament section. . . at the bottom of the Old Testament list.  I am also adding some drawings of David and Goliath from previous posts.  

David and Goliath before the Fight

David and Goliath

Goliath with Philistine Helmet

T. rex Predator or Scavenger

T. rex Predator or Scavenger

(New drawing so it will be at the bottom of the correct list found by clicking on the right buttons.)

The above is a drawing of T. rex or Tyrannosaurus rex as a scavenger.  In his book from a few years ago called The Complete T. rex Jack Horner, the famous paleontologist who is the curator of the Museum of the Rockies... says that he thinks the data shows that T. rex was a scavenger.  This is because T. rex had a huge area in its larger skull dedicated to the sense of smell.  It would have been like a blood hound on steroids.  It could identify everyone in a crowded room just by its sense of smell.   So it could have smelled carrion (dead animal carcass) from miles away.  So THIS drawing of T. rex should be drawn with a red head like a vulture.  Horner also points out that T. rex was very heavily built and probably too slow to chase down prey species.  

I heard Jack Horner speak at a National Science Teachers Convention where he advocated this idea of T. rex as a predator.  He actually pointed out that in science what counts is not what is popular but what counts is:  DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA DATA...  (he said it 17 times as he pounded the pulpit.)

Now, a brief note:  There are other paleontologists who think that T. rex would have been like many modern large predators and would have been BOTH a predator and a scavenger.  In fact it is interesting to note that I heard that Jack Horner changed his mind.  The discovery of a half grown and rather lightly built juvenile T. rex led to the hypothesis that T. rex juveniles were the chasers of prey and the heavily built adults would lie in ambush and wait for the prey species like duckbill dinos be driven to them by the younger and faster T. rex juveniles.    The  discovery of the more lightly built and presumably faster T. rex juveniles was in fact more DATA!   So maybe T. rex WAS both a scavenger AND a predator.  

T. rex colored as a Scavenger

(Notice that the head is colored red, like the head of a vulture.

I did not color it very carefully but I do think you can get the idea..

The ground is near an active volcano so it is a dark brownish or dark grey.)

I should also note that these animals, a T. rex and a Pteranodon were drawn from the Wild Safari toy dinosaurs that are so well made they are more like small museum quality replicas.   I own many of these types of animal toys.  I used them in my Paleontology Club when I taught Science.   I now use them when our grand-kids come over.  And we use them to both play and teach.  These toys are practically indestructible.  

Pteranodon from Wild Safari Ltd.

T. rex from Wild Safari Ltd.  

Tyrannosaurus vs Triceratops

(This would be T. rex as a predator.)

Daspleteosurus on the Prowl

Note:  This dino was probably an ancestor to T. rex 

and it is drawn more lightly built and certainly 

would have been faster than an adult . . like a juvenile T. rex.  

Notice the well muscled legs and smaller lighter body.