Semi-feathered T. rex and Chick coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of a semi-feathered T. rex and her chick. 

 Semi-feathered T. rex and Chick

This drawing is of a mother T. rex.  She is hunting or teaching hunting skills to her chick.  A few years ago at a dinosaur symposium at the University of Utah, a paleontologist told me that sooner or later we will see evidence that Tyrannosaurus rex was a feathered Theropod. Lately, the media portrayals of T. rex are starting to show at least some feathers or protofethers.  This drawing is like one of those.  

Large animals in warm climates have trouble getting rid of heat so maybe T. rex was more feathered as a juvenile and less feathered as an adult.  Or, maybe both juvenile and adult had just a few protofeathers... like depicted in this drawing.  

T. rex size has been debated but some estimates put it at 44 feet long and weighing up to 9 tons or 18,000 lbs.  "Teen-aged" T. rexes were more lightly built and may have chased prey into ambushes where the full-sized adults killed the prey.  Adult Tyrannosaurs had a tremendous bite force in their bite and may have been able to shatter neck bones with one good bite.

The late Cretaceous Period of the Mesozoic Era saw and uptick in volcanic activity.  In some places several species of dinosaurs had already gone extinct before the Meteorite hit.  So that is why I drew the erupting volcano.  One final point, the Pterosaurs in the drawing are Pteranodon, a common Pterosaur from the late Cretaceous.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology" and scrolling down to the bottom of the Mesozoic Life section.  If you are accessing this around October 2024 then the title for this drawing will be at or near the bottom of the Mesozoic section of the Paleontology list.  Just click on the title and you will get your printable coloring page.   Have fun coloring!

Jesus' First Fishing Miracle coloring page

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Here you will find over 3000 drawing that I have done 

and they all can be printed for kids or adults to color.

Today's new drawing, done at church today, is of:

Jesus telling Peter and Andrew where to find fish.

Jesus' First Fishing Miracle

Jesus performed at least two fishing miracles... at least we know of two fishing miracles.  Both involved Peter and his brother Andrew.  The first time Jesus asked Peter to push his boat shallowly just offshore so He, Jesus, could teach the people from the boat.  The next time Peter and Andrew were out fishing after Jesus' resurrection.  In both cases Jesus told them where to toss the net for a massive catch. In both cases the brothers were on the Sea of Galilee or Sea of Tiberius if you were Roman.  The lake was also called the Lake of Gennesaret.  Genneseret was also the name for the western shore area of the inland sea or lake. 

Did you notice the birds in this drawing?  They are all native birds to the Sea of Galilee area.  The dove near Jesus is a Turtle Dove.  The gull on the right is a Baltic Gull.  There is a Black-headed Gull to the right of the closer boat.  The smaller gull in the distance near the further boat is also a Black-headed Gull.  The gull in the foreground is a Herring Gull.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the Religious button and scrolling down to the bottom of the New Testament list.  This will work if you are accessing this page on or around October 2024.   Since there are specific bird species on this drawing it is also found in printable form by clicking on the Birds button.  Have fun coloring. 

Glyptodon the Giant Armadillo coloring page

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There are over 3000 drawings (that I have drawn) 

that you can print to color... or for kids to color.

Today's newest drawing is of 

Glyptodon - the giant armadillo. 

Glyptodon Mother and Pup

Glyptodon is indeed or WAS indeed a type of giant armadillo.  It went extinct 7000 years ago.  But the amazing thing is that Glyptodons first evolved in South America around 30 million years ago.  That makes it one of the most successful genera of large animals.  Their protective shell was a big contributor to the long-term survival of the genus.  They most certainly needed protection from saber-toothed cans and terror birds.  

Glyptodons could reach almost 5 feet in height... or 1.5 meters tall.  They could be up to 11 feet or 3.3 meters long.  That is huge.  They could weigh up to two tons.  There were five species of Glyptodon in both North and South America.  These large mammals were herbivores that fed on low-lying plants like grass and ferns. 

NOTE:  This drawing is found in printable form by clicking on the button labeled Paleontology.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the Cenozoic Life section to see this drawing.  Have fun coloring this unusual animal.  

Oakleigh the Oak Fairy coloring page

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Today's new drawing... and I did all 3000+ drawings, is of 

an Oak Fairy named Oakleigh.

Tree Fairies - Oakleigh the Oak Fairy

This is another drawing in my series of Tree Fairies.  

Oakleigh is a Tree Fairy.  Obviously, she is an Oak Tree Fairy.  Oak Tree Fairies harvest the acorns.  Fairies, like squirrels, store acorns for winter food.  Of course, a Fairy is far smaller than a squirrel or chipmunk.  Fairies have advanced hidden villages under trees so of course Oakleigh's village is under an oak tree.  

Fairies have advanced technology that is integrated with Fairy Magic.  Oakleigh is wearing a Fairy Flying Belt that she can use to fly great distances at speed.  Without the flying belt, she can still fly, of course.  But without the flying belt, she can not fly long distances at great speed,. 

Oakleigh is a very kind Fairy.  She is known to seek out the elderly in mortal villages and cheer them up.  She often does this by secretly helping them.  Although a few mortals HAVE seen her in her Fairy Form, she usually transforms into her mortal form to help mortal seniors.  

You might notice that Oakleigh wears clothing made of leaves but oak leaves are such an unusual shape that she has a smock and leggings made of woven ash leaves. By the way, the name "Oakleigh" means "meadow of oak trees" or "oak clearing."   

About Oakleigh's wings.  They are very similar to the wings of a type of butterfly that loves to hang around oak trees.  This type of butterfly is called a hairstreak butterfly.  There are several species of hairstreak butterfly and one of those is seen flying in this drawing.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus," and then scrolling down to the bottom of the list of drawings.  IF you are accessing this on or around October 2024 then this title will be at or near the bottom of the list.  By the way, I reworked this drawing since it was first posted so I also reworked the text.  I added the butterfly and redrew the face of the Fairy.  

Plesiosaurus Mommy with Calf coloring pages

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There are over 3000 drawings that I have drawn that you can print to color.

Today's new drawings are of Plesiosaur Mommies. 

Spotted Plesiosaur Mommy with Male Calf

Striped Plesiosaur Mommy with Female Calf

Plesiosaurs had live birth and fossil evidence also indicates that they were probably social creatures and like whales, cared for their young.  These are two sub-species that I imagined.  One is spotted and one is striped.  They are both swimming over a coral reef.  Plesiosaurs include many species but this one is specifically Plesiosaurus. Plesiosaurus grew to up to almost 12 feet or about 4 meters long.   It most likely ate fish and swimming invertebrates if the invertebrates were not shelled.  The shelled invertebrates like ammonites were preyed upon by marine reptiles with stronger jaws... like the Ichthyosaur you see jumping out of the sea... in the distance. 

NOTE:  To get to the printable coloring page just click on the button labeled Palentology.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the Mesozoic Life section of drawings.  IF you are accessing this in October 2024 then you will find this drawing at or near the bottom of that section. 

Council in Heaven coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of the Council in Heaven.

Council in Heaven

This is a drawing depicting part of the great Council in Heaven.  This took place probably 4.6 billion years ago.  I say that because the Earth is 4.6 billion years old.  Our Heavenly Parents had created our spirits.  They wanted us to be able to get physical bodies like they had.  In this drawing, you see Heavenly Father with his wife Heavenly Mother.  Jesus is the other person in the drawing.  He has just volunteered and been chosen to be the Christ or Savior.  Jesus was the first to volunteer. He was still a Spirit at this point in His existence.  We all had been intelligences and our Heavenly Parents created our Spirit bodies.  The next step was for us to get our mortal bodies. 

Jesus was and is our older Spirit Brother.  In the Great Council in Heaven, He agreed to suffer and pay the eternal price for our sins.  This means that we can repent of our sins and return, one day, to live as glorified resurrected beings with our spouse, family, and of course our Heavenly Parents. 

By the way, Lucifer or Satan wanted to be chosen instead.  Lucifer volunteered second to be the Savior. But he wanted to take away the agency of Man... in other words, Lucifer wanted to MAKE us all be good.  That would have meant that life wouldn't have been a test. That is NOT our Heavenly Parents' plan.  So Lucifer and his plan were rejected.  He was so angry that he led one-third of the Spirits in Heaven to follow him in his rebellion.  Therefore Lucifer was cast out down to Earth.  He and his billions of followers did not go through the veil of forgetfulness.  On Earth Lucifer became Satan or the Devil and his minions are demons or devils as well.  

At birth, we mortals all go through the veil of forgetfulness so we can't remember our pre-mortal life.  That is what this time before our life on Earth was called, our pre-mortal life.  Some people call it our pre-existence.  But that is not the best name for it, because we existed as Intelligences before we had a Spirit body.  

I'll admit that I have never seen a drawing or painting of our Heavenly Mother.  But our doctrine in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints says that she is indeed as real as Heavenly Father.  Now this is conjecture on my part, but I have wondered if when we say "Heavenly Father" as 1/3 of the Godhead that "Heavenly Father" is actually both of our Heavenly Parents.  After all, in marriage, we are to be one.  We say that the Godhead consists of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.  

We have a saying, "As Man is, God once was.  As God is, Man may become."  

By the way, many billions of our Heavenly Parents' Sprit Children were there in the Great Council in Heaven.  But I imagined that our Heavenly Parents and Jesus (then called Jehovah) are seen in this drawing elevated on like a cloud a cloud or podium cloud for all the Spirit Children to see when Heavenly Father (Elohim) said, "I will choose the first."

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the Religious button and scrolling down to the bottom of the Restoration or Latter-Day Saints section.  IF you access this in October of 2024 then this drawing's title will be there at or near the bottom of the list of drawings.  Click on the title to get the free coloring page.  

Mini-Dragon Fairy with Mother Mini-Dragon coloring page

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There are a LOT of drawings that you can print to color or print for a kid to color.

Today's newest drawing is of a Dragon Fairy.  A Mini-Dragon Fairy.

Min-Dragon Fairy

This is not a Mini-Fairy.  She IS small, around five inches tall.  She is actually a Fairy that is particularly friendly with Mini-Dragons.  Here she has been caring for a Mother Dragon's egg... while the mother was out hunting rodents.  Mini-Dragons vary in size from a few inches to three feet long.  

Mini-Dragons are important to many ecosystems because they feed on rodents.  Of course, Mini-Dragons have Dragon Magic so you can almost never see them.  That is, if you are a mortal you will rarely or never see any kind of dragon.  But know that without the many many Mini-Dragons, the Earth would quite likely be overrun by rodents.  

NOTE:  This drawing is found in printable form by clicking on the button labeled Fantasy, Myths, and Circus.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list. This will work if you access this page around October 2024. If you are accessing it later then this drawing will be further up the list of drawings,