F-16V Fighting Falcon coloring page

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I drew almost all these pictures except for a few drawn by a grandniece and a grandnephew.  

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

70/72 

F-16V Fighting Falcon

This drawing is of the Block 70/72 Fighting Falcon.  

Although F-16 fighter-bombers are also called Viper by the pilots.  

I mistakenly published a few years ago that the F-16 was being retired and replaced by the F-35.  Although that may eventually happen... the F-16 fighters of the US Air Force are being upgraded with better radar and new structure.  The radar is on par with what the F-35 fighters have.  The new structure improvements will give the F-16 fighters longer flying life.  

The F-16V is what I drew above.  It has conformal fuel tanks. Conformal fuel tanks conform to the fuselage and give the aircraft more fuel capacity and therefore more range.  Those tanks can be added or removed with relative ease.  

The USA is selling some of these F-16V fighters that are brand new, off the assembly line.   The US Air Force is upgrading over 600 of its F-16 fleet to the F-16V configuration.  I should add that the new version or upgrade includes a digital screen in the cockpit and other improvements.  You could call the F-16 V Viper a 4.5-generation aircraft now.  

The original manufacturer of the F-16 was General Dynamics.  It is now built by Lockheed-Martin.  This is due to mergers and acquisitions. Just a few specs on the F-16:  Top speed is Mach 2.  That is about 1500 mph or 2414 kph.  Payload capacity is up to 15,200 lbs of various weapons.  The F-16 has a wingspan of 32 feet 8 inches or 9.8 meters.  It is 49 feet 5 inches or 14.8 meters long. 

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 of vehicle drawings to this title.  Click on the title and you will have your printable coloring page. 

Life Cycle of Frog and Frog coloring page

 HAPPY LEAP DAY EVERYONE!!!

This is my free coloring pages blog. 

But I also have some worksheets from my 27 years of teaching 

Bilingual/ESL Elementary School and Junior High Science. 

The first image (in honor of Leapday) is a realistic drawing of a frog on a lilypad.  

The lilypad is floating on a pond.

The rest of today's posts are an activity on the life cycle of a frog.  

Frog on a Lilypad in a Pond

Frogs are amphibians or members of Class: Amphibia.  They go through metamorphosis.   Amphibians are remarkable creatures.  They appear to have been the first vertebrates to live both on land and water.  They have slimy skin that is actually leaky.  For this reason, they have to stay wet or near water.  Tree frogs of the rainforest get wet from the daily rains.  

On the farm where I grew up, there was a reservoir full of bullfrogs.  When they went wandering too far from the reservoir they would dry up and die.  As a child, I would find them dried up and dead 100 yards from getting back to the water of the reservoir.  

I drew this drawing today and I am posting it today because it is Leapday!  Our 365-day calendar is not quite right,  There are actually 365.25 days in a year.  The leap year day takes care of that discrepancy.  If 

 Below is an activity for kids on the life cycle of a frog... AKA how they go through metamorphosis.    We did this and another activity with our grandchildren to celebrate Leap Day 2024!

NOTE: The frog drawing is available to print.  Just click on the "Animals" button and scroll down to the bottom of the list of animal drawings.  Have fun coloring!  I will say again that the "Life Cycle of a Frog" is below. 

Life Cycle of Frog - Instructions

You cut out the items on the dotted line and glue the small pictures of the frog metamorphosis stages on the circle.  Then use a brad to hook the top page, the major sector of a circle on top of the circle.  You can then rotate the major sector of a circle and the circular wedge area will reveal each stage of metamorphosis in turn.  

Circle to Cut Out

Major Sector of a Circle

Mini Life Cycle of Frog Pictures

NOTE:  These pictures, in printable form, are found in two places. The Frog coloring page is found by clicking on the button labeled "Animals."  Then scroll to the bottom of the list of drawings.  The "Life Cycle of Frog" pages are under the "Science Readings and Worksheets and Phonics" button.  Once you hit that button you will see a list of "Paleontology and Biology Readings and Worksheets."  Scroll to the bottom of that list.  Stop before you get to the Phonics list.  Below is an example of a completed activity.

Life Cycle of Frog completed activity

Alexineive the Winter Fairy at Night coloring page

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I have drawn hundreds of coloring page pictures for you to print and color. 

Today's new drawing is of a Winter Fairy. 

She is seen at night. 

Lexinieve the Winter Fairy at Night

Lexinieve is a Winter Fairy.  The cold does not bother her.  In fact, she is fine in the cold.  She loves the snow.  But, of course, Fairies are actually a type of mini-human.  So Lexinieve is still warm-blooded. That is why she is wearing a sweater dress and warm leggings.  Lexinieve is seen here in mortal size.  She is a beautiful and kind Fairy.  She is out searching for animals that are in distress in the cold winter temperatures.  

In this drawing, we see Lexinieve out on a cold winter night.  She has just landed and her magic has melted the snow in a small circular area.  She will use her wand to summon any animals that are in distress because of the bitter cold.  She then warms them up with a warming charm.  Winter Fairies are known for doing this.  They will summon and warm animals on both cold winter days and cold winter nights.  

All Fairies can transform to mortal size.  Lexinieve did so in order to make herself more visible to the animals.  She is one of those Faires that live a mortal life much of the time.  But she still regularly visits the local Fairy village.  To enter the hidden village she has to return to her natural Fairy height of about 5 inches or 12.7 cm tall.  

By the way, if you know Spanish you know what Lexinieve means. 

NOTE;  This coloring page drawing is found in printable size by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list and click on the title.  Have fun coloring!

Jesus outside Jerusalem near the Temple coloring page

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There are over 2800 coloring pages that I have drawn here.  

OK, a handful were drawn by two grandnieces and one grandnephew.

The great majority were done by me.  

Today's new drawing is of Jesus outside of Jerusalem. 

He is near the Temple.  The Temple of Jerusalem WAS near an outside wall. 

Jesus outside Jerusalem near the Temple

There are many drawings of Jesus on this site.  I thought of this one because it shows Jesus outside the walls of Jerusalem but still near the Temple.  This drawing represents Him before his death and resurrection.  He was known to have taken walks that appeared to have been contemplative.  

Jesus was the Son of God.  Heavenly Father is the Father of all of our spirits.  But he was the Father of Jesus' spirit AND the Father of Jesus' mortal body as well. Because He was sired by our Heavenly Father He, Jesus, could suffer to pay the eternal price for our sins.  Because He paid the price for our sins in Gethsemane and on the cross, we can all repent of our sins... and be forgiven.  And if we do our best He will save us on the last day.  Plus we all will be resurrected because Jesus was resurrected.  

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

Emmia the Lotus Fairy coloring page

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Today's new drawing for you to print and color is 

Emmiah, who is a Lotus Fairy.

Emmiah the Lotus Fairy

Emmalia is a Lotus Fairy.  There are also Fairies who love to hang out on lilypads.  In fact, I thought that maybe lotus flowers and lilies were the same thing.  They are not.  There are several differences.  One of them is that lotus plants do not need to be in water.  They do just fine on land.  Lotus leaves are different from lilypads as well.  Plus, lotus flowers and plants tend to rise above the water and not float on the water like lilypads.  

Now, about Emmalia.  She is a beautiful Lotus Fairy who really loves the scent of lotus flowers.  The lotus flower has been described as heady and like sweet fruit. It is considered to be very pleasant.  Emmalia takes on this lovely scent by hanging out in the flower. Lotus are a very successful type of plant so Lotus Fairies only rarely defend it from herbivores that might want to eat parts of it.  

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.  Have fun coloring!

FINAL NOTE:  I just reworked this drawing, a little to improve the face and make it more accurate. 

Giraffatitan by a River coloring page

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I have posted many many drawings that I have done and they are 

available for you to print and color. 

A few of the drawings were done by a grandniece and a grandnephew.

Today's new drawing is of a Giraffatitan.  A very TALL dinosaur.

Giraffatitan by a River

Giraffatitan was a large Sauropod dinosaur.  It was a type of Brachiosaur, although it was not the same species as the well-known Brachiosaurus.  Giraffatitan was one of the tallest dinosaurs.  It was once thought to be the biggest dinosaur.  We now know that it was taller and bigger than Brachiosaurs, but that Sauroposeidon was bigger and taller.  Basically, all were types of Brachiosaurs but Sauroposeidon was the biggest and tallest, then Giraffatitan, and then Brachiosaurs.  Other Brachiosaurs have also been found in various parts of the world.  They all lived in the late Jurassic and some into the early Cretaceous Period. 

Size and height estimates vary.  The different paleontologists have different estimates of the height of Giraffatitan.  Some estimate around 39 feet and some estimate up to 55 feet tall.  Sauroposeidon is thought to have been 60 feet tall.  Of course, Argentinasaurus and Patagotitan from South America are now known to have been the biggest Sauropods and the biggest dinosaurs.  But they were not the tallest.   

By the way, did you notice that I had some fun and drew its patterns very similar to those found on a giraffe?  You see, I forgot to mention that this huge Sauropod was found in Africa... where modern giraffes live.  This body style with long front legs and a tall neck is an example of convergent evolution. Convergent evolution is when two organisms have similar shapes etc. because that adaptation was useful.  Both modern giraffes and the ancient Brachiosaurs had bodies built for eating leaves from tall trees. 

NOTE: To get to the printable version of this drawing/coloring page just click on the button labeled 
"Paleontology" and scroll to the bottom of the Mesozoic section of drawing titles.  Then click on the title to get the printable version of the picture.  Have fun coloring this awesome dinosaur.  

Modern Mermaid at a Rock coloring page

Today's new drawing on this free coloring pages blog is 

of a Modern Mermaid who is at a Rock near the shore.

 Modern Mermaid at a Rock

Mermaids are an ancient legend.  But they are more than that.  Mermaids and indeed Merpeople still exist and live in the oceans of the world.  They live a secretive life from we mortals.  They have their own form of magic to keep themselves and their underwater cities and villages concealed from humans and our scanning gadgets.  On the horizon is a modern ship, so you know this is a Modern Mermaid.  

Merpeople are actually kind of a form of Fairy.  They live for a long time compared to mortals and while alive their appearance of aging is far less than mortals.  When a Merperson chooses to they can climb onto land and transform into what looks like a mortal person.  (They have legs.)  Of course, you may not know that some Merpeople DO have legs, but they also have webbed feet.  These types of Merpeople also can transform into a more mortal form.  

Some Merpeople have fallen in love with mortals and those Merpeople choose to live a life among mortals.  Contrary to what you might have heard, a Mermaid or Merman does not return to their natural finned form just by getting wet.  They actually think or say a transformation charm to transform.  Otherwise, a Mermaid who was married to a mortal man would soon be revealed due to a rainstorm, etc.  I should add that all mortals who fall in love with a Merperson certainly know the full truth about their mate.  

A Merperson who is in mortal form can still breathe water.  That is, they have curtain lungs and can absorb oxygen from both air and water.  Mermaids and Mermen do NOT have gills.  In fact, Mermaids are known for being exceptionally beautiful.  They come in many races, just like mortals do.  Which brings up something else.  Some mortals who fall in love with a Merperson are also in love with the sea.  These mortals choose to live a Merperson life.  The Merperson love of their life can use a special charm to transform the mortal into a Mermaid or Merman form.  

Now, since I am a retired Science Teacher... Look for the following animals:  coral, crab, brain coral, two clownfish, a sea anemone, and five sea birds.  Of course, the Mermaid is also in Kingdom: Animalia. Then there is one member of Kingdom: Plantae... it is the seagrass.  There is one member of Kingdom Protista.  It LOOKS like a plant but it IS in Kingdom: Protista.  It is the kelp.  

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 IF you are looking this up close to February 17, 2024.  Otherwise, just scroll down to the bottom of the list and then scroll up.