FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens. These amazing illustrations were created by Portuguese solicitor and artist Samuel Silva, who has had a strong interest in drawing since he was two years old. ‘I have been interested in drawing since the very first time I ever touched a pencil and a sheet of paper, when I was two years old.’ says 31 year old Samuel, now of London. ‘After that day, I never stopped drawing. Unlike most children, I didn’t start by scribbling; I just instinctively drew straight away.
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A mischievous fox cub demonstrates his playful side by biting his sibling’s tail .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .