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.
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
