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.
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .