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 .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
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These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
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A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .