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 BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .