They have often sparked our imagination enough that many people want to draw them. Capturing one in a drawing and then coloring or painting.

This has gone on for centuries.

Fairy art or fantasy art has been a creative muse that has inspired the use of these creatures in so many arts and crafts.

This info page is to give you ideas from the history and interesting facts and perhaps help to inspire your art projects.

To me the world of the fairys and/or fairy tales includes gorgeous and scary creatures, mermaids and unicorns. On this page you will find information and inspiration about all of these.

Where they live?

Sometimes they disguise themselves to blend into a tree trunk, or disguise themselves as beautiful butterflies, dragon flies, or at night fire flies.

They are magic.

So they are not always easy to see

We have to squint and we have to believe.

This is the hub for some facts

I include Mermaids and Unicorns in this whole discussion, and you will find links to all of these pages.

First Fact - How to you spell the darn word?

Yes, that is right, so hard to spell!

I have seen more varieties of spelling of the word fairys, including this deliberate miss-spelling, than any word I have ever thought about.

Throughout the site, and the whole internet you will see it spelled many different ways.

And this internet factor is probably a good illustration of how language changes all the time.

We were always taught that the name of something is to be capitalized.

In english I am sure that it still is, but in internet language, no caps is quite acceptable.

So... to make a long story short I wanted to illustrate that when we pass something on for generations...

sometimes it gets a little mixed up.

History

but I have created a page about how to spell the Word which explains the history of the word.

It is the history of the actual word - how it grew out of many languages, and why it is so darned hard to spell.

So remember that when you are seeking to see them ...

and when you are navigating the internet...

try some with caps and some without, you might find more of what you are looking for.

Mermaids

Follow the links below:

I put the facts about Mermaids into this section on fairys because they are part of the old mythology, and frankly are like fairies because they are very hard to see.

There have been reports and stories about Merfolk for a long time, but not everybody gets to see them. They are fairy-like - don't you think?

Also as an artist when I start to draw fairies I sometimes get an inspiration to delve into the world of Mermaids and another name for them is Selkies.

Either way artists have always found them fascinating, even as far back as the ancient greeks, there have been artists drawing and carving from stone, the beautiful and frightening Sea Gods.

Imagine carving them in marble?

Wow, I have never had to work that hard.

What I have on this site though, are some Mermaid Coloring pages, which may also inspire you to learn or just practice How To Draw, and for a page about how to color Mermaids you should check these out.

Maybe you are a scrapbooker just looking for some info about Mermaids so you can write something interesting on your pages. You should see my Mermaid Art Scrapbooking page.

Pirates!

Now, I am stretching it, because a Pirate is not a fairy, but they are swift and seem almost magical.

This page on pirate history, is a little slanted and is primarily about women pirates and adventuresses. Go to Pirate History for some fascinating facts.

For more pirate ideas to use in your art - my Lady Pirate Paper Doll allows you to color a Pirate and for me a visual always helps me create art.

So once you are visualizing and getting some real facts - look out your imagination will take off.

Unicorns

Well, no.

There is a lot of history about Unicorns to be explored.

There have been tales, and art created since the beginning of time. There are really Ancient Unicorns, and Unicorns from the Far East, unicorns in from Medieval Times.

They all inspired tall tales and fabulous works of art. There are ancient paintings and even tapestries. Imagine the work in tapestries, which is basically needle work done in fine wools and silks.

I have never created such masterpieces, but I do have some great Unicorn Coloring pages.

Even before the Unicorn tales came the Pegasus Mythology. In really ancient times there was a creature written about that looked like a winged unicorn.

Pegasus wasn't a unicorn, he was a magical flying horse from greek and roman mythology.

As far as the art work that was inspired by such a story, well it is huge. The myths were put into paintings and sculpture Pegasus was a real hit.

To take advantage of this wonderful creature's beauty, I have created a Pegasus Coloring page for your imagination, and drawing and coloring practice.



Don't forget to read about Pegasus before you leave the site.

He was fascinating.

He still is.

After you color some unicorn and pegasus pictures, and have read all the facts I have collected you might really want to take a crack at drawing them.

I have created a page that takes you through a step-by-step guide to Drawing a Horse. Once you have the basis of the horse down, add a horn or a pair of fantastic wings and you have your own unicorn or pegasus art.

Have I got you all excited to draw a fairy?

Click on the image to check it out.

What about Dragons?

Aren't they fairys - sort of?

In my opinion yes, they are all part of the Fairy world.

However, I have created their very own Dragon History area on this site.

There is so much I want to say about dragons.

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