My attempt of Van Gogh-Cypress 

Here I had to try and redraw a Van Gogh painting using different paint brushes. Well almost go it.

Shark:

On this one I use the pen tool. Tracing the shark and then filling it with color. Wasn't that hard to trace but found it a little hard to fill it in. Not like Illustrator at all

Ostrich:

Here I am learning how to use the brush tool. We had to choose a animal and paint it using different paint brushes. Found it a little hard to draw on the computer than on paper.

Mythical Creatures

A serpent with wings. It is said to guard Frankincense trees in Arabia. Also called: Jaculus- a snake which climbs up into trees and flings itself down on other animals that pass by. Pliny, on the Jaculus: "the javelin snake hurls itself from the branches of trees." In Madagascar, which is known for its unique species of animals, particularly snakes, there is a snake called the fandrefiala which will fall tail first from a tree like a spear and stab animals the pass underneath according to the local legends.

A serpent with wings. It is said to guard Frankincense trees in Arabia.
Also called: Jaculus- a snake which climbs up into trees and flings itself down on other animals that pass by. Pliny, on the Jaculus: "the javelin snake hurls itself from the branches of trees."
In Madagascar, which is known for its unique species of animals, particularly snakes, there is a snake called the fandrefiala which will fall tail first from a tree like a spear and stab animals the pass underneath according to the local legends.

The Alkonost is a legendary bird in Slavic mythology. It has the body of a bird with the head and chest of a woman. The name Alkonost came from the name of Greek demi-goddess Alcyone transformed by gods into a kingfisher. The Alkonost reproduces by laying eggs on the sea-shore then putting them into the water. The sea is then calm for six or seven days at which point the eggs hatch, bringing a storm. For theRussian Orthodox Church Alkonost personifies God's will. She lives in paradise but goes into our world to deliver a message. Her voice is so sweet that anybody hearing it can forget everything.

Centauroid creatures, also known as centaur-like or tauric creatures, appear frequently in mythology and works of fiction. Like the centaur of Greek myth, such creatures typically possess the body of a four-legged animal with a human or human-like torso where the head should be, giving them six limbs and a double set of ribcages. An example of Centauroid creatures in classical Greece would be Ichthyocentaurs.

The griffin, griffon, or gryphon is a legendary creature with the body of a lionand the head and wings of an eagle. As the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle was the king of the birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. Griffins are normally known for guarding treasure and well valued priceless possession. Adrienne Mayor, a classical folklorist, propounds the griffin was an ancient misconception derived from fossilized remains of the Protoceratops found in conjunction with gold mining in the Altai mountains of Scythia, in present day southeastern Kazakhstan.