Albrecht Dürer’s watercolor of the wing of a European Roller, Coracias garrulus, from the Albertina Museum in Vienna, around 1500.
n486_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Murex alabaster1 by Martin Schuler - Illustration and Design on Flickr.
“Every April the San Diego Shell Club hosts a shell auction to provide operating funds for the year (newsletters, library acquisitions, etc). I decided to make and donate an illustration of a rather ornate shell named Murex alabaster. This was done in pen and ink using a 4X0 kohinoor rapidograph pen. The scan does not do the illustration justice as the stippling and shades are more refined then the scan displays. Size of the illustration is 8 1/2 X 11 on white museum board. I will mat and frame the illustration before the auction.”
via filthyphil:
it’s called bismuth, it’s real and naturally occuring.
via leahbumbles:
1765, unknown artist from South Carolina; Magnolia Grandiflora
Linglong Ying Stone 60x31x15 cm, from Kemin Hu’s Spirit Stones blog.
“Scholars Stones” or “gongshi” are natural rocks used for philosophic contemplation and aesthetic appreciation in China.
