Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

This print shows a great little pollinator in the garden: a transverse-banded flower fly (Eristalis transversa) on Echinacea purpurea or purple coneflower. Because of its yellow stripes, tendency to hover (it’s a hover fly after all) and love of flowers, this little insect can be mistaken for a bee, but it’s a bee-mimic fly. Like the bees, it’s an important pollinator and friend to flowers and gardeners. 🧵1/2

As described this is my 8” x 10” print showing the centre of a purple echinacea flower. The centre of the flower is orange with black outlines and some yellow bits and occupies the lower right corner. Radiating out are several pink and violet petals. The background is green. On top of the centre of the flower is a transverse-banded flower fly facing the lower right corner. It is yellow and black striped with translucent wings and red-brown eyes.
As described this is my 8” x 10” print showing the centre of a purple echinacea flower. The centre of the flower is orange with black outlines and some yellow bits and occupies the lower right corner. Radiating out are several pink and violet petals. The background is green. On top of the centre of the flower is a transverse-banded flower fly facing the lower right corner. It is yellow and black striped with translucent wings and red-brown eyes.
As described this is my 8” x 10” print showing the centre of a purple echinacea flower. The centre of the flower is orange with black outlines and some yellow bits and occupies the lower right corner. Radiating out are several pink and violet petals. The background is green. On top of the centre of the flower is a transverse-banded flower fly facing the lower right corner. It is yellow and black striped with translucent wings and red-brown eyes.
Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The transverse-banded flower fly and purple coneflowers are native to eastern North America. Each print is made by hand on assorted, beautiful Japanese washi papers and collaged to make the final 8” x 10” image, which are hand-embellished with posca pens.

#linocut #printmaking #washi#flowerFly #insect #pollinator #echinacea #coneflower #sciart#mastoArt

🧵2/2

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/4346928559
Florence Dellerie
@florencedellerie@oc.todon.fr  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

[🐝Nouvelle publication] On peut aider concrètement les individus parmi lesquels nous vivons, comme les #bourdons.

Dans le nouveau numéro de L'Oiseau Mag, vous apprendrez comment, notamment avec une fiche dédiée que j'ai eu le plaisir d'illustrer !

#SciArt

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Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Happy birthday to trailblazing American computer scientist Frances Elizabeth Allen (1932 – 2020) who made foundational contributions to optimizing compilers, optimizing programs and parallel computing. She was the first woman to become an IBM Fellow, where she worked from 1957 to 2002 and as an emeritus fellow afterwards. She was the first woman to win the Turing Prize.

IBM Research was recruiting teachers 🧵1/n

#printmaking#womenInSTEM#histSci #mathematician #sciart #compsci#mastoArt
Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Happy birthday to trailblazing American computer scientist Frances Elizabeth Allen (1932 – 2020) who made foundational contributions to optimizing compilers, optimizing programs and parallel computing. She was the first woman to become an IBM Fellow, where she worked from 1957 to 2002 and as an emeritus fellow afterwards. She was the first woman to win the Turing Prize.

IBM Research was recruiting teachers 🧵1/n

#printmaking#womenInSTEM#histSci #mathematician #sciart #compsci#mastoArt

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Ash O'Kesta
@I_am_a_plant@mastodon.art  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Where are my #SciArt folks? The Wild Wonder Foundation has been hosting daily nature journalling prompts all year, and the August list is all #botany themed.

https://www.wildwonder.org/nj25#ScienceArt#inBloom#dailyArt#bloomScrolling #plants

Nature Journalling daily prompt list for August, hosted by the Wild Wonder Foundation and artist Nina Veterto. The neatly written list is surround by a border of hand drawn, watercolor leaves, each labeled with a botanical term explaining the shape the the leaf. The August Prompt List- 1. Weed Study 2. Press a Flower 3. Night Sky Haiku 4. Document 3 flowers 5. Bark Rubbing 6. Imagine an Underground Scene 7. Make Ink from Flowers 8. Draw with a Twig 9. Moongazing 10. Sound Map of Your Yard 11. Document 3 Leaves 12. Leaf Tracing 13. Seed, Bud, Flower 14. Discover Your Watershed 15. Parts of a Flower 16. Plant Family Study 17. Contour Drawing Only 18. Hammered Flower Prints 19. Tree Map of Your Yard 20. Shadow Drawings 21. Document 3 Grasses 22. Life Cycle of a Tree 23. Botany for Beginners 24. Look with a Loupe 25. Leaf Vein Patterns 26. Document a Lichen 27. Find Fungi 28. Landscape in 5 Lines 29. Color Swatch a Scene 30. Document a Daytime Pollinator 31. Document a Nighttime Pollinator
Nature Journalling daily prompt list for August, hosted by the Wild Wonder Foundation and artist Nina Veterto. The neatly written list is surround by a border of hand drawn, watercolor leaves, each labeled with a botanical term explaining the shape the the leaf. The August Prompt List- 1. Weed Study 2. Press a Flower 3. Night Sky Haiku 4. Document 3 flowers 5. Bark Rubbing 6. Imagine an Underground Scene 7. Make Ink from Flowers 8. Draw with a Twig 9. Moongazing 10. Sound Map of Your Yard 11. Document 3 Leaves 12. Leaf Tracing 13. Seed, Bud, Flower 14. Discover Your Watershed 15. Parts of a Flower 16. Plant Family Study 17. Contour Drawing Only 18. Hammered Flower Prints 19. Tree Map of Your Yard 20. Shadow Drawings 21. Document 3 Grasses 22. Life Cycle of a Tree 23. Botany for Beginners 24. Look with a Loupe 25. Leaf Vein Patterns 26. Document a Lichen 27. Find Fungi 28. Landscape in 5 Lines 29. Color Swatch a Scene 30. Document a Daytime Pollinator 31. Document a Nighttime Pollinator
Nature Journalling daily prompt list for August, hosted by the Wild Wonder Foundation and artist Nina Veterto. The neatly written list is surround by a border of hand drawn, watercolor leaves, each labeled with a botanical term explaining the shape the the leaf. The August Prompt List- 1. Weed Study 2. Press a Flower 3. Night Sky Haiku 4. Document 3 flowers 5. Bark Rubbing 6. Imagine an Underground Scene 7. Make Ink from Flowers 8. Draw with a Twig 9. Moongazing 10. Sound Map of Your Yard 11. Document 3 Leaves 12. Leaf Tracing 13. Seed, Bud, Flower 14. Discover Your Watershed 15. Parts of a Flower 16. Plant Family Study 17. Contour Drawing Only 18. Hammered Flower Prints 19. Tree Map of Your Yard 20. Shadow Drawings 21. Document 3 Grasses 22. Life Cycle of a Tree 23. Botany for Beginners 24. Look with a Loupe 25. Leaf Vein Patterns 26. Document a Lichen 27. Find Fungi 28. Landscape in 5 Lines 29. Color Swatch a Scene 30. Document a Daytime Pollinator 31. Document a Nighttime Pollinator
Ash O'Kesta
@I_am_a_plant@mastodon.art  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Where are my #SciArt folks? The Wild Wonder Foundation has been hosting daily nature journalling prompts all year, and the August list is all #botany themed.

https://www.wildwonder.org/nj25#ScienceArt#inBloom#dailyArt#bloomScrolling #plants

Nature Journalling daily prompt list for August, hosted by the Wild Wonder Foundation and artist Nina Veterto. The neatly written list is surround by a border of hand drawn, watercolor leaves, each labeled with a botanical term explaining the shape the the leaf. The August Prompt List- 1. Weed Study 2. Press a Flower 3. Night Sky Haiku 4. Document 3 flowers 5. Bark Rubbing 6. Imagine an Underground Scene 7. Make Ink from Flowers 8. Draw with a Twig 9. Moongazing 10. Sound Map of Your Yard 11. Document 3 Leaves 12. Leaf Tracing 13. Seed, Bud, Flower 14. Discover Your Watershed 15. Parts of a Flower 16. Plant Family Study 17. Contour Drawing Only 18. Hammered Flower Prints 19. Tree Map of Your Yard 20. Shadow Drawings 21. Document 3 Grasses 22. Life Cycle of a Tree 23. Botany for Beginners 24. Look with a Loupe 25. Leaf Vein Patterns 26. Document a Lichen 27. Find Fungi 28. Landscape in 5 Lines 29. Color Swatch a Scene 30. Document a Daytime Pollinator 31. Document a Nighttime Pollinator
Nature Journalling daily prompt list for August, hosted by the Wild Wonder Foundation and artist Nina Veterto. The neatly written list is surround by a border of hand drawn, watercolor leaves, each labeled with a botanical term explaining the shape the the leaf. The August Prompt List- 1. Weed Study 2. Press a Flower 3. Night Sky Haiku 4. Document 3 flowers 5. Bark Rubbing 6. Imagine an Underground Scene 7. Make Ink from Flowers 8. Draw with a Twig 9. Moongazing 10. Sound Map of Your Yard 11. Document 3 Leaves 12. Leaf Tracing 13. Seed, Bud, Flower 14. Discover Your Watershed 15. Parts of a Flower 16. Plant Family Study 17. Contour Drawing Only 18. Hammered Flower Prints 19. Tree Map of Your Yard 20. Shadow Drawings 21. Document 3 Grasses 22. Life Cycle of a Tree 23. Botany for Beginners 24. Look with a Loupe 25. Leaf Vein Patterns 26. Document a Lichen 27. Find Fungi 28. Landscape in 5 Lines 29. Color Swatch a Scene 30. Document a Daytime Pollinator 31. Document a Nighttime Pollinator
Nature Journalling daily prompt list for August, hosted by the Wild Wonder Foundation and artist Nina Veterto. The neatly written list is surround by a border of hand drawn, watercolor leaves, each labeled with a botanical term explaining the shape the the leaf. The August Prompt List- 1. Weed Study 2. Press a Flower 3. Night Sky Haiku 4. Document 3 flowers 5. Bark Rubbing 6. Imagine an Underground Scene 7. Make Ink from Flowers 8. Draw with a Twig 9. Moongazing 10. Sound Map of Your Yard 11. Document 3 Leaves 12. Leaf Tracing 13. Seed, Bud, Flower 14. Discover Your Watershed 15. Parts of a Flower 16. Plant Family Study 17. Contour Drawing Only 18. Hammered Flower Prints 19. Tree Map of Your Yard 20. Shadow Drawings 21. Document 3 Grasses 22. Life Cycle of a Tree 23. Botany for Beginners 24. Look with a Loupe 25. Leaf Vein Patterns 26. Document a Lichen 27. Find Fungi 28. Landscape in 5 Lines 29. Color Swatch a Scene 30. Document a Daytime Pollinator 31. Document a Nighttime Pollinator