Scientific Illustration

Bromelia pinguin L. Rat Pineapple by Rudolf Blaschka

This drawing is part of a series of botanical drawings created by the Blaschkas to reference in constructing glass models for the Botanical Museum of Harvard University.

randomc:

What I’ve been working on for the last couple of days. 

This is a painting of Tillandsia leiboldiana, which recently flowered in July. 

I’m trying to do it make it look like an old fashioned botanical drawing, so far I’m pleased with the results. I really like how the inflorescence is turning out, the part with the red for those who don’t know plant terms! This is my first realistic painting from drawing a real life subject. 

It’s acrylic and coffee on a 12” by 16” canvas pad.  

wallacegardens:

Bromeliad illustrations, 1800’s.

Bromelia carolinae by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Gartenflora;.
Berlin..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40083306

Trogan and Bromeliad by Jennifer Kane

‘Jennifer’s careful observations of Southeast Alaska’s plants and animals are recorded in beautiful watercolor images. She collects, dissects, and inspects with her brush, and her methodical style of painting results in detailed and colorful compositions that are both sensitive and scientific.’

From the exhibition The Art of Scientific Illustration, Featuring a Natural History Exploration of Revillagigedo Island

June 1-29, 2012 Main Street Gallery, Ketchikan, Alaska

biomedicalephemera:

Marvelous Spatuletail and Aechmea mertensii [current correct binomial for Aechmea mucroniflora] - a bromeliad from the rainforests of South America, specifically Columbia

Loddigesia mirabilis and Aechmea mucroniflora, John Gould - ca. 1840