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Botany: You don’t know where that’s been, but it might be yummy. Go for it- worst case scenario you die discovering a new poison.
Astronomy I-
I did a bit of looking up to check your theories. Yes. The lips are the nectary. Those red bits with yellow at the end are most likely stamens, with pollen. You can see some dispersed pollen granules dusted about if you really take a moment too, though yes the stamens are dying back in this photo.
That does look to be a gynoecium. It was also called a cup or a cyathia.
Flowers are in fact, fucking weird.
I say this from personal experience, but just because there’s an entirely male flower doesn’t mean the female flower is incapable of also having stamens. It be like that.
Yes it does appear that different parts emerge at different times, as the style isn’t even in present in one photo but the stamens have already fully emerged.
I knew poinsettias "faked" having big flowers by just turning some leaves red but I didn't know the real tiny flowers in the middle looked like such idiots
I chose this bed to lie in.
As long as it’s a bed of flowers I think I’m okay with that fate.
Cackling over the fact that they’re fucking fighting over a species of horsetails, this is literally every botanist ever lmfao
i love it when botanists fight in the annotations
guy in 1939, taking his time to line up his typewriter to painstakingly write the family name: its equisetum hyemale!
guy in 1948 scribbling on a slip of paper: no dumbass its equisetum prealtium
guy in 2020 on a sticky note: hey fuckass! its equisetum hyemale, are you smoking crack? are you on fucking crack? update annotation.
🍯Common Honeysuckle - Lonicera periclymenum✨ honeysuckle is one of the June birth flowers, the other being rose 🌹 some cool facts about honeysuckle: 🍯 Representative of joy and happiness 🍯 Nectar can be sucked straight from the flowers once picked 🍯 There are 108 varieties of honeysuckle 🍯 Keep negativity and evil away by planting honeysuckle near your home .
Making notebooks!
Hello friends! I am in the process of designing some notebooks and would like your thoughts. I have two designs and will need to pick one of them to start with.
Option 1: Nasturtium Study Illustration
Option 2: Mushrooms Pattern
The notebooks will be 10"x7.5" with 48 pages of 70lb acid free gridded paper - perfect for note taking and/or drawing :)
Let me know what you think either here or on my instagram, I will have a story up for voting (IG: Luna__778)
✨ COMMISSION INFO ✨
Hello friends 🌱 I have decided to start offering commissions :) please swipe through for some examples and important info✨ at the moment I'm focusing on traditional pieces (graphite and watercolor options) 🎨
Please dm me here or on instagram (luna__778) (the best/ quickest way to contact me) or email me if you are interested or have questions ☺️ Id love to create some lovely botanical art for you! 🌱✨
Thistles✨🏴the flower of Scotland ✨ Thistles grow everywhere in the summer. Very beautiful once they bloom and you have to admire their resilience☺️ .
A happy Hydrangea 💐 I can't wait to press some of these in the summer☀️ prints of this coming soon ☺️ .
Myosotis Sylvatica ✨ I think the dark mode forget me nots are my favorite version 😊 how about you? . The Myosotis prints can be found on my Etsy (LunalinStudio) in the “botanical illustrations” category 🌿 .
Forget me nots 💐 these are my favorite flowers❤️ I won’t be seeing any more until next season but until then these ones can live in my home all winter ☺️
Friendly reminder that dandelions are flowers too💐The dandelion prints are going to rejoin the clover and be uploaded to Etsy later today 😁✨
Behold! The Red Clover prints with dark and light background options have been listed on Etsy ☺️ now to do the dandelions🌱 ⚫🍀⚪ 8.5"x11" glossy photo paper ✨ I think the dark background is my favorite but which is your favorite?
✨Prints up✨ finally decided on the background! I think it stands out much more now😊 they’re up and listed- 8.5"x11", glossy photo paper ✨ . Also, for anyone wondering about the 3"x3" mini canvas originals, I’m hoping to go to the post office soon to get the shipping estimated so I can list them too! I’ll keep you updated 😊
Red clover! 🍀 This was probably the most difficult one so far because of all those little petals, but I’m very pleased 😊 these are also very tasty! If you lick the bottoms of the petals it’s wonderfully sweet✨
✨Taraxacum✨ and so with the ending of summer, so too does the season for dandelions come to an end. Now all that’s left to do is scan it and add the labels! Next up I’m thinking… Red clover? Then maybe some fun fall forage flora! Let me know any other plants you'd like to see :)
❤️Sweet William Heartbeat 💐 I'm still adding some veins and washes to this, but I feel like it's close to being done and I wanted to share☺️ I've never painted this flower before so it was an interesting time, but with practice I'm sure I'll figure with out ◉‿◉ . #art #floral #sketchbook #organs #anatomystudy #drawing #traditionalart #illustration #anatomy #sheridanvca #artistsoninstagram #watercolor #watercolorpainting #heart #flowers #botanicalpainting #heart #sweetwilliam #aesthetic #painting #pastel #pastelgoth #goblincore #fairycore #darkacademia #botany #botanicalillustration #botanicalart #medicalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CTXYfQmrZUs/?utm_medium=tumblr
