Honoured ! to do something you mentioned. Would be more than willing to take up an assignment! Thank you so much. regards
Adittya --- On Thu, 1/5/12, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:102560] Re: Ink Illustration : Cerbera manghas To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, January 5, 2012, 11:40 AM I always have immense respect for botanical artists. Now a days we get many botanists who cant draw, cant take picture but are good at taxonomy. I dont want to disrespect anyone here but for me a good taxonomist is the one who is also a good illustrator+good photographer +good computer skills. A good illustrator can see things in better details than a usual person. This is my personal belief :) Adittya sir, if you can paint too then I have a scientific offer for you for a publication in co-authorship. Pankaj On Jan 5, 1:56 pm, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Adittya is a self trained botanical artist and is aspiring to > undertake a course in UK as and when opportunity comes on. He is also > an engineer and an amateur plant lover like me. We are contemplating > to produce a field guide on 'Coastal Plants of Western India' and have > been exploring the western coast together. Adittya's contribution will > be his excellent illustrations. Some taxonomist proudly derogate field > guides as just 'photographic books' hence instead of including scanned > images of dead specimen we will be illustrating live plants with > drawings besides the photographs. Undoubtedly drawing is the best way > to illustrate a plant but this may be feasible here because the number > of species in the proposed book are few. Can not imagine a series of > field guides covering 2000 species with drawings. > > On Jan 5, 10:01 am, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Aditya: > > thanks > > I am glad people know that it is toxic... > > knowledge is half the battle... > > knowing helps prevention... one can educate children to be careful and not > > eat everything in sight... > > > those who want to commit suicide..prevention works... but very determined > > people depressed or bent on taking revenge on loved ones cant be helped... > > as an intern, young and idealistic I often used to volunteer at some > > prevention hotlines, many many years ago...... so I know this... otherwise > > its not a subject really taught in our medical schools... > > > ABOUT BETTER THINGS > > > I love and collect BOTANICAL art. and botanical art related books.. > > inherited love of botanical art from my parents, mom in particular... just > > got DAPURI DRAWINGS book of old indian botanical art now residing in > > Edinburgh museum repository, originally the art work was commissioned buy > > Alexander Gibson , a doctor who also founded the first(may be???) > > botanical garden in India in DAPURI Maharashtra ... > > > MoBot ...missouri botanical garden website has hundreds of scanned images > > of wonderful botanical drawings.. of superb quality, being done by many > > trained landscape painters, they have great european precision... > > > we can certainly have discussion on botanical art, I am sure we have many > > members who remain silent because they are into art/ drawings and not > > photography.... like Bimal da's symbiosis series why dont you start a > > series called botanical art and submit whever the mood strikes and make the > > subject line as Aditya's botanical art 1, 2, 3 etc etc... that way those > > of us who want to look at your art will know where to go and we will have a > > nice archive starting with yours... > > You have submitted a few so far, may be you can gather them up and start a > > new thread and submit all of them in one email... let that be your first > > of the series... your series will bring out art lovers among us... > > > looking forward to it... > > > Usha di > > > ========== > > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 11:33 PM, Adittya Dharap > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Ushadi, > > > > For me 'Sea Mango' is a misnomer for this plant. The fruits do not > > > resemble mangoes neither in form nor in qualities. Apart from this the > > > fruits are not only unpalatable but also extremely poisonous. The fruit > > > is consumed for committing suicide. > > > C. manghas is basically a littoral species i.e commonly found along the > > > coast in association with mangroves. > > > Alike several other species that are planted in our urban landscapes, > > > there are trees found in Mumbai as well. > > > To answer your other question about the illustration, I have been > > > illustrating for quite some time as a passion (no way linked to my > > > qualification and profession). > > > And what fascinates me for illustration? the answer is botanical forms! > > > > There have been little or virtually no discussion on our forum regarding > > > Botanical Illustration per se. Botanical Illustrations form an integral > > > part of our floras. Hence thought of triggering > > > the subject by taking this initiative of sharing my own illustrations. > > > Would also like to thank all for the good words. > > > > best regards > > > > Adittya Dharap > > > > --- On *Wed, 1/4/12, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > > From: Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [efloraofindia:102441] Re: Ink Illustration : Cerbera manghas > > > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > > > Date: Wednesday, January 4, 2012, 7:59 PM > > > > Aditya : nice bw ink drawing ... > > > > but why Sea mango... > > > does it grow where you live or is it work related? > > > what fascinates you about this tree, its flowers or the fruits? > > > > Usha di > > > ========= > > > > On Jan 4, 7:09 pm, Tanay Bose > > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > > > wrote: > > > > Fantastic effort ... Nice to see such lovely illustration > > > > Tanay > > > > > On 4 January 2012 03:29, Prashant Awale > > > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Yes, another good illustration Dear Adittya. Would like to see many > > > > > more...Thanks for sharing.. > > > > > Regards > > > > > Prashant > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Madhuri Raut > > > > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> excellent artistic skill. liked the illustration > > > > > >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Dinesh Valke > > > > >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > >wrote: > > > > > >>> Great art, fantastic effort and skill, Adittya. > > > > >>> Keep up the good work. > > > > >>> Regards. > > > > >>> Dinesh > > > > > >>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Adittya Dharap < > > > [email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > >wrote: > > > > > >>>> Dear All, > > > > > >>>> Continuing my effort of sharing my botanical illustrations, would > > > > >>>> like to share ink illustration for *Cerbera manghas*. > > > > > >>>> best regards > > > > > >>>> Adittya V. Dharap > > > > > >> -- > > > > >> Regards > > > > >> Dr.Bhagyashri Ranade > > > > > -- > > > > *Tanay Bose* > > > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > > > Department of Botany. > > > > University of British Columbia . > > > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > > > Phone:778-323-4036begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > > > > > > > 604-822-2019begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > > > > > > > 604-822-6089begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 604-822-6089 (Fax) > > > > [email protected]<http://us.mc1613.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > > *Webpages:* > > >http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.htmlhttp://www.botany.ubc.ca/...Hide > > > quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -I always have immense respect for botani
