Shrikant: Thanks for telling us the background... and good luck with the book... tell us when its out... did n't you have another rbook out recently, can you tell me here please... thanks =====Usha di
On Jan 5, 10:56 am, 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: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > > > 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 -
