http://www.metafilter.com/tags/watercolours Posts tagged with 'watercolours' at MetaFilter. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:45:24 -0800 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:45:24 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/75326/Paintings%2Dof%2DMutated%2DInsects <a href="http://www.wissenskunst.ch/en/biographie.htm">Cornelia Hesse-Honegger</a> paints watercolours of mutated insects from radioactively contaminated areas in <a href="http://www.wissenskunst.ch/en/tschernobyl.htm">Ukraine</a>, <a href="http://www.wissenskunst.ch/en/schweiz.htm">Switzerland</a>, the <a href="http://www.wissenskunst.ch/en/usa.htm">United States</a>, and <a href="http://www.wissenskunst.ch/en/europa.htm">Europe</a>. She has recently published a scientific article incorporating these paintings (<a href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118720709/PDFSTART">5 MB PDF</a>). <small>site also available <a href="http://www.wissenskunst.ch/de/biographie.htm">in German</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.75326 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:45:24 -0800 art biology chernobyl illustration insects mutations radiation scientificillustration watercolors watercolours Rumple http://www.metafilter.com/15244/ <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/collection_search_simple.jsp?group=turner">Finally,a home for the Turner bequest :</a> In 1856, nearly five years after Turner's death, his estate was settled by a decree in which the works found in his studio that were considered to be by his own hand were accepted by the nation as the 'Turner Bequest'. This comprises nearly 300 oil paintings and around 30,000 sketches and watercolours (including 300 sketchbooks). All of this work is now available to view online at the Tate. If nothing else you can get some beautiful wallpaper for your desktop. tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.15244 Mon, 04 Mar 2002 03:57:25 -0800 brokenlink sketchbooks sketches tate turnerbequest watercolours Fat Buddha