Paulinebeziat - Orphistotheutis

Cerastoderma Edule Patella Vulgata Mytilus Edulis

Watercolour on paper

Illustrations for the bachelor thesis presentation of my best friend, who analysed rare earth elements in a series of shells including some of these :)

HEY LAURA IT`S ME  Scopelosaurus hamiltoni  original illustration in “Fishes of the Southern Ocean” 

this one’s from France as well, my watercolour study of a beautiful nerium oleander got interrupted by a refreshing summer rain

trying to become friends with pastels - long way to go.

remembering June on the first day of September - this is a watercolour study of the “étang de la peyrade”, a saltwater lake near Frontignan

thank you https://www.facebook.com/wrehmanphotography/ :) 

feeling blue and inspired by the beautiful ink works of @ullathynell

“Denk nicht daran, wieviel zu tun ist, welche Schwierigkeiten zu bewältigen sind oder welches Ziel erreicht werden soll, sondern widme dich gewissenhaft der kleinen Aufgabe die gerade ansteht, und lass das für heute genügen.” (Sir William Osler

Did you know that selenium deficiency is a thing? 

Up to a billion people around the globe are deficient, not getting enough of this trace element from their diet. This is why we are interested in understanding what controls selenium levels in soils. The atmosphere supplies Se to the soil environment - but where does this initially come from? I loved illustrating this study by Süss et al., (2019), investigating trace element sources using rainwater analyses. The data show that the terrestrial biosphere apparently has much more of an impact than we traditionally thought - at least during the summer. 

source: Elke Suess, Franziska Aemisegger, Jeroen E. Sonke, Michael Sprenger, Heini Wernli and Lenny H. E. Winkel (2019): Marine versus continental sources of iodine and selenium in rainfall at two European high-altitude locations. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05533

Denmark, watercolour on paper

harbour in Banyuls-sur-mer, watercolour on paper