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SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION
What is Scientific Illustration?
Scientific Illustration is the illustration or the drawing of amphibians, birds, plants, fish, mammals, insects, landscapes, people, and other things to inform people about them.
If you look inside of your textbooks you will see scientific illustration!
This is a scientific illustration of a frog. What might we learnabout frogs after viewing this illustration?
This Bug’s Eye View tells you something about the bug. Although it is not an “illustration” this visual can educate someone about the body, size, and environment of an insect!
This illustration of a leaf’s veins show the primary vascular bundles. They transport water and photosynthesis via
primary xylem and primary phloem.
Can you tell what this is a scientific illustration of?…
Can you see the different kinds of lines: curved, straight, diagonal, in this scientific illustration of an insect? Look closely.
Describe the pattern in this insect?
Metamorphosis can be complicated but an illustrationmakes it easier to understand.
Do you know the name of the famous
artistwho was known for
her up close illustrations of
flowers?
Georgia O’Keeffe
Notice O’Keeffe’s vibrant use of color. What do you thinkis the EMPHASIS of her art?
The emphasis is the anatomy of the flower, the color, the parts.
Some of her artwork can be named in the modern style. Notice the simplification of the shape. All details have been
removed. This is typical of Abstract Art.
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