Mineral art from Slovenia

Quartz var. smoky, locality: Breznica pod Lubnikom, Slovenia

Specimen size is 10 x 8 x 5 cm.

Illustration by Marija Nabernik
Watercolor on art paper, 25 x 30 cm, 2009

Nice!

Very nice!!

Jolyon

Very VERY nice!!!

this, I assume is the model

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/08/2009 04:59PM by Maggie Wilson.

Wonder art! Could you send me your e-mail address so I can write an article on you and your art for Rocks & Minerals magazine?
Thank you,
Susan Robinson

Susan, you can also try to reach Igor by PM (private messaging) - by clicking on the PM field after Igor's name on one of his messages.

Direct link to PM for thread starter
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One other method is to use the "Contact Me" tab on his mindat home page. That allows you to send a short email via mindat.
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I cannot help thinking that the illustration is somehow computer generated. The similarity to the photo is precise.

-Dean Allum



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/09/2009 07:23PM by Dean Allum.

Speaking as an artist, it would be extremely difficult to make this in photoshop or painter (Both popular for digital painting.)

There are many differences actually.

It may have been projected on to the watercolour paper, outlined in pencil and then painted, to achieve the exact outlines of the crystal forms.

But when you check, you can actually see many, many differences between it and the photo, in terms of colour, transparency-look, etc.

I will be submitting some mineral art soon as well.

The usual way is with dry brush techniques in watercolour with touches of gouache (opaque-ish watecolours).

-Bri

That is fantastic! I'd love to have Marija Nabernik's e-mail address.