A holiday nature art show

[ItsMeLucy]

My home is an embarrassment of riches.

Not knowing quite how the CV works (can it read?) I used the squiggle function (not the official name) in my photo software to cover up the label. (My late mother, a teacher, brilliantly suggested I immediately ask each child, “Tell me about this” when a piece of art made its way home and then affix a label.)

The CV isn’t too confident but suggests this could be a member of Shipworms (Teredinidae). Yikesies. I am not very familiar with Shipworms and when I go look them up on iNaturalist this taxon photo announces it will be my new nightmare. Per the son that drew this at age 6 but quit when he grew “tired of brown”, this is actually a cart horse. (I think I know where my giraffe’s neck ended up.)

The CV is again not very sure but has lots of guesses. First and foremost is Dórido Negro (Polycera atra) which I had never heard of but was tickled to learn is a nudibranch! I have never observed one before! Sadly, I still have not, as the son who brought this home stated it was “a bear”. Literally that is all the label says. (Obviously a yet to be described species.) It appears to be… molting? Or shedding black fur off to one side perhaps. Again, the label offers no further information.

[DianaStuder]

Yin yang bear (or a hybrid with panda?

[austin_ajit]

For my mom’s birthday I made a papillo budha butterfly out of card and clay. It came out pretty good! Unfortunately I don’t have a photo. I’ll add the photo when I go back home, along with the rest of my crafts. I have a series of butterflies (scientifically accurate of course. Aren’t all butterflies made of paper?), a clay yak (looks like shaun the sheep), a few paintings ( not too good) and a teeny little clay sneke.

[papernautilus]

@ItsMeLucy

(can it read?)

It can definitely read the file name you use for your observation. The CV always suggests whatever taxon name I have put on my photos. If it doesn’t, I know I have either misspelled the name or it’s a species that needs to be added to the iNat catalogue.

[papernautilus]

I have been contacted by a representative of the GBS (Giraffes Benevolent Society) who says, “Those things may look like knees or elbows to you but that’s just rank speciesism. We wish to point out that we rest on our front ankles (or wrists) when rising.” I have sent my apologies.

[danly]

Painted by Kid #1 (age 7) After Human, CV thinks it’s a Tetra fish, a House mouse, or 2 kinds of mold.

Drawn by Kid #2 (age 5) After Human, CV thinks it’s 2 kinds of Hummingbirds, a Domestic dog, or an Opossum. (This child’s drawings of plants always included roots)

This watercolor of a juvenile American robin by me (age “over the hill”) was correctly IDed by CV. It doesn’t even suggest Human!

[jasonhernandez74]

@danly

I was sure that your giraffe was a red fox

But it has horns.

[danly]

True enough, but c’mon, the CV didn’t catch that, either!
And in the database of my own mind, “seen nearby” includes foxes but not giraffes…

[austin_ajit]

Some birds I drew:

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A red whispered and a red vented bulbul.(upload://7U0a3Fw1SefOtEGmuOgBCo6Eqys.jpeg)

[austin_ajit]

A few butterflies I made:[grid]

The above is the papillo budha I built.

These are paper versions of the tailed jay, greater orange tip and Indian moon moth (not a butterfly, but I had to add it)

[ra_teo]

Lovely works of art! I bet the CV got them right! You’re really talented!

[ra_teo]

These are some sketches and drawings I’ve made… I’m not a huge talent so… here they are! (The butterfly and mushrooms aren’t exact species :))

[ra_teo]

Apparently it they’re black and white the CV won’t ID them right… the colored ones had a proper ID though

[isopodguy]

I tried using the computer vision on some pencil sketches of sci-fi creatures I made, and it ID’d them as different microscopic organisms.

[jasonhernandez74]

@austin_ajit

Some birds I drew

I like that you put two species of bulbuls side by side (Red-vented Bulbul and Red-whiskered Bulbul).

[mo0nsgreenthumb]

My daughter is a little artist and as such she has many many drawings of all kinds of things. I should label them like you suggest because often there is a story being told that is not readily recognizable.

This unicorn she painted by accident. In fact the painting is upside down. We just had to frame it, it was too good to not do so.

The CV is suggesting oak polypore, not even close

This one my son made. It is a bumble bee on perhaps lance-leaf coreopsis?
The CV’s first suggestion is way off Abbott’ss Sphynx but the 3rd suggestion was Bombus impatiens! Right on!

We are a family of artists.
This last one, my husband drew (he’s a paleo artist) but my daughter painted.
CV suggests old man of the woods, a mushroom, this dino might be very old but I don’t think it inhabited any woodlands

[mo0nsgreenthumb]

Love the inclusion of roots! They are often forgotten and yet so important!

[erin-816]

My son created a character when he was in grade school, after the teacher asked the class to each choose a different vegetable to learn about and report on to their classmates…
May I introduce “Fennec Fennel”:

The CV got it with certainty!

I used to do art when I was in high school and college, and still have a few of my pictures…

An oil painting of an ocelot:

The CV also got this one right

A pencil drawing of orchids (pardon the partial window reflection):

The CV recognized flowers, but only suggested orchids at the 6th, 7th, and 8th levels down. Sadly, I no longer recall the specific subject anymore either.

A tiger in pastels:

This one the CV suggested might be a Panthera tigris (correct!), but then again, could be either Bubo virginianus or Asio clamator (Great Horned Owl / Striped Owl - the eyes I’m guessing?)

And last is just construction paper that I cut in the silhouette of orchids and glued onto a white background (with some pencil lines to show the petal shapes)

For this the CV suggested Homo sapiens first (fair), then Erysiphe liriodendri (Tulip-tree Powdery Mildew - ouch), Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive Ridley Sea Turtle - uh…hmm…I disagree) or Trillium stamineum (Twisted Trillium - fairish)

Thank you for opening and inviting us to your virtual gallery, and for the trip down memory lane!

[eyekosaeder]

Whenever I don’t know what to draw/paint, I draw budgies. They are my favourite birds and I have made more doodles of them than of anything else. This year, I made a bunch of budgie paintings to try out a new medium (soft pastels):

Edit: I just realised that I drew them in January… It doesn’t feel like almost an entire year passed between painting them and now… :,)
Edit 2a: CV says budgie on 1 & 3 and Zeuzera pyrina on 2

Also, enjoy this double-ended snail I drew a while back. I cannot remember the context at all, but I just found it again while searching my photo library for some of my nature art…

Edit 2b: CV says Gyraulus sp.

[austin_ajit]

This budgies look so realistic and fluffy!