The Nautilus shell ( painted ) by kimariehere
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Hello all!!
This isn't done from a photograph ;
TO do this here I looked at a shell and painted this with a mouse in paint shop 7 -by throwing on color and smugding it around with my mous pointer . it took some time to do -about 5 hours yesterday. I redid the colors on it completely for a more interesting effect. I have been asked by many to do more smudging so here is my latest attempt.
This tecnique /process is long and tedious . you have to go back and forth between brush sizes and smudge sizes and smooth over and blending over again and highlights various colors and smoothing back and forth hundreds of times to get this kind of result .. try it and you will find out it is not real easy to do =smudging with a mouse only-lol but i like/ enjoy the challenge of it !!
Here is some interesting info about this facinating shell.
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The nautilus, whose beautiful shell has inspired poets and puzzled scientists for centuries, is also highly valued as a living key to processes that shaped life in earth's ancient seas. The chambered nautilus is a cephalopod mollusc, most closely related to the cuttlefish, squid, and octopus. Little changed in the last 500 million years, nautilus are considered by some scientists to be "living fossils." Numerous nautiloid varieties, now extinct, were dominant marine predators before the rise of the fishes. Today, only a handful of nautilus species survive. Paleontologists, ecologists, and physiologists are studying this fascinating mollusc, hoping to gain insight into the marine environment of 500 million years ago and the workings of life forms long extinct.
Living nautilus are now found only in the waters of the tropical Western Pacific, where they live in a poorly-known marine environment - the deep slopes of coral reefs. Capable of migrating from depths of 1,500 feet (450 m) to within 300 feet (90 m) or less of the surface, nautilus have a depth range seen in few other marine organisms and seem capable of tolerating dramatic changes in both temperature and pressure.
The external shell of the nautilus is produced by mantle tissue as in their distant relatives, the snails. But, unlike snails, the nautilus shell is divided into compartments (about four in newly hatched specimens, 30 in mature individuals), and the animal occupies only the outer-most "living chamber." As the nautilus grows, its body moves forward in the enlarged shell and produces a wall to seal off older chambers. In contrast, snail shells are not usually compartmented and the snail's body extends back to the smallest parts of the spiral shell
The nautilus shell protects and supports the soft body of this mollusc; the animal can withdraw completely into the shell and close the opening with the leathery hood. But the shell's most important function is providing this swimming animal with neutral buoyancy. The older, sealed chambers of the shell contain gas which compensates for the weight of the animal's tissues and shell, keeping the nautilus neutrally buoyant so that it neither sinks nor floats and can move freely in the water.
Nautilus swim in a see-saw motion generated by "jet propulsion." They alternately pull water into the mantle cavity within the shell and blow it out the muscular siphon beneath the tentacles. By directing the jet of water with the flexible siphon, the nautilus can swim forward, backward or sideways. Like many animals that live in open water or above the reef, nautilus show a form of camouflage coloration called countershading. The upper surface of the shell is darkened by irregular stripes that mask its outline when viewed from above, and the light underside of the shell blends with the water surface when viewed from below.
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Thanks for all your comments and time!!
Love to you all!!
((( big hugs )))
Kimmers ! ♥ :O)
Comments (47)
Punaguy
True artiststry here Kimmers..I appreciate the time and effort in this image...truly a work to be proud of and hang! I wish I had half your talent for this type of render, I can't even draw a stick figure straight! Fascinating colors and details in this one...Brilliant work! V Aloha!
nhirschberger
Wow ! So beautiful ! What a brilliant painting ! Fantastic colors and contrast ! Excellent work ! Thanks for sharing !!! VOTE
erlandpil
So wonderful,very very good work
CameraObscura
I think you have done very well. The colours and the nature of the shells proportions is all very, very good. Congradulatoins. Thank you for sharing and have a great weekend.
ovag
A great piece of Art. Well done.
spselfr
Great job I can't draw on the computer it's to hard for me great painting
2Loose2Trek
Cool smudging ... very tasty to the eyes. Excellent!!
SoulSearcherr
sigh..wishing I had your patience..lovely job
ana-maria
Wow...this looks fantastic. Wonderful colors and design. Excellent presented. Superb!!!
Syltermermaid
It looks wonderful, Kimmie and I know how hard it is painting with the mouse. I do that also, I have more feeling when I use the mouse than with the pen!! However you did such an outstanding work!!! Marvelous what you made out ofthis shell!!!!!Hugs
kenwas
Excellent KM. Glad to see you painting.
titta
Nice work again, Kimmers! Beautiful pearl glow, and the inside of the shell is has such a beautiful colour. :-)
Shari123
Oh you've painted/smudged the irredescence better than the real shell! I know this is hard to do, but you are so talented at it! More please!!!!
brycek
WOW..This is just beautiful Kim. Awesome colors and wonderful information!! V
soffy
ohh this is truly a wonderful creation,really such beautiful coloring,impressive art workV
Loloe
Superb!!! Colours are beautiful and you painted the pearl glow so well! Bravo!!!
nongo
THIS, is what I love about you Kimmers, you're a very talented artist!!!!!!! to even attempt to do this with a mouse is amazing and extremely difficult and painstaking, BUT, you succeed, with excellence!!!!!! I'm standing up & clapping for a job well done!!!!!!!! superb artwork!!!!!! ;)V
Svarg
Very well done indeed!! I too do "smudge painting" and know how long and tedious a task it can be. This is very beautiful, and informative as well. I've always thought the nautilus was a really strange, almost alien sort of creature. Maybe that's why I like them. lol! I've written songs about them . . . squirting along through ancient seas, witnessing life evolving over the eons, etc. Great image!
Snow_Angel
This is just so beautiful Kim and an outstanding painting! You are really an inspiration with your photos and smudgings! Wonderfully done image! :)
logiloglu
a wonderful painting. i like the expressive style. excellent presented,Kim. TOP NOTCH #:O)
Denger
Exquisite results! Very true to life. BIG VOTE
visionart
Fantastic Painting Kimmer!Georgy
"OHHHHHHHHH" this is wonderful. A beautiful art piece you have made. I would love to see more too!!!!!!!
hotracer2
Beautifully done, excellent artistry:):)..V
hewee
Very nice Kimmer.
DennisReed
Love the drawing Kimmers, and enjoyed the info on the subject! I wanted to be a Biology teacher long ago. Bravo!
SophiaDeer
Exquisite beauty and colors!
Cosme..D..Churruca
Fabulous work... genially done and beautiful !
Digimon
Well worth the effort! The colors are excellent! I love how you blended it all together! Who ever encouraged you to do more was right, this is great stuff Kimmers!!
Richardphotos
very talented mouse you have there, I mean you are talented. the mouse is just a rodent. if you want a excellent mouse, I recommend Microsoft 6000. it has awesome control and 1000dpi