DAY 319 SPECIES 319 - Giardia duodenalis STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen Giardia duodenalis is a microscopic flagellated parasite that causes a diarrheal illness known as giardiasis #sciart #watercolor #painting #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 319 SPECIES 319 - Actinophrys sol STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen It moves very slowly and has a large central nucleus #sciart #watercolor #painting #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 318 SPECIES 318 - Stephanocha speculum STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen Stephanocha speculum is a marine flagellate with a beautiful geometric silica skeleton made of hollow opaline silica rods #sciart #painting #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 317 SPECIES 317 - Spirostomum ambiguum STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen S. ambiguum is one of the largest single celled organisms, reaching up to 4mm long and visible to the naked eye #sciart #watercolor #painting #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 316 SPECIES 316 - Lacrymaria olor STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura & Pentel pen Lacrymaria olor's name translates roughly to "Swan's tear",it references both the teardrop body shape and the swan like neck #sciart #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 315 SPECIES 315 - Trypanosoma brucei STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura & Kingart pen T. brucei is a flagellated, extracellular protozoan parasite that causes African Sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in cattle. #sciart #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic

DAY 314 SPECIES 314 - Prymnesium parvum STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, QoR, & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen NOTES: Tried doing too much, and got humbled by the paint 💢🖌️ #sciart #watercolor #painting #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic

DAY 313 SPECIES 313 - Sticholonche zanclea STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen Sticholonche zanclea is a unique marine protist found in open oceans #sciart #watercolor #painting #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 312 SPECIES 312 - Leishmania donovani STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura & Writech pen NOTES: Back in bacteria I made a few paintings that looked like old wallpaper, I wanted to do something similar today #sciart #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 311 SPECIES 311 - Didinium nasutum STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen #sciart #watercolor #painting #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protsistsonsky

DAY 310 SPECIES 310 - Phytophthora infestans STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen P. infestans is a beautiful water mold, but one of the most destructive plant pathogens ever recorded #sciart #watercolor #painting #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 309 SPECIES 309 - Coscinodiscus radiatus STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen NOTES: I really tried to make the pattern uniform 😭😄 #sciart #watercolor #painting #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic

DAY 308 SPECIES 308 - Tripos muelleri STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen T. muelleri is a marine planktonic dinoflagellate renowned for its distinct, pitchfork shaped silhouette. #sciart #watercolor #painting #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 307 SPECIES 307 - Tripos furca STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura & Charsoco pen T. furca is a species of armored marine dinoflagellate #sciart #watercolor #painting #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 306 SPECIES 306 - Tripos fusus STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen T. fusus is a marine, planktonic, armored dinoflagellate with an elongated spindle shaped body #sciart #watercolor #painting #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 305 SPECIES 305 - Diploconus fasces STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek watercolor, Sakura pen D. fasces is a species of marine, planktonic protist recognized by its delicate strontium sulfate skeletal structure #sciart #watercolor #painting #art #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 304 SPECIES 304 - Noctiluca scintillans STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen N. scintillans, commonly known as Sea sparkle, is known for creating brilliant blue bioluminescence in coastal waters #sciart #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 303 SPECIES 303 - Stentor coeruleus STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. QoR & DS watercolor, Sakura pen S. coeruleus is a large vibrant trumpet shaped freshwater ciliate visible to the naked eye #sciart #watercolor #art #paint #protist #eukaryotic #protistsonsky

DAY 302 SPECIES 302 - Lithoptera fenestrata STAGE: Protists MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic watercolor, Sakura pen NOTES: I'll be doing protists for the next 240 days, with other types of protists like Green Algae, Red Algae, Amoebas and Choanoflagellates coming at a later date

DAY 301 SPECIES 301 - Ubysseya fretuma STAGE: Protist MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic watercolor, Sakura pen Ubysseya fretuma is a species of predatory protist #sciart #watercolor #painting #art #paint #protist

STAGE COMPLETE, NEW ERA! 🦠🎉 Next up is Protists! Archaea don't get near enough attention for how interesting they truly are. I can't wait to see what future research uncovers, especially the work being done with Asgard archaea. #sciart #watercolor #archaea #protist #painting #art #paint

DAY 300 SPECIES 300 - Acidianus bottle-shaped virus STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic, DS & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen NOTES: I didn't have a good way to integrate viruses, so I'm going to spread them throughout the stages that they are related to #sciart #watercolor #archaea #art

DAY 299 SPECIES 299 - Methanobacterium congolense STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper, Chromatic & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen M. congolense is a rod shaped non motile archaeon isolated from anaerobic digesters treating cassava peel waste in Congo #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 298 SPECIES 298 - Candidatus Methanosuratincola verstraetei STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic watercolor, Writech pen, Tombow pencil NOTES: Thanks to @environmicrobio.bsky.social for the suggestion. I wouldn't have found this one without the help #sciart #watercolor #archaea #art

DAY 297 SPECIES 297 - Thermosphaera aggregans STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & QoR watercolor, Writech pen, Tombow pencil Thermosphaera aggregans is a hyperthermophilic, strictly anaerobic archaeon first identified in Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone #sciart #watercolor #archaea #art

DAY 296 SPECIES 296 - Candidatus nanoclepta minutus STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic, DS, & QoR watercolor, Writech pen, Tombow pencil NOTES: Got the greens too muddy #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 295 SPECIES 295 - Haloarcula marismortui STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic watercolor, Writech pen, Tombow pencil H. marismortui is an extreme halophilic archaeon isolated from the Dead Sea. It is a model microorganism for studying high salt adaptation #sciart #archaea #art #paint

DAY 294 SPECIES 294 - Methanospirillum lacunae STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic watercolor, Writech & Sakura pens NOTES: Normally I take my sweet time painting, but this was my quickest painting so far at 30'ish minutes #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 293 SPECIES 293 - Methanothermus sociabilis STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & QoR watercolor, Writech pen M. sociabilis is a hyperthermophilic, strictly anaerobic archaeon isolated from a solfataric waterhole at Kerlingarfjöll, Iceland #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art

DAY 292 SPECIES 292 - Methanobacterium beijingense STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic, QoR & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen M. beijingense is a mesophilic, hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated in Beijing, China. #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 291 SPECIES 291 - Methanohalophilus profundi STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic, QoR & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen M. profundi is a species of anaerobic, motile, and coccus shaped archaea #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 290 SPECIES 290 - Metallosphaera javensis STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic watercolor, Sakura pen M. javensis is a thermoacidophilic, aerobic archaeon isolated from a hot pool in Java, Indonesia #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 289 SPECIES 289 - Candidatus Nitrosocaldus islandicus STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic watercolor, Sakura pen #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 288 SPECIES 288 - Methanosuratincola petrocarbonis STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen M. petrocarbonis is a strict anaerobic, & thermophilic methanogenic archaeon isolated from oil produced water in China's Shengli field #sciart #watercolor #archaea

DAY 287 SPECIES 287 - Pyrobaculum islandicum STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen P. islandicum is a hyperthermophilic, rod shaped archaeon found in continental solfataric springs, thriving at optimal temperatures around 100°C / 212°F #sciart #archaea #art

DAY 286 SPECIES 286 - Picrophilus torridus STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen Isolated from soil near hot springs in Japan #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 285 SPECIES 285 - Pyrobaculum oguniense STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil P. oguniense is a hyperthermophilic, facultatively aerobic archaeon. #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 284 SPECIES 284 - Pyrobaculum calidifontis STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen P. calidifontis is a hyperthermophilic, rod shaped archaeon isolated from hot springs in the Philippines. #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 283 SPECIES 283 - Thermocladium modestius STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic, HWC & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen NOTES: I forgot to erase my pencil before I started painting. 🙃 #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 282 SPECIES 282 - Caldivirga maquilingensis STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic, HWC & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen C. maquilingensis is a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from acidic hot springs at Mt. Maquiling in the Philippines #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 281 SPECIES 281 - Vulcanisaeta distributa STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen V. distributa is a rod shaped, anaerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon found in acidic hot springs in Japan. #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 280 SPECIES 280 - Sulfolobus yangmingensis STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil Sulfolobus yangmingensis is a thermoacidophilic archaeon isolated from a hot spring in Longfong Valley, Yang Ming National Park, Taiwan #sciart #archaea #art

DAY 279 SPECIES 279 - Stygiolobus azoricus STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil Stygiolobus azoricus is an thermoacidophilic, obligately anaerobic archaeon that has many hair like appendages called archaella. #sciart #watercolor #archaea #art

DAY 278 SPECIES 278 - Metallosphaera cuprina STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil M. cuprina is a thermoacidophilic, metal mobilizing archaeon isolated from sulfuric hot spring in Yunnan, China #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 277 SPECIES 277- Sulfodiicoccus acidiphilus STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatic, QoR & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil Sulfodiicoccus acidiphilus is a coccus shaped, non-motile archaeon. #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 276 SPECIES 276 - Saccharolobus solfataricus STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. DS , QoR & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen NOTES: I have 3 colors that I want to keep using over and over. #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 275 SPECIES 275 - Sulfuracidifex metallicus STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen S. metallicus is an archaeon discovered in Icelandic solfataric fields. #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 274 SPECIES 274 - Staphylothermus marinus STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen, Tombow pencil #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 273 SPECIES 273 - Stetteria hydrogenophila STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek, HWC & QoR watercolor, Sakura pen NOTES: I'm approaching the end of Archaea, I'll move onto the next stage on day 300. 🦠_🦠 #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint

DAY 272 SPECIES 272 - Aeropyrum pernix STAGE: Archaea MEDIUM: Arches Paper. Chromatek & HWC watercolor, Sakura pen Aeropyrum pernix is a strictly aerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon. #sciart #watercolor #archaea #painting #art #paint