I keep saying to myself that I’ll pick up painting again, but I haven’t picked up a brush in a few years now.. Just the other day, I came across a couple of resources in the rare book collection that made me change my mind. In南美海岸的岬角水彩剪影（约1830年），一个神秘艺术家提供了几个全景水彩画。在一些页面上，我们看到船只在水面上，但其他人则拥有众多土地的沿海观点。在下面的这个皇家海军船只的形象中，标题读，“HMS Dover在Rio附近的Rio附近的沉重阵容”。在the next image of Harradura Point Coquimbo, we can see how the artist has provided us with some notes so that we may situate ourselves “NE by N”: In this last image, I’ve zoomed in so you can see the details a little better. In水彩图画的海洋观点由Frances Waring（1776-1840），我们看到另一个有海上主题的水彩画的伟大典范。在第一个图像中，我们看到一点混乱场景，煤斗带被其他船只包围。你能相信这个页面下的页面约为8“x 12”？我立即爱上了这个Dover的夜晚形象：这个最后一个很有趣..标题读到这是“靠近Ricipole - 近韦茅斯1826年8月27日”我做了一点搜索我是否能找到一张照片这座桥梁，这个网站靠近韦茅斯村的一座桥梁的图像：http://www.love-weymouth.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/radipole-village/radipole-village-weymouth-221.jpg.这些（和其他）稀有书中有这么多的更多图像，值得一度很长的学习。A favorite that comes to mind is a study of tropical fishes, but that’s another blog… If you happen to view all there is to see on paintings in rare books, know that there are also a few logbooks that feature color and monochromatic paintings that were done while at sea! If you have a chance, come on in and be amazed by the detail and know that it’s one of a kind.