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Yakamaru

Yakamaru

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WolfyJake said:
No. No legal weed. Common misconception. It's not legal to own any sort of cannabis or marijuana. However, if you have under 5 grams, you will not be persecuted or fined. But if a police officer finds it in your possession he will confiscate it and you'll possibly get taken for questioning. If you have 5-30 grams, you'll be fined €75. More than 30 grams and you get 2 years in prison and a fine of €16.750
Exporting it abroad gets you 4 years in jail and around €70.000 in fines.

Coffeeshops can only sell a maximum of 5 grams per day per person and only to people who are from the Netherlands. So they will not sell it to you if you're a tourist. Or they will, but then you and them are doing something illegal. They can have a maximum of 500 grams in stock. When you buy it, you must smoke it there since it's illegal to walk out the door with it since it's not technically legal to own it.
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Oh, damn. Talk about getting my hopes up.
 
Yakamaru

Yakamaru

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Simo

Simo

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Huh, in Washington, DC, you can grow 6 plants, for your own consumption or 'possess' two ounces, but are not allowed to sell it...though I think it is technically legal to give it away, or trade things for it. In Maryland, it's been decriminalized, and is now just a fine, for having something like a half ounce or less. My guess is it will be legal here fairly soon, and the amount flowing out of the district has driven prices down. (In Maryland, we often call DC, 'The District')

The result of this, in part, has been thinking at times there's a real skunk around, when it's just somebody smoking some skunk weed, or with some really fresh skunk on them. But it doesn't seem to be anything the police bother about, around here, which is nice, unless you have mega amounts.

Well, if I ever did get in trouble I could just say, "It ain't the weed officer, it's me!"
 
WolfyJake

WolfyJake

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Sergei Sóhomo said:
Dunno who you're talking to but you're damn right a good degree is important. Be sure to remind him that an arts degree will get him no where in life unless he's the next DaVinci
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Actually though, my mom has an arts degree. And she's a rather successful botanical artist. She makes good money from her work. She gives workshops/courses/classes too, to teach people how to become a botanical artist. Soo, you don't really need to be the next DaVinci, you just need to be pretty good to make a decent living from it.

Simo said:
Huh, in Washington, DC, you can grow 6 plants, for your own consumption or 'possess' two ounces, but are not allowed to sell it...though I think it is technically legal to give it away, or trade things for it. In Maryland, it's been decriminalized, and is now just a fine, for having something like a half ounce or less. My guess is it will be legal here fairly soon, and the amount flowing out of the district has driven prices down. (In Maryland, we often call DC, 'The District')

The result of this, in part, has been thinking at times there's a real skunk around, when it's just somebody smoking some skunk weed, or with some really fresh skunk on them. But it doesn't seem to be anything the police bother about, around here, which is nice, unless you have mega amounts.

Well, if I ever did get in trouble I could just say, "It ain't the weed officer, it's me!"
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In the Netherlands it's 5 plants maximum. But only if you have a permit.
 
WolfyJake

WolfyJake

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Sergei Sóhomo

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WolfyJake said:
Actually though, my mom has an arts degree. And she's a rather successful botanical artist. She makes good money from her work. She gives workshops/courses/classes too, to teach people how to become a botanical artist. Soo, you don't really need to be the next DaVinci, you just need to be pretty good to make a decent living from it.


In the Netherlands it's 5 plants maximum. But only if you have a permit.
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The hell is a botanical artist
 
WolfyJake

WolfyJake

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Sergei Sóhomo said:
The hell is a botanical artist
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Sogreth said:
I'm thinking "botanical artist" is someone that does floral arrangements? Type of thing..maybe..am I close at all?
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A botanical artist is an artist who makes detailed drawings of plants. These drawings must be as true to life and as scientifically accurate as possible, so no drawing things that aren't there or ignoring blemishes. It's not drawn to look pretty, it's drawn to be accurate. It's all about the plant itself, so theres no background either. In the old days people drew very accurately for scientific purposes, in books and such, that's where its origins lie.
If you google it you'll find what it is. Plus one exception but I crossed that out.
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Fallowfox

Fallowfox

Are we moomin, or are we dancer?
WolfyJake said:
A botanical artist is an artist who makes detailed drawings of plants. These drawings must be as true to life and as scientifically accurate as possible, so no drawing things that aren't there or ignoring blemishes. It's not drawn to look pretty, it's drawn to be accurate. It's all about the plant itself, so theres no background either. In the old days people drew very accurately for scientific purposes, in books and such, that's where its origins lie.
If you google it you'll find what it is. Plus one exception but I crossed that out.
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I'm always amazed at the beauty of traditional scientific illustration, even though it's not intended to be beautiful.

Although actually a lot of the most recent illustrations you will find in science papers are actually very simplified, almost diagramatic and are often not very aesthetic. I suppose because few scientists want to bother hiring an illustrator when a simpler sketch will communicate their idea just fine.
 
WolfyJake

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Fallowfox said:
I'm always amazed at the beauty of traditional scientific illustration, even though it's not intended to be beautiful.

Although actually a lot of the most recent illustrations you will find in science papers are actually very simplified, almost diagramatic and are often not very aesthetic. I suppose because few scientists want to bother hiring an illustrator when a simpler sketch will communicate their idea just fine.
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My mom is actually working with a publisher to illustrate a scientific book about plant life on Schiermonnikoog (Dutch peninsula known for its beauty and rare plantlife due to it being protected for the most part). I'm not sure about progress though, she had surgery and now is in a lot of pain when drawing.
 
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Sergei Sóhomo

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WolfyJake said:
A botanical artist is an artist who makes detailed drawings of plants. These drawings must be as true to life and as scientifically accurate as possible, so no drawing things that aren't there or ignoring blemishes. It's not drawn to look pretty, it's drawn to be accurate. It's all about the plant itself, so theres no background either. In the old days people drew very accurately for scientific purposes, in books and such, that's where its origins lie.
If you google it you'll find what it is. Plus one exception but I crossed that out.
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Ah, I understand. Still, that is a very niche thing to get into so I wouldn't really bank on it much
 
Fallowfox

Fallowfox

Are we moomin, or are we dancer?
WolfyJake said:
My mom is actually working with a publisher to illustrate a scientific book about plant life on Schiermonnikoog (Dutch peninsula known for its beauty and rare plantlife due to it being protected for the most part). I'm not sure about progress though, she had surgery and now is in a lot of pain when drawing.
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Do any examples of her work exist online?
 
WolfyJake

WolfyJake

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Sergei Sóhomo said:
Ah, I understand. Still, that is a very niche thing to get into so I wouldn't really bank on it much
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I guess. But if botanical work is slow, she can just draw animals. Or cars, or people. The good thing about being a very accurate botanical artist is that you can draw basically everything with the same level of accuracy.
It's not like she's limited to the niche-ness of botanical art.
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Do any examples of her work exist online?
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Yes, but since she's my mother, I won't actually link it. I like my privacy.
 
Ravofox

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WolfyJake said:
A botanical artist is an artist who makes detailed drawings of plants. These drawings must be as true to life and as scientifically accurate as possible, so no drawing things that aren't there or ignoring blemishes. It's not drawn to look pretty, it's drawn to be accurate. It's all about the plant itself, so theres no background either. In the old days people drew very accurately for scientific purposes, in books and such, that's where its origins lie.
If you google it you'll find what it is. Plus one exception but I crossed that out.
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I have a whole book of works by botanical artist Ernst Haeckel (this was from when I was interested in plants more than animals, lol:p). In each piece, he draws the same specimen at different angles, and they're just stunning. It must be a cool job for your mother to have:).
 
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