Skill Collection (#68)

Using scissors to unhook trout from net, close-up

Vet checking a tabby cats abdomen

Potter making clay jar, from Saqqara
Egyptian civilization, Old Kingdom, Dynasty V. Potter making a clay jar. From Saqqara

Spain, Osuna (Urso), Bas-relief depicting an aulos player 1st Century B.C. Spain, Madrid, Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Hispanic-Roman art

Italy, Arezzo Province, Quarata, Bronze statue depicting athlete
Etruscan civilization, 5th century b.C. Bronze statue depicting an athlete, from Quarata (Arezzo Province)

Greek fictile figurine of carpenter at work, from Boeotia, Greece, 5th Century B. C
Greek civilization, 5th century b.C. Fictile figurine of carpenter at work. From Boeotia

Roman auxiliary military, levantine archer, 2nd century, drawing
Ancient Rome. Roman auxiliary military. Levantine archer. 2nd century. Color illustration

Detail of Roman funerary stele relief depicting workshop of cutler Lucius Cornelius Atimetus
Roman civilization. Funerary stele relief depicting workshop of cutler Lucius Cornelius Atimetus. Detail

Hands cleaning chanterelle mushroom with pastry brush, close-up

Scraping dirt off bolete mushroom with a knife, close-up

Cleaning bolete mushroom with cloth, close-up

Hand holding peeler and lemon, peeling off lemon zest, close-up

Chef coring peeled Golden Delicious apples with apple corer, close-up

Hands cutting beef into strips on plastic chopping board, close-up

Hands holding knife, cutting brisket of beef on plastic chopping board, close-up

Hands holding knife cutting squid into strips, tentacles nearby, close-up

Chef cutting chilli pepper into strips with paring knife, chilli pepper with seeds nearby

Chef chopping flat leaf parsley with mezzaluna, close-up

Chef cutting stems off bunch of green beans with scissors, close-up

Chef chopping garlic with large knife, close-up

Chef peeling garlic clove with knife

Chef cutting leeks in half, on wooden chopping board, close-up

Cutting cabbage with large knife, close-up

Chef wearing rubber gloves while dicing beetroots with large knife, close-up

Cutting carrots into strips with large knife, close-up

Chef cutting aubergine into cubes, close-up

Hands sharpening knife on sharpening block, close-up

Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana hanging from branch, illustration
Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), illustration

Vervet or Green Monkeys Chlorocebus aethiops stealing corn, illustration
Vervet or Green Monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) stealing corn, illustration

Red fox Vulpes vulpes looking for food in a garbage bin, illustration
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) looking for food in a garbage bin, illustration

Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes fishing for termites, illustration
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) fishing for termites, illustration

Giant Pangolin Manis gigantea catching ants, illustration
Giant Pangolin (Manis gigantea) catching ants, illustration

Raccoon Procyon lotor searching for food in stream, illustration
Raccoon (Procyon lotor) in search of food, illustration

Red fox Vulpes vulpes cubs playing and hunting butterflies, illustration
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cubs playing and hunting butterflies, illustration

Tree Pangolins Manis tricuspis catching ants, illustration
Tree Pangolins (Manis tricuspis) catching ants, illustration

European Badger Meles meles picking fruit from tree, illustration
European Badger (Meles meles) picking fruits, illustration

Spectacled bear Tremarctos ornatus climbing tree, illustration
Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) climbing a tree, illustration

Red foxes Vulpes vulpes in forest, illustration
Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), illustration

Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla catching ants, illustration
Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) catching ants, illustration

Watercolour painting of tigers head next to examples of how to paint fur

Four black and white illustrations showing how to construct adrawing of Diplodocus dinosaur

Hands joining hair from either side of horses tail, starting to plait

France, Paris, Wigmaker 18th century, Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs (Library)

Finland, Helsinki, The violinist
Alvar Cawen (1886-1935), The Violinist, 1922, 92x55 cm

France, Paris, Flute player
France - 18th century - Flutist

Russia, The apparition
Marc Chagall (1887-1985), The Apparition

Finland, Turku, Portrait of Jean Christian Julius Sibelius
Teodor Schalin (1882-1960), Portrait of Jean Christian Julius Sibelius (Hameenlinna, 1865 - Jarvenpaa, 1957), Finnish composer, 1952

Finland, Turku, Portrait of Jean Christian Julius Sibelius
Finland - 20th century. Portrait of Jean Christian Julius Sibelius (Hameenlinna, 1865 - Jarvenpaa, 1957), Finnish composer, in 1920

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