The classes below are taught by Marjorie Leggitt at the Denver Botanic Gardens (DBG). View the current class schedule for both Marjorie and DBG at Classes Near You > Colorado.
The Business of Art
Fri-Sun, Oct 2-4, 9am – 2:30 pm
Course #09CBI450
What’s next? Start with an assessment of your potential, personal direction and goals as an artist. Learn the skills and create the materials you’ll need to market yourself as a professional. Work step-by-step to organize and build a portfolio from the artwork you have and design an effective business card to present yourself professionally. Train your “left-brain” business manager to work with your “right-brain” artist as you gain information about contracts, paperwork, legal issues for artists and archiving your artwork. Visits to a paper store and a printer provide vital information for launching a professional future. You’ll develop the know-how to start out in the art world.
Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember.
All students are welcome, with no prerequisites.
The Illustrated Recipe
Mon., Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 1 – 4 p.m.
Course #09CBI351
Just when you thought you might have to buy another scarf for your mother-in-law…this workshop is perfect for creating holiday gifts: recipe cards, a label for your favorite salad dressing, a framed picture of your sister’s beef bourguignon complete with the calligraphed recipe! What a GREAT idea!!!
Apple Pie? Borscht? Herbed muffins? Choose a favorite recipe and create an illustration as the perfect companion. See how other artists have illustrated recipes in cookbooks, old and new. Composition is key as you arrange fruits, vegetables, herbs and cooking tools to enhance the text. A demonstration will show you how an artist might use a computer to approach layout for a project of this kind, though you will do your work with traditional artist materials. Working in the color medium of your choice, create a piece that would be a delicious holiday gift or card.
Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember.
Prerequisites: Pencil I, entry-level color media of choice.
To register go to the web page of the Botanical Illustration Certificate Program at Denver Botanic Gardens.
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