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Denver Botanic Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration
Denver Botanic Gardens
A complete program offering classes in pencil drawing, colored pencil, watercolor, sketching, botany, art history, scratch board, and classes dedicated to specific techniques and plant groups. See a complete course listing here. This program now works collaboratively with El Charco del Ingenio, a nature reserve and botanical garden in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. To learn more about the Garden’s certificate program, visit the program’s blog at http://botanicalillustration.blogspot.com. This blog is maintained by Program Coordinator, Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski.

The Summer/Fall 2011 schedule for Denver Botanical Garden includes:

GUEST WORKSHOPS

Flower Portraits in Pastel with Susan Fisher – July 8-10, 2011

From Outlined to Boneless: Painting Peony and Lotus the Chinese Way – October 14-16, 2011; 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Explore the rhythms of nature and human culture through traditional Chinese ink painting. Instructor: Sally Yu Leung

Look, Paint and Enjoy! – November 6-9, 2011; 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Learn the meticulous drawing, painting and composition techniques of illustrator Charlotte Knox.

INTRODUCTORY COURSES:

Introduction to Botanical Illustration

REQUIRED COURSES:

Botany for the Botanical Illustrator
Composition for Botanical Illustration
Botanical Illustration in Pencil I
Botanical Illustration in Pencil II
Perfecting Perspective
Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink I
Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink II
Color Layering for Colored Pencil
Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil I
Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil II
Color Mixing for Artists
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor I
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor II

ELECTIVE COURSES:

Art Materials for the Botanical Illustrator
Botany Spotlight: Lichens
Adobe Illustrator I
Bookbinding Workshop – Make Three Different Artistic Boxes
Color Mixing Journal
Botanical Artist’s Visual Journal
The Art of the Nature Journal at Caribou Ranch and Mud Lake Open Space
The Value of Value in Color Painting
Focus on Style
Expressive Ink on Mylar
Texture on Mylar with Colored Pencil
Ravishing Reds in Watercolor
Features in Graphite
Elegant Hand Lettering I
Elegant Hand Lettering II: Beautiful Brushstrokes
Pen and Ink III: Arizona Legumes II
Lyrical Flowers in Colored Pencil on Mylar
Leafy Greens in Colored Pencil
Native Earth
Wicked Plants
Art Nouveau: Botanical Tile Design
Conifers in Colored Pencil
Brilliant Butterflies
Indigenous Plants and American Indian Cuisine
Drawing on Tradition: Marie Angel’s Illuminated Miniatures
Watercolor Pencils I
Rocky Mountain Wildflowers
Sunflowers in Watercolor
Colorado Native Grasses
The Story of the Apple
Eggs and Nests in Watercolor
Drawing on Tradition: Album Vilmorin & the Vegetable Garden

DISTANCE LEARNING
This new program combines in-class instruction with online instruction. Students accepted into this new certificate program must live more than 150 miles from Denver Botanic Gardens. Click image to download schedule.

Required Courses Taught at DBG
Botanical Illustration in Pencil I
Botany for the Botanical Illustrator
Composition for Botanical Illustration
Perfecting Perspective
Color Layering for Colored Pencil

Required Courses Taught Online with On-site Component (two days of in-class instruction followed by three weekly Internet sessions)
Botanical Illustration in Pencil II
Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil I
Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil II
Color Mixing for Artists
Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink I
Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink II
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor I
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor II

WORKSHOPS AT EL CHARCO 2011

Succulents: Texture & Form in Colored Pencil (Feb. 7-11, 2011)
Nature Illuminated: Ink and Mixed Media (July 25-29, 2011)
Wildflowers in Watercolor (Dec. 5-9, 2011)

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