Botanical artist and teacher, Margaret Best announces a new series of evening and weekend classes in drawing and botanical art. Here’s the latest at
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Margaret Best
www.bestbotanical.com
Margaret Best is an award-winning artist and respected teacher. Her artwork has been shown in many exhibitions about contemporary botanical art and is featured in the book, Today’s Botanical Artists, by Cora Marcus and Libby Kyer. Margaret teaches in Canada, England, Bermuda, Italy, Morocco and the United States. Her work is held in both public and private collections, including The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Visit Traditional Botanicals to buy prints and cards of Margaret’s paintings.
Evening Botanical Drawing Classes
August 1, August 8, August 22, 2012
Peartree Studio, Calgary
Drawing classes for a variety of botanical subjects. Suited to beginners as a place to start. Excellent regular drawing practice for intermediates and advanced artists. Will be ongoing until the end of November. Further dates to be announced. Cost: $48 Cdn each class. View Details/Register
Saturday Studio Sessions
August 11 and 26, 2012
Peartree Studio, Calgary
Full day sessions for participants to start or continue with a botanical study in medium of choice. Will be ongoing after 1 October, dates to be announced. Cost: $89 Cdn each session. View Details/Register
3-day Weekend Workshop
August 17-19, 2012
Ralph Klein Park, Calgary
The topic is Putting a Light on your Subject. This workshop will focus on the impact of a direct light source on a botanical subject in terms of highlights, reflected light and shadow. Open to both coloured pencil and watercolour mediums. The participants will be enjoying the benefits of a remarkable art studio at the new Ralph Klein Park, a location dedicated to the preservation of wetlands and clean water systems. The RKP Center is co-sponsoring the event for the members of the newly-formed Botanical Artists of Southern Alberta. The event is open to members and non-members. Cost: $ 285 Cdn. View Details/Register
Mixing Natural Green and Painting Leaves (SOLD OUT!)
September 26-28, 2012. Filoli, San Francisco.
The Colors and Fruits of Fall – October 12-14, 2012
Cross Conservation Center (CCC), Calgary
This 3-day weekend workshop will focus on earth color pigments in watercolors and all the rich colors that we see in nature in fall. Subject matter will be the berries, rose hips, pods and seeds, curling leaves and grasses. CCC is kindly cosponsoring this event for the members of BASA. The event is open to both members and non-members. Cost: $ 285 Cdn. View Details/Register
Fabulous Foliage – Watercolor
November 2-5, 2012
Bermuda Society of Arts, Hamilton, Bermuda
A 4-day intensive workshop using the incredible variety of shapes and colors of tropical and subtropical leaves of Bermuda. The focus will be on how to capture natural green color and how to achieve surface texture, vein structure, curling, foreshortening. If you have always wanted to master the art of painting leaves, this is a class not to be missed. Bermuda is only a 2.5 hour flight from Toronto. For more information, contact the Bermuda Society of the Arts
Painting in Morocco (w/Talks by Ethnobotanist Gary Martin)
April 22-30, 2013. This incredible botanical art experience has been arranged in conjunction with Quench Travel. Included is instruction by Gary Martin, renowned ethnobotanist and the author of Ethnobotany: A Methods Manual. Enjoy five nights in luxury accommodations, three nights in a mountain retreat, meals prepared by gourmet chefs and highly personalized instruction from Margaret Best. Intrigued by this new adventure in botanical art? Download the itinerary to learn more.
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