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Beaded Botanicals

Posted in botanical art on December 18, 2008|

Creative, elegant, and colorful. These adjectives describe the botanically-themed fobs created by artist/author, Kathy Dunham. Dynamic and overflowing with creativity, Kathy created these fobs for use on cell phones, cameras, and purses. They can also be attached to any zipper as colorful zipper pulls. Attach an elegant wide ribbon and make a one-of-a-kind bookmark for your favorite books.

These beaded treats have sparkle and make wonderful stocking stuffers.

Available at ArtPlantae Books ($12). Several designs available, however only one of each design.

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Digital Botanical Illustrations in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine

Posted in botanical art, tagged Niki Simpson on December 4, 2008|

Simpson, Niki and Peter G. Barnes. 2008. Photography and contemporary botanical illustration. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine. 25(3): 258-280.

Niki Simpson and Peter G. Barnes provide an overview of how photography has been used in plant documentation and then present a new digital approach to botanical illustration. They explain how composite botanical illustrations created through digital means can supplement traditional line drawings and herbarium specimens. Technique is discussed in detail and color illustrations support each point made. The authors provide step-by-step instruction on how to create digital composite illustrations. Examples of the authors’ work can be viewed at Niki Simpson – Digital Botanical Illustration.

The abstract to this article can be viewed here. Access to this article can be purchased online. Access is for 24-hours only.

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The Society of Botanical Artists Wants To Chat With YOU!

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art, botanical art books, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events on October 16, 2008|

Fourteen members of The Society of Botanical Artists will participate in the Ask The Artist Q&A. Below is a list of participating artists, their websites and references to their work. View and study their work and think about what you would like to ask them. You will be able to submit your questions beginning next week and will have a two-week window during which to submit questions.

Study. Think. Ask.

Get your list ready!
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Participating Artists & References to Their Work:

A = The Art of Botanical Painting
B = The Botanical Palette: Color for the Botanical Painter

Sandra Wall Armitage
www.watercolourflowers.co.uk
B: Poppy, p. 84
B: Echinops, p. 132

Kathleen Baker
B: Acanthus Seed Heads, p. 102

Susan Christopher-Coulson
www.floraleyes.co.uk
A: Leucadendron, p. 34
B: Iris, p. 62
B: Tulip, p. 112
B: Kitchen Garden Purples, p. 140

Sally Crosthwaite
www.sallycrosthwaite.co.uk
A: Hatfield Tulips, p. 6
A: Agapanthus, p. 76
B: Nerines, p. 131

Susan Dalton
A: Paeonia lutea x Delavyi Group, p. 135
B: Flowering Teasel, p. 128
B: Garlic Braid, p. 141

Brigitte Daniel
A: Sulphur Tuft, p. 64
A: Pelargonium, p. 68
A: Snowdrop, p. 137
B: Primula auricula ‘Old England’, p. 9
B: Himalayan Poppy, p. 52

Paul Fennell
A: Orange Parrot Tulip, p. 72
A: Ornamental Corn, p. 139
B: Sunflower, p. 28

Susan Hillier
SBA Member Gallery
B: Peony, p. 92

Jennifer Jenkins
B: Cyclamen, p. 80

Annie Morris
www.anniemorris.uk.com
B: Blue Hydrangea, p. 51

Kay Rees Davies
www.nwsfa.org.uk
A: Ivy, p. 50
A: Scotch Bonnet Pepper & Long Sweet Pepper, p. 113
A: Onions, p. 113
B: Rhododendron, p. 24
B: Camellia japonica ‘Anemoniflora’, p. 133

Janet Whittle
www.janetwhittle.co.uk
B: Peonies, p. 10

Valerie Wright
SBA Member Gallery
A: Surinam Rainforest, p. 118
A: Rosa rugosa, p. 128
B: Red Hemerocallis, p. 78

Margaret Stevens
SBA Member Gallery
A: Bird of Paradise, p. 38
A: Hybrid Himalayan Poppy, p. 43
B: Lily, p. 16

UPDATE: Q&A published on November 20, 2008. Read it here.
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Available at ArtPlantae Books

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Join the Conversation with Margaret Stevens & The Society of Botanical Artists

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art, botanical art books, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events on October 9, 2008|

Ask the Artist: Margaret Stevens & The Society of Botanical Artists
October 9 – November 20, 2008

You have read about how they work and have seen the step-by-step development of their paintings. Now you have the opportunity to submit questions to Margaret Stevens and members of The Society of Botanical Artists (SBA) during the Ask The Artist event for Fall 2008. Here is how this event will progress:

October 16, 2008
A list of artists participating in the Ask The Artist session will be published. Study their work in The Art of Botanical Painting and The Botanical Palette: Color for the Botanical Painter get your questions ready!

October 20 – 30, 2008
Submit your questions to asktheartist@artplantae.com.
Will you be attending the 14th Annual Meeting and Conference of the American Society of Botanical Artists? Visit us in the Exhibitors’ Hall and submit your questions in-person. We’d love to meet you!

November 3 – 14, 2008
Margaret Stevens and SBA members read and respond to your questions. Their responses will be posted at ArtPlantae Today on November 20th.

November 20, 2008
The Ask The Artist session is published at ArtPlantae Today.
Read, Learn, Comment.
Contribute to our gathering place!

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Maria Sibylla Merian Exhibit Closes August 31st

Posted in botanical art, Special Events on August 29, 2008|

The exhibition, Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science closes on Sunday, August 31st. This very special exhibit about a unique time in botanical art history should not be missed. Visit the exhibition website for more details.
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Currently available at ArtPlantae Books:

- Chrysalis: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Secrets of Metamorphosis
- Insects & Flowers: The Art of Maria Sibylla Merian
- Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science

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Explore Costa Rica with Studio 16

Posted in botanical art, Education, Special Events on August 21, 2008|

Bugs, Beasts & Botanicals Artistic Tour
February 19 – February 28, 2009
$3499 + airfare *

Join Mindy Lighthipe & Nancy Richmond on an Artist/Photographers Tour to Costa Rica! Learn to draw and photograph rare macaws, rainforest animals, waterfalls, tropical flowers, unusual insects and much more! For a full itinerary visit www.studio16online.com. You may also send email to Mindy at mlighthipe@mac.com or call her at 908-769-7417.

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Maria Sibylla Merian at The Getty: Week of July 28 – August 2, 2008

Posted in botanical art, Education, Special Events on August 1, 2008|

June 10 – August 31, 2008
Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science
Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647-1717) was a painter and naturalist who studied the process of metamorphosis. Together with her daughters Johanna and Dorothea, Merian produced the book Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname. This exhibit is located in the West Pavilion on the Plaza Level at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.

July 3 – 31, 2008
Botanical Art – Drawing in the Garden
Members of the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California will conduct demonstrations in the Central Garden from 1:00 pm – 3 pm on Thursdays and Sundays. You are invited to watch them work and to ask them questions about botanical art.

Nature Journaling with Kathy Dunham
Getty Drawing Hour: Getty Garden
Friday August 1, 2008
6 pm – 8 pm
Central Garden, The Getty Center
Learn how to sketch in the garden and create a sketchbook journal with artist Kathy Dunham. Free. Limit: 35 participants. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 5 p.m. Course repeats Friday, August 15, 2008, 6–8 p.m.

Family Festival Celebrating Maria Sibylla Merian
Getty Center, Plaza Level
Saturday, August 2, 2008
10 am – 6 pm
Listen to music from Suriname, make a hat out of ti leaves, create a floral broche, try your hand at natural history illustration, and watch botanical artists at work. Don’t miss out on a day of fun for the entire family.