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Jane LaFazio Teaches in Strathmore’s Artist Studio

Posted in botanical art, Education, gardening, Learning Opportunities, nature, Sketching & Journaling, Special Announcements on August 21, 2013|

Learn about Jane’s FREE class with Strathmore Artist Papers!

Jane LaFazio
janelafazio.com/
Jane is a mixed media artist and a member of the San Diego Sketchcrawl group. Jane teaches at conferences across the U.S. and leads classes in Italy and Greece too. In addition to sketching classes, Jane teaches workshops in collage, mixed media, and quilting. There are always many, many opportunities to learn from Jane in-person. Below is a short list of classes that may be of interest to you. To view all of Jane’s upcoming classes, see her teaching schedule online.

Also see this interview with Jane and her Ask The Artist Q&A with readers.

FREE! Artful Card-making Techniques
Jane will co-teach this online course with artist Joanne Sharpe through Strathmore’s Artist Studio. This class begins on September 3, 2013 and is designated at Workshop 3 in the roster. Act now to join the forum for this class — it already has more than 1,300 members!
Join the forum for Workshop 3

Sketching & Watercolor: Journal Style
Six-week online class.
Learn how to record your life, your summer vacation and other adventures using a loose and quick style of journaling. Participants in this online class will learn a new technique or subject each week and will receive links to supporting material. Communicate with fellow participants and see each others’ projects progress. Designed for beginners. Cost: $85. Online classroom will open Fall 2013.
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Sketching and Watercolor in a Mixed Media Journal
Six-week online class.
Learn to draw from life using Jane’s quick approach to drawing. Take your art journaling to a whole new level! Cost: $90. Online classroom will open Fall 2013.
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Learn from Jane In-person:

Walking and Watercolor in Italy – October 7-13, 2013
ArtWalk: San Diego – January 13-19, 2014
ArtWalk: Italy – May 24-30, 2014
ArtWalk: The French Riviera – June 1-7, 2014
Nature Journaling in Massachusetts – September 12-14, 2014

This information can also be found at Classes Near You > Southern California.

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Autumn Leaves & Seed Pods at Tower Hill Botanic Garden

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, nature, Sketching & Journaling, Watercolor on August 21, 2013|

Autumn colors at Tower Hill Botanic Garden are the focus of these classes with artist, Helen Byers.

Here is the latest at Classes Near You > Massachusetts:

Helen Byers
www.helenbyers.com
Helen Byers is an artist and educator with a background in literary and educational publishing. Her drawings and paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows in the West and East and are held in various private collections. Her illustration credits include six children’s books and six literary book covers. She teaches courses and workshops in botanical drawing and painting, as well as field sketching and nature journaling, to students at all levels.

For more information about Helen Byers and her work, including slide shows from her courses, visit www.helenbyers.com.

Autumn Leaves: Botanical Painting in Watercolor

In this two-day workshop, Helen will discuss and demonstrate contemporary botanical watercolor techniques. Students will work with single autumn leaves. They will learn how to sketch for accuracy and practice color mixing and painting techniques. All levels welcome.
Cost: $100 nonmembers, $90 members

For information and to register, email education@towerhillbg.org,
or call 508-869-6111.

Seeds and Gourds: Botanical Art in Colored Pencil
November 9 – 10, 2013
11 AM – 4 PM
Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA

In this two-day weekend workshop, Helen will demonstrate how to draw and paint late-fall seedpods and colorful gourds using colored pencils. Students will learn how to create detailed drawings in layers, using regular and water-based colored pencils. All levels welcome.
Cost: $100 nonmembers, $90 members

For information and to register, email education@towerhillbg.org,
or call 508-869-6111.

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Botanical Illustration and Photography Workshops at Lewisham Arthouse in London

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Photography on August 21, 2013|

New at Classes Near You > England:

Lewisham Arthouse, London
www.lewishamarthouse.co.uk
The Lewisham Arthouse once served as the central library of Deptford. Designed by architect Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas (1868-1948) and funded by Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), this former library is now features a public gallery and studio space for professional artists. Artist studios are open to the public once per year. Exhibitions in the gallery are open to the public year-round, free of charge. Ten-week botanical illustration and photography classes are taught by Alison Day.

Drawing From Plant Life

This introductory course aims to provide an opportunity to explore the art and science of botanical Illustration. Students will have the opportunity to explore both drawing and painting plants while learning a range of graphic techniques used to represent plant material. Some basic theory is taught and historical and contemporary practice is referenced. This course is taught by a practicing artist who has a background in botany and fine art.

Students are asked to bring their own ideas and specimens to the course as well as drawing plants provided. Basic materials are provided, together with reference literature, students must provide their own sketch book pencils and colours.

All are welcome, no experience needed. This is a small class and provides a supportive and relaxed environment in which to draw.

Space is limited, early registration required. Cost: £95/90 concessions

35 mm SLR Photography Skills Course
Wednesdays, September 25 – December 4, 2013
6:00 – 7:30 PM

Taught by photographer Alison Day, this ten-week workshop provides an opportunity to learn about SLR photography at a theoretical and practical level. The course is aimed at beginners and people who would like to update existing knowledge.

Darkroom chemicals and equipment will be provided. Students must bring their own camera and buy basic materials (e.g 35mm film and photographic paper). All abilities welcome.

The courses is run in Alison’s studio. Space is limited, early registration required. Cost: £95/90 concessions

For additional information and to register for either course, contact Alison at the Lewisham Arthouse.

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Contra Costa Master Gardeners Sustainability Fair

Posted in botanical art, Education, environmental education, gardening, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on August 20, 2013|

The Contra Costa Master Gardeners (CCMG) invite you to the Sustainability Fair celebrating their 30th anniversary of promoting healthy gardening. The Sustainability Fair will be held
September 7, 2013 from 10 AM – 3 PM at the CCMG garden in Walnut Creek, CA on the corner of N. Wiget Lane and Shadelands Drive (map).

“Growing your own vegetables can be a first step in a sustainable, healthy lifestyle that connects you in new ways to the food you eat”, according to Jackie Kennedy, CCMG Association President of the all-volunteer organization.

Visit the Sustainability Fair to learn about canning and preserving, growing winter vegetables, raising chickens, beekeeping, and making compost. You can also learn about sustainable strategies such as recycling, sheet mulching, smart-water usage and how to replace a lawn using the drought-tolerant UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars. Attend lectures, buy plants, go on a self-guided tour of the garden, enjoy healthful food and have fun with the kids in the Children’s Activity Center.

Sounds like a grand celebration and the perfect launch to a new school year!

Master Gardeners are educators trained by the University of California in horticulture, pest management and home gardening. Among the program’s goals is to produce an annual crop of educated volunteers to join the ranks of seasoned Master Gardeners. This year, Contra Costa Master Gardeners (CCMG) celebrates 30 years of providing research-based, sustainable gardening advice to home gardeners.

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The Rise of Women as Botanical Illustrators

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on August 14, 2013|

Image courtesy of Lenhardt Library, Chicago Botanic Garden. All rights reserved.

The Feminine Perspective:
Women Artists and Illustrators
Lenhardt Library
Chicago Botanic Garden
August 23 – November 10, 2013

Next week an exhibition of rare and beautiful works by some of the first women to achieve prominence in the field of botanical illustration will go on display at the Lenhardt Library in the
Regenstein Center of the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Illinois, this exhibition is the library’s first exhibition exclusively about women. Leora Siegel, Director of the Lenhardt Library, will give a presentation about the lives of these pioneering women and their detailed illustrations. This presentation will occur on Sunday, September 29, 2013 and begin at 2 p.m.

Volumes from the library’s rare book collection provide a published record of the advancement of women as botanical artists and illustrators. The exhibition will include the work of Lady Harriet Ann Thiselton-Dyer, who took over as illustrator for Curtis’s Botanical Magazine in 1878. Also featured will be an earlier British artist, Henrietta Maria Moriarty; Frenchwoman Henriette Antoinette Vincent, who was connected to the royal court of Napoleon; and Americans Ellen Robbins and Helen Sharp.

This exhibition of illustrations is part of the library’s ongoing effort to make digital copies of its collection available to the public through the Illinois Digital Archives. To view the library’s digitized rare books, visit the page for the Chicago Botanic Garden Lenhardt Library.

About the Chicago Botanic Garden
The Chicago Botanic Garden opened to the public in 1972 and is managed by the Chicago Horticultural Society, accredited by the American Association of Museums and a member of the American Public Gardens Association (APGA). It is the 12th largest tourist attraction in Chicago and is the area’s sixth largest cultural institution. The Chicago Botanic Garden is a 385-acre living plant museum featuring 26 distinct gardens and four natural areas. Admission is free; select event fees apply. Parking is $25 per car; free for Garden members.

Follow the Garden on these social media sites:
Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Flickr, YouTube.

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Leaf Lab to Open at Brenton Arboretum

Posted in botanical art, botany, Education, Learning Opportunities, nature, Reference, Special Announcements, Special Events on August 13, 2013|

Attention teachers, naturalists and artists near Dallas Center, Iowa!

The Leaf Lab at the Brenton Arboretum will open on August 20, 2013 and will be open every Wednesday from 1-4 PM through November 13, 2013. Visitors to the lab will learn about leaf morphology and plant identification. They will also be able to compare leaves in their personal collections to leaves in the lab and to leaves on the trees in the Arboretum’s living collection.

Cost: $5 lab contribution per visit

Learn more about the Brenton Arboretum, their classes and other services at www.thebrentonarboretum.org. Follow them on Twitter (@brentontrees) and Facebook.

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Millenium Catalog Clearance

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art, botanical art books, Education, History, Special Announcements, Special Events on August 13, 2013|

BotanicalArtIntoThirdMillenium Sales of the wildly popular Italian catalog, Botanical Art into the Third Millenium, are winding down. Unsold catalogs need to be returned to Italy at the end of the month. Only eleven copies remain. After these copies are sold (or returned to the publisher), this catalog must be ordered from the publisher in Pisa, Italy.

The eleven remaining copies are the “hurts” — catalogs that received bumped corners during their trip to California (see example). The pages of these catalogs are in new condition, clean and secure in the book.

Bumped corners, interior pages clean and tight. 15% off, plus free US shipping.

To move these copies out, we’re having a hurts sale. These eleven copies are priced at 15% off and will ship free to any US address.

The catalog is paperback, has 244 pages and illustrations. The exhibition features over 150 pieces of art, including work by Margaret Stones, Rory McEwen and Margaret Mee, as well as art from the Shirley Sherwood Collection.

Pages 1-69 present the collection and the exhibition. They contain about 12 illustrated pages. Pages 70-235 are the catalogue. The catalogue is divided in 5 sections. Each section has a 2 page presentation (1 page in Italian, 1 page in English). So out of 165 pages, 10 of them are text only, 155 are full-page illustrations. Pages 236-243 are index pages. The book is 7.9″ x 10.5″.

To add this catalog to your library while it is still being shipped from California, go to ArtPlantae Books.