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Closing Soon – Botanical Art Exhibition at Tring Museum

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, History, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on August 7, 2013|

There is still time to see the exhibition, Blooming Marvellous, an exhibition showcasing 400 years of botanical art. This exhibition is now on view at the Natural History Museum at Tring in Hertfordshire, England. This show will close on August 18, 2013.

Visit the museum to learn how botanists and artists interpreted nature and plants in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Featured in this exhibition is the work of the following artists:

  • Sydney Parkinson
  • Georg Dionysius Ehret
  • Franz Bauer
  • Arthur Harry Church

Tomorrow, August 8, museum guests will have the opportunity to create their own Blooming Marvellous creation. Guests are invited to create their own tissue-paper flower from 10:15 – 11:45 AM and 2:00 – 3:45 PM.
Tickets are £1.50.

Learn more about Blooming Marvellous

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Botanical Art & Botany with Linda Vorobik

Posted in botanical art, botany, Education, general botany, herbarium, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, travel on August 7, 2013|

New updates for the Classes Near You pages for California, Hawaii and Washington.


Vorobik Botanical Art
www.vorobikbotanicalart.com
Linda Ann Vorobik, Ph.D. is a botanical illustrator and botanist who teaches at the Jepson Herbarium at UC Berkeley, conducts field research in the Siskiyou Mountains in Oregon and teaches botanical illustration in California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii. Visit Linda’s website to view her current teaching schedule, online gallery, blog, and to sign-up for her newsletter.

    An Introduction to Botanical Art
    Burke Museum
    University of Washington Herbarium
    September 20, 2013
    Pre-registration required by September 13, 2013


    Painting Orchids on the Big Island of Hawaii     – October 20-26, 2013


    Plan Ahead for 2014!

    An Introduction to Botanical Art
    Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
    Santa Barbara, CA
    March 22-23, 2014


    An Introduction to Botanical Art
    Center for Urban Horticulture
    University of Washington Botanic Gardens
    Seattle, WA
    October 4-5, 2014


    Painting Orchids on the Big Island of Hawaii
    October 19-25, 2014


Also See
An interview with Linda Ann Vorobik

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This Week Only! The Visual Exploration of Biological Forms

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on August 5, 2013|

The exhibition WILDLIFE: Visual Explorations of Biological Forms in Nature opens today at the Godine Family Gallery at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design.

WILDLIFE is an exhibition of biological art by 12 artists who spent 12 days in nature exploring and studying plants and animals in Natural History and Biological Art, a four-week summer course taught by biology professor Dr. Saúl S. Nava. An opening reception will be held today, August 5, from 4:30 – 6:30 PM. This exhibition of student work will be on view through Friday, August 9, 2013.

Visit the Godine Family Gallery


About Dr. Saúl Nava
Professor Saúl Nava teaches the life sciences and biology at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) and is a faculty research associate in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. He also teaches summer programs about art and biology. One program is called
Field BIO+ART: Collaborative R.N.A. (Research in Nature and Art). The other program is about natural history and biological art and is an introduction to visualizing plants, animals and natural forms.

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Habitat for Humanity in the Spotlight at Riverside ArtsWalk

Posted in botanical art, botany, Education, gardening, general botany, herbarium, Learning Opportunities, Sketching & Journaling, Special Announcements, Special Events on August 1, 2013|

Today is the first Thursday of the month and this means that this evening the streets of downtown Riverside will be filled with people enjoying a warm summer night at ArtsWalk.

Tonight ArtsWalk will be especially memorable for Habitat for Humanity Riverside which has been celebrating its 25th anniversary and the 15th anniversary of the Riverside ReStore this year. Their celebration takes a very public turn as Habitat’s “Homes” tour kicks off in front of the Main Public Library on Mission Inn Blvd, across the street from the Riverside Metropolitan Museum and the historic Mission Inn.

This tour will showcase the work of 46 local artists and their interpretation of what home means to them. This exhibition will be on view inside the library
August 4-22, 2013. Beginning August 27, the twenty-five dollhouses and fifteen plaques will be auctioned off to raise money for housing projects in Riverside, Jurupa Valley, Moreno Valley, Corona and Norco — areas served by Habitat for Humanity Riverside. This auction will be held at the Riverside ReStore. Bidding will also occur online, allowing individuals in neighboring communities the opportunity to participate. The auction ends on September 27, 2013. Winning bidders will be announced on September 28, 2013.

Participating artists will be in attendance during ArtsWalk tonight to answer questions about their work. I will be there with my educational/interactive piece titled, Garden Journal: Sunflower. It is a “home herbarium” piece designed to ignite a curiosity about plants and offers gardeners a way to begin recording what grows in the home garden.

Showcase artists will serve as docents while the exhibition is on view inside the library from August 4-22, 2013. If you can’t make it out tonight, we hope to see you while the exhibition is at the library or when the exhibition returns to the Riverside ReStore for the auction.

I invite you to attend the ArtsWalk launch of this special “Homes” tour tonight from 6:00 – 8:30 PM to admire the thoughtful creativity of local artists and their presentation of the showcase message, Home is where our story begins…


Vote for Your Favorite
After viewing the 25 amazing dollhouses and 15 creative plaques, go online to vote for your Fan Favorite at the Riverside ReStore. A Fan Favorite Award will be presented at Habitat’s 25th Anniversary Gala in September.

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Natural History Art & Photography in Costa Rica

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events, travel on July 29, 2013|

A new adventure awaits at Classes Near You > Florida!


Mindy Lighthipe
www.botanicalartpainting.com
Custom classes, art tours, and self-published instructional books can be found at Studio 16, the classroom and art studio of natural science illustrator, Mindy Lighthipe. To register for classes, contact Mindy.

    Bugs, Beasts & Botanicals Artistic Adventure Tours
    Costa Rica 2014
    February 4-13, 2014
    Download Itinerary

    Imagine this…

    Upon arriving in Costa Rica, you are greeted by a driver who takes you to Hotel Bougainvillea to join up with fellow artists and instructors Mindy Lighthipe and Nancy Richmond. After a tasty dinner, you retire for the evening in this exciting garden paradise.

    The next morning you awake to begin your Costa Rican adventure and go all-in to enjoy one amazing experience after another. One-of-a-kind adventures include a visit to a toucan rescue ranch, a rainforest and a waterfall garden. They also include bird walks, drawing in the field, painting and learning about photography.

    Sound like fun?

    Learn more about this unique opportunity and download an itinerary on Mindy Lighthipe’s website, BotanicalArtPainting.com.

    Save $250 if you register before September 1, 2013!

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Explore the Gardens & Villas of Northern Italy

Posted in botanical art, Education, gardening, History, Learning Opportunities, Sketching & Journaling, Special Announcements, Special Events, travel on July 29, 2013|

New at Classes Near You > New York!


Gretchen Kai Halpert
www.gretchenhalpert.com
Gretchen Halpert is a scientific illustrator and biologist with many years of experience creating illustrations for the medical field, for scientific research, and for commercial clients. Gretchen also teaches classes in the book arts and leads journaling classes.

    Gardens and Villas of the Italian Lakes
    June 21-30, 2014
    Join Gretchen on an eight-day tour of northern Italy! Enjoy two travel days plus eight days exploring lush gardens and ancient villas in the Italian lakes region of northern Italy (plus a pop over to southern Switzerland). Visit Venice, Murano, Doge’s Palace, Giusti Giardino, Como, Lugano (Switzerland), Bellagio, Stresa, Lake Maggiore, Villa Cicogna, Isola Madre and Isola Bella. This botanical tour is presented by Botanical Travel Tours and operated by the Royal Horticultural Society in conjunction with Collette Vacations.

    Gretchen will offer botanical sketching and travel journaling tips and demos for those interested. Contact Gretchen by email or at 607-767-6936 if you have questions about this tour.

    View complete itinerary

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Botanical Illustration on Mobile Devices

Posted in botanical art, teaching & learning, Teaching & Learning on July 26, 2013|

There is no shortage of drawing, sketching and painting apps for iPads, iPhones and other gadgets. Which apps are the best? Which will help you draw, paint and match colors in a way resembling how you work with pencil, paper and paint?

Today I want to bring attention to a selection of apps created by Adobe and, specifically, to the interesting series of videos published last month about creating botanical illustrations on mobile devices.

Broadcasting from The Creative Cloud Classroom, instructor Mike McHugh demonstrates how to use Adobe’s Creative Cloud products to turn a botanical drawing into a finished painting. The products he demonstrates are Adobe Ideas (sketching), Adobe Kuler (color matching) and Adobe Illustrator CC (painting).

The color-matching app Adobe Kuler is especially interesting. Many of you are familiar with the color chart by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). Well, Adobe Kuler essentially functions like the digital version of the RHS color chart. This interesting app enables you to point your iPhone camera or iPad camera at a subject and instantly establish a color palette. It is fascinating to watch it work.

Now, in just these two paragraphs I have laid the foundation for some very lengthy discussion. I know a discussion like this can turn into as heated a debate as those about religion and politics. My objective today is not to stir the pot, but to share thoughts. To facilitate the sharing of opinions, I created a short survey where opinions can be cast as anonymous clicks. If you would like to post more extensive commentary, please feel free to do so in the Comment box below. All I ask is that you keep passionate commentary friendly.

Before you visit the anonymous survey, take a moment to view the wonderful tutorials in Adobe’s Creative Cloud Classroom. Each video runs about 12 minutes. Here are the links:


Here is the survey
You’ll be able to see how your opinions compare with other readers at the end.


Also See
Adobe Touch Apps for iPhone and iPad. Adobe Ideas and Adobe Kuler are FREE.

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