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Study botanical art in Norway

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, travel on February 2, 2016|

For the past three years, Gaynor Dickeson has worked diligently to raise the profile of contemporary botanical art in Norway. She has done so successfully through the botanical art holidays she leads on the banks of the Oslo Fjord. Gaynor invites you to join her on the next holiday workshop scheduled for this summer.

Here is what’s new at Classes Near You > Norway:

Botanical Art Workshop Holiday in Norway 2016
June 24 – July 1, 2016

Award-winning botanical artist Gaynor Dickeson will lead a botanical art workshop in Norway in 2016. Travel to the banks of the Oslo Fjord and spend your mornings immersed in botanical art.

Study botanical art every morning after breakfast from Saturday through Thursday. Afternoons are free to explore. During the afternoon, Gaynor will be either in the studio and available for advice, or will be out guiding an afternoon visit to an UNESCO Geopark Area with masses of wild flowers.

Description of the class:

Botanical art/illustration demonstrations and individual instruction.
Maximum: 12 students
Suitable for new beginners and highly experienced botanical artists who want to improve in specific techniques. As classes are kept deliberately small, everyone can be accommodated.
Media: Colored pencil, watercolor and/or graphite

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Botanical Illustration at Capel Manor College

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities on January 22, 2016|

Artist and educator Louise O’Reilly will introduce new and experienced botanical artists to trees, flowers, pollinators in a series of workshops beginning next week.

Here is the latest at Classes Near You > England!

Capel Manor College
Botanical Illustration at Capel Manor College
Capel Manor College offers 3-day short courses in Botanical Illustration in Regent’s Park in the heart of central London and at Capel Manor in Enfield. Botanical artist and educator, Louise O’Reilly, offers students of all abilities the opportunity to improve their observational drawing skills and learn more about botanical subject matter. Students learn the basic skills required to create a beautiful and accurate botanical drawing including structural line drawing, drawing to scale, composition, applying tone, understanding directional light, color mixing and use of watercolor washes. Check website for more information.

Upcoming Classes:

Line Drawing with Pen and Ink, January 25-27, 2016
Trees in Flower, March 14-16, 2016
Summer Flowers and Pollinators, May 9-11, 2016
Roses, July 4-6, 2016

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The Plants of Alcatraz

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, Special Events on January 13, 2016|

Echeveria pulvinata, © Elizabeth Peyton, all rights reserved

The Alcatraz Florilegium
UC Botanical Garden
Berkeley, CA
January 16-29, 2016

The Northern California Society of Botanical Artists, in collaboration with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and the Garden Conservancy has created a florilegium documenting the plants growing in the gardens at Alcatraz.

An exhibition of these botanical paintings opens this week in Julia Morgan Hall at the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley. Special lectures and a two-day workshop are also planned.

Scheduled programs include:

January 22 – The History of Florilegia
January 23 – Members’ Hour in the Alcatraz Florilegium Exhibition, Reception (Members only)
January 28 – The Restoration of the Gardens at Alcatraz
February 11-12 – An Introduction to Botanical Art with Catherine Watters

For more information about these special programs, visit the exhibition website.

Visit the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley

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Botanical Illustration to Medieval Medicine

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities on December 7, 2015|

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The Denver Botanic Gardens (DBG) offers several opportunities for the public to explore botanical illustration and its history. Interested individuals can attend special lectures, enroll in an on-site certificate program or participate in a distance-learning program.

Courses include plant morphology and workshops addressing the techniques used by botanical illustrators. Students will work in the following media: pencil, watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, scratchboard, egg tempera and carbon dust.

This extensive program also features classes about related topics. Included in the 2016 Winter/Spring schedule are:

The Medieval Medicine Cupboard
Ehret & The Golden Age of Plants
Mysterious Yellows
Textile Design in the Arts & Crafts Style
Pysanky — Ukranian Easter Eggs

The DBG program also hosts classes with visiting instructors from all over the world. Teaching this year are Sarah Simblet, Hillary Parker and Christabel King.

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18th Annual International Opens at New York Design Center

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Special Announcements, Special Events on November 4, 2015|

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18th Annual International
New York Design Center
New York, NY
November 4 – December 30, 2015

The international exhibition of botanical art hosted by the American Society of Botanical Artists and The Horticultural Society of New York is in mid-town Manhattan this year. This is New York’s premier showcase of contemporary botanical art.

Artists from all over the world submitted work for consideration. Of the 234 submissions received, 44 works by artists from the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, The Netherlands, Russia, and the UK were accepted.

Participating artists are: milly acharya, Rosalind Allchin, Margaret Best, Melanie Campbell-Carter, Estelle DeRidder, Carrie Di Costanzo, Jean Emmons, Akiko Enokido, Margaret Farr, Beverly Fink, Ingrid Finnan, Kathleen Folino, Lara Gastinger, Asuka Hishiki, Leah Kaizer, Joan Keesey, Ku-mie Kim, Karen Kluglein, Mindy Lighthipe, Katy Lyness, Robert McNeill, Carrie Megan, Mali Moir, Monika deVries Gohlke, Sharron O’Neil, Tomoko Ogawa, John Pastoriza-Pinol, Kelly Radding, Lesley Randall, Betsy Rogers-Knox, Susan Sapanara, Connie Scanlon, Liz Shippam, Fiona Strickland, Keiko Nibu Tarver, Melissa Toberer, Jeannetta vanRaalte, Alexander Viazmensky, Denise Walser-Kolar, Esmee Winkel, and Carol Woodin.

The New York Design Center is located at 200 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY and is open Monday – Friday from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM.

The exhibition catalog of the 18th Annual International Exhibition can be purchased online at ArtPlantae ($20, plus $2.99 shipping).

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¡Go Tropical!

Posted in botanical art, Special Announcements, Special Events on October 15, 2015|

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¡Go Tropical!
2015 Small Works Exhibition
American Society of Botanical Artists
Courtyard Miami Coconut Grove
Miami, FL
October 15-17, 2015

¡Go Tropical! Small Works 2015 is the non-juried exhibition of the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) and is presented in collaboration with the Tropical Botanic Artists collective. This exhibition features the botanical paintings and drawings of ASBA members attending the 2015 ASBA Annual Meeting & Conference in Miami, Florida.

Robin Jess, ASBA Executive Director, explains the format of this weekend’s exhibition in the Introduction of the ¡Go Tropical! catalog:

Small Works is a continuing series of non-juried exhibitions held at ASBA’s annual conferences, open to all registrants. The works must be framed to 12 x 12 inches. These diminutive works should have all the qualities of any fine contemporary botanical art.

Due to their non-juried status, Small Works exhibitions include a range of artists, from beginners to world-renowned. Regardless of level of artistic skills, the works are not limited in their beauty or power to inform and move the viewer. Small Works is a favorite exhibition, and many artists who have never shown before do so here.

The Small Works catalog features the work of 79 artists from 20 US states, Bermuda, Chile and Germany. It can be purchased online at ArtPlantae ($15).

Buy ¡Go Tropical! Small Works 2015

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Use silverpoint and pastel dust to create botanical patterns

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities on September 22, 2015|

The New England Society of Botanical Artists invites you to join them!

Botanical Patterns in Silverpoint & Pastel Dust

N.E.S.B.A Sponsored Workshop
Princeton, MA.

Information:
Before graphite pencils, artists used metal point, a small rod of metal sharpened to a point, to make marks on a prepared surface. Silver is the most popular metal because it produces an extremely delicate pale gray line – perfect for drawing plant life. Silver is easy to apply and will tarnish over time to mellow browns. The class will include discussions of the historical context of silverpoint as well as a survey of the various studio-prepared surfaces used by the Old Masters. Using plant material as our inspiration, we will treat this old art technique to a modern twist! We will apply a special ground to watercolor paper that easily accepts silverpoint; and enhance our work with the colorful addition of pastel dust. Students are encouraged to bring a small (6 – 8” potted plant) or any related (botanical) reference materials. At the beginning of the first class, we will make a paper sampler with different silverpoint grounds using a simple white watercolor paint and a sumptuous Old Masters recipe provided by the instructor. To economize class time, students are encouraged to come to class with a completed line drawing of their chosen specimen plus any related reference materials (jpegs, prints, or live plant material).

Instructor:

Kathie Miranda is an award-winning botanical artist and educator and recently taught this workshop for the Art League in NYC. She studied at Lyme Academy of Art and at Paier College of Art, and holds a Certificate of Botanical Art and Illustration from The New York Botanical Garden, where she is a highly sought-after instructor in their adult education art program. She serves on the Board of the American Society of Botanical Artists; is Past President of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Greater New York Chapter; and maintains active memberships in the Connecticut Watercolor Society, Pencil Art Society, and the Colored Pencil Society of America. She exhibits her work nationally, and is currently researching and illustrating flora of Connecticut for future exhibition and publication.

Friday/Saturday, 2-day workshop 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m daily
Fee: $150 (plus $5 material fee to instructor)
Pre-registration required with fee paid in advance by October 9, 2015.

Please Register Early – Enrollment limited to 12 students

Contact:
Kathleen Kummer, Treasurer, NESBA.

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