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American Society of Botanical Artists Launches Annual Exhibition at The Hortcultural Society of New York

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on September 14, 2012|

The American Society of Botanical Artists launches the 15th Annual International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition at The Horticultural Society of New York later today with an opening reception that begins at 6 PM.

One of the world’s premier venues for botanical art, this exhibition showcases the artwork of both established and emerging botanical artists. Artists from the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom submitted 192 works to jurors Patricia Jonas, Kathie Miranda, and Derek Norman. Forty-three artworks were selected for the exhibition and these pieces will be on view through November 21, 2012.

Visitors will be inspired by artwork created in watercolor, graphite, ink and colored pencil, as well as in media seen less often in botanical art exhibitions (hand-colored aquatint etching, silverpoint, polymer plate etching, and oil).

Workshops and painting demonstrations will be held during the exhibition.
Add these dates to your calendar!

The Gallery at The Hort is free and open to the public Monday through Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM. The Horticultural Society of New York is located at 148 West 37th Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10018-6909. (Map)

A color catalog about the exhibition is now available at ArtPlantae Books ($20).

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Nature Through the Eyes of a Paper Engineer

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events on September 12, 2012|

Shawn Sheehy looks at nature a bit differently than many of us. I asked him…


ArtPlantae:
I can’t help but think that you look at the world through the eyes of a paper engineer. When you look at plants, animals and landscapes, do you think pull strips, flaps and foundation shapes?


Shawn:
You are correct, but it’s the other way around: when I look at an interesting engineering structure, I think about what sorts of plants or animals I could build and move using that structure.


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Botanical Illustration at Central Oregon Community College

Posted in botanical art, drawing, Education, Learning Opportunities on September 12, 2012|

A new course in botanical illustration begins this month at Central Oregon Community College.

See what’s new at
Classes Near You > Oregon:


Jeanne Debons Studio, Bend
www.jeannedebons.com
Botanist and botanical illustrator, Jeanne Debons, teaches small student-focused painting workshops at her Oregon studio. Dr. Debons received her Ph.D. in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University. She graduated from the diploma course in Botanical Painting at the English Gardening School in 2005. Dr. Debons invites you to join her painting workshops this Fall.

    Botanical Illustration – Tuesdays, September 25, 2012 – October 30, 2012; 6:30 – 9:30 PM. Learn the fundamental techniques of botanical drawing and painting in straightforward steps. Be introduced art supplies used by botanical illustrators, drawing techniques, color mixing techniques and more. Art supplies are included. A materials list for additional supplies will be distributed at the first class meeting. Cost: $99. Non-credit. Limit: 8. Location: Central Oregon Community College (COCC). Go to the COCC registration page and enter the words “botanical illustration”.


    Botanical Painting     – The weekend class is for beginners and advanced students in botanical art. Beginners will learn how to begin a botanical drawing and painting. Advanced students have the option of beginning a new project or working on an existing project. Supplies will be provided for beginners. Cost: $120 for the two-day workshop; $70 for a one-day workshop. For more information and to register, contact Jeanne. This workshop will be held on the following dates:

    October 20-21, 2012 in Bend, OR
    November 304, 2012 in Portland, OR

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Turning an Idea Into a Pop-Up Book

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Events on September 10, 2012|

My conversation with Shawn Sheehy continues…


ArtPlantae:
When planning the field guide, did you take a storyboard approach and draw your ideas out on flat sheets of paper, or did you do pop-up sketching? (Readers, pop-up sketching is creating paper models freehand without measuring.)

Shawn:

I typically think through everything in my sketchbook, though much of this is in text and not drawings. I do a number of very rough drawings for each structure to explore possible avenues of engineering, but when I get down to it I’m sketching in 3 dimensions with card and glue.


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Begin a Career in Natural Science Illustration

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities on September 10, 2012|

Updates at Classes Near You > Washington:


University of Washington Natural Science Illustration Program
Certificate in Natural Science Illustration
This program is for scientists, artists and illustrators who want to develop their scientific illustration skills. Students who complete the program will be prepared to work in the field of natural science illustration. The nine-month Autumn 2012 program begins October 8, 2012. Courses include:

  • Introduction to Natural Science Illustration
    October 8 – December 17, 2012
  • Zoological Illustration – October 10 – December 12, 2012
  • Vertebrate Illustration – January 9 – March 13, 2013
  • Wildlife Illustration – January 7 – March 18, 2013
  • Botanical Illustration – April 3 – June 5, 2013
  • Applied Techniques of Natural Science Illustration
    April 1 – June 10, 2013

    • View Details/Register


Also See
Careers and Education in Science Illustration at the website of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators.

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Pop-Up Field Guide of North American Wildflowers

Posted in botanical art, botany, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities on September 7, 2012|

Our conversation with book artist, Shawn Sheehy continues…


ArtPlantae: You created a pop-up field guide of North American wildflowers highlighting twelve genera and twelve plant families. Where did the idea for a field guide originate? Why did you decide upon these specific plants for the field guide?

Shawn: I first developed these studies as content for my wildflowers workshop, which I launched in the interest of reaching workshop populations outside of the book arts community. Several months later I bound them together into the field guide–and thought it would be fun (and add literary value) to add additional context to the blooms by writing and including the essay on the “Language of Flowers.”


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Win a Copy of the Hard-to-Find Classic, ‘An Approach to Botanical Art’

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Special Announcements on September 5, 2012|

By Bonnie Driggers, Botanical Artists for Education & The Environment
 
If you are a botanical artist, you probably collect books about plants, drawing, and painting the way boys used to collect baseball cards. Have you ever wished for a copy of Anne-Marie and Donn Evans’ book, An Approach to Botanical Painting? You probably have priced this out-of-print and highly desirable book on Amazon and felt discouraged at the high cost even for used copies.
 
Someone just like you is going to win a brand new, autographed copy of
An Approach to Botanical Painting on October 28, 2012.
 
The Botanical Artists for Education & The Environment (BAEE) is a nonprofit organization in Falls Church, Virginia, and we are raising money to support publication of a new book of botanical paintings. Anne-Marie Evans has been teaching master classes in botanical art to our group since 2007. She inspired our project and has generously donated a copy of her classic book as the prize in a raffle. Visit our web site for details on how to enter. The winner does not have to be present at the drawing. Selling for $10 each, tickets will be available through our website at www.baeecorp.org.
 
We have many artists already enrolled in the project, and we are still accepting participants. Everyone who is eligible is encouraged to participate. The two requirements are that artists be members of ASBA or another botanical art organization and that they live or work in the mid-Atlantic region, defined rather broadly for our project to include New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina. Submissions of art will be due June 1, 2013. Please visit our website for more information on our project and to purchase raffle tickets.
 
Bonnie Driggers
President
Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment (BAEE)


Related
Anne-Marie Evans Discusses Teaching, Learning and Botanical Art

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