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Holiday Wishes

Posted in botanical art, Special Announcements on December 23, 2011|

Dear Readers,

Before we take time off to spend the weekend with family and friends, I would like to take a moment to thank you for your continued interest and support of ArtPlantae, its educational objectives and the learning opportunities it provides each month. I appreciate the feedback you have provided through surveys and through personal email. Your contributions help to make ArtPlantae a better resource for everyone.

I would also like to thank the feature artists, authors and educators who shared their work with us and who taught us so much this past year: Jane LaFazio, Mally Francis, Kandis Elliot, Margaret Best, Elaine Searle, Mindy Lighthipe, Niki Simpson, Anna Knights, Helen Allen, the Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists, Hazel-West Sherring and this month’s featured guest, John Muir Laws, who is discussing the use of nature journals in the classroom. Guests work with me well in advance of their feature month and I am extremely grateful for their time, enthusiasm and generosity.

There were big changes this year with a new store and the exciting addition of exhibition catalogs by the American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA), the ASBA’s new coloring book Colorful Edibles, Google eBooks and mobile apps for Android and iOS. Store proceeds keep this website and ArtPlantae’s outreach activities going and I thank you for visiting and using the new store. I hope you find it to be a useful and informative resource.

Wishing you all good health, good company and forward movement beyond your wildest dreams in 2012,

Tania

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Read More at ArtPlantae Books with These New Apps

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art, Special Announcements on December 21, 2011|

Book lovers have two new ways to read ebooks!

Readers can now use the IndieBound Reader for Android and the IndieBound Reader for iOS to shop for Google eBooks at ArtPlantae Books.

Readers no longer have to choose between reading digital and supporting independent bookstores like ArtPlantae Books. Google eBooks enables ArtPlantae Books to remain the store of choice for its audience of teachers, artists, and naturalists who are reading digital and utilizing technology in their classrooms and educational programs.

ArtPlantae’s large inventory of Google eBooks (and print books too!), also make ArtPlantae Books a practical choice for books about gardening, hiking, cycling, and other leisure time activities. Because Google eBooks work with many devices — tablets, smartphones, computers, even most e-ink devices — consumers are not bound to one retailer. This opens up a wealth of options to avid e-book readers.

Explore Google eBooks at ArtPlantae Books

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Create a Botanical Diary

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities on December 19, 2011|

See what’s new at Classes Near You > Australia!


Living & Learning Nillumbik
A community-based organization providing classes in the arts, technology, environmental studies, health & wellbeing, plus much more.
www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au

    Botanical illustration with Arnolda Beynon – Learn about the history of botanical illustration and explore techniques illustrators use to create botanical drawing in pencil and watercolor. Students will create a botanical diary. A materials list will be provided. Two sessions will be offered. Download the February-June 2012 schedule of classes plus the course information sheet here. View Arnolda Beynon’s online gallery.

    Session #1:
    Fridays, Feb. 10 – March 30, 2012; 10 AM – 12 PM (8 sessions)

    Session #2:
    Fridays, April 20 – June 8, 2012; 10 AM – 12 PM (8 sessions)

    Cost: $146 / $133 concession per

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A Treat for You, A Treat for a Friend

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art, Special Announcements on December 19, 2011|

Brighten 2012 with Watercolors by Sally Jacobs. Treat yourself and a friend with this colorful calendar featuring the botanical watercolor paintings of botanical artist, Sally Jacobs.

Calendar orders placed today and tomorrow will ship for free via
USPS Priority Mail.

Shipping offer applies to US addresses only.

This special shipping offer expires Tuesday, December 20, 2011, at
12 PM Noon (Pacific) or while supplies last.


Spoil yourself and a friend today!

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The Gardens at Heather Farm Announces 2012 Garden Speaker Series

Posted in botanical art, Special Announcements, Special Events on December 14, 2011|

Three dynamic speakers will educate, entertain and motivate you with their garden-inspired lectures at
The Gardens at Heather Farm.

Mark your calendars to see Elizabeth Murray on January 26, Amy Stewart February 23 and Clare Cooper Marcus March 22. Doors open at 7:00 PM with presentations beginning promptly at 7:30 PM. Reception and book signing will follow at 8:30 PM. Advance ticket purchase is $35 ($30 for members of Gardens at Heather Farm. Members can purchase the entire series for $75.

To register for any of these lectures, please contact The Gardens at Heather Farm at (925) 947-1678, reservations@gardenshf.org or visit their website at www.gardenshf.org.

Save these dates!

  • Thursday, January 26, 2012: Elizabeth Murray, author, photographer, painter and key note speaker is a voice that inspires and ignites a commitment to beauty, nature, spirit and sustainability. She has dedicated herself to diverse projects around the world including those in African villages and the Amazon rainforest. However, Elizabeth’s passion for nature is best known in her work helping to restore Monet’s Gardens and photographing them for 25 years.
  • Thursday, February 23, 2012: Amy Stewart, award-winning author of five books on the perils and pleasures of the natural world will provide a spirited insight into the strange world of bugs and plants. Drawing from her work on Wicked Bugs, Wicked Plants, and Flower Confidential, Amy’s humorous lecture will both entertain and inspire the audience.
  • Thursday, March 22, 2012: Clare Cooper Marcus, professor emeritus in the Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, is internationally recognized for her research on the psychological and sociological aspects of architecture and landscape design – particularly in urban open space. Clare will present Healing Gardens: How the Design of Green Space in Healthcare is Restorative to the Human Spirit.

Download color brochure

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Understand the Form and Function of California’s Desert Plants

Posted in botanical art, general botany, Learning Opportunities on December 14, 2011|

Learn about botany and botanical art this Spring at UC Riverside. The following information has been added to Classes Near You > Southern California.


University of California, Riverside
www.extension.ucr.edu
The following courses are offered through UCR Extension.

  • Desert Flora – March 2-4, 2012 at UCR Palm Desert. Learn plant identification techniques while enjoying the springtime bloom in California’s Coachella Valley. Info / Register
  • Native Plants: Preserving the Harvest – March 16-17, 2012 at the Dorothy Ramon Learning Center in Banning, CA. Learn how indigenous peoples of southern California use native plants in health and nutrition. Info / Register
  • Botanical Illustration of Desert Flora
    Friday March 30, 2012 (8-10 PM); Saturday March 31 (8 AM – 5 PM) and Sunday April 1 (8 AM – 4 PM). A field study course at the Desert Studies Center (Zzyzx), three hours north of Riverside near Baker, CA. Learn about desert flora while learning techniques used by botanical illustrators. Students will work in the field using pencil, pen and watercolor. Course fee includes two nights lodging (dormitory style) and meals. Registrants will receive information about the Center and what they should bring with them. Visitors not permitted. Cost: $325 credit; $245 non-credit.
    Info / Register

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Nature Journals Out of Cereal Boxes?

Posted in botanical art, Education, Sketching & Journaling on December 14, 2011|

You bet.

A reader shared this idea yesterday with naturalist and educator, John Muir Laws, and others during our on-going conversation about using journals as a teaching tool. Do you use cereal boxes to make journals too?

Catch up with the conversation and share your story here.

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