Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘Learning Opportunities’ Category

Botanical Accents and Journaling at Denver Botanic Gardens

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities on June 3, 2010|

Updated listing at Classes Near You > Colorado:


Denver Botanic Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration
Denver Botanic Gardens
A complete program offering classes in pencil drawing, colored pencil, watercolor, sketching, botany, art history, scratch board, and classes dedicated to specific techniques and plant groups. See a complete course listing here. This program now works collaboratively with El Charco del Ingenio, a nature reserve and botanical garden in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. To download the 2010 Summer-Fall Catalog at DBG or the brochure at El Charco, visit the program’s blog at http://botanicalillustration.blogspot.com/. This blog is maintained by Program Coordinator, Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski. Highlights from the 2010 schedule include:

    Denver Botanic Gardens
  • Artist’s Visual Journal: Gateway Canyons – July 23-24, 2010 from 9 a.m – 5 p.m. and July 25, 2010 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Weekend workshop at Gateway Canyons Resort in Gateway, CO. An introduction to botanical illustration and field sketching in nearby canyon and mountain areas. Cost: $280 member, $315 non-member
  • Autumn Leaves in Watercolor – October 7 – November 4, 2010; 1 – 4 p.m. Cost: $189 member, $240 member
  • Beyond Ordinary – September 7 – October 12, 2010; 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Add botanical accents to your paintings with elements such as dead plant parts and other less inspiring morphological features of plants. Cost: $189 member/$240 non-member
  • Botany Spotlight: Conifer Cones – October 12, 2010; 9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Study the structure of cones and learn how to draw those spiraling details. Cost: $70 member, $85 non-member

Read Full Post »

Sarah Simblet Webinar Coming Soon!

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on May 20, 2010|

“Ask The Artist” goes live next week and this is very exciting. If you haven’t signed up yet for this event, please consider doing so. The book Botany for the Artist is a treat. Sarah’s live presentation will make the book extra special as you will be able to bundle it with memories of learning live from Sarah as she speaks to us from the UK. During her presentation, Sarah will discuss how she created the book and how materials were collected. She will also discuss her technique and share her preparatory sketches as she refers to pages in the book.

There is still time to register for this event. Sarah’s inspirational presentation will occur on Thursday May 27, 2010 at 12 pm (PST). Yes, you could just buy the book. However, with so many options to learn, why not choose the live version when you can?


UPDATE: Read a post-event review and learn how you can view a recording of this event.

Read Full Post »

Demonstration of Paleobotanical Art at Derwent Pencil Museum

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements on May 17, 2010|

Introduction to Paleobotanical Art (botanical fossil art)
Derwent Pencil Museum
July 6 & 7, 2010
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Stephen Caine trained as a museum natural history conservator. His duties included drawing illustrations of specimens, diorama building and the painting of backgrounds. While working for museums and universities, Stephen had the opportunity to study plant fossils, as well as 18th and 19th century botanical art. This led to Stephen specializing in paleobotanical art.

Stephen’s subjects are obtained at fossil sites and from museum storerooms. Working as the main artist for the Rhynie research group at Aberdeen University, he created illustrations and models of this unique group of Devonian plants.

Now living in northeast Scotland, he maintains strong ties with Aberdeen University and has been commissioned to design a new diorama about the extinct plants found as fossils in this area. As part of this project, Stephen will work for various museums and universities and will reconstruct extinct flora. He will also teach botanical painting and drawing to researchers and students.

During his demonstration at the Derwent Pencil Museum, Stephen will use graphite and watercolor pencils to introduce museum visitors to paleobotanical art. To learn from Stephen as he demonstrates his techniques, please obtain a ticket at the museum entrance. This ticket entitles you to one hour of free instruction.

Read Full Post »

Botanical Illustrator Teaches in Guatemala

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, sketchbook on May 3, 2010| 1 Comment »

Botanical artist and natural science illustrator, Cynthia Padilla, will teach a sketching class in Guatemala this summer. Information about this adventure and other workshops have been added to Classes Near You > New Mexico. In case you did not know, Cynthia is the founder of the Botanical Art & Naturalist Illustration group on Yahoo!

  • Nature / Botanical Sketching in Guatemala with Cynthia Padilla – July 22-31, 2010 (10 days); Guatemala – Antigua Central America. Immerse yourself in the beauty of the tropical flora and fauna of Guatemala. Spend unhurried time, workingmen plein air, lulled by the gentle breezes of “the land of eternal spring.” Days begin with intro of materials and demo of technique (pastel, pencil, pen & ink, acrylic, colored pencil, watercolor). Participants welcome to document whatever catches your eye and imagination….ancient structures, tropical landscapes, colorful markets. We’ll base out of lovely Antigua, but spend three nights at Posada Santiago, overlooking gorgeous Lake Atitlan. Join us and begin a lifelong habit of journaling in nature and return home with a collection of sketches, tiny vignettes, notes & notations, measurements & musings, and frameable works of art in breathtaking detail. All levels. To register, contact Liza Fourré, Director, Art Workshops in Guatemala or at 612-825-0747. More details & video
  • Drawn from the Collection – Thursday & Friday, Sept 9 – 10, 2010; 9 AM – 3 PM. Learn how to draw while examining a fascinating collection of museum treasures at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, such as minerals and fossils, bones and casts, moths and butterflies, bird and small mammal study skins and mounts, etc. Gather with other enthusiasts — complete beginners to professional artists. Emerge with quick scribbles, convincing renderings, sparkling watercolors, notes and notations, measurements and musings. The workshop includes a private behind-the-scenes tour of the museum’s Geosciences Collection and specimens hand-selected from the Bioscience Collection for your artistic investigation and documentation. Contact August Wainwright, Projects Coordinator, or call (505) 841-2861. Cost: $200 nonmembers. Members receive 10% discount. Lunch provided both days. A certificate will be presented upon completion.
  • Field Sketching: Watercolor Nature Journal– Tuesday & Wednesday, Sept 21 & 22, 2010. 9 AM – 3 PM. Try your hand sketching like an early naturalist, combining a scientific eye with artistic beauty! Field sketches are simple but accurate drawings executed out-of-doors in situ to document sightings, identify specimens, or simply capture the landscape, flora and fauna of a special place. Ramble trails and fields of the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center, sketchbook journals in hand. Moving indoors, as conditions dictate, to draw from nature specimens. Along the way botanical artist/natural science illustrator Cynthia Padilla instructs and demos technique. This class will be taught at the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center for the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. Contact August Wainwright, Projects Coordinator, or call (505) 841-2861. Cost: $200 nonmembers. Members receive 10% discount. Lunch provided both days. A certificate will be presented upon completion.

Read Full Post »

Botanical Illustration at The Getty

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities on May 3, 2010|

Now at Classes Near You > California:


The Getty Center, Los Angeles
www.getty.edu
Free to all visitors, The Getty Center in Los Angeles is home to the famed Getty research library and an expansive collection of Western art. In 2008, the Getty hosted a fantastic exhibition about natural history artist, Maria Sibylla Merian.

    Getty Drawing Hour (Botanical Illustration) – Sundays, May 16, June 6, June 20; 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM. Learn how to observe and to sketch plants in the Getty’s Central Garden. Artist Deborah Shaw will be your guide. Bring your own pad of paper and a pencil. Sign up for this free workshop at the Museum Information Desk. Workshop registration begins at 2:30 PM on the day of each workshop.

Read Full Post »

Cornell Announces Online Botanical Art Classes for Summer

Posted in botanical art, gardening, Learning Opportunities on April 26, 2010|

Go to summer school at home!

New classes at Classes Near You > New York:


Cornell University Department of Horticulture
http://hort.cals.cornell.edu/
Two six-week botanical illustration classes are taught online through this department. A course syllabus for each class is available online. Click on the links below for complete details.

  • Botanical Illustration I: Basic Drawing Techniques – June 7 – July 25, 2010. For beginning artists of all ages. Students will work in pencil and pen-and-ink. Topics include: observing nature, drawing, composition, perspective, shading. Cost: $500. Limit: 20 students. View detailed description and syllabus.
  • Botanical Illustration II: Working with Watercolors – June 7 – July 25, 2010. In this introductory course about color, students are encouraged to continue their discovery of plants. Emphasis will be on simpler subjects such as a single-stem flower, fruit, and vegetables. View detailed description and syllabus.


Related Items

Read Full Post »

Studio Classes for Beginning Botanical Artists

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities on April 26, 2010|

© Jeanne Debons. All rights reserved

Botanist and artist, Jeanne Debons, began her botanical art career after reading an article about contemporary botanical art while waiting at Heathrow Airport. Today she teaches classes at her Oregon studio and shows her work in local exhibitions. Next month, Jeanne will participate in A Brush with Nature in The Library Gallery near the Chelsea Flower Show.


Two-Day Botanical Painting Workshop with Jeanne Debons – Saturday & Sunday, choose from the following sessions: May 15-16, 2010; June 12-13, 2010; September 11-12, 2010; October 9-10, 2010; November 13-14, 2010. Cost: $120 for a two-day workshop (or $65/day). Learn the fundamentals of botanical painting in watercolor. Experienced students will work on more advanced skills. Drawing and painting techniques, color mixing, and composition will be discussed. Supplies will be provided for beginners. Lunch is included for all students. Click on the image to download course flyer.

This information has been added to Classes Near You > Oregon.

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »