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Draw the Winter Garden

Posted in Learning Opportunities on December 7, 2009|

New at CLASSES NEAR YOU > WASHINGTON:

Sue Burrus
Botany and Bones
www.botanyandbones.com
Sue is a natural science illustrator whose work has appeared in exhibits in the U.S. and overseas. Her illustrations have appeared in books and journals, and she has conducted scientific illustration classes specifically for biology students.

Black, White, and Shades of Gray: Drawing in the Winter Garden – Fridays, January 8, 15, 22, 29 & February 5, 2010; 10 AM – 1 PM. Learn basic drawing techniques and apply these techniques using a variety of media. Participants will draw with pencils, pen, brush, and ink and will explore winter plants of the Pacific Northwest. Location: Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, WA. To register, please call the Bellevue Botanical Garden Society, (425) 451-3755

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Billy Showell To Teach For Paint Sri Lanka

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities on December 7, 2009|

New at CLASSES NEAR YOU > INTERNATIONAL:

SRI LANKA

Paint Sri Lanka
www.paintsrilanka.com
Painting holidays to Sri Lanka are arranged through PaintSriLanka.com. Packages include excursions for non-painters traveling with artists. Visit the website for complete details. Upcoming workshops include:

Orchids & Temples with Marianne McPhie – February 7-13, 2010 and February 14-20, 2010.
Orchids & Tropical Flowers with Billy Showell – April 4-10, 2010 and April 11-17, 2010.

Related Item: Paint the Orchids of Sri Lanka

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Pollinators in Plant Portraits

Posted in Learning Opportunities on December 7, 2009| 1 Comment »

If yes, which pollinator(s) have you included? Enter your comments below.

See last week’s poll:
What type of painting palette do you use? J6HU6DSG5JDW

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A Writing Class for Artists & Gardeners

Posted in gardening, Learning Opportunities on November 30, 2009|

New at CLASSES NEAR YOU > CALIFORNIA:

Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Gardens
www.arboretum.org

What Julie and Julia Have To Do With You: A One-Day Writing Workshop
January 23, 2010
10 AM – 2:30 PM
Cost: $60 members / $65 non-members (includes a copy of Paula Panich’s book, Cultivating Words: The Guide to Writing about the Plants and Gardens You Love) 

Journalist and writing coach, Paula Panich, will teach a one-day writing workshop that promises to energize writers and help them write about their passion, be it gardening, plants, food, etc. Paula Panich has taught writing at the New York Botanical Garden, the Massachusetts Horticulture Society and Boston University to the Getty Center, the Huntington Library, and the Japanese American National Museum. She has contributed to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Gastronomica, and to other publications. She is coauthor of The Desert Southwest and Desert Southwest Gardens (Bantam Books), and is the author of a book about writing.

Can’t make it to Paula’s class? Buy her book at www.paulapanich.com. Read a review of Panich’s book that was written by botanical illustrator, Bobbi Angell, for the December 2005 newsletter of the American Society of Botanical Artists.

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Cornell Opens Registration for Online Botanical Illustration Classes

Posted in distance learning, Learning Opportunities on November 23, 2009|

Revised 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 – January 25 – March 14, 2010. For beginning artists of all ages. Students will work in pencil and pen-and-ink. View details.
Botanical Illustration II: Working with Watercolors – January 25 – March 14, 2010. In this introductory course about color, students are encouraged to continue their discovery of plants. View details.

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Botanical Illustration of Native Desert Flora

Posted in Learning Opportunities on November 23, 2009|

The course description for the illustration course at UC Riverside has been revised at CLASSES NEAR YOU > CALIFORNIA:

University of California, Riverside
UCR Extension
www.extension.ucr.edu

Quick Sketching for Travel (Art 839.6) – Saturdays, January 23 & 30, 2010; 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Workshop participants will use fine and wide-line drawing tools to sketch animals, people, and architecture. They will also learn about parallel, angular, and cylindrical perspective. Participants will work from slide, photos, and on-site at different locations. Instructor Latonja D. Davis teaches art at Mt. San Jacinto Community College (Menifee Valley campus). This course will be taught at the UCR Extension Center. Cost: $105 (includes parking). Registration #: 093-AHE-E08
Botanical Illustration of Native Desert Flora (Art X454.5) – April 9-11, 2010; Friday (8 PM – 10 PM), Saturday (8 AM – 5 PM), Sunday (8 AM – 4 PM). As much a course in “art for botanists” as it will be “botany for artists”,
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this class will take place during the height of the desert blooming period. So participants can look forward to some very exciting plein-aire drawing and watercolor painting! In addition, the basics of line control, proportion, color, focusing/perception skills and plant identification will be reinforced with detailed dissection work in a well-equipped lab. This field study class will be based at the Desert Studies Center at Soda Springs (aka Zzyzx). Click on the link above for complete details.

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A Painting Holiday in Historic Portugal with Elaine Searle

Posted in Learning Opportunities on November 16, 2009|

How many trips of a lifetime can one possibly choose? The directory of international botanical art classes is growing rapidly. An Easter holiday in Portugal with UK artist, Elaine Searle, is the latest offering. Just imagine.

This new adventure has been posted at Classes Near You > International.

PORTUGAL

Elaine Searle
http://paintbotanical.com
Elaine’s plant portraits have been exhibited in the UK and the US, and can be found in the permanent collection of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University and in Prince Charles’ Highgrove Florilegium. Elaine publishes a beautiful and informative newsletter that is available for download on her website.

Easter in the Real Portugal: A Rather Special Botanical Painting Holiday – April 3 – 13, 2010. Join experienced tutor and artist, Elaine Searle, and a small and friendly group in Portugal to paint seasonal vegetables and flowers from the daily market in Olhao, an unspoilt fishing town. All levels of ability are welcome along with non-painting partners too! Meals in typical local restaurants and short excursions will give you a flavor of an authentic Easter in Portugal. Location: Olhao, Eastern Algarve, Portugal. For additional information, please go to enquiries@paintbotanical.com. To register, go to www.artinthealgarve.com.