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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 Art Class by Anne-Marie Evans

Posted in Learning Opportunities on January 13, 2016|

By Bonnie S. Driggers, Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment

Come to Falls Church, Virginia, for a springtime class by the world-renowned master teacher Anne-Marie Evans. Anne-Marie has come here to teach since 2007 and her classes are very popular and well-attended. A few spots remain in the April class. Anne-Marie plans to emphasize composition and the class will spend several days sketching and planning their compositions before beginning their painting, which will be developed according to Anne-Marie’s Six-Step Method. Spring is a glorious time to be a botanical artist. Come and enjoy!

Dates: April 4 – 8 and 11 – 15 (Two weeks. Will schedule folks for one week only if class is not otherwise filled)

Hours: 10 am to 3 pm (okay to arrive/leave a little earlier or later)

Location: Columbia Baptist Church. 103 W. Columbia Street, Falls Church, VA 22046

Cost: $1,200 due in full by Feb 1, 2016. In the event that someone takes only one week, the cost will be $650.

Refund Policy: Full refund if class is cancelled. We will refund in the event of sickness/death in family. If you just change your mind, you are responsible for finding a replacement.

What We Will Paint: Anne-Marie will go to a nursery after she gets here to get plants, depending on what is available. She prefers most people to paint the same thing, but is flexible if you really want to do something different. Students will be billed for the cost of plants; please let me know if you do not wish us to get a plant for you.

For more information, contact Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment at baee.info@gmail.com.

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Wildflowers of the Mojave Desert

Posted in Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, travel on December 22, 2015|

Discover the plants of the Mojave Desert this spring in a weekend workshop offered by UC Riverside Extension. Here is what’s new at Classes Near You > Southern California:

University of California, Riverside
Extension Program

Botanical Illustration of Desert Flora
March 18 – 20, 2016
The class begins at 8 PM on Friday and ends at 4 PM on Sunday.

Learn how to draw artistic and realistic flowering plants in a manner designed to understand the form, function, and identification of native plants. Exciting hands-on experiences both in the lab and in the field amid native flora habitats.

Learn botanical illustration techniques in pencil, pen, and watercolor.
Focus on comprehensive line drawing stressing contour, volume and perspective.
Make drawings of minute structures to full-scale renditions of plants.
Understand how artistic and scientific skills work together.

This class qualifies for credit toward certification in Nature Field Studies at UCRX. This field class at the Desert Studies Center in the Mojave National Preserve and is operated by CSU Fullerton. The Center is located within the Preserve at Soda Springs (Zzyzx), about an hour outside Las Vegas and a three-hour drive from Riverside, CA. The course fee includes two nights’ lodging at the Center. Cost: $325

The instructor for this course is Donald Davidson of the Traveling Artist Wildflowers Project .

Contact Donald Davidson if you have questions for the instructor.

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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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Venoms, Poisons and Medicine

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

Dr. Alain Touwaide, historian of medicine and science, will continue his work at UCLA introducing students to the Medical Humanities. He is scheduled to teach two new courses during the Winter 2016 term.

In Venoms, Poisons and Medicines from Antiquity to the Renaissance students will learn how venoms and poisons contributed to the development of medicine.

In Books of Science / Science of the Book, students will learn about science communication and how scientific books were created. Students will take virtual visits to libraries across the world and gain hands-on experience analyzing books in the collections at UCLA.

Click on the links above to learn more about these new courses.

About Alain Touwaide
Alain Touwaide is the Scientific Director of the Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions and a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution. He has investigated ancient scientific books for over 40 years.

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Make drawing a habit

Posted in distance learning, Education, Learning Opportunities, Teaching & Learning on November 20, 2015|

Wendy Hollender will show you how.

She will also spend the next year supporting you on your journey.

Wendy Hollender is a botanical artist, illustrator, author and instructor. She is the author of Botanical Drawing in Color: A Basic Guide to Mastering Realistic Form and Naturalistic Color and Botanical Drawing: A Beginner’s Guide. She is the co-owner of Botanical Arts Press, LLC and the co-creator of a wildly successful crowdfunding campaign. Wendy has years of experience introducing botanical illustration to new audiences. Now she is ready to help you make nature drawing a habit.

The meditative and relaxing effects of observing and drawing nature have long been known. Making it a part of your life practice, however, has always been a challenge and it seems to get worse with every technological advancement and with every holiday release of a new gadget.

So how can you slow things down a bit?

Consider Wendy’s new subscription program A Year of Botanical Drawing. Announced only two days ago, Wendy’s one-year program provides students with the structure and support to learn botanical illustration, to develop their new skills and to make drawing a life-fulfilling habit. Enrollment is now open. The program begins in January 2016.

When registering for this program, students can choose between two options. For Option One, students receive a printed hard copy lesson with an easel-style binder in the mail each month. This easel-style binder keeps the current lesson propped up while working. For Option Two, students receive their monthly lesson as a PDF document. The only difference between the two options has to do with the format in which students receive their lessons. Other than this, both options include the following:

Online monthly instructional video
Mid-month online group meeting with interactive features allowing for group participation and the review of student drawings.
A private page for students enrolled in the program. This page features the current lesson, instructional video and a place for students to communicate with each other and with Wendy.
Private image and comment sharing with Wendy.
Regional student drawing groups (when possible)
Option to take part in a summer drawing retreat (not included in subscription price)
Year-end online exhibition of student work.
Private critique available (not included in subscription price)

Give the gift of inner peace and stress relief this holiday season.
Learn more about this exciting new program at Drawing in Color.

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This new program has been added to the resource page Classes Near You > Online. Visit this page to view distance learning options in natural science illustration and botanical art.

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Online classes in scientific illustration begin January 2016

Posted in distance learning, Education, Learning Opportunities, scientific illustration on November 18, 2015|

Gretchen Kai Halpert
www.gretchenhalpert.com
Gretchen Kai Halpert is the founder and instructor of a new online program in scientific illustration. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Gretchen has many years of experience working as a scientific illustrator and teaching programs about natural science illustration.

Learn more about the distance learning program in scientific illustration at http://www.gretchenhalpert-distanceprogram.com.

Scientific Illustration, Session I, Graphite

talk with Gretchen

www.gretchenhalpert-distanceprogram.com

Scientific Illustration, Session II, Pen and Ink
January 18-March 28, 2015 (no class Feb 16)
Session II focuses on composition, technical accuracy, how to conduct research, and producing portfolio pieces. In this class, we become adept with crow quill and ink on paper and scratchboard.

Go to www.gretchenhalpert-distanceprogram.com to view application on home page.

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