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Field Breaks Begins Summer Schedule of Botanical Art Classes Today

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities on April 18, 2012|

Take an art break this summer at Field Breaks. Rest and relaxation are their specialty! The Field Breaks program has grown to include classes in botanical illustration, realistic painting and landscape painting taught at relaxing country homes, bed and breakfasts and hotels across the UK.

See what’s new at Classes Near You > England.


Field Breaks – Special Interest Art Breaks Derbyshire, England
www.fieldbreaks.co.uk
Enjoy like-minded company in a relaxing and friendly environment with experienced and approachable tutors. Details and pricing for all 2012 courses can be viewed here.

  • The Freshness of Spring Flowers in Coloured Pencil, Watercolour or Graphite with Gaynor Dickeson – April 23-24, 2012. Two non-residential days at Goodnestone Gardens, SE Kent, (£175 including lunches & refreshments)
  • Hedgerows in Spring in Watercolour with Deborah Devauden
    April 23-25, 2012. Create studies of spring flowers! Cwrt Bleddyn, Monmouthshire (£366 residential £229 non-residential).
  • Painting Fritillaria Flowers in Watercolour with Sharon Bradley
    May 9-11, 2012. New Lanark Mill Hotel, Lanark (£398 residential £249 non-residential).
  • Perfect Pencil Drawings in Graphite with Jane Nicholas Barne
    May 16-18, 2012. The Bear Hotel, Hungerford (£459 residential £249 non-residential).
  • Bloom on Fruit in Coloured Pencil with Sue Vize – May 14-16, 2012. Learn how to layer colors to portray the bloom seen on plums, blueberries and grapes. Losehill House Hotel, Derbyshire (£398 residential £249 non-residential).
  • Seasonal Vegetables in Graphite Pencil with Julie Small
    May 21-23, 2012. Losehill House Hotel, Derbyshire (£398 residential £249 non-residential).
  • Grasses and Meadow Flowers in Coloured Pencil, Watercolour or Graphite with Sue Vize May 23-25, 2012. The Nightingale Centre, Derbyshire (£298 residential £198 non-residential includes eve meals & wine).
  • Delights for the June Garden in Coloured Pencil with Susan Christopher-Coulson – June 11-13, 2012. Ripon Spa, Ripon (£398 residential £249 non-residential).
  • Summer Flowers and Foliage in Watercolour with Sandra Wall Armitage – June 11-13, 2012. Knuston Hall, Northampton (£385 residential £275 non-residential includes evening meals).
  • Herbaceous Summer Flowers in any media with Jennie Hinton
    June 11-13, 2012. Lady Ann Middleton, York (£425 residential £245 non-residential).
  • Smell English Roses! In Watercolour, Coloured Pencil or Graphite with Gaynor Dickeson – June 25-26, 2012. Two non-residential days at Goodnestone Gardens, SE Kent (£175 including lunches & refreshments).

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Edible Plants Focus of New Botanical Art Exhibition

Posted in botanical art, Education, Special Announcements, Special Events on April 11, 2012|

Edible Plants Illustrated
Florida Society of
Botanical Artists
Venice Art Center
Venice, Florida
April 9 – May 3, 2012

The Florida Society of Botanical Artists invite you to their new exhibition!

Botanical art is enjoying a renaissance and, although it often depicts far-flung marvels of the botanical world, this juried exhibition of fifteen contemporary practitioners illustrates some common and uncommon plants people have used for food both in the past and the present.

The role of botanical art is to blend the scientific study of plants with artistic presentation. The 38 works in Edible Plants Illustrated were created using watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and silverpoint, and show the wide range of media employed by today’s botanical artists.

Founded in 2005, the Florida Society of Botanical Artists (FSBA) is a chapter of the American Society of Botanical Artists.

Meet the artists this Friday at the opening reception. A reception will be held on April 13, 2012 from 5-7 PM at the Venice Art Center.

Venice Art Center
390 South Nokomis Avenue
Venice, Florida 34285
April 9 – May 3, 2012
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Weekly Wildflowers with Carol Gracie

Posted in Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Photography on April 11, 2012|

A few weeks ago, Carol Gracie wrote about how she has introduced people to the wonderful world of plants through her work at the New York Botanical Garden, as a guide of ecological tours and through her books.

Today Carol has a new way to teach people about plants! Together with her publisher, Princeton University Press, Carol has launched Wildflower Wednesdays. In this series, Carol brings attention to wildflowers growing in the northeastern United States. Carol will write about a different plant every Wednesday and share images from her wonderful collection of field photographs.

Learn more and read the first chapter of Carol’s new book for free on the Wildflower Wednesday website.

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Create a Life Cycle Accordion Book About Plants

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities on April 11, 2012|

This summer at the New York Botanical Garden, learn how to create a book about the life cycles of plants and animals with Katie Lee and learn how to layer colors onto a dark ground in Colored Pencil on Black Paper with Carol Ann Morley. These exciting classes and more have been added to the Garden’s summer schedule at
Classes Near You > New York.


New York Botanical Garden
www.nybg.org
Two certificate programs are offered through the Garden’s Continuing Education program. One certificate program emphasizes Botanical Art & Illustration and the other, Natural Science Illustration. There are several courses from which to choose. View current course schedule.

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The Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators Exhibit at the Station Gallery

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on April 9, 2012|

Arisaema triphyllum © Ann Biggs. All Rights Reserved

Spring Show for The Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators
The Station Gallery
Greenville, DE
April 9-28, 2012

The Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators (PSBI) invite you to their annual juried exhibition!

Beginning today, thirty-six paintings by twenty artists will be on view at The Station Gallery in Greenville, Delaware.

An opening reception will be held this Friday, April 13, 2012 from 5-8 PM. Meet the artists, ask questions about their process and learn more about the PSBI, their outreach projects and the classes taught by members.

The Philadelphia Society of Botanical Illustrators was founded in 1997 to celebrate the achievements of its members, to provide exhibition opportunities for members and to introduce new audiences to botanical illustration.

Last month, the PSBI received an award at the Philadelphia International Flower Show for Best Achievement, Horticultural Art and Illustration for their exhibition featuring the plants of Hawaii. Learn more about The Flora of Hawaii: Indigenous, Endemic or Invasive on the PSBI blog.

Cattleya aclandiae © Donelda La Brake. All Rights Reseved

The Station Gallery is located at 3922 Kennett Pike, Greenville, Delaware. Directions, gallery hours and information about how to receive information about upcoming shows can be viewed here.

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New Exhibition Dedicated to Botanical Art in Colored Pencil

Posted in botanical art, Education, Special Announcements, Special Events on April 9, 2012|

Drawing Nature: Botanical Art in Colored Pencil is now on view at the Mahoney Library Gallery on the Santa Rosa Junior College Petaluma Campus.
This exhibition opened on April 2 and continues through May 25, 2012.

Drawing Nature is a group exhibition of botanical art created by students of
Nina Antze, a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Antze studied illustration at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), and her drawings have been exhibited at NYBG, as well as at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, and the gallery at Filoli.

Artists participating in Drawing Nature are Nina Antze, Adrianne Bowes, Suzanne Cogen, Victoria A. Kochergin, Rebecca Lichau, Jackie Lueder, Joanne Page, Elizabeth Peyton, Linda Rouse, Ginny Ritama Spencer, Vi Strain, Christine Woodward, Nancy Wheeler, and Barbara Wysham.

The Mahoney Library Gallery is located at 680 Sonoma Mountain Parkway. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 8 AM to 9 PM and Saturday, 10 AM – 3 PM. For more information, call (707) 778-3972.

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Draw Plants All Summer Long at Hollengold Farm

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities on April 9, 2012|

Here is the latest news at Classes Near You > New York:


Wendy Hollender at Hollengold Farm
www.drawingincolor.com
Wendy Hollender is an illustrator, author, and teacher. She teaches at the New York Botanical Garden and at Hollengold Farm, her organic vegetable farm. Wendy is the author of Botanical Drawing in Color. A new exciting schedule of classes for 2012 has been announced, as well as two new instructors:

    Botanical Drawing Basics – Fridays, twice per month (8 sessions); 2-5 PM. Could there be a nicer way to spend a summer afternoon? Botanical artists Wendy Hollender and Carol Woodin will teach this introductory course to botanical illustration throughout the summer at Hollengold Farm. Cost: $440. The dates for this class are as follows:

    June 1 – Wendy
    June 22 – Carol
    July 13 – Wendy
    July 27 – Wendy
    August 10 – Carol
    August 24 – Wendy
    Sept 7 – Carol
    Sept 28 – Wendy

    For more information, visit the webpage for Botanical Drawing Basics.


    Saturday Workshops at Hollengold Farm     – Saturdays. Workshops are held 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM. Six one-day workshops are planned through October 2012. Workshops will be taught by Paul Harwood, Carol Woodin and Wendy Hollender. Each workshop will focus on a specific topic. Topics include botanical field sketching, drawing trees in charcoal and chalk, drawing fresh produce, drawing still lifes, heirloom fruits in watercolor, and drawing dahlias.
    Cost per workshop: $105, includes a farm-fresh lunch.
    View complete workshop schedule

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