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Habitat for Humanity in the Spotlight at Riverside ArtsWalk

Posted in botanical art, botany, Education, gardening, general botany, herbarium, Learning Opportunities, Sketching & Journaling, Special Announcements, Special Events on August 1, 2013|

Today is the first Thursday of the month and this means that this evening the streets of downtown Riverside will be filled with people enjoying a warm summer night at ArtsWalk.

Tonight ArtsWalk will be especially memorable for Habitat for Humanity Riverside which has been celebrating its 25th anniversary and the 15th anniversary of the Riverside ReStore this year. Their celebration takes a very public turn as Habitat’s “Homes” tour kicks off in front of the Main Public Library on Mission Inn Blvd, across the street from the Riverside Metropolitan Museum and the historic Mission Inn.

This tour will showcase the work of 46 local artists and their interpretation of what home means to them. This exhibition will be on view inside the library
August 4-22, 2013. Beginning August 27, the twenty-five dollhouses and fifteen plaques will be auctioned off to raise money for housing projects in Riverside, Jurupa Valley, Moreno Valley, Corona and Norco — areas served by Habitat for Humanity Riverside. This auction will be held at the Riverside ReStore. Bidding will also occur online, allowing individuals in neighboring communities the opportunity to participate. The auction ends on September 27, 2013. Winning bidders will be announced on September 28, 2013.

Participating artists will be in attendance during ArtsWalk tonight to answer questions about their work. I will be there with my educational/interactive piece titled, Garden Journal: Sunflower. It is a “home herbarium” piece designed to ignite a curiosity about plants and offers gardeners a way to begin recording what grows in the home garden.

Showcase artists will serve as docents while the exhibition is on view inside the library from August 4-22, 2013. If you can’t make it out tonight, we hope to see you while the exhibition is at the library or when the exhibition returns to the Riverside ReStore for the auction.

I invite you to attend the ArtsWalk launch of this special “Homes” tour tonight from 6:00 – 8:30 PM to admire the thoughtful creativity of local artists and their presentation of the showcase message, Home is where our story begins…

Vote for Your Favorite
After viewing the 25 amazing dollhouses and 15 creative plaques, go online to vote for your Fan Favorite at the Riverside ReStore. A Fan Favorite Award will be presented at Habitat’s 25th Anniversary Gala in September.

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Kellie Cox-Brady Creates Coloring Book About Native Plants

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events on July 17, 2013|

Our conversation with artist, teacher and landscape designer Kellie Cox-Brady continues…

I understand you are creating a coloring book about native plants. When will this book be available? How many species will be featured?

Kellie: Yes! I am very excited about this project. I am working with a friend from college who is also a horticulturist, she is writing really fun descriptions of each plant and I am almost done with the illustrations. The coloring book should be available by November. There will be around 24 different plant species featured in the coloring book. My goal with the book is to educate kids on native plants while also bringing an artistic focus from each plant.

Learn more about Kellie

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Art in the Garden with Growcology & ArtPlantae

Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Education, gardening, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Sketching & Journaling, Special Announcements, Special Events on July 10, 2013|

Introduction to Keeping a Garden Journal, © Tania Marien

Introduction to Keeping
a Garden Journal

Growcology and ArtPlantae join forces to bring experiences in botanical illustration to the garden!

Spend a leisurely summer morning in the Growcology garden learning about the history of botanical illustration and learning techniques you can use to create your own garden journal.

Participants will learn how to observe plants, how to assess a plant’s morphological features and how to record what they see in their journal.

View the schedule below to learn more.

To register, contact Selena at Art Growcology. Download flier

Itinerary for Saturday, August 3, 2013:

10:30-10:45
Participants introduce themselves, Q & A, workshop overview

10:45-12:30
Drawing in the Garden

12:30-1:00
Return to the barn for refreshments, lunch and the sharing of journals. Learn how you can take part in Growcology’s Fall Eco Art Show.

What to Bring:
Pencils, erasers, pen, any other art supplies, water, sack lunch, a smile and the desire to learn some art techniques while learning about plants!

Cost: $25
Age: 12 and older

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Kellie Cox-Brady Creates Curriculum to Teach Advanced Botanical Illustration Online

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events on July 3, 2013|

How does one create an online course for advanced botanical illustration students?

Kellie Cox-Brady shares how she created the Advanced Botanical Illustration course at Cornell University.

Creating the Advanced Botanical Illustration course was a very wonderful and interesting experience. How I created the class was first keeping the same organization as the other two courses such as introductions, journals, homework and more. Once I had the overall layout of how the course would read, I filled in the details of the class including specific assignments, tutorials, techniques…

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Kellie Cox-Brady Discusses Botanical Art, Curriculum Development and Teaching Online

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on July 1, 2013| 19 Comments »

Kellie Cox-Brady has merged her knowledge and experiences in horticulture, landscape design and botanical illustration to create a lifestyle many would envy.

Kellie is a natural science illustrator, though she prefers to call herself a “natural scientific artist”. Nature is truly Kellie’s inspiration. In addition to the technical illustrations you see in her online gallery, you will find botanical illustrations in pen and ink, striking silhouettes of Nature’s forms, and plants painted in bold colors.

Kellie also paints vibrant murals and designs curriculum. In fact, she helped create the advanced botanical illustration class for Cornell University’s online certification course offered through the Department of Horticulture and the Office of Continuing Education. This month she will talk about her work and answer your questions too.

Please welcome Kellie Cox-Brady, the featured guest for July!

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Never-before Seen Botanical Art Paintings to be Unveiled During London Art Week

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, History, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events, travel on June 26, 2013|

Victoria regia by Carl Ulke. Image courtesy of Crispian Riley-Smith Fine Arts Ltd. All rights reserved.

The Art of Botanical Pictures: Still Lifes and Plants

This exhibition will be presented by Crispian Riley-Smith Fine Arts Ltd during Master Drawings and Sculpture Week, part of London Art Week (June 28 – July 5, 2013).

This exhibition of botanical art features the work of father and son artists, Carl and Henry Ulke. The art in this collection has been kept within the family for many years and is coming out onto the market for the first time.

Henry Ulke in his studio. Image courtesy Crispian Riley-Smith Fine Arts Ltd. All rights reserved.

Carl Ulke (1791-1882) was a typesetter and publisher in Germany. His son Henry Ulke (1821-1910) was a writer, a photographer and a portrait painter. Born in Germany, Henry emigrated to the United States in 1852. He is best known for his portrait painting. Henry’s painting of President Ulysses S. Grant hangs in the White House and more than 300 of his portraits are in US government and private collections. Henry was well-connected to the presidents and was one of the few eyewitnesses to the death of President Lincoln. Henry painted botanical subjects on the side and he was also an avid collector of beetles. His beetle collection was purchased by the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, PA in 1900.

The Art of Botanical Pictures: Still Lifes and Plants includes 20 pieces by Carl and Henry Ulke. Also included in this exhibition are works by female Dutch artists, including Cornelia Maria Haakman and
Maria Margaretha Van Os.

All of this wonderful work and fascinating history will be on view for only one week. If you live near London or will be traveling in London during London Art Week (June 28 – July 5, 2013), stop by The Illustration Cupboard to see this exhibition.

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Free Botanical Art Fun for Families at J. Paul Getty Museum

Posted in botanical art, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events on June 26, 2013| 1 Comment »

The Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California (BAGSC) will lead educational activities and conduct botanical art demonstrations at the J. Paul Getty Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Gardens of the Renaissance, now on view in the North Pavilion.

Visitors will learn about plants and have the opportunity to try botanical art techniques themselves. Look for the interactive BAGSC tables in the Getty’s Central Garden between 12:30 – 2:30 PM on the following dates: