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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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Inquiries have been made regarding botanical greeting cards. Do you have Christmas-themed greeting cards available for sale? If you do, let me know ASAP and I’ll include your information with Monday’s news so interested individuals can contact you directly.

Please send the following information to info@artplantae.com:

  • A description of your cards.
  • A link to a web page where interested individuals can view the cards you have available. Alternatively, you can send one small image to serve as an example of the type of cards you have available.
  • Your website information (or email address) so that individuals may contact you.

Thank you.

© 1998 by Julie Schneider Ljubenkov. All rights reserved

California artist and educator, Julie Schneider Ljubenkov, lost her home, her studio, and a lifetime inventory of art in the firestorms that ravaged the San Diego area in October 2007. Since then, she has been busy rebuilding all aspects of her life literally from the ground up.

On Tuesday December 15, 2009, in conjunction with the San Diego chapter of the Native Plant Society, Julie will celebrate the holidays by celebrating native gardens and plants. At the holiday gathering of CNPS members, there will be live music and a selection of limited edition prints of botanical watercolor paintings available for sale, including a print of Julie’s painting of Munz’s Hedgehog Cactus (see image). This is a rare species of cactus threatened by off-road vehicles and cactus collectors. Six copies of this 17″ x 23″ print were donated by The Southern California Academy of Sciences and will be available for purchase (framed, $350; unframed, $250). Also available will be limited edition prints priced from $25 – $45 each.

Visit the website of the San Diego California Native Plant Society to learn more about them and the CNPS Holiday Program.

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.

Do you use…

Ceramic?
Plastic?
Wood?
An egg carton?
Baby food jars?
Old film canisters?
Old vials used originally for collecting insects?

What is on your painting table? Post your comments below.

The holiday gift guide is now posted at the store and on ArtPlantae.com. This year gift ideas have been grouped by price and include calendars, notecards, and prints, in addition to books. Click below to read about the special offers on books by Billy Showell and Walter Lack. Also, don’t miss out on the FREE shipping opportunities.

Shop early as quantities are limited.