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The Business of Art for Botanical Illustrators

July 13, 2009 by Tania Marien

The class schedule for Marjorie Leggit, Leggitt Design & Illustration has been updated. The courses below will be taught at Denver Botanic Garden and includes a business class for artists and a great class about pairing botanical illustration with your favorite recipe.

  • Composition for Botanical Illustration – Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18
  • Perfecting Perspective – Wed. September 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7        
    and a Weekend Workshop,  Fri. – Sun., Nov. 13-15
  • The Business of Art – Oct. 2 – 4
  • Mushrooms with Pen and Ink – Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1
  • The Illustrated Recipe – Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16
  • Dazzling Dahlias & Sizzling Zinnias – Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1
  • Autumn’s Native Plants – Oct 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18

These classes are also listed at Classes Near You > Colorado.

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The Artists at Filoli

July 7, 2009 by Tania Marien

Are you tempted to drop everything to see the 11th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition at Filoli? Well if you are, here is a complete list of the artists participating in this year’s exhibition. Some of the artists have posted examples of their work online either on their personal website or in the Members’ Gallery of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Click on the links below to get a glimpse of the type of fabulous artwork you will see when you get to Filoli.

Travel safely and please consider posting a comment here to tell us about your visit!


Participating Artists
Milly Acharya
Margaret Bowman
Nancy Boyarsky
Kathleen J. Brahney
Carolyn J. Cappello (ASBA Members’ Gallery)
Parnell O. Corder
Kathy Creger (see Members’ Gallery)
Ingrid L. Finnan
Nancy C. Gehrig
Jolene Gillette
Pria Graves
Erin E. Hunter
Peggy Irvine
Kristin Jakob
Eliza K. Jewett
Leah Kaizer
Joan W. Keesey
Heeyoung Kim
Karen L. Klugein
Suzanne C. Kuuskmae (ASBA Members’ Gallery)
Corinne Lapin-Cohen
Barbara Lewis
Lee McCaffree
Susan M. McDonough
Sharron L. O’Neil
Melinda Pahl
Jamie J. Putnam
Lynne K. Railsback
Lesley B. Randall
John C. Richards (ASBA Members’ Gallery)
Thomas P. Rohlen
Joan Stahl
Marilyn “Danny” Swanson
Carol Till
Jeannetta vanRaalte
Carol Varian
Catherine M. Watters (ASBA Members’ Gallery)
Bruce Wilson

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Guidelines & Entry Form for “Focus on Nature XI”

July 6, 2009 by Tania Marien

Every two years, the New York State Museum hosts the Focus on Nature exhibition celebrating the work of natural history illustrators. The 2010 exhibition is scheduled for April 12 – October 31, 2010. The guidelines and entry form have been published. The jury selects work that demonstrates “a unique scientific and/or artistic viewpoint, technique, medium, or format including traditional, mixed and multimedia, and computer-generated images.” Artists may submit up to four entries.

The Call for Entries has been attached to this post. This document is available as both a color PDF and a black-&-white PDF. ArtPlantae would like to thank the New York State Museum for sharing these documents with our readers.


Focus on Nature XI (Call for Entries):

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A Sketchbook Story From Prague to Berlin

July 6, 2009 by Tania Marien

Artist Brenda Swenson traveled to Europe recently with one very specific objective — to document her travels in a sketchbook. She experienced fully the sights and sounds of each location she visited and has published her observations in a new book. Swenson’s book, Prague to Berlin – An Artist’s Journey contains 54 pages from her travel sketchbook. Fifteen pages of her new book can be viewed online. The complete sketchbook is available for purchase in three different formats starting at $29.95.

Posted in Education |

Field Sketching Classes in CA, NM, and WA

July 6, 2009 by Tania Marien

The following learning opportunities have been added to Classes Near You.

CALIFORNIA

  • Botanical Field Sketching – September 12-13
    Jepson Herbarium, UC Berkeley
    Learn how to document the morphological features of plants accurately while sketching in the field. See details and registration information here.

NEW MEXICO

  • Field Sketching & Journaling – August 10-16, 2009
    www.ghostranch.org
    Record your observations in nature using words and sketches. For all levels and all styles of artists. Read more about this class here.

WASHINGTON

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Filoli Estate & Gardens Summer Hotspot for Botanical Art

July 6, 2009 by Tania Marien

The Gallery at Filoli is currently hosting its 11th Annual Botanical Art Exhibition. Sixty-four original paintings and drawings created by 38 artists will be on view through August, 16, 2009. The plant portraits on display were created using the following media: watercolor, colored pencil, pen & ink, graphite, acrylic, and oil.

Exhibiting artists will host a “Meet the Artist” session during the artists’ reception on Thursday, July 16, 2009 (5 pm – 7 pm). Artists will be present to answer your questions about how they created the drawings and paintings in the exhibit. To attend this special evening event, please RSVP to classes@filoli.org or (650) 364-8300. Admission to the reception is free. Reservations are required.

Occurring on the same weekend as the artists’ reception is a program called, Flowers in the Home. Of particular interest to botanical artists this weekend is the presentation to be given by Dr. Stephanie Schrader of the J. Paul Getty Museum who will speak about the life of natural history illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717).

Summer visitors to Filoli will also have what is almost certain to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view the first volume of Prince Charles’ Highgrove Florilegium, now on display through the end of August.

Need a weekend getaway? Go to Filoli next week to mingle with contemporary botanical artists, learn about one of the most accomplished natural history illustrators of all time, and see a modern-day royal florilegium. Filoli is definitely a hotspot for botanical art this summer!

Filoli’s historic estate and gardens are located 30 miles south of San Francisco. Learn more at Filoli.org.


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News Delivery Changes at ArtPlantae Today

June 29, 2009 by Tania Marien

Effective immediately, weekly news delivery at ArtPlantae Today will be managed through our RSS feed. To continue receiving weekly news updates, please confirm your interest by entering your email address. When you sign-up to receive our feed via email, you receive a summary of news items that were posted at ArtPlantaeToday.com during the previous 24 hours. This summary is delivered in the morning. If you already receive updates through our FeedBurner feed, then you do not have to do anything. You will receive updates as usual.

Under this new format you can expect to receive an update on Monday morning, like you have been. Time-sensitive items will be posted as necessary, of course. We have no intention of sending you email everyday and respect your needs for a clutter-free inbox.

ArtPlantae will still send periodic e-news announcements to you, however they will be just that — periodic. We will reserve the email blasts for other occasions.

This tiny change only requires a quick click on the link that follows. Let’s keep the conversation going! Click here to receive your automated updates.

Thank you.

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