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Botanical art retreats in Italy

March 17, 2017 by Tania Marien

For the past six years, Elaine Searle has hosted relaxing and rejuvenating botanical art retreats in Italy. She returns to Italy this year and invites you to spend spring, summer, and fall with her in Umbria!

Elaine will host four painting holidays in 2017. They are:

  • Flowers and Fruits of Early Summer ( May 25 – June 1, 2017)
  • Wild Flower Composition (June 2-9, 2017)
  • Late Summer Study Sheet (August 24-31, 2017)
  • Colours of Autumn (September 1-8, 2017)

Watch this short video to learn more about Elaine’s painting holidays. Visit www.paintbotanical.com for everything you need to know about each retreat.


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SciArt Fans – Learn scientific illustration online

March 10, 2017 by Tania Marien

The Scientific Illustration Distance Learning Program lead by scientific illustrator Gretchen Halpert announces classes addressing the use of pen, ink, scratchboard, and color in natural science illustration.

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


Gretchen Kai Halpert
www.gretchenhalpert.com
Gretchen Kai Halpert is the founder and instructor of an online program in scientific illustration. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design/CE, 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 www.gretchenhalpert-distanceprogram.com. Check out her blog and enjoy the student artwork.

    Natural Science Illustration: Pen and Ink on Paper and Scratchboard
    March 27-May 29, 2017
    1:00 and 7:00 EDT
    This class teaches proficiency in pen and ink using crow quill, scratchboard, brush and washes. Technique, composition and professional practices make this a good course for those wishing to create natural science illustrations for themselves and for clients. Cost: $990 USD for a 10-week session.
    Contact Gretchen for more information.


    Natural Science Illustration: Color
    March 29-May 31, 2017
    1:00 and 7:00 EDT
    Watercolor techniques, colored pencil on paper and film, advanced compositions, professional practices. Final projects may include digital integration. Cost: $990 USD for a 10-week session.
    Contact Gretchen for more information.

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Discover the magic of roses on vellum with Carol Woodin

March 10, 2017 by Tania Marien

New on the Classes Near You pages for Maryland, New York, and Washington DC:


Carol Woodin
www.carolwoodin.com
Carol is an award-winning freelance artist whose specialties include orchids, rare wildflowers, heirloom fruits and garden plants. Visit her website to view her workshop schedule. Upcoming classes include:

    Roses in Watercolor on Vellum
    Roses and vellum were meant to go together. Capturing color and texture of petal and leaf on a warm, translucent surface will yield rich and lifelike rose portraits. Learn drybrush techniques in watercolor on vellum through demonstrations and practice using roses from the collections at the US Botanic Garden or Brookside Gardens.


    Roses in Watercolor on Vellum
    Brookside Gardens
    Wheaton, Maryland
    May 18 and 19, 2017
    9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
    View Details/Register (see page 16)


    Roses in Watercolor on Vellum
    US Botanic Garden
    Washington, DC
    May 20 and 21, 2017
    9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
    View Details/Register

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Discover the Beauty of Nature Online

March 10, 2017 by Tania Marien

Now at Classes Near You > Florida!


Mindy Lighthipe
www.mindylighthipe.com
Mindy Lighthipe is an award-winning natural science illustrator and the author of the children’s book Mother Monarch. She leads tours to Costa Rica and teaches natural science illustration online.

    Wonderful Watercolor
    Drawing the Beauty of Nature
    March 22 – May 24, 2017
    Twelve weeks

    Learn painting techniques and color mixing techniques. Explore the properties of a new color each week, engage in conversation with classmates and your instructor. Cost: $179


    Foundation Drawing
    Drawing the Beauty of Nature
    March 22 – July 28, 2017
    Ten weeks

    Learn how to illuminate natural forms so you can view, measure and draw them. Practice drawing form and surface contours. Engage in conversation with classmates and your instructor. Cost: $149


    Drawing the Beauty of Plants
    March 22 – May 10, 2017
    Eight weeks

    Learn the morphological features of plants so you can study, measure and draw their features with accuracy. Engage in conversation with classmates and your instructor. Cost: $129

View program details and register at
Mindy Lighthipe – Drawing​ the Beauty of Nature.

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The past, present and future of botanical art

February 24, 2017 by Tania Marien

The Minnetonka Center for the Arts invites you to Beauty and Truth: Botanical Art Then and Now, a conversation about the past, present and future of botanical art. Guest speaker Kathy Allen, Andersen Horticultural Librarian at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, will be joined by contemporary botanical artists who will show how botanical drawings and paintings are created. You will also view artwork juried into Flora and Fauna Illustrata, a program documenting plants, insects and animals that live or pass through the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.

Beauty and Truth: Botanical Art Then and Now will occur Saturday, March 4, 2017 from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Reservations are required. Enrollment is limited to 30 (ages 16 and up). Cost: $14 members, $16 non-members.

View Details / Register


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While at Minnetonka Center for the Arts, don’t miss an exhibition of botanical art by the students of Suz Galloway. The exhibition Contemporary American Botanicals is on view in the Murphy Room through March 30, 2017. More Info

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Exhibition of Chinese plants at Lan Su Chinese Garden

February 21, 2017 by Tania Marien

2017_lansuobashowposter-1Botanical artists from the Pacific Northwest present Lan Su in Bloom, an exhibition inspired by the plant collection at Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland, Oregon. Visit the Garden this spring to learn about the native plants of China from the following artists and educators:

Learn More

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Discover ‘The New Sylva’ at Ruskin School of Art

February 8, 2017 by Tania Marien

By Ruskin School of Art

Last year artist, writer and broadcaster Sarah Simblet taught
The New Sylva: Drawing Trees, a course based on the book she co-authored with Gabriel Hemery, The New Sylva: A Discourse of Forest & Orchard Trees for the Twenty-first Century. Sarah will offer this course again August 11-15, 2017 at the Ruskin School of Art. This 5-day non-residential programme is a fascinating and intensive exploration of trees and landscape, with a major component being fieldwork at Rousham House and its park by William Kent, the seminal landscape designer.

Sarah will also teach Botanical Drawing, a course designed to accompany her book, Botany of the Artist: An Inspiration Guide to Drawing Plants. This is an intensive
7-day programme in August (non-residential), and takes place in the Ruskin School of Art (the Faculty of Fine Art of the University of Oxford), and at the neighbouring University of Oxford Botanic Garden. 

Further information can be found on the Ruskin website. Reservations can be made through the University of Oxford’s online store.

Sarah will also teach a number of other amazing courses, including human anatomy. Details can be found on our website. 


View course information for The New Sylva – Drawing Trees

View course information for Botanical Drawing


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