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Updated: 26 September 2011 Certificate Programs in Botanical Art  Losing Paradise? Featured in Smithsonian in your Classroom Magazine Several ASBA member artists whose work is in Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World have been featured in Smithsonian in your Classroom (SYCM) magazine and online at the Smithsonian’s educational website. Helping to educate school children about endangered plants, this exposure is also introducing a new generation to contemporary botanical art. The Spring 2011 issue of Smithsonian in your Classroom (SYCM) is based on artwork of ASBA artists presented in Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and Around the World. The magazine is distributed free of charge to all 80,000 grade and middle schools in the country. Stephen Binns, of the Smithsonian Center for Education, states that it is published quarterly, drawing content from the vast resources of the Smithsonian Institution. Lesson plans included asking students to compare features of botanical illustrations, herbarium specimens, and photographs. Using the Smithsonian's Plant Conservation Unit methodology, students will also discuss the issues surrounding scientific study and endangered species, such as how to determine which species are most in need of attention. |
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Three of Wendy Hollender's colored pencil drawings of Hibiscus are featured on the cover of the magazine and Ingrid Finnan's Echinocactus grusonii is shown inside. The six lesson plans feature: Gillian Barlow's Gentiana pneumonanthe, Kathleen Garness' Cypripedium parviflorum, Gillian Harris' Hydrastis canadensis, Wendy Hollender's Hibiscadelphus distans, Jee Yeon Koo's Cypripedium japonicum, Julie Martinez's Zephyranthes atamasca, George Olson's Napaea dioica, and Alice Tangerini's Mortoniodendron uxpanapense. |
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| The Academy of Botanical Art 2068 Sunnyside Lane Sarasota, FL 34239 941-953-9999 www.omartdesigns.com/education3.html |
Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration 6910 Greentree Road Bethesda, MD 20817 301.962.1471 Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration (www.mc-mncppc.org/Parks/brookside/Sch_Bot_Art/School_BotanicalArt.shtm) |
| Joseph Regenstein Jr. School of the Chicago Botanic Garden Botanical Arts Certificate of Merit Program Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022 847.835.8261 www.chicagobotanic.org/school/certificate/art |
Denver Botanic Gardens 909 York Street Denver, CO 80206-3799 303.865.3580 www.botanicgardens.org/pageinpage/botanicalillustration.cfm |
| The Desert Botanical Garden 1201 North Galvin Parkway Phoenix, Arizona 85008 480.941.1225 www.dbg.org |
Filoli Filoli Botanical Art Certificate Program 86 Canada Road Woodside, CA 94062 650.364.8300 x233 www.filoli.org |
| The Minnesota School of Botanical Art 3537 Zenith Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55416 612.920.2013 www.minnesotaschoolofbotanicalart.com |
Morton Arboretum Route 53 Lisle, IL 60532-1293 630.719.2460 www.mortonarb.org |
| New York Botanical Garden 200th Street and Southern Blvd. Bronx, NY 10458-5126 718.817.8747 www.nybg.org/edu/conted |
Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden One Schenley Park Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412.622.6914 www.phipps.conservatory.org/botanical.htm |
| Ringling School of Art and Design 2700 North Tamiami Trail Sarasota, FL 34234-5895 941.955.8866 www.ringling.edu |
University of Washington Certificate in Natural Science Illustration 4311 11th Ave. NE Seattle, WA 98105 Contact info: 206-685-8936 or 888-469-6499, or info@pce.uw.edu www.pce.uw.edu/certificates/natural-science-illustration |
| Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture 109 Central Street Wellesley, MA 02481 781.283.3094 www.wellesley.edu/WCFH/Home/foh_home.html |
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The ASBA is not responsible for the accuracy of the information contained in these announcements. You must contact the individuals or institutions offering the workshops to confirm all parts of each announcement.
Members Workshops Marilyn Garber July 25 - 29 Introduction to Botanical Painting Eureka Springs School of the Arts, Eureka Springs, Arkansas Fee: $275 Contact: PH: 479.253.5384; www.esartschool.com Learn the techniques used in the traditional British style of botanical watercolor. Using a limited palette of the primary colors, you'll learn how to mix beautiful hues, flat washes, graded washes and drybrush techniques. Subjects will include fruits and flowers.
Angela Mirro July 24-July 30 2011 Botanical Illustration: Sketching and Painting Wildflowers in their Natural Environment Humboldt Field Research Institute, PO Box 9, Steuben, ME Fee: $495 Contact: PH: 207.546.2821, email: anne@eaglehill.us, www.eaglehill.us Focus on sketching and painting wildflowers in the field with watercolors, with an emphasis on depicting them in their natural environment. Eagle Hill offers a wealth of diverse habitats and natural subjects. With the inclusion of a plant's surroundings in a painting, the immediate habitat which supports it is defined. Explore form, overall design, creating effective composition; as well as color mixing, watercolor techniques and the importance of value. Painting demonstrations/discussions on the work of successful botanical artists and illustrators over generations, and individual instruction and critique round out the activities.
Institutional Workshops Academy of Botanical Art 2068 Sunnyside Lane, Sarasota, Fl The Academy offers classes and Certificate Programs in Sarasota, Florida from October to May, Distance Learning Certificate & Non Certificate Programs are available all year, Summer Workshops in various locations as announced. Contact: PH: 941-953-9999, email: olivia@academyofbotanicalart.com; www.myartteacher.com. Olivia Braida-Chiusano August 18-20, 2011 The Art of Fabulous Fruit The Woman's Art Club Cultural Center, 6970 Cambridge Avenue, Mariemont, Ohio Fee: $325 includes handout materials The branch of horticulture that is concerned with the study and cultivation of fruit is referred to as "Pomology". The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries marked the golden era of this period of pomological recording. Masters like William Hooker, Pierre Jean Francois Turpin and Pierre Antoine Poiteau led the way with their great contributions of pomological illustration. Join The Academy for this two workshop that will introduce the masterly styles of the Golden Era of Pomological Art and give you insight into the techniques of the masters.
August 22-25, 2011 The Art of Beautiful Flowers State Botanical Garden of Kentucky, University of Kentucky, The Dorotha Smith Oatts Visitor Center, 500 Alumni Drive, Lexington, KY Fee: $475, plus $25 for handouts The branch of horticulture that is concerned with the study and cultivation of plants is referred to as "Botany". Botanical illustration is one of the oldest art forms. By the 20th century artists in all of Europe were creating many of the finest flower paintings. This period was known as the "Golden Era" of Botanical Art. Join The Academy for this four-day workshop that will introduce the masterly styles of the Golden Era of Botanical Art and give you insight into the techniques of the masters.
Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton MD Code: elective course (ec), technique showcase (ts), workshop (w) Contact: PH: 301.962.1470, email: margaretsaul@botanicartist.com; fees, descriptions, online registration: www.parkpass.org
Kandy Phillips July 16-17, 2011 Moths - learning to love them! (w) Fee: $186 Paint the large Atlas moth against a lively background using John Cody's method, then paint all the wonderful details of the moth's wing patterns. Specimens will be available for use during class. directions for some specific preparatory work prior to the start of class will be mailed after registration.
July 23, 2011 Owls in Medieval Manuscripts (w) Fee: $93 Learn the general life history of an owl; how they see in the dark, how they fly on silent wings; along with other interesting bits of fact and fancy. by incorporating the language of flowers with color symbolism, create a medieval type design that illustrates the concept of light overcoming darkness. Saturday: overview of birds in manuscripts; owl symbolism; botanical elements associated with owls; overview owl life history and anatomy; designing. Sunday: painting - rendering feathers and luminous eyes; masking the image, inks, gilding. ($5 materials fee)
Filoli Center Botanical Art Certificate Program 86 Canada Road, Woodside, CA Classes listed below are part of the Filoli Botanical Art Certificate Program. Enrollment in the Certificate Program is not necessary to participate however, prerequisites must be completed. Contact: PH: 650.364.8300 x 508, email: classes@filoli.org, www.filoli.org Leila Lyons July 30, 2011 The History of Botanical Art Fee: $60 members, $75 non-members An in-depth study of the rich history of botanical art from its earliest beginnings through the 20th century, including its recent revival and the important role it plays today. Learn by focusing on an original collection of prints, slides and other media covering major botanical artists such as Georg Ehret and P.J. Redouté, as well as other historically significant events like the Age of Exploration and major florilegia.
Kate Nessler July 21-23, 2011 Master Botanical Art Class: Watercolor on Vellum Fee: $400 members; $480 non-members Learn about the properties, possibilities, quirks and beauty of vellum, from unrolling a full skin to mounting a finished art in the mat. Watch insightful demonstrations and receive detailed informational handouts. Receive one-on-one individual instruction using your own style while incorporating new techniques.
Bruce Wilson September 8- 10, 2011 Pen and Ink Fee: $300 members; $360 non-members Begin your studies with a historical overview of pen and ink followed by a demonstration of the basic techniques and creation of a tone scale with stippling technique and line drawing. Continue on day two with technique exercises, including hatch and crosshatch, while illustrating a leaf using these techniques. On day three explore texture techniques while selecting a variety of textured subjects and making 3 small drawings.
The New York Botanical Garden 200 St. & Kazimiroff Blvd, Bronx, NY Contact and Fees: www.nybg.org/AdultEd PH: 800.322.6924 Botanical Art & Illustration Summer Intensive Courses If you have a limited amount of time yet are devoted to learning Botanical Art and Illustration, then Summer Intensive Courses are for you! Start with Drawing I & II, then focus on a particular concentration of your choice. Rose Marie James Aug. 8–12 Drawing I Aug. 22-26; Drawing II Aug. 1–5 Colored Pencil I Aug. 15–19 Colored Pencil II 3 Mondays, Sept. 26–Oct. 17 New! Color Theory Develop your understanding of the principals of color. Using gouache, create a workbook of color-mixing for future reference.
Lauretta Jones July 11–15 Drawing I July 25–29 Drawing II
Kathie Miranda July 18–22 Drawing Natural Science This project-based course teaches the life cycles and habitats of animals, birds, and insects coupled with drawing them in graphite. 4 Wednesdays, Sept. 7–28
Drawing Summer’s Bounty: Selections from the Farmers Market. Resolve a different drawing challenge each week.
Sept. 22–Oct. 20; 4 Thursdays New! Drawing Wild Mushrooms Capture the beauty of mushrooms through quick sketches indoors, focusing on accuracy, perspective, and proportion.
Carol Ann Morley July 18, 20 & 22 Pen and Ink I July 25–29 Pen and Ink II
Dick Rauh July 25–29 Plant Morphology for Botanical Illustrators Through lecture, demonstrations, and labs, learn the wide variety of plant structures commonly drawn by botanical artists.
Aug. 13-14 Drawing Trees This field sketching experience focuses on the immediate eye-to-hand rendering of trees using technical pens on watercolor blocks.
Louisa Rawle Tiné Aug. 12, 4 & 5 Botanical Watercolor I Aug. 15–19 Botanical Watercolor II
Scott Rawlins 2 Mondays & 2 Thursdays, July 18-28 New! Create a Naturalist’s Notebook Examine and document the abundant plants, animals, and insects found in Manhattan’s Central Park.
June, 2011 - September, 2011 Botanical Art Classes Wellesley College Friends of Horticulturen, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA Botanical Art Classes offered; Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration available Contact: PH: 781.283.3094, email: horticulture@wellesley.edu; www.wellesley.edu/WCFH Elizabeth Farnsworth July 10, 2011 The Art and Fun of the Nature Journal Garden in the Woods; 180 Hemenway Road; Framingham, MA Fee: WCFH Members $33 / Non-Members $39 One of the best ways to experience and recall the natural world around you is to write it down, make a sketch, and record your immediate impressions in a few sweeps of the pen. Drawing and writing about plants involves muscle-memory that helps us remember them, slow down and see, and make new discoveries. Make your first entries in a new, individualized journal, and hopefully develop a healthy, inspirational, creative habit for a lifetime of keen observation. Join Elizabeth Farnsworth, scientific illustrator and ecologist with New England Wild Flower Society, to learn about and enjoy the art and addictive activity of keeping a nature journal. All materials provided
Carol Govan June 23 - July 7, 2011 WCBG Florilegium: Wildflowers Fee: WCFH Members $225 / Non-Members $275 Carol and Sarah Roche take you outside to observe botany in action in the College’s meadows and then record the flowering plants that you see using pencil and pen sketches and dry brush watercolor.
Carol Ann Morley August 11, 2011 Tonal Review Fee: WCFH Members $75 / Non-Members $95 In this one-day skill-building class with Carol Ann Morley, develop your graphite toning skills while heightening your artist’s eye. Through a series of exercises, practice using graphite to bring shape and form into your art. August 12 - 14, 2011
Bring in the Garden Fee: WCFH Members $250 / Non-Members $300 With Carol Ann Morley to guide you, discover graphite pencil techniques for sketching more quickly and looking more closely at flower structures. Sketch the shape and movement of flowers sitting amongst them in the garden. Then bring your notes and sketches into the studio to render the intricacies of flowering plants with finely detailed tonal studies. For advanced beginners.
August 25, 2011 Perspective Review Fee: WCFH Members $75 / Non-Members $95 In this one-day skill-building class with Carol Ann Morley, develop your foreshortening skills while heightening your artist’s eye. Through a series of graphite exercises, work to achieve more believable drawings.
August 26 - 28, 2011 Leaves as They Grow Fee: WCFH Members $250 / Non-Members $300 With Carol Ann Morley, learn to capture the layers and angles of leaves you observe in nature onto your paper. Start with the fundamentals of colored pencil, and then work to give your drawing shape and movement by mixing color hues to create shadows, to make colors recede and advance, and to create harmony and contrast. The pigments in colored pencils are translucent and can be applied to create many different effects including multiple delicate washes in much the same way as a watercolor painting – making this skill building class useful for watercolorists as well as pencil artists.
Kelly Leahy Radding July 19-28, 2011 From Flowers to Fruits -- Botanical Textures in Gouache Fee: WCFH Members $300 / Non-Members $375 Join award-winning designer/illustrator and botanical artist Kelly Leahy Radding to explore the properties of this historic, versatile medium while painting a variety of botanical subjects and textures. Pronounced "gwash", gouache comes from the Italian word guazzo for mud and is often referred to as body-color. It can be painted from light to dark with consecutive washes or glazes, or it can be scumbled—adding white to the pigments to paint light over dark. Include this water-based medium in your artist toolbox and find new ways to enhance your work. For intermediate to advanced artists.
Dick Rauh June 10 – 12, 2011 More Than Just Pretty Needles: Conifers Fee: WCFH Members $250 / Non-Members $300 Spend three days studying conifers with the effervescent plant guru Dick Rauh. He begins with the architecture and how to look for such things as the differences in the branching patterns, leaf forms, and cones. Working both outdoors and in the classroom, he shows you how to apply observational and sketching techniques to the broader field of nature-sketching. Using technical pens (pen and ink) on watercolor paper learn eye-to-hand rendering for both the entire tree as well as its parts. Drawing experience required.
Sarah Roche June 13 - 22, 2011 Roses: An Exercise in Form and Dimension Take inspiration for your rose paintings from Redouté and Rory McEwen. Sarah guides your interpretation of the form and dimension of this most elegant of flowers through a series of basic exercises in drawing and painting. Learn to decode the complex shape and structure of flowers. Apply your skills in a watercolor study, portraying the way the petals overlap and curl, the sharp edges of the thorns, and the smooth textures of leaves. Techniques covered in this class will reinforce your painting skills so that you can add a painting of the rose and other similar complex flower forms to your portfolio.
August 1 - 5, 2011 Foundations in a Week Fee: WCFH Members $250 / Non-Members $300 Sarah Roche introduces botanical drawing and painting and teaches you how to realistically render botanical forms. Instructional focus includes observational skills, drawing development, composition, design, and watercolor technique through demonstrations and tutorials.
September 6 - 15, 2011 Harvest Time At The Farm: Painting Locally Grown Produce Fee: WCFH Members $250 / Non-Members $300 n this four-day seminar taught on location and in the studio in nearby South Natick, learn to paint economic plants grown locally – take your observations from the farm’s fields back to the studio to portray the plants in drybrush watercolor. Sarah Roche’s expert instruction will fine tune your drawings to be botanically accurate and expand your watercolor skills to capture textures and tones and the vibrant colors of fruits, vegetables, and foliage—your paintings will look good enough to eat. Watercolor and drawing experience required. Foundations or equivalent course required. Work at your own skill level in this class for advanced beginners to experienced watercolor artists.
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