Immerse yourself in colored pencil techniques this Spring at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden. The following classes have been added to Classes Near You > Southern California: Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Gardens, Arcadia www.arboretum.org Courses in introductory botanical drawing, beginning and intermediate watercolor, colored pencil, sketching and Chinese brush painting [...]
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Botanical Drawing in Colored Pencil at Los Angeles Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Posted in Blog News, botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, tagged arboretum, botanical garden, Calfiornia, colored pencil, postaweek2011 on December 12, 2011 | Comments Off
Call for Authors and Illustrators of Books About Plants, Natural History Art
Posted in Blog News, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, tagged books, classes, illustrators, postaweek2011, reader survey on November 7, 2011 | Comments Off
The Reader Satisfaction Survey continues to cultivate great feedback from you. Thank you so much for your comments. I would like to address the interest some of you have about sharing books you have written &/or illustrated with ArtPlantae readers. All I can say is, don’t be shy. Send information about your book project! Your [...]
Website News & Updates
Posted in Blog News, tagged postaweek2011, reader survey on October 26, 2011 | Comments Off
Dear All, I appreciate the feedback you have provided through the Reader Satisfaction Survey. Because of your feedback, the Classes Near You section has been reorganized. The listings for California have been separated into two sections — one for northern California and the other for southern California. Also, each section only contains information for classes [...]
TheMulch.com Includes Botanical Art on New Website
Posted in Blog News, gardening, tagged TheMulch.com on June 21, 2010 | Comments Off
We first learned about the wonderful resources at TheMulch.com during EE Week in April. Since then, this extensive resource for gardeners has established a new home on the Web. The site is now faster and incorporates great social media tools for its gardening community. Mulch members now have the ability to incorporate their Twitter accounts [...]
A Call for Classes, Exhibits, News
Posted in Blog News, botanical art, tagged classes near you, exhibition, news on May 20, 2010 | Comments Off
It’s that time of year where the class schedules distributed in January are replaced by schedules for Summer and Fall. Some of you have joined since National Environmental Education Week and since I do not have your contact information, I am going to post my announcement to all instructors here. Instructors, if you know your [...]
For those who eat bestsellers for lunch…
Posted in Blog News, Special Announcements on November 30, 2009 | Comments Off
While it may seem incomprehensible, not everyone like to draw, paint, and read about plants. We all know someone who eats bestselling novels for lunch. It might even be you. You all know ArtPlantae Books focuses on a specific niche. In this way, it is similar to the bookstores selling only mysteries or cookbooks. A [...]
New Endorsement Guidelines for Blogs
Posted in Blog News, tagged FTC disclosure on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
The Federal Trade Commission’s new endorsement guidelines go into effect December 1, 2009. They require bloggers to explain their relationship with the products and services they feature on their websites. This includes book reviews, exhibit reviews, and pretty much anything where the motivation behind a review or mention needs to be clarified. Since this blog [...]
ArtPlantae Surveys Benefit You
Posted in Blog News, tagged research, survey on October 12, 2009 | Comments Off
Many thanks to those of you who have completed the Readers’ Survey or the Teachers’ Survey. The feedback from both surveys helps to improve the content of this site. All readers of ArtPlantae Today are encouraged to complete the Readers’ Survey. Click here to see how you can contribute to our learning tool. All teachers [...]







