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Celebrate New Harvests with Billy Showell

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Botanical art books, Education, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, Watercolor, tagged , , on March 30, 2009 | Comments Off

ArtPlantae Books is hosting a meet-n-greet event in honor of the release of Billy Showell’s new book. Below is the timeline for this special online event:
March 23 – Review of Watercolor Flower Portraits at ArtPlantaeToday.com
March 30 – Review of Watercolor Fruit & Vegetable Portraits at ArtPlantaeToday.com Online author event with Billy Showell to launch [...]

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“Ask The Artist” with Billy Showell

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Botanical art, Botanical art books, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, Watercolor, tagged , on March 23, 2009 | Comments Off

Billy Showell is the author of Watercolor Flower Portraits and a five-time recipient of the Certificate of Botanical Merit, an honor awarded by the Society of Botanical Artists. ArtPlantae Books is pleased to host an author event celebrating the publication of Billy’s second book, Watercolor Fruit & Vegetable Portraits.
You are cordially invited to participate [...]

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A Master Class, Nature Updates for California

Posted in Learning Opportunities, Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , on February 9, 2009 | Comments Off

A Master Class in Botanical Watercolor with Margaret Best
View Filoli’s schedule at Classes Near You.

Search for California’s State Parks at Nature Near You.

John Muir Laws
Naturalist, Illustrator, Author, & Educator
www.johnmuirlaws.com
John Muir Laws is the author of The Laws Field Guide to the Sierra Nevada. A graduate of the UC Santa Cruz scientific illustration program, Laws teaches [...]

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Rare Books & Botanical Art at Cornell University’s CyberTower

Posted in Botanical art books, History, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , , , on January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Cornell University’s CyberTower enables Web visitors to learn from Cornell faculty any time of the day or night. The CyberTower website is located at www.cybertower.cornell.edu. Upon entering this site, visitors can choose to enter any number of rooms. Each “room” actually refers to a special topic taught by a faculty member. Visitors can learn about [...]

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The Society of Botanical Artists Answers Your Questions

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Education, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | Comments Off

Members of The Society of Botanical Artists (SBA) have graciously responded to the Ask The Artist Q&A questions. Questions were presented to all artists. Each artist had the option to answer (or not answer) each question. You can jump into the Q&A by clicking on any one of the links below.
We would like to bring [...]

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The Society of Botanical Artists on Blocking

Posted in Education, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Please describe your method and materials for blocking warped watercolor paintings.  Thanks!

Sandra Wall Armitage
I haven’t ever needed to do this.

Kathleen Baker
I would remove the warping first by placing the paper on a smooth folded bed sheet on a hard surface, finely spray it with water and iron it with medium heat, upper surface facing downwards. [...]

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The Society of Botanical Artists on Matching Nature’s Colors

Posted in Education, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | Comments Off

I have [been] commissioned [to complete] a painting of an Englemann Spruce and the palette they want me to use for their spa label is close to a teal color (see color palette). I usually work with glazes and I was wondering if you have had experience in getting this color without mixing.  If not [...]

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The Society of Botanical Artists on the Commercial Reproduction of Artwork (Watercolor)

Posted in Education, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | Comments Off

Since I have not had any experience with having my work reproduced commercially, are there colors I should [avoid]? Do you work a piece differently if you know it is being reproduced? What are some of your techniques so that the final image is more defined and clear.
Thanks so much.  I live rurally in Texas [...]

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The Society of Botanical Artists on Working With Botanists

Posted in Education, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | Comments Off

Do any of you work with botanists and illustrate for journals and herbariums? If so, in which publications has your work been published?

Kathleen Baker
I am a trained botanist, holding M.Phil and Ph. D. degrees. I haven’t had illustrations published in any scientific journal.

Brigitte Daniel
Difficult to answer as I work as a painting botanist!  My [...]

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The Society of Botanical Artists on Palette Colors

Posted in Education, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | Comments Off

How many colors are in your watercolor palette? Your colored pencil case?

Sandra Wall Armitage
More than I need for botanical as I often use different colours for other than botanical work. Also, I won [a] prize which included the whole range of watercolours.

Kathleen Baker
More than 40.

Susan Christopher-Coulson
I have the full set of 120 Derwent Artists’ pencils, [...]

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The Society of Botanical Artists on Encouragement

Posted in Education, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | Comments Off

What do you say to budding artists when they ask you how they should develop their skills as a botanical artist?

Sandra Wall Armitage
That the eye and good accurate observation is essential and plenty of practice.

Kathleen Baker
You need to be observant, read up on the detailed botanical structure of plants generally and the species you are [...]

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The Society of Botanical Artists on Grounds

Posted in Education, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged , on November 20, 2008 | Comments Off

What are your preferred grounds for working in graphite? Colored pencil? Watercolor? Gouache? Pen-and-ink?

Sandra Wall Armitage
Watercolour: I use either Fabriano Artistico 140 lbs which I stretch or the heaviest weight Fabriano Satinata

Kathleen Baker
I prefer to work with watercolour because I am able to produce the minute details, seen with a hand lens, in my paintings. [...]

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