When I launched the Reader Survey to ask readers what they need, the need for time to create art quickly rose to the Number 1 position. Recently, a reader brought this subject up to me directly. This reader asked: How do artists handle time management? Many of us have homes, families, day jobs. Grocery shopping, [...]
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Time Management: Life, Work & Creative Pursuits
Posted in Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged time management on January 11, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Martin J. Allen Discusses the Power of Seeing
Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Photography, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Martin J Allen, Seeing Potential on January 1, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Martin J. Allen is an award-winning botanical artist from the UK who creates larger-than-life paintings with exquisite detail. He has earned three gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and has shown his work in exhibitions held in England, Germany and the United States. Martin’s paintings have been published in three books and are [...]
Join the Conversation with John Muir Laws
Posted in Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged environmental education, John Muir Laws, nature journal, postaweek2011 on December 5, 2011 | Comments Off
The month-long opportunity to discuss nature education and how to use drawing as a learning tool in the classroom has begun. Follow the stream of comments where the conversation is happening or view the latest comment in the Recent Comments box now located in the column at right. John has started the conversation by asking… [...]
Olcani: When Plants Are Medicine
Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, Education, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged Africa, conservation, Deborah Ross, Olcani, postaweek2011, teaching & learning on December 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Art for conservation is Deborah Ross’ passion. Deborah Ross is one of America’s leading wildlife artists and working in Africa has always been one of her dreams. In 1987, she had the opportunity to live her dream working as an illustrator for a baboon project. Deborah says she loved being in Africa. So much so, [...]
How do you paint graceful and realistic stems in watercolor? Hazel West-Sherring tells you how!
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged Hazel West-Sherring, how to paint, postaweek2011, stems on November 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Hazel West-Sherring appreciates your questions and has replied to your questions and comments. Thank you to readers who participate in the learning opportunities presented each month with featured guests. These opportunities exist so that you can ask our guests questions directly and so you can connect with each other. Remember that your participation is always [...]
Darwin’s ‘The Origin of Species’ to Become Illuminated Manuscript
Posted in botanical art, Education, History, natural science illustration, Special Announcements, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged Charles Darwin, illuminated manuscript, Kickstarter, postaweek2011 on November 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Natural history artist, calligrapher and science educator, Kelly Houle, is creating a large-scale illuminated manuscript based on Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species. Each page will be designed as a work of art. All text will be written by hand and natural history illustrations will be illuminated with iridescent watercolors and 23-karat gold. The completed [...]
The Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists Answers Your Questions
Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged Birmingham Society of Botanical Artsts, desktop publishing, England, postaweek2011 on October 24, 2011 | Comments Off
Judging by the questions received from readers, there is a lot of interest in creating botanical note cards. This month’s group Q&A with the Birmingham Society of Botanical Artists (BSBA) focuses primarily on this topic. Today we’ll learn how BSBA members select an image for their cards, how they create a digital image of their [...]
Do You Write in Your Books?
Posted in Education, natural science illustration, Special Announcements, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, Video, tagged books, marginalia, North Carolina, postaweek2011, rare books on September 14, 2011 | Comments Off
Don’t worry. You won’t get in trouble. Personally, I write in the margins of many things. I write all over the research papers I read and in the books from my personal library too. Some books are so full of information (like Karin Nickelsen’s book about 18th-century botanical illustrations), notes are a necessity because they [...]
Helen Allen Discusses Traditional & Contemporary Approaches to Botanical Art
Posted in botanical art, Education, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged English Gardening School, Feature Artist, Helen Allen, postaweek2011, September on September 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
After raising her children, textile designer, teacher and caterer, Helen Allen, enrolled in the diploma course taught by Anne-Marie Evans in 1996. In 2003, she began to assist Anne-Marie Evans on the diploma course and in 2005, succeeded Anne-Marie as Course Director. Today this 17-year old program is taught by Helen and four other teachers [...]
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