Colored pencil paintings and drawings of edible plants, both wild and cultivated, are the focus of Botanical Edibles…Wild and Cultivated, a new exhibition featuring the work of SUNY ULSTER Artist-in-Residence, Wendy Hollender. Tomorrow’s opening festivities will include a special slide presentation by Wendy that will be followed by an opening reception in the Muroff Kotler [...]
Archive for the ‘Sketching & Journaling’ Category
Exhbition of Edible Botanicals Opens Tomorrow
Posted in botanical art, gardening, Learning Opportunities, Sketching & Journaling, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged artist-in-residence, colored pencil, New York, Plants, vegetables, Wendy Hollender on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Painting Hawaii’s Endangered Plants
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, general botany, Sketching & Journaling, tagged botnaical art, endangered species, Hawaii, Plants, plein aire, teaching & learning on January 20, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Arillyn Moran Lawrence is a southern California artist working in mixed media, watercolor and oil. Her paintings are both traditional and contemporary and have been featured in exhibitions across the US almost every year for the past 22 years. Arillyn is also a botanical artist and a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists [...]
Draw and Paint Your Way Through the New Year
Posted in botanical illustration, Learning Opportunities, Sketching & Journaling, Watercolor, tagged Italy, Jane LaFazio, san diego, sketchbook on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Jane LaFazio, Plain Jane Studio, San Diego www.plainjanestudio.com Jane is a mixed media artist and a member of the San Diego Sketchcrawl group. Jane teaches at conferences across the U.S. and leads classes in Italy too. In addition to the sketching classes, Jane teaches workshops in collage, mixed media, and quilting. A detailed class schedule [...]
Journaling Activities for Different Age Groups
Posted in botanical illustration, Education, Learning Opportunities, Sketching & Journaling, Special Events, tagged John Muir Laws, nature journals, postaweek2011 on December 28, 2011 | Comments Off
Do nature journaling activities work better with some age groups more than others? This question was posed to feature guest, John Muir Laws. In his reply, John refers to the matrix he created for the curriculum, Opening the World Through Nature Journaling. In this matrix, he lists each activity, the grade and age each activity [...]
Nature Journals Out of Cereal Boxes?
Posted in botanical art, Education, Sketching & Journaling, tagged cereal, John Muir Laws, nature journal, postaweek2011 on December 14, 2011 | Comments Off
You bet. A reader shared this idea yesterday with naturalist and educator, John Muir Laws, and others during our on-going conversation about using journals as a teaching tool. Do you use cereal boxes to make journals too? Catch up with the conversation and share your story here.
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… [...]
Nature Stewardship Through Art & Science with John Muir Laws
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, Learning Opportunities, natural science illustration, Reference, Sketching & Journaling, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged arts education, drawing, John Muir Laws, nature, painting, postaweek2011, sierra nevada, steward on December 1, 2011 | 25 Comments »
A steward of the environment, especially California’s Sierra Nevada, John Muir Laws, has dedicated himself to revealing the natural world through art and science. John (Jack) Laws has been an environmental educator for 30 years. He recently collaborated with the California Native Plant Society and with English instructor, Emily Breunig, to create a wonderful curriculum [...]
Sketch the Tropical Flora & Fauna of Guatemala
Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, natural science illustration, Sketching & Journaling, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged Antiqua, Guatemala, nature journal, postaweek2011, travel on September 26, 2011 | Comments Off
Details about Cynthia Padilla’s new trip to Guatemala can be found below and at Classes Near You > Texas and Classes Near You > Guatemala: Cynthia Padilla, Dallas http://fruitflowerinsect.blogspot.com Cynthia Padilla teaches painting and drawing classes at prestigious universities, major museums, arboreta, art societies across the US, Canada, Central America and internationally. She curates exhibitions, [...]
Swiss Program Succeeds at Making Students More Aware of Local Plants & Animals
Posted in botanical illustration, Education, Reference, Sketching & Journaling, tagged biodiversity, environmental education, postaweek2011, Switzerland, teaching & learning on September 16, 2011 | Comments Off
Animals are fun. They engage us with their movements, have big round eyes, have cuddly fur and come in intriguing shapes, sizes and colors. Plants, however, just sit there. These truths, plus other interesting facts about how people perceive organisms are discussed by Petra Lindemann-Matthies in “Loveable” Mammals and “Lifeless” Plants: How Children’s Interest in [...]
-
I’m Curious About…
Feature Group
Visual Language
-
Recent Comments
-
What Readers Are Reading Now
Convenient Updates
Ask The Artist
Teaching & Learning
Authors & Illustrators
Nature Near You
Exhibits To Visit
-
Contact Info:
ArtPlantae LLC
5225 Canyon Crest Drive
Ste 71-127
Riverside, CA 92507
Email: info@artplantae.com Phone: 951.776.4696
