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A Sketchbook Story From Prague to Berlin

Posted in Sketching & Journaling, tagged , on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Artist Brenda Swenson traveled to Europe recently with one very specific objective — to document her travels in a sketchbook. She experienced fully the sights and sounds of each location she visited and has published her observations in a new book. Swenson’s book, Prague to Berlin – An Artist’s Journey contains 54 pages from her [...]

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Whitelines Notebook Now Available

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Sketching & Journaling, tagged , on June 5, 2009 | Comments Off

Our shipment of the Whitelines notebook is now available. Try this new writing paper for yourself and tell us what you think.
Did you miss our demonstration last week? Click here to see what this paper will do for your writing and your art!
The Whitelines, Wire A4 notebook is now available at ArtPlantae Books.

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Whitelines Writing Paper & Notebooks

Posted in Sketching & Journaling, tagged , , on May 25, 2009 | Comments Off

Long popular in Sweden, Whitelines writing paper is now available in the U.S.
When you open a Whitelines notebook, the first thing you notice are its gray pages and its white lines. You might ask, “Why would I want to write on this? This looks a little odd.” However, there is nothing odd about this paper. [...]

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Swap Journals, Create A Collection

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Sketching & Journaling, tagged , , , , on May 17, 2009 | Comments Off

If you are an avid journaler, you know a nifty journal feature when you see one. Here is a feature that will take your notetaking in a new direction.
When the creators of the Start Here notebooks first joined forces, they wanted to create a simple, practical, and functional product. Their creation turned out to [...]

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Sketchbook Adventures in Bavaria

Posted in Sketching & Journaling, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged , on March 16, 2009 | Comments Off

Postcards from… Bavaria
Castles, Monasteries, and Oktoberfest
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Guides: Annie and Rolf Reiser
Dates: Thursday, September 23- Sunday, October 4, 2010 (10 days)
Price: approx. $3900 per person/double occupancy (airfare included)
Although the exact itinerary is still percolating, this adventure guarantees to offer some of the best sketching and painting opportunities in all of Europe. Participants will travel [...]

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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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Sketching & Painting Nature with Mary McAndrew

Posted in Education, Sketching & Journaling on January 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Tifft Nature Preserve, Buffalo, NY
Sketching & Painting Nature
Tifft Nature Preserve, Buffalo Museum of Science
May 2-3, 2009
Instructor Mary McAndrew invites you to explore nature. Learn how to draw both in the field and from photos. Learn how to work with pencils, colored pencils, watercolor pencils, and watercolor paint. Participants will also use water-soluble graphite and waterbrushes. [...]

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Sketching & Painting in San Diego

Posted in Education, Sketching & Journaling, tagged on January 14, 2009 | Comments Off

Sketching & Watercolor: Journal Style — Jane LaFazio
Sat. Apr. 18, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Be inspired to record your life, a special trip, or your daily adventures in a loose, quick journal-style format. Spend the day discovering Old Town San Diego, with artist Jane LaFazio. Jane, known for her friendly and encouraging teaching style, will [...]

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How do you grade a sketch?

Posted in Education, Sketching & Journaling, tagged on January 12, 2009 | Comments Off

Topinka, Lorie and Diane T. Sands. 2005. Sketching as a science tool. Connect. 19(1): 4-7.
Illustrators Lorie Topinka and Diane T. Sands answer this question in their article, Sketching as a Science Tool (2005). They discuss how biologists use sketches and diagrams in their field journals and explain how some initial observations are more easily [...]

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Drawing From Your Plant Collection

Posted in Botanical illustration, Natural history illustration, Natural science illustration, Sketching & Journaling, tagged , , on December 29, 2008 | Comments Off

Selfridge, Gail. 2008. Drawing from your collection. Cactus and Succulent Journal. 80(1): 7-11.
“You don’t have to be a professional artist to enjoy drawing plants, any more than you have to be a professional writer to compose an e-mail or write a letter.”
– Gail Selfridge

Scientific illustrator, Gail Selfridge, shares how she was inspired to start [...]

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Nature Journal Class at The Page Museum

Posted in Education, Sketching & Journaling, tagged , , on September 12, 2008 | Comments Off

NATURE JOURNALING AT THE PAGE
Location: Page Museum (La Brea Tar Pits)
When: Saturday October 11 – Sunday October 12, 2008; 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 a.m.
Cost: $100 members / $125 non-members; Lunch and basic supplies included
Instructor: Janet Takahashi
More: All skill levels welcome (ages 16 and up); enrollment is limited; download flyer here.

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Create a Nature Journal Tomorrow

Posted in Education, Sketching & Journaling, tagged , , , on August 13, 2008 | Comments Off

Nature Journaling with Kathy Dunham
Getty Drawing Hour: Getty Garden
Friday August 15, 2008
6 pm – 8 pm
Central Garden, The Getty Center
Sketch in the garden with award-winning artist, Kathy Dunham. You will learn how to observe plants in the Central Garden and how to transfer your observations onto the pages of your journal. Free. Limit: 35 participants. [...]

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