A major celebration of 300 years of Australian botanical art will be held at the Art Gallery of Ballarat beginning September 25, 2012. The exhibition Capturing Flora: 300 Years of Australian Botanical Art will take visitors through a historical journey of how Australia’s amazing and diverse flora have been recorded, interpreted and popularized by botanical [...]
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Get Ready to Celebrate 300 Years of Botanical Art
Posted in Special Events, botanical art, botanical illustration, general botany, Special Announcements, tagged botanical art, exhibition, Australia, art gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne on May 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Summer Workshops in Botanical Illustration for Kids
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Sketching & Journaling, tagged drawing, nature, Oregon children, Portland on May 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Summer school for kids and adults! See what’s new at Classes Near You > Oregon: Leach Botanical Garden http://leachgarden.org A 16-acre garden in southeast Portland. Formerly the private garden of botanist Lilia Leach and her husband pharmacist John Leach, the garden features over 2,000 species of plants and hosts special events and workshops year-round. Botanical [...]
Urban Sanctuary Hosts Botanical Art Exhibition and Classes
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, gardening, general botany, Learning Opportunities, natural science illustration, Sketching & Journaling, tagged birding, gardens, nature, Texas on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Quinta Mazatlan Nature Center in McAllen, Texas is a historic adobe mansion featuring birding trails, an art gallery, a nature store and educational programs. The nature center has been added to Classes Near You > Texas. Take a look! Quinta Mazatlan Nature Center www.quintamazatlan.com Built in 1935 as a private residence, Quinta Mazatlan is [...]
Kitchen Counter Botany
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Cookbooks, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, tagged botany, drawing, groceries, teaching and learning, UC Berkeley on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Know your veggies. Eat your veggies. Draw your veggies. Making vegetables and plants irresistibly interesting to the next generation is the goal of Botany on Your Plate: Investigating the Plants We Eat, a ready-to-use curriculum written by Katharine D. Barrett, Jennifer M. White and Christine Manoux. The eight interdisciplinary lessons in this book written for [...]
Draw and Paint Herbs!
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, general botany, tagged Alabama, draw, herbs, paint on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Draw and Paint Six Culinary Herbs Saturday, June 30 from 10am-4pm Studio at Alabama Art Supply 1006 23rd Street South Birmingham, AL $120 includes all art supplies and six potted organic herbs to take home Learn the basic structure of a leaf, then put that knowledge to work as you create a color rendering of [...]
Artist Feedback About ‘Botany for Artists’
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, tagged art, botany, Botany for Artists on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Questions for You! This morning Liz has questions for readers who own a copy of Botany for Artists. Liz’s book was released in the UK in November and was released in the US on May 1. Liz has specific questions about reader’s experiences with her new book. Reader comments about the book have begun to [...]
Ask the Botanist: Liz Leech Continues Conversation about Botany, Botanical Art
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Photography, tagged botanical art, botany, Botany for Artists, Liz Leech, questions on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Ask Liz! Liz and I hope you have enjoyed learning about her approach to teaching botanical artists about plants. Today Liz and I would like to open up the conversation. Do you have any questions you would like to ask Liz? Click here to join the conversation
Denver Botanic Gardens Announces Classes, Special Workshops in Botanical Art
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, natural science illustration, tagged botanical art, Colorado, embroidery on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Denver Botanic Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration Denver Botanic Gardens A complete program offering classes in pencil drawing, colored pencil, watercolor, sketching, botany, art history, scratch board, and classes dedicated to specific techniques and plant groups. This program works collaboratively with El Charco del Ingenio, a nature reserve and botanical garden in San [...]
Draw, Paint, Learn: Flora of Mexico’s Central Highlands
Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, natural science illustration, tagged art, Mexico, Michoacan, Plants, travel on May 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Looking for adventure? See what’s new at Classes Near You > Mexico! Amelia Hoopes Amelia is the Director of Cylburn Nature Science Camp in Baltimore and teaches botanical art at Cylburn Arboretum. Learn more about Amelia and view examples of her work in the ASBA Member Gallery. Botanical Art in Zirahuen June 20 – July [...]
Resources for Teachers & Students of Botanical Art
Posted in botanical art, botanical art books, botanical illustration, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, tagged art, books, botany, teaching & learning on May 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Liz Leech’s new book, Botany for Artists, has been adopted by the English Gardening School as a recommended text. It joins other helpful references written for students of botany and botanical art. Which references do you like to use? Teachers, which resources have you found most helpful while teaching? Students, which resources do you like [...]
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