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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 Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. To learn more about the Garden’s certificate program, visit the program’s blog at http://botanicalillustration.blogspot.com. This blog is maintained by Program Coordinator, Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski.
GUEST WORKSHOPS FOR SUMMER/FALL 2012
- Traditional Techniques: Plastic Pencils on Film with Alice Tangerini,
August 3-5, 2012 - Hidden Treasures: Fore-edge Painting for Everyone with Jeanne Bennet, August 18-19, 2012
- Painting with the Needle: Silk Shading with Sarah Homfray,
September 26-28, 2012 - Drawing on Tradition: Silverpoint with Scott Rawlins, October 5-7, 2012
- Seedpods in Colored Pencil with Ann Swan, October 22-24, 2012
- Leaves and All Things Leafy with Ann Swan, October 26-28, 2012
- From Dancing Ink to Pictures of Ownership: Creating Book Plates with Symbolic Chinese Botanical Motifs with Sally Yu Leung,
November 30 – December 2, 2012
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM at DBG
A comprehensive series of botanical illustration classes designed for dedicated illustrators and devoted amateurs. Participants must complete all required courses, elective courses and a portfolio review to satisfy requirements necessary for a certificate in botanical art.
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Required Courses
Botanical Illustration in Pencil I
Botany for the Botanical Illustrator
Botanical Illustration in Pencil II
Composition for Botanical Illustration
Color Layering for Colored Pencil
Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil I
Perfecting Perspective
Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil II
Color Mixing for Artists
Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink I
Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink II
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor I
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor II
DISTANCE LEARNING at DBG
This new program combines in-class instruction with online instruction. Students accepted into this new certificate program must live more than 100 miles from Denver Botanic Gardens.
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Required Courses Taught at DBG
Botanical Illustration in Pencil I
Botany for the Botanical Illustrator
Composition for Botanical Illustration
Perfecting Perspective
Color Layering for Colored Pencil
Required Courses Taught Online with On-site Component (two days of in-class instruction followed by three weekly Internet sessions)
Botanical Illustration in Pencil II
Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil I
Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil II
Color Mixing for Artists
Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink I
Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink II
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor I
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor II
View and download Summer/Fall 2012 schedule:
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Botanical Illustration Catalog, Summer/Fall 2012 (color)
Botanical Illustration Classes, Summer/Fall 2012 (text only)
Quinn Fitzpatrick
www.quinnfitzpatrick.com
Quinn is an artist, a musician, and a graduate of the Natural Science Illustration Program at the University of Washington. His specialties include wild cats, raptors, wild edible plants, and medicinal plants. His chosen media are graphite, watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and photography. He teaches workshops in botanical illustration in Washington, Oregon and Colorado.
- Introduction to Botanical Illustration – May 3, 2012; 6-9 PM. This workshop introduces students to the practices of botanical illustration from a natural science perspective. We will be primarily working with black & white mediums using graphite and pen & ink. Some color theory and mediums (i.e., colored pencil) will be introduced. Draw southwest flora while learning classification and identification. Some drawing experience is helpful and this course is open to all skill levels. Location: Frontrange Community College, Boulder, CO. Cost: $59. Details/Register
- Introduction to Botanical Illustration
May 5, 2012; 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM. This workshop introduces students to the practices of botanical illustration from a natural science perspective. We will be primarily working with black & white mediums using graphite and pen & ink. Some color theory and mediums (i.e., colored pencil) will be introduced. Draw southwest flora while learning classification and identification. Some drawing experience is helpful and this course is open to all skill levels. Location: Frontrange Community College, Westminster, CO. Cost: $59. Details/Register - Introduction to Botanical Illustration
May 7, 2012; 4:30 – 7:30 PM. This workshop introduces students to the practices of botanical illustration from a natural science perspective. We will be primarily working with black & white mediums using graphite and pen & ink. Some color theory and mediums (i.e., colored pencil) will be introduced. Draw southwest flora while learning classification and identification. Some drawing experience is helpful and this course is open to all skill levels. Location: Frontrange Community College, Fort Collins, CO. Cost: $59. Details/Register
Maria Hodkins
www.windword.net
Ongoing classes in Nature Journaling, Nature Sketching, and Making a Hand-Made Art Journal, mostly in Colorado.
Marjorie Leggitt
Leggitt Design & Illustration
View Marjorie’s Gallery at Science-Art.com
Marjorie is a scientific illustrator who creates illustrations for clients in the fields of botany, zoology, medicine, and education. Her artwork also appears on the seed packets Botanical Interests seed company. You can learn more about the work Marjorie and other illustrators do for Botanical Interests in an interview with Andrew Keys at RadioGarden, a series produced by Horticulture Magazine.
