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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. See a complete course listing here. This program now 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 2012
- The Nature of Drawing Birds I with Linda M. Feltner – Feb 6-8, 2012
- The Nature of Drawing Birds II with Linda M. Feltner – Feb. 10-12, 2012
- Field Trip to Birds of Prey Foundation – Feb. 9
- Egg Tempera Painting with Koo Schadler – June 8-10
- Under the Press: Papyrus Art with Jill Powers – March 10
- Pop-up Flowers with Shawn Sheehy – April 16-17, 2012
- Advanced Pop-up Design – 19-21, 2012
- Katagami: Stencil Design and Japanese Paper Patterns – April 27, 2012
- Good Hues: Integrating Color, Design and Letters (in collaboration with Colorado Calligraphers Guild) – April 28-29, 2012
- Papermaking: Eastern Techniques – May 5, 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
WORKSHOPS AT EL CHARCO 2012 – TBA
View and download all Winter/Spring 2012 schedules:
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.
