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Botany Everyday
www.botanyeveryday.com
Marc Williams of BotanyEveryday.com is an ethnobotanist who leads an online botany class from March through December and offers many classes on plant identification, wild edibles, fermentation, food preservation, natural dyes, exotic invasive plants and various other subjects.
The next online botany class begins on March 23, 2012.
For course details, please visit Botany Everyday Online.
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden, Belmont
www.dsbg.org
The Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden offers many learning opportunities for both children and adults. The garden’s classes about photography and Adobe Photoshop may be of special interest to you. View a complete list of current classes on the garden’s website.
Linda C. Miller
http://lindacmiller.blogspot.com
Linda is a Virginia botanical artist who has been appointed the Artist in Residence at The Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, NC. Learn more about this special honor here.
Visit Linda’s blog, Botanical Art Today, and her new online store where you can purchase prints of Linda’s traditional and whimsical botanical paintings. Note cards will be available soon, just in time for Valentine’s Day!
- Drawing Nature in Pen and Ink – Saturday, March 31, 2012;
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Explore nature’s world of color, textures, and complexity and create a black and white illustration. Working with a technical pen, learn techniques to make strokes that mimic the fuzz on a fern, the fur on an otter or feathers on your favorite bird. Learn how to create lines and stipple to develop a full range of values and texture. Beginner to Intermediate. This class will be taught at Freedom Park in Williamsburg, VA. Limit: 6 adults. Cost: $35. Registration: (757) 259-3200 or http://www.jccegov.com/recreation - Botanical Watercolor Workshop – Open Studio – April 17-19, 2012; 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM. Use your artistic skills to illustrate and create a botanical portrait of plants from The Elizabethan Garden’s greenhouses and grounds. Learn basic drawing skills, observation, and watercolor techniques to create a botanical painting. Each student will work at their own pace while the instructor holds demonstrations and consults with each student individually. Beginner to advanced welcome. Materials list provided. This class will be taught at The Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, NC. Limit: 12 students. Cost: $145. Contact The Elizabethan Gardens to register, (252) 473-3234.
- Botanical and Nature Watercolor Workshop – April 24-26, 2012; 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM. Learn the fundamentals of botanical art by watching Linda C. Miller demonstrate techniques in botanical drawing and watercolor. Students will select plant specimens from the garden and work at their own drawing as Linda consults with each student. Limit: 6 students. Cost: $140. Registration: (757) 259-3200 or http://www.jccegov.com/recreation
- NEW Botanical & Nature Watercolor Workshop – May 21-23, 2012. Observe plants and nature close up with with the Elizabethan Gardens’ Botanical Artist in Residence, Linda C. Miller. Class size will be limited to 6 students so students can work closely with the instructor. Open to beginners and more experienced artists. Cost: $160. Location: The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA.
Registration: (757) 727-1490
North Carolina Botanical Garden
www.ncbg.unc.edu
Certificate students will receive a well-rounded education enhancing their scientific understanding of plants, their knowledge of visual arts theory, and the way they approach drawing and painting plant portraits. The complete schedule for 2011 and an overview of this program’s requirements can be obtained here.
