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Ruth Ava Lyons Creates Emotional Connections Between People, Plants and Nature

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, tagged , , , , , on February 1, 2013 | 26 Comments »

Ruth Ava Lyons is an artist living in Charlotte, North Carolina. The botanical images she creates are not like those found in botanical art, yet they make the same connections between plants, people and nature that botanical artists hope to establish with their audience.

Ruth’s images are vibrant, emotional and pull you into Nature’s landscape. She has completed several artist residencies. Most recently in the Everglades National Park Artist in Residence Program in Florida. This year she will travel to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia to complete an artist residency at the Heron Island Research Station, supported with a Regional Artist Project Grant. This project was made possible through the support of the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency, the Blumenthal Endowment, and the arts councils in Cabarrus, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Rutherford, Union, and York (South Carolina) counties. Ruth is represented by Hidell Brooks Gallery in Charlotte, NC.

Ruth has graciously agreed to spend time with us this month to discuss her art and her experiences as an artist in residence.

Please welcome Ruth Ava Lyons as this month’s special guest!

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Artist Explores ‘The Road Not Taken’

Posted in botanical art, Education, Learning Opportunities, nature, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged , on October 2, 2012 |

Divine Rain © Ruth Ava Lyons. All rights reserved

The Road Not Taken
Nature Art Gallery
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Raleigh, NC
October 5-28, 2012

Ruth Ava Lyons will be the Nature Art Gallery’s featured artist for October. Lyons’ oil paintings and an ongoing body of work inspired by her travels and field studies of oceans, wetlands, national forests and wildlife preserves will be featured in the exhibition, The Road Not Taken.

A Fulbright Fellow, Lyons has exhibited continuously since 1982 in group and solo shows nationwide. She has received several grants and awards, including one from the National Endowment for the Arts and two from the NC Arts Council, and has received Artist Residencies including her most recent residency at Everglades National Park (2011).

Meet Ruth Ava Lyons at the opening reception this Friday, October 5, from
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM.

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is located at 11 West Jones Street in downtown Raleigh (Directions/Map).

Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9 AM – 5 PM and Sunday 12-5 PM.

Admission: Free

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Botanical Artist Conducts Free Workshop for Children

Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, Learning Opportunities, tagged , , , on September 3, 2012 |

Buckeye © 2012 by Linda C. Miller. All rights reserved

Linda C. Miller will conduct a free children’s workshop in Williamsburg, VA next month.

Information about this workshop and Linda’s other new classes for Fall can be found in the Classes Near You sections for North Carolina and Virginia.

Here is the information that can be found in these sections:


Linda C. Miller
www.lindacmillerbotanicalarttoday.com/
Linda is a botanical artist from Virginia and the artist in residence at The Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, NC. Learn more about this special honor. Linda teaches in North Carolina and in Virginia. Visit Linda’s blog, Botanical Art Today to learn about her classes and upcoming gallery appearances.

    Botanical Watercolor Workshop
    September 18-20, 2012 (9:30 AM – 3:30 PM)
    Learn the art of botanical illustration while studying plants from The Elizabethan Garden, Manteo, NC. Learn how to observe, draw and paint plants. Artists of all levels are welcome. This workshop can be taken as a two-day or three-day workshop. Limit: 12 students. Cost: Two-day workshop ($100 member, $120 non-member), three-day workshop ($135 member, $155 non-member). View Details/Register

    Drawing Nature in Pen & Ink Workshop
    Saturday, September 22, 2012 (9:30 AM – 12:30 PM)
    Explore Nature’s colors, textures and details in black and white. Using ink, learn how to make marks that mimic fuzz on a fern, fur on an otter or feathers of a bird. For beginning to intermediate artists. Limit: 6 students. Cost: $35, includes materials. Location: Freedom Park, Williamsburg, VA. Register at (757) 259-3200 or http://www.jccegov.com/recreation

    Fall Studies: Botanical Watercolor Workshops
    Freedom Park Nature Interpretive Center, Williamsburg, VA
    Mondays, October 1, 8, 15, 2012
    Register at  (757) 259-3200 or http://www.jccegov.com/recreation

    Art in the Park
    Saturday, October 13, 2012 (10:00 – 11:30 AM)
    Bring the family to this free children’s workshop at New Quarter Park in Williamsburg, VA located at 1000 Lakeshead Drive. For more information, call (757) 890-5840.

    Fall Studies: Botanical Watercolor Workshops
    Charles Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA
    www.hamptonarts.net
    Two sections of this workshop will be offered. All levels of artist are welcome. Contact the Charles Taylor Arts Center for more information and pricing.
    Section #1: Thursdays, October 4, 11, 18, 2012
    Section #2: Fridays, September 28, October 5 and 12, 2012

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There’s Lots to Learn About Plants & Botanical Art at North Carolina Botanical Garden

Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, tagged , , on July 18, 2012 |

Here is only a hint of the botany and botanical art classes one can take at the North Carolina Botanical Garden.

See what’s new at Classes Near You > North Carolina:


North Carolina Botanical Garden
www.ncbg.unc.edu
Through the Garden’s courses in botany and botanical art, anyone interested in plants and how to draw and paint them will receive a well-rounded education enhancing their scientific understanding of plants, their knowledge of visual arts theory, and how to approach drawing and painting plant portraits. Upcoming botany and botanical art classes include:

  • Botany
    Saturday, August 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012; 9:15 AM – 1:15 PM.
  • Drawing for People Who Think They Can’t Draw
    Saturday, August 18, 2012; 1:00 – 4:30 PM.
  • Intro to Botanical Illustration
    Saturdays, August 25, 2012; 1:00 – 4:30 PM.
  • Beginning Drawing
    Mondays, August 27 and September 10, 17, 24, 2012; 1:00 – 4:30 PM.
  • Beginning Watercolor
    Tuesdays, September 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012; 1:00 – 4:30 PM.
  • Plant Ecology
    Wednesdays, September 5, 12, 19, 26, 2012; 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
  • Fall Leaves in Colored Pencil
    Saturday, September 8, 2012; 1:00 – 4:30 PM.
  • Field Sketching
    Mondays, October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2012; 1:00 – 4:30 PM.
  • Introduction to Mushrooms
    Wednesday, October 3 and Saturday, October 6, 2012.
  • Lichens
    Saturday, October 13, 2012; 9 AM – 3 PM.
  • Dendrology
    Wednesdays, October 31 and Nov. 7, 14, 28, 2012; 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM.
  • Flowering Plant Families
    Sundays, November 4, 11, 18 and December 2, 2012; 1:30 – 4:30 PM

View course schedule at North Carolina Botanical Garden

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Discover, Draw & Paint Hydrangeas at The Elizabethan Gardens

Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, tagged , , , , , on June 20, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Blue Hydrangea, watercolor. © 2012 by Linda C. Miller. All rights reserved

Hydrangea Watercolor Workshop
August 21-23, 2012
9:30 AM – 3:00 PM

Create a botanical portrait working from the three varieties of hydrangeas at The Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, NC. Participants will “discover” their specimen, leaf-by-leaf and petal-by-petal. Learn basic drawing skills, observation, and tea wash watercolor technique to create a botanical painting. Work at your own pace while while receiving individual assistance from artist in residence, Linda C. Miller.

Cost: $115 (two-day workshop) or $140 (three-day workshop).
Limit: 10.
To register, contact Nancy Harvey, (252) 473-3234.


About Linda C. Miller
http://lindacmiller.blogspot.com
Linda is a botanical artist from Virginia and the artist in residence at The Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, NC. Learn more about this special honor. 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.

This information can also be found at Classes Near You > North Carolina.

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Botanical Artist in Residence Presents First Painting

Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged , , on February 20, 2012 |

Keep Your Heart Open © 2011 Linda C Miller

Expressions of Nature at The Elizabethan Gardens
The first of ten paintings completed by Linda C. Miller as Botanical Artist in Residence at The Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, NC has been presented. Linda’s painting was unveiled at the annual Board of Governor’s meeting, held in conjunction with the State of the Non-Profit dinner on February 8, 2012. Linda’s residency began in March 2011 and has been renewed for another year. During her second term, a new painting will be unveiled in the Gatehouse Gift Shop every two months.

Read about Linda’s presentation at the annual meeting on her website www.lindacmillerbotanicalarttoday.com.

Linda’s schedule of classes are listed at Classes Near You > North Carolina.
A new 3-day workshop about botanical painting has been announced. Be sure to learn more about this summertime learning opportunity.

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Explorers & Orchids at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

Posted in Education, general botany, Learning Opportunities, Special Announcements, Special Events, tagged , on February 15, 2012 |

Paphiopedilum courtesy of Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden in Belmont, North Carolina

Orchid Spectacular, the annual event showcasing the extensive collection of orchids in the Orchid Conservatory at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden is happening now and continues through
March 18, 2012.

This year the show’s focus is on the plant explorers who were struck with “orchidelirium” and who risked their lives to collect new species of orchids. Visitors to the Orchid Conservatory will be transported back to the orchid hunting grounds of the 1800s and have the opportunity to learn how plant explorers traveled and worked. Tents, canoes and expedition supplies will be on display.

Classes, a field trip and an orchid show will be held in conjunction with this special event. Here is what’s coming up:

  • North Carolina Piedmont Orchid Society Show & Sale – February 24-26, 2012
  • An Evening of Orchids – Friday, February 24, 2012. Tickets to this fundraising event are $55 and $85. Call for details. (704) 829-1252
  • Orchid Conservatory Tour – Saturday, February 25, 2012;
    Noon – 1 PM. Free. Check-in at admissions desk.
  • Field Trip to Carolina Orchids – Saturday, March 3, 2012;
    10 AM – 3 PM. View Details/Register
  • Orchid Conservatory Tour – Saturday, March 17, 2012;
    Noon – 1 PM. Free. Check-in at admissions desk.

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Botanical Art Classes in North Carolina & Virginia with Linda C. Miller

Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Education, Learning Opportunities, tagged , , , , , , , on December 28, 2011 |

Lenton Rose VIII © 2010 by Linda C. Miller

See what’s new in the Classes Near You section for North Carolina and Virginia:


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 buy prints of Linda’s traditional and whimsical botanical paintings. Looking for note cards? Note cards will be available soon, just in time for Valentine’s Day!

  • Camellia Watercolor Workshop – February 14-16, 2012;
    9:30 AM – 3:30 PM. The Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, NC has over 300 Japanese camellias in their collection, represented by over 125 cultivars. Learn basic drawing skills, observation, and watercolor techniques to create a botanical painting. Each student will work at their own pace while the instructor consults with each student individually. Beginner to advanced welcome. Materials list provided. Cost: $145. Contact The Elizabethan Gardens to register, (252) 473-3234.
  • 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

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Organic Lines & Nature’s Forms

Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Learning Opportunities, tagged , , , on October 3, 2011 |

New at Classes Near You > North Carolina:


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 ArtPlantae readers. View a complete list of current classes on the garden’s website.

    Organic Lines & Nature’s Treasures – Saturday, October 8, 15, 22, 29, 2011; 10 AM – 12:30 PM. Learn the fundamentals of drawing while observing Nature’s forms. Beginning and intermediate students encouraged. Cost: $80 members, $100 non-members. A materials list will be sent with confirmation of your registration.
    View all details & register online

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Do You Write in Your Books?

Posted in Education, natural science illustration, Special Announcements, Special Articles & Interviews, Special Events, Video, tagged , , , , on September 14, 2011 |

Don’t worry. You won’t get in trouble.

Personally, I write in the margins of many things. I write all over the research papers I read and in the books from my personal library too. Some books are so full of information (like Karin Nickelsen’s book about 18th-century botanical illustrations), notes are a necessity because they are the only way I can keep up with the author and relate new information to other things I’ve read. Writing in the margins is how I make meaning. What I do not do, is highlight and underline pages and pages of text. Highlighting and excessive underlining never worked for me. While studying teaching and learning techniques and student learning in grad school, I read a comment by someone making the point that the act of highlighting text is simply proclaiming, I’ll get to this later. Now isn’t that the truth? I apologize for not being able to give credit to this individual.

What about doodling? Do you create doodles to help you process information in the text?

Then you might be interested in an exhibition at the University of North Carolina exploring why images are paired with text and how information is conveyed through pictures. The exhibition, Meaningful Marks: Image and Text and the History of the Book, is on view at the Melba Remig Saltarelli Exhibit Room in the Wilson Special Collection Library until September 28, 2011. One of the books featured in the exhibit is Mark Catesby’s Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands (1731-1743).

Getting back to scribbling in book margins…

Do you find this practice offensive or are you okay with people who do this? Here is a link to a short video featuring interviews with people on both sides of this issue. This video was created by multimedia journalist, Jonathan Michaels, and takes a look at why we write in books.


Related:

This post marks the beginning of a new feature about books and literature pertaining to plants, nature, natural history art and related topics.

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Botanical Art Classes Announced in North Carolina & Virginia

Posted in botanical art, Learning Opportunities, tagged , , , on June 29, 2011 |

The following botanical art classes have been added to the Classes Near You sections for North Carolina and Virginia:


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.

  • Art in the Garden – Saturday July 9, 2011; 10 AM to Noon. Children will study nature’s forms and learn how to create pages for their nature journal by combining drawings, written entries and paintings in watercolor and colored pencil. Materials will be provided. This free workshop for children will be held at Goodwin Neck Road at County Drive behind the fire and safety station. Limit: 15 children. Age: 10 & older. To register, contact the York County Master Gardeners’ Learning Garden at (757) 890-4940. Click on the image to download the flyer. To learn how the Art in the Garden program began and to view photos, click here.
  • Botanical Watercolor Workshop – September 20-21, 2011; 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM. In this workshop, participants will learn about composition and the drawing and painting techniques required to create a botanical portrait. The Elizabethan Gardens, Manteo, NC. Cost: $115. Limit: 12. To register, contact Nancy Harvey or call (252) 473-3234.
  • Botanical Watercolor Workshop – November 14-16, 2011; 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM. The Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA. Cost: $145. Limit: 8. To register, call (757) 727-1490.

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Botanical Drawing & Painting Near North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Posted in botanical art, botanical illustration, Learning Opportunities, tagged , , , , on January 25, 2010 |

New at The Elizabethan Gardens at Classes Near You > North Carolina:

  • Botanical Drawing & Painting at The Elizabethan Gardens –
    April 20 – 22, 2010; 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM.

    Spend an enjoyable two or three days, using your artistic skills to illustrate and create a botanical portrait working from your choice of flora from The Elizabethan Garden’s greenhouses and grounds. Learn basic drawing skills, observation, and tea wash watercolor technique to create a botanical painting.

    The first day will include an introduction to plant anatomy by the garden’s science educator, Shannon Brooks, as it relates to botanical painting. Learn about your wonderful specimen, leaf by leaf, petal by petal, and create a line drawing to paint. Work at your own pace with the instructor as your guide.

    Linda will demonstrate how to take a drawing from a sketch to a finished illustration complete with details. You will receive assistance and encouragement along the way and interact with other talented artists in a very creative and supportive learning environment. All levels of student are welcome to enroll. If you would prefer to work from a drawing rather than a garden specimen, please contact Linda and she will be happy to provide a drawing, so you may focus on the watercolor techniques. Media include graphite, colored pencil, and watercolor. Limit: 10.

    The course is offered in two time sessions options:

      Two-day Workshop: $75.00 per student
      Three-day Workshop: $110 per student, five student minimum

    Instructor: Linda C. Miller
    Register: The Elizabethan Gardens, (252) 473-3244
    Website: www.elizabethangardens.org

  • Botanical Drawing & Painting at The Elizabethan Gardens – September 21 – 23, 2010 (see course description above)

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