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Darwin’s Garden

Posted in Learning Opportunities, Special Events, tagged , , , on March 18, 2008 | No Comments »

You are invited to discover the untold story of Charles Darwin’s lifelong fascination and work with plants. Darwin’s Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure at The New York Botanical Garden showcases Darwin’s botanical influences, research, and contributions in these venues:
Darwin’s Own Gardens: A re-creation of Darwin’s gardens at his home Down House in England features his important [...]

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Real Life: Just a Bit More Searching

Posted in Education, Real Life Series, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »

I have said it before. I love the Internet. That I can download an article from the primary literature (Datwyler & Weiblen, 2004) without going to the library or having to write a letter to request a reprint is the neatest thing. My search for information about Dorstenia has only recovered bits of information and [...]

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ArtPlantae Books Travels to LA Garden Show

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Special Events, tagged , , , , , , on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »

ArtPlantae Books will once again participate in the Los Angeles Garden Show. This year’s theme is Abundant Gardens - A Vision for Sustainability. Visitors to the show will be able to learn from garden experts and authors, shop in a bustling Marketplace, purchase unique plants, view landscape designs from top-notch landscape designers, and purchase botanical [...]

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Real Life: Learning More About Dorstenia

Posted in Education, Real Life Series, Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »

Earlier I mentioned a few resources you could use to research your plant specimen. Today I will draw on these resources and others to learn more about the Dorstenia plant I selected for my current project. I always start with the big picture and then get more specific, so I will begin with learning more [...]

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Real Life: Learning More About Your Subject

Posted in ArtPlantae Books, Education, Real Life Series, Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »

Collecting plant material is one of my favorite past times. Like most gardeners, I buy seeds, bulbs, corms, rhizomes and plants that are not zoned for where I live just to see if they will grow. USDA and Sunset zoning charts mean nothing to me. They only help me steer clear of plants requiring 500 [...]

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Real Life: Choosing a Specimen

Posted in Real Life Series, Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 25, 2007 | No Comments »

I am drawn to botanical illustration for the information I can learn from the carefully crafted stories that botanical illustrators tell through their drawings. I appreciate when an illustrator teaches me something new and directs my attention towards something I have never noticed. Because I like looking for new information in an illustration, the plants [...]

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Botanical Illustration in Real Life

Posted in Education, Real Life Series, Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , , , , , , on December 11, 2007 | No Comments »

Very few people can claim to be a fully-employed botanical artist or illustrator. For most of us, capturing plants on paper remains an extracurricular activity. And of all the extracurricular activities in our lives, botanical illustration usually happens only if we remember to think about it.
This new blog series is for the “extracurricular artist.” If [...]

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Preservation Through Observation & Plant Documentation

Posted in Art Library, Education, Reference, Science Library, Sketching & Journaling, Special Articles & Interviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Earlier I noted that sometimes there are flowers that go unnoticed on a daily basis because we have seen them so many times before. We stop paying attention to them because they have become merely background noise. Today I have a prime example of what can happen if we all keep our observational skills [...]

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Get Turned On to Plants & Botanical Illustration

Posted in Education, Learning Opportunities, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 20, 2007 | No Comments »

ArtPlantae offers classes for anyone who may be interested in learning more about plants and how to draw them. The objective of these classes is to provide learning experiences that are fun and informative for all participants, regardless of skill level.

Draw What?! – Botanical Illustration for First-time Artists™
First-time artists will acquire an understanding of botany [...]

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