2009 suMMe suMMer-FAll r-FAll c AtAloG certIFIcAte In BotAnIcAl Art And IllustrAtIon Botanical art and illustration is the well-established tradition o portraying plants or scientiic purposes, recording vanishing species or historical recollection or rendering the beauty and inspiration we experience in the lora o the world around us. Denver Botanic Gardens’ Certiicate in Botanical Art and Illustration program is designed to teach a comprehensive series o classes in botanical illustration, oering participants the drawing and painting skills required to render accurate and useul depictions o the plant world with a ocus on detail. This program is or the dedicated illustrator, as well as the devoted amateur. It culminates in a certiicate or some students and oers an ongoing program o botanical classes or others.
Introductory courses Students wishing to learn more about botanical illustration or brush up on their skills beore beginning the certiicate sequence can take introductory courses that are not part o the certiicate requirements: Introduction to Botanical Illustration, Art Materials or the Botanical Illustrator and Introduction to Drawing in Pencil.
experience in botanical art. In addition to the 13 required courses, you must select 100 elective hours. The number o elective classes oered in any one year may vary. Guest instructor workshops may be taken as electives. Please nte: To receive credit or any course, attendance is required at the irst class and at 80 percent o all classes.
scIence And Art lectures requIred courses The ollowing 13 courses are requir ed i you wish to receive a Certiicate in Botanical Art and Illustration. The recommended sequence o courses is listed be low. This succession is appropriate or both the certiicate and the non-certiicate student. Classes can als be taken in the rder determined by their prerequisites. Courses consist o exercises, critiques, demonstrations and homework assignments. A list o supplies or each course will be sent with your class conrmation. 1. Botanical Illustration in Pencil I 2. Botany or the Botanical Illustrator 3. Botanical Illustration in Pencil II 4. Composition or Botanical Illustration 5. Color Layering or Colored Pencil 6. Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil I 7. Perecting Perspective 8. Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil II 9. Color Mixing or Artists 10. Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink I 11. Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink II 12. Botanical Illustration in Watercolor I 13. Botanical Illustration in Watercolor II
electIve courses Elective courses serve a variety o purposes. They are all designed to increase the student’s knowledge, ability and
Selected lectures at Denver Botanic Gardens can qualiy or elective credits. Participation in one lecture gives one elective credit hour; you can receive a maximum o 15 credit hours rom these lectures. Caé Botanique by Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski is a ree lecture series open to Botanical Art and Illustration students, Gardens members, the general public, academia and artists. There is no admission ee and preregistration is not required. The Caé Botanique schedule is posted on the Botanical Illustration blog, or you can receive urther inormation by joining our mailing list.
PortFolIo revIew Upon completion o all course work, you may apply or portolio review (held each January and June) by requesting a transcript rom the Registrar and submi tting it to the Program Coordinator when you request your review. Please note: To receive credit or any course, attendance is required at the irst class and at 80 percent o each course. Th cmplt prtli will cntain iv (5) inishd btanical plats: 1. Graphit 2. Clrd Pncil 3. Pn and Ink 4. Watr mdia 5. Artist’s chic: This can be a plate in any o the media taught within the program or a combination o them.
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Chins Brsh Painting with Sally Y Lng Do not miss this unique opportunity to learn how to paint persimmon and cabbage (important symbols in its culture) the Chinese way. way. Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) is a homophone o “things’ and “business”, “market” and “thoughts”. The reddish-orange color o its ruit symbolizes joy. The Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa var. glabra) is a symbol or honorable rank, purity and unsullied descent. You will also explore a number o Chinese characters that make up interesting sayings to go with the persimmon and cabbage paintings. Writing Chinese characters and painting not only gives insight into the Chinese culture but can also be a relaxing and meditative practice or people o all ages to engage in.
prerequisites. N reunds r registratin cancellatins ater August 25 unless we can fll yur seat. Course #09CBI150 Fri. - Sun., Sept. 25 – 27, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (18 hr) Instructr: Sally Yu Leung
Sally Yu Leung is an independent curator o Chinese decorative arts, collector, practicing calligrapher and also a Commissioner at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. She has been a teacher o Chinese calligraphy and brushpainting at Pixar Animation Studios or some years now. Fee: $222 member, $268 non-member. All students are welcome, with no
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Take the mystery out o materials. I see ten types o erasers – which one is right or the job? What is the dierence between sable and synthetic? What’s vellum? This inormation-packed class will provide you with detailed inormation about all o the art materials used throughout the Botanical Illustration program. From papers to pencils to inks, pens, brushes, and paints, you’ll learn where and how to nd all the right materials and how they are used. Save time and money by shopping expertly the irst time. Fee: $37 member, $44 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites.
Are you new to drawing? I you can write with a pencil, you can draw with one. Step-by-step, acquire the techniques you need to draw what you see. Simple exercises train you to observe ob jectively and draw accurately. A relaxed pace and straightorward instruction will open your mind to your own creative abilities. Build drawing skills to enter the Botanical Illustration program with conidence. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites. Nte: I you have had some drawing experience, please go directly to Pencil I.
Course #09CBI010-1 Sat., Sept. 12, 9 a.m. – noon Instructr: Renee Jorgensen
Weekend Wrkshp Course #09CBI020-1 Fri. – Sun., Aug. 28 - 30, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructr: Renee Jorgensen
Course #09CBI010-2 Fri., Oct. 23, 3 – 6 p.m. Instructr: Renee Jorgensen
Weekend Wrkshp Course #09CBI020-2 Fri. – Sun., Oct. 16 - 18 , 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructr: Renee Jorgensen
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Btany r th Btanical Illstratr What is the dierence between a carpel and a pistil? Where can I nd the stamen? The science o the subjects you draw determines what you see! Put away your pencils or this enlightening lab class designed specically or students o Botanical Illustration. Take a close look at plant anatomy and learn to recognize botanical details that will make your drawings more accurate and realistic. Learn plant morphology through detailed instruction and supporting visuals. All o your botanical art will improve when you understand the subjects. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites. prerequisites. Course #09CBI110-1 Mon. – Fri., July 27 - 31, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructr: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski Course #09CBI110-2 Tue., Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 6, 6 – 9 p .m. Instructr: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Cmpsitin r Btanical Illstratin The arrangement o lines, shapes and color in artwo rk is an art orm in itsel. The dierence between a pleasant picture and amazing artwork is oten ound in composition. Using a visual pre sentation, this course begins with a study o recognized masters and contemporary illustrators. Learn to how build botanical composition by using compositional elements and principles. Exercises in creating your own sample compositions gives insight and expertise to enhance all o your uture illustrations. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites.
Course #09CBI100-1 Mon. – Fri., July 27 - 31, 9 a.m. – noon Instructr: Karla Beatty Course #09CBI100-2 Mon., Sept. 14, 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructr: Connie Sayas Weekend Workshop Course #09CBI100-3 Fri. – Sun., Nov. 20 – 22, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructr: Karla Beatty
Btanical Illstratin in Pncil II Simple and classic, pencil drawing is a timeless art orm. Expand o n the drawing skills you learned in Pencil I as you reinorce and rene your knowledge o graphite pencil. Learn additional techniques or shading, texture, perspective, depth, composition and style. A good drawing is the basis o botanical illustration in any medium. Group instruction and individual attention are tailored to help you complete a nished botanical plate in this subtle and striking medium. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisite: Pencil I Course #09CBI200-1 Mon., Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 9 a.m. – noon Instructr: Susan Rubin Course #09CBI200-2 Wed., Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructr: Karla Beatty
Course #09CBI120 Wed., Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructr: Marjorie Leggitt
Btanical Illstratin in Pncil I Learn to draw! Begin with a brie history and an overview o the speciic elements o botanical illustration. Learn the skills o careul observation and realistic drawing in graphite pencil, including line drawing, shading and perspective. Step-bystep, added techniques help you portray perspective, texture and detail. This is the entry course or every program student and the prerequisite or all courses to ollow. You’ll emerge rom this class with the tools you need to draw anything. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites. Nte: I you have no previous drawing experience, consider starting with Introduction to Drawing.
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Prcting Prspctiv Do you shy away rom the complicated plants? Even experienced illustrators sometimes struggle with oreshortening and simpliy their subjects to eliminate the diicult elements. Lear n to see the correct shape o an ellipse and ind the angle o the element pointing to you, to create the illusion o 3-D depth on a 2-D surace. You’ll work with botanical subjects that demonstrate each aspect o perspective and learn techniques or seeing and depicting perspective accurately. Complete a inal piece that shows your new understanding o perspective principles. The class will work entirely in graphite pencil, as the principles apply to all art media. Gain conidence in your drating skills and improve all o your drawings rom this class orwa rd. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-membe r. Prerequisite: Pencil I Course #09CBI240-1 Tue, Sept. 9. 16, 23, 30, Oct 7, 9 a.m. – no on Instructr: Marjorie Leggitt Weekend Wrkshp Course #09CBI240-2 Fri. – Sun., Nov. 13 – 15, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p .m. Instructr: Marjorie Leggitt
texture and atmospheric perspective. Pen techniques take on new meaning as you lesh out a inal inked illustration rom a plant o your choice. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Pen and Ink I Course #09CBI310 Thurs., Oct. 22, 29, Nov., 5, 12, 19, 9 a.m. – noon Instructr: Libby Kyer
Clr Layring r Clrd Pncil Colored pencil presents a special challenge--mixing color dire ctly on your drawing! Learn to use a simple color mixing method, adapted to the application o colored pencils. pe ncils. Two-, three- and our-color mixing will get you to the gorgeous greens and luscious lilacs you’ve been missing. Learn to gauge shadow colors or vibrant results. Match a variety o plant material as you create your own, extensive color workbook to speed color selection and application or all uture colored pencil drawings. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisite: Pencil I Weekend Curse Course #09CBI250 Fri. – Sun., Oct. 9 – 1 1, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructr: Susan Rubin
Btanical Illstratin in Pn and Ink I Pen and Ink is at the heart o botanical illustration. Expand your drawing repertoire as you lear n techniques to create line, orm and texture in black and white. ‘Expressive line’ and ‘stipple’ become part o your artistic vocabulary as you practice this traditional illustration medium with moder n and versatile technical pens. Step-by-step instruction, demonstration and practice will give you the oundation you need to draw any botanical subject accurately and skillully. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisite: Pencil I Course #09CBI210-1 Tue., Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 9 a.m. – noo n Instructr: Libby Kyer
Btanical Illstratin in Pn and Ink II Take your pen and ink skills to a new level o sophistication. Explore the garden’s limitless world o color, textures and complex botany, and incorporate this inormation into your black and white illustrations. Working with both technical pen and quill, learn advanced techniques to make strokes mimic the uzz on a ern, the down o a milkweed pod, the mottled colors o a variegated begonia. Learn how to layer and manipulate lines and stipples to dev elop a ull range o value,
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Btanical Illstratin in Clrd Pncil I
Clr Mixing r Artists The irst step to watercolor painting is mixing colors. Learn a system or combining colors consistently so you can eliminate rustrating trial and error. Lots o exercises, demonstrations and discussion will show you how to achieve the broadest possible spectrum. Learn about paint properties and important inormation about choosing pigments. Practice mixing colors to match a variety o plant material. You’ll gain conidence and skills to improve all o your color work. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites.
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Explore this modern medium! You’ve learned to layer colored pencil, now learn techniques to draw eectively in this medium. Apply your drawing skills and learn new methods specic to colored pencils. Techniques include layering, building and burnishing in color. This versatile, portable medium is perect or sketching on location as well as producing studio pieces. Learn through instruction, demonstration and practice on small studies o botanical subjects. You’ll be ready to produce a nished plate in Colored Pencil II. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I and Color Layering or Colored Pencil Course #09CBI220-1 Wed., Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 9 a.m. – noon Instructr: Libby Kyer Course #09CBI220-2 Tue., Oct. 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructr: Susan Rubin
Btanical Illstratin in Clrd Pncil II Take your colored pencil skills to the next level. Walk through the Six Step process to create a preparatory layered drawing. Learn about grisaille and techniques to create texture, detail and depth to enhance your subject. Experiment with dierent suraces, blending and shading. Sample special eects you can achieve with colored pencil on Mylar, colored and dark grounds. Group instruction and individual attention help you to become procient in this versatile medium. Pull all o your colored pencil skills together to create a nished botanica l plate. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I Course #09CBI320 Tue., Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct. 6, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructr: Susan Rubin
Course #09CBI103-1 Mon., Sept 14, 21, 28, Oct 5, 12, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructr: Constance Sayas Course #09CBI103-2 Mon., Oct. 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 9 a.m. – noon Instructr: Constance Sayas
Btanical Illstratin in Watrclr I Become part o the watercolor botanical tradition. Combine drawing skills and your knowledge o color mixing as you discover the delight o putting brush to paper and learn the speciic techniques o transparent watercolo r. Instruction, demonstration and practical exercises will guide you through a variety o watercolor techniques: lat and graded washes, highlights and dry brush detail. Learn to build washes or depth o tone and shading, and how to create sot and hard edges. With these oundational skills you’ll be ready to create a inished plate in Watercolor II. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I and Color Mixing or Artists Course #09CBI230-1 Thurs., Sept. 10, 17, 24, Oct. 1, 8, 9 a.m. – noon Instructr: Constance Sayas
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Btanical Illstratin in Watrclr II
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Watercolor basics got you started—now develop your conidence and personal style. The emphasis here is on bringing it all together. Learn and reine additional techniques through instruction, demonstration and practice with special attention given to layering, shading and building orm. Discover brush techniques and colors that enhance perspective and depth. Folchia rhba, 2008 BI Gaa Winter Treasures, wa low painting steps through completion, rom broad washes to inal detail. Learn how to ix mistakes and understand why watercolor is a orgiving medium. You’ll work toward completing a nished plate rom a live specimen in this most traditional o botanical media. Fee: $145 member, $176 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Watercolor I.
Ready, set, graduate! Gain insight and ideas or your portolio while there’s plenty o time to work toward your best presentation. From selecting your portolio pieces to expert advice on how to enhance each one to its ull potential, the entire Botanical Illustration sta oers support in every way. One or two instructors each week will address their areas o expertise, including sa rbi, I Thermopsis montana , Mix Mia Graphite, Graphite,PenandInk,Color ed Pencil, Watercolor, Botany, and Lettering, answering all o your specic questions. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Open or students applying or the portolio review in 2010 – all required courses need to be completed or in progress.
Course #09CBI330 Tue., Oct. 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 9 a.m. – noon Instructr: Karla Beatty
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Course #09CBI600-1 Wed., Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 9 a.m. – noon Instructr: Karla Beatty, Libby Kyer, Susan Rubin, Constance Sayas, Marjorie Leggitt /Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski each have a 3-hour session. Course #09CBI600-2 Thur., Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructr: Renee Jorgensen / Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski, Susan Rubin, Marjorie Leggitt, Connie Sayas/Karla Beatty, Libby Kyer each have a 3-hour session.
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It is February and a live penstemon is not a prospect. Simple and eective, botanical models can bridge the gap between photographs and reality when a living subject is not available. Photographs provide necessary inormation, but can seriously impact the three-dimensionality o the inal image. Learn to make 3-D models to correctly gauge shadows and orm when you can’t see the plant. It’s un to do, and very helpul to your inished art. Working in wire, paper and clay, learn to make models in just one day! Fee: $61 member, $73 nonmember. All students are welcome, no prerequisites required.
What’s next? Start with an assessment o your potential, personal direction and goals as an artist. Learn the skills and create the materials you’ll need to market yoursel as a proessional. Work step-by-step to organize and build a portolio rom the ar twork you have and design an eective business card to present yoursel pr oessionally. Train your “let-brain” business manager to work with your “right-brain” artist as you gain inormation about contracts, paperwork, legal issues or artists and archiving your artwork. Visits to a paper store and a printer provide vital inormation or launching a proessional uture. You’ll develop the know-how to start out in the art world. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites.
Course #09CBI160 Thurs., Sept. 3, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Instructr: Libby Kyer
Course #09CBI450 Fri. – Sun., Oct. 2 – 4 , 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructr: Marjorie Leggitt
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Microscopy
Mshrms with Pn and Ink
Magnifcnt Mlds: Micrngi and th Micrscp Though mold is not immediately associated with beauty, under the microscope, these remarkable ungi transorm into abstra ct masterpieces o orm, color and texture. Learn to appreciate the benets o mold as nature’s waste-management system. Ninety percent o plants have mycorhizzal (ungi) relationships that keep the enviro nment in balance. Use the medium o your choice to create your own botanical plate depicting beautiul, magical mold at its nest! Class limited to 10 seats. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I and introductory class o the color medium o your choice is strongly recommended. Course #09CBI101 Wed., Aug. 12, 19, 26, 5:30 – 9 p.m. Sept. 2, 5:30 – 8 p.m. Instructr: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Sds and thir Pds - Art and th Micrscp Up close and personal, discover the wonder and diversity o seeds: tiny packages o lie, git-wrapped exemplars o beauty and unction. Examine the way that seeds are arranged in their pods. Focus on composition and precision as you study the characteristic orm and unique surace eatures or your species beore documenting and drawing every detail. Consider the possibilities or a compositional masterwork in your choice o medium. Your nished piece could be the new cover or Index Seminum. Class limited to 10 seats. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I and introductory class o the color medium o your choice is strongly recommended. Course #09CBI102 Sat., Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructr: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Delicate and detailed, mushrooms lend themselves themselves perectly to pen and ink. First, learn all about the intricacies and anatomy o the mushroom and its lie cycle rom Colorado’s expert mycologist, myco logist, Vera Vera Evanson. Next, explore compositional possibilities possibilities incorporating both wild and arm-raised mushrooms in various stages o growth. Learn pen and ink techniques to portray ungi texture and orm o caps, cups, gills and stipes. Work towards a complete botanical portrait o these most appealing subjects in their natural habitats. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Pen and Ink I
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Course #09CBI211 Tues., Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, 9 a.m. – noon Instructr: Marjorie Leggitt
Stry Bk Illminatin Illminatin Snow White and Rose Red, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Princess and the Pea – many classic tales have botanical content. Here’s your chance to illuminate a story o your choice and eature a botanical subject. Research and illustrate the lie cycle o the plant you select, its country o origin, and other details rom the tale that will help you to tell a story through illuminated elements. Use the techniques r Jg, I o decorating an ornamental Story Book , Mix Mia letterorm to create a complete plate that tells a story. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Illumination I (recommended but not necessary) Course #09CBI103 Mon., Oct 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructr: Renee Jorgensen
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Th Illstratd Rcip Apple Pie? Borscht? Herbed muins? Choose a avorite recipe and create an illustration as the perect companion. See how other artists have illustrated recipes in cookbooks, old and new. Composition is key as you arrange ruits, vegetables, herbs and cooking tools to enhance the text. A demonstration will show you how an artist might use a computer to approach layout or a project o this kind, though you will do your work with traditional artist materials. Working in the color medium o your choice, create a piece that would be a delicious holiday git or card. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, entry-level color media o choice. Course #09CBI351 Mon., Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructr: Marjorie Leggitt
Colored Pencil Clrd Pncil III: Fiv Plats in Fiv Wks Take your colored pencil skills to the next level. Learn proessional methods to create artwork with speed and accuracy. Tips and techniques will allow you to streamline your work and produce beautiul pieces in less time without sacriicing detail, deinition or nuance. You’ll produce a nished plate every week. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil, Colored Pencil I, Colored Pencil II
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Course #09CBI510 Wed., Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructr: Libby Kyer
Smmr Frit Peaches, berries, melons and mangoes; summer ruits are ripe and ready to eat—and draw! See how other artists have portrayed ruit subjects in the past. Choose your subjects and create a composition that honors the tradition o botanical ar t or moves it into a whole new realm. Focus rst on orm, or m, using eective values to give your subjects weight and depth. Careully observe the remarkable colors and textures o ruits, both amiliar and exotic. Learn new tricks and techniques to show saturated color and detailed sur ace textures. Finish with a botanical plate o abulous ruits. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil, Colored Pencil I Course #09CBI321 Mon., Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructr: Susan Rubin
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Drawing n Traditin: Maria Sibylla Mrian Mts Mixd Mdia In the late 17th Century, Maria Sibylla Merian challenged the rules o Dutch society when she irst divorced her husband and later took her daughter and travelled to Surinam to study and paint the local lora, insects and butterlies. Though oten remembered or her depictions o insects, she produced exquisite paintings, bold in composition and rich in color. Learn about Merian’s amazing story and study examples o her work. Practice and apply special colored pencil and mixed-media techniques to help you capture her style in your own strong composition and graphic portrait o a big, beautiul bloom. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I, any Level II class
Trs and Txtr Trees are oten a second thought as botanical subjects, but they hold a wealth o beautiul shape, orm and texture in their structures. Journey into the suraces o trees to discover their amazing botany and textural variances. Learn to ind lea scars, budding and branching elements, and other critical botanical markers. Then, delve into techniques or amazing textures - smooth, shiny new barks, convoluted, rippled old barks - all are a challenge and a treasure to illustrate. Design a plate to show the variety o textures you’ve ound in the trees. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I Course #09CBI322 Fri., Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructr: Libby Kyer
Water Media Dazzling Dahlias & Sizzling Zinnias
Course #09CBI451 Mon., Sept. 14, 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 9 a.m. - noon Instructr: Susan Rubin
Lavs in Clrd Pncil Focus on oliage! Leaves oten take second billing to blooms, but here they are the stars. Learn and practice techniques and tricks or rendering margins, surace texture, venation and color. Working in graphite and colored pencil, you’ll complete drawings o resh and dried leaves, as well as leaves in the context o the entire plant. Tackle the tough ones, including variegated, highly textured and translucent leaves. Your new understanding o lea orm and structure will improve all your illustrations. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I
HOW many petals? Summer’s bright and beautiul blooms are the subjects here. Learn to portray these bewildering beauties in your choice o graphite or color. Learn to drat in proper perspective, select a live specimen and work step-by-step step-by-step rom line studies through value mapping and on to color analysis and a complete botanical plate. Demonstration and individual help will guide you toward a nished work that will help you remember summer all year long. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Perecting Perspective and entry-level color media o choice Course #09CBI350 Tue., Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructr: Marjorie Leggitt
Course #09CBI324 Thurs., Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructr: Susan Rubin
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Watrclr W atrclr Pncils Pn cils I It’s dry; it’s wet; it’s mixed media in a single pencil! Discover the versatility o watercolor pencils. Start with color studies to explore the qualities o watercolor pencils as they translate into watercolor. Experiment with graphite pencil and ink as embellishments as you develop and work on sketches rom your journal. Then put your new skills to use to create a inished botanical plate in this resh and luid medium. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil Course #09CBI340 Wed., Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, O ct. 7, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructr: Renee Jorgensen
Snlwrs in Watrclr Girasole, Tournesol, Girasol, Solros. In any language, the sunlower is an iconic image in botanical art. Break away rom tiny, delicate plants and experiment with composition o the big and bold. Study the masters to see how other artists have ca saa, I portrayed the subject. Examine the strucSunfowers , wa ture to understand sunlower anatomy. Learn the skills to accurately depict ellipses in perspective and diagram seed patterns in the Fibonacci sequence. Practice mixing challenging yellow hues. From wet-on-wet o r the large suraces to dry brush detail down to the tiny uzz on the sepals, you’ll explore a variety o watercolor techniques. Create a inished plate that shows your bold si de, and shows o a set o new skills. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Watercolor I
landscapes in watercolor, and create a painting that may be showcased in an upcoming exhibit, “The Gardens’ Landmarks in Context”. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-membe r. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Perecting Perspective, Color Mixing or Artists, Watercolor I Course #09CBI331 Thurs., Aug. 13, 20, 27, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructr: Karla Beatty
Vgtabl Gardn: A Watrclr Harvst The end o summer provides a bounty o vegetable subjects or painting in watercolor. Work rom the vegetable garden selecting rom a wide variety o subjects. First, examine the plants that produce the vegetables. Explore libb K, I composition to show the BualoGourd , c Pi veg-etable subjects in the context o the plant, combining vegetables with their stems and leaves. Learn to select the appropriate watercolor techniques best suited or each vegetable subject. Demonstration and individual guidance will help you produce a nished botanical plate that’s good enough to eat. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Watercolor I Course #09CBI338 Thurs., Sept. 10, 17, 24, Oct. 1, 8, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructr: Constance Sayas
Course #09CBI336 Fri., Sept. 4, 11, 18, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructr: Constance Sayas
Landmarks and Landscaps at Dnvr Btanic Gardns Expand your view beyond the single plant subject. The Gardens boasts examples o amous landscape architects and garden designers such as Saco De Boer, Victor Hornbein and Garrett Eckbo. Learn about their designs as well as basic essentials o drawing and painting landscapes. Combine classroom instruction with practice out in the gardens. Explore both linear and atmospheric perspec tive as you ocus on structures and the plants surrounding them. Learn techniques to portray architec ture and
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Your journey to the Jurassic starts here: Cycad, Gingko, Metasequoia. Ferns predate most other plant species on earth and the Conservator y is home to specimens o the varieties that continue to thrive today. Illustrated or over 1500 years, their delicate structures and textures are ascinating to study and a pleasure to paint. Learn about ancient lora rom a Gardens expert and study the morphology o these remarkable specie s, ocusing on the Jurassic period and early dev elopment o plant species. Your inished plate will document the past and pr esent o our lora. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists, Watercolor I Course #09CBI337 Tue., Oct 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructr: Karla Beatty
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Some o the most interesting and dierent paintings and illustrations portray the world o subtle colors and textures ound in residual foral structures discovered in the late season. Summer’s brightest blooms have passed, and our ocus turns to dried leaves, winter twigs, brittle seed heads and a palette o beautiul browns, golds and blues. These subjects stay still as you work or weeks but present specic challenges. This class concentrates on composition, drawing and perspective skills and close observation o color, pattern and texture as students develop a Fall-themed color piece that’s perect or a winter exhibition. Fee: $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Watercolor I or Transparent Acrylics Course #09CBI352 Tue., Oct 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructr: Marjorie Leggitt
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FIVe eASY WAYS To ReGISTeR 1. By Telephne: 720-865-3580 2. By Fax: 720-865-3685 (24 HOURS) 3. In Persn: Visit the Education Oice at the Gardens, 1005 York Street 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday – Friday 4. By Mail: Attention: Registration Coordinator, 909 York Street, Denver, CO 80206 5. online: www.botanicgardens.org
Atr Crs has Cmmncd: As all requirements have been prepared in expectation o your attendance, no reunds are possible. Instructors have no authority to grant or promise reunds. In the event o amily emergency or because o inclement weather circumstances, the student can later complete the course by taking the missed classes rom the same instructor and notiying the instructor 2 weeks beore the course starts. I 60-80 percent o the course is missed because o the amily emergency or the inclement weather circumstances, the course can be re-taken rom any instructor in that media i space is available.
Rnd and Cancllatin Plicy: Reund requests must be received 3 business days beore the start o the program. Please note that some programs may have earlier deadlines: these will be listed in the course description. The registration ee will be reunded, but with a 10 percent processing ee (up to $10). A reund is issued in the orm o a credit on ile to be used towards a uture class, a check or a credit to the credit card used to register. Less than 3 business days beore the program starts, registration ees are not transerrable or reundable. There will be no reund or no-shows.
These policies apply to all registrations in the Botanical Art and Illustration Program. Selected courses have additional cancellation and reund requirements printed with the course description. Denver Botanic Gardens regrets that it cannot make exceptions.
Crtiicat Crdit Rqirmnts r Individal Crss: Attendance is required at the ir st class or all courses. In order to receive credit, 80 percent o a course must be attended (at least 12 hours o a 15-hour course).
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