Winter/Spring 2010
BOTANICAL ART & ILLUSTRATION
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2010 WINTER-SPRING CATALOG CERTIFICA CERTIFI CATE TE IN BOT B OTANICA ANICALL ART AND I LLUSTR LLUSTRA ATION 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 introductor y courses that are not part o the certiicate requirements: Introduction to Botanical Illustration and Introduction to Drawing in Pencil.
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 note: To receive credit or any course, attendance is required at the irst class and at 80 percent o all classes.
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 also be taken in the order 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 conirmation. 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 experience in botanical art. In addition to the 13 required
Science and art lectureS 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.
pf rw 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 compt portfoio wi contain fiv (5) finishd botanica pats: 1. Graphit 2. Coord Pnci 3. Pn and Ink 4. Watr mdia 5. Artist’s choic: This can be a plate in any o the media taught within the program or a combination o them.
GUEST WORKSHOPS Ann Swan: Working In and Out of the Box! Fine details and bold composition will move your colored pencil work to a new level! Colored pencil impresario Ann Swan begins with expert instruction and demonstrations on the ne points o botanical illustration. Veins, Veins, hairs, stamens, tendrils, thorns, water droplets and more come into ocus as you rene techniques to portray the ne details that can take your illustrations rom satisactory to stunning. Ann’s relaxed style and individual guidance will help you master new skills. Move on to composition and learn about traditional and contemporary botanical styles. See how Ann interprets elements o arrangement to push the boundaries in her work. Bring it all together to compose a botanical piece that will showcase all you’ve learned. Fee: $308 member, $371 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil, Colored Pencil I •
Mon. – Fri., March 22 - 26, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (25 hr) Instructor: Ann Swan, U.K.
Ann Swan is one o the U.K.’s leading contemporary botanical artists working in colored pencil. Her work has been shown at the Hunt Institute or Botanical Documentation and at the Smithsonian with the Shirley Sherwood Collection, which has recently toured the world. She has been awarded our Royal Horticultural Society Gold Medals and has recently been appointed to the Royal Horticultural Society’s Picture Committee. Her work now eatures on six new ranges o china produced by Jersey Pottery in the U.K. She is an accomplished teacher
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and teaches around the world, most recently in New Ze aland, Italy and Spain, and or the Royal Hortic ultural Society at their lagship gardens at Wisley. Her current project is a series o Heirloom Bulbs or the Southern Bulb Company in Texas. Ann has just completed a book about her Colo red Pencil techniques: ‘Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils’ to be published both in the U.K. and USA in April 2010.
NEW SERIES: EXPLORE THE WORLD Succulent! Capturing Cacti in Colored Pencil El Charco del Ingenio Botanical Garden, San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico The beautiul setting and astounding collection o cacti and succulents at El Charco de Ingenio in San Miguel de Allende are your outdoor classroom. Learn rom a garden expert about the botanical attributes that make succulents unique in the plant world. Draw and observe cacti and succulents in the gardens using a variety o techniques to record size, orm, color and details. Back in the domed classroom, hone your skills with lessons that target techniques to portray needles, spines and ridges, as well as the smooth fesh o succulents. Practice your color layering skills to achieve the range o greens and undertones oten seen in these plants. Design and develop your eld drawings and color studies into a complete portrait o an individual cactus. Experiment with new techniques and materials, and learn rom demonstrations and individual guidance as you create a botanical plate with international fair. Fee: $246 member, $296 non-member (transportation, log-
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ging and ood not included. For more detailed inormation, contact
[email protected]). Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil, Color Pencil I •
Mon. – Fri., March 8 - 12, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. (20 hr) Instructor: Susan Rubin
INTRODUCTORY COURSES Introduction to Drawing 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 objectively 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 condence. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. All students are welco me, with no prerequisites. Note: I you have had some drawing experience, please go directly to Pencil I. •
Thurs., March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
Weekend Workshop Fri. – Sun., Feb. 5 - 7, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Renee Jorgensen •
REQUIRED COURSES
sight and expertise to enhance all o your uture illustrations. illustrations. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites. •
Botanical Illustration in Pencil I Learn to draw! Begin with a brie history and an overview o the specic elements o botanical illustration. Learn the skills o careul observation and realistic drawing in graphite pencil, including line drawing, shading and perspective. Step-by-step, added techniques help you portray perspective, texture and detail. This is the entry course or every program student and the prerequisite o r all courses to ollow. You’ll 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. Note: I you have no previous drawing experience, consider starting with Introduction to Drawing. •
Botany for the Botanical Illustrator Illustrator What is the dierence between a carpel and a pistil? Where can I ind the stamen? The science o the subjects you draw determines what you see! Put away your pencils or this enlightening lab class designed speciically 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 welco me, with no prerequisites. •
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Mon., Jan. 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1 , 8, 9 a.m. - noon Instructor: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski Mon., May 10, 17, 24, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Composition for Botanical Illustration The arrangement o lines, shapes and color in artwork is an art orm in itsel. The dierence between a pleasant picture and amazing artwork is oten ound in composition. Using a visual presentation, this course begins with a study o recognized masters and contemporary illustrators. illustrators. Learn to how build botanical composition by using compositional elements and principles. Exercises in creating your own sample compositions give in-
Thurs., Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb . 4, 11, 9 a.m. - noon Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Tue., Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 1 – 4 p .m. Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Weekend Workshop Fri. – Sun., Feb. 26 - 28, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Karla Beatty •
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Wed., May 5, 12, 19, 26, Jun. 2, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Renee Jorgensen Tue., May, May, 18, 25, Jun. 1, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Karla Beatty
Botanical Illustration in Pencil II Simple and classic, pencil drawing drawi ng is a timeless art orm. Expand on 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 botanical plate in this subtle and striking medium. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-membe r. Prerequisite: Pencil I •
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Tue., Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 9 a.m. – noo n Instructor: Karla Beatty Mon., Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructor: Susan Rubin
REQUIRED COURSES Perfecting Perspectiv Perspectivee Do you shy away rom the complicated plants? Even experienced illustrators sometimes struggle with oreshortening and simpliy their subjects to eliminate the dicult elements. Learn to see the correct shape o an ellipse and nd 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 nal piece that shows your new understanding o perspective principles. The class will work entirely in graphite pencil, as the principles app ly to all art media. Gain condence in your drating skills and improve all o your drawings rom this class orward. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisite: Pencil I
develop a ull range o value, texture and atmospheric perspective. Pen techniques take on new meaning as you fesh out a nal inked illustration rom a plant o your choice. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Pen and Ink I •
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Tue., Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 6 – 9 p .m. Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt Tue., Feb. 16, 23, Mar. 2, 9, 16, 9 a.m. – noon Instructor: Libby Kyer
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Mon., Feb. 22, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 22, 6 – 9 p .m. Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Weekend Workshop Fri. – Sun., May 14 - 16 , 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt •
Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink I Pen and Ink is at the heart o botanical illustration. Expand your drawing repertoire as you learn 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 modern 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-membe r. Prerequisite: Pencil I. •
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Mon., Jan. 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1 , 8, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructor: Renee Jorgensen Tue., Arp. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink II Take your pen and ink skills to a new level o sophistication. Explore the Gardens’ 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
Colored pencil presents a special challenge--mixing color directly on your drawing! Learn to use a simple color mixing method, adapted to the application o colored pencils. Two-, threeand 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 •
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Mon., Jan. 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Susan Rubin Mon., Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 9 a.m. – noon Instructor: Susan Rubin
Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil I Explore this modern medium! You’ve You’ve learned to layer colored penpe ncil, now learn techniques to draw ee ctively in this medium. Apply your drawing skills and learn new methods specic to colored p encils. Techniques Techniques include laye ring, building and bur nishing 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 •
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Wed., Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructor: Susan Rubin Mon., Mar. 29, Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Annie Reiser
REQUIRED COURSES Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil 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 proicient in this versatile medium. Pull all o your colored pencil skills together to create a nished botanical plate. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-membe r. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I •
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Wed., Mar. 31, Apr. 7, 14, 21, 2 8, 9 a.m. - noon Instructor: Susan Rubin Thurs., Apr. 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Susan Rubin
Color Mixing for Artists The rst 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 va riety o plant material. You’ll gain condence 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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Thurs., Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb . 4, 11, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Constance Sayas Thurs., Apr. 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6, 9 a.m. – noon Instructor: Karla Beatty
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor II Watercolor basics got you started—now develop your condence and personal style. The emphasis here is on br inging it all together. Learn and rene 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. Follow painting steps through completion, rom broad washes to nal detail. Learn how to x 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: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Watercolor I •
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Wed., Feb. 17, 24, Mar. 3, 10, 17, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Karla Beatty Wed., Mar. 31, Apr. 7, 14, 21, 28, 1 – 4 p .m. Instructor: Constance Sayas
ELECTIVE COURSES
Mon., Feb. 15, 22, Mar. 1, 8, 15, 9 a.m. – noon Instructor: Constance Sayas
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Wed., Mar. 31, Apr. 7, 14, 21, 2 8, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Constance Sayas
Botanical Illustration in Watercolor 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 lear n the specic techniques o transparent watercolor. Instruction, demonstration and practical exercises will guide you through a variety o watercolor techniques: fat 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 nished plate in Watercolor II. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I and Color Mixing or Artists
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 inormatio n about all o the art materials used throughout the Botanical Illustration program. From p apers 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 rst time Fee:$37 member, $44 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites. •
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Sat., Mar. 6, 9 a.m. – noon Instructor: Renee Jorgensen Sat., May 22, 9 a.m. – noon Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
ELECTIVE COURSES inished art. Working in wire, paper and clay, learn to make models in just a couple o days! Fee: $123 member, $149 non-member. All students are welcome, no prerequisites required. •
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Sat. – Sun., Apr. 24 & 25, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Libby Kyer
Drawing Techniques: The Value of Values The challenge o drawing is to translate a three-dimensional living subject into a two- dimensional static surace, and make it believable! Values are the variations in tone that help to create the illusion o orm and space. Learn the dierence between the body value you can see and atmospheric value you must invent or eect. Working in both graphite and color, learn to capture value quickly and accurately using mapping and blocking techniques. Demonstrations and practice will give you skills to improve and streamline your drawings. Fee: $185 member, $223 no n-member. Prerequisite: Pencil I
Handmade Art Journal Learn the basics o bookbinding! Step-by-step instructions and demonstration will help you crat a journal using the Coptic sewn binding technique. This classic binding allows your nished book to open fat, making it easier to use when you sketch and paint. In this hands-on workshop, you can create a journal tailored specically or BI program color mixing or leave the pages blank to ll with drawing and painting. Add your own style with your choice o cover papers. Take Take home a completed journal and the knowledge to make more on your own! Fee: $62 member, $74 non-member. All students are welcome, no prerequisites required. •
Sat., Jan. 30, 9 a.m. – 4 p .m. Instructor: Annie Reiser
Hand Lettering for Garden Diaries and Artwork Discover the beautiul art o calligraphic lettering! Whether you are labeling your botanical artwork, taking notes in your sketchbook or jotting entries into your garden diary, this wonderul art orm adds the inal touch. Learn the basics o calligraphic lettering style, proper orm and process, and how to use it or scientiic labeling and other creative uses. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-membe r. Prerequisite: Pencil I •
Tue., Feb. 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
Botanical Models Workshop 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
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Wed., May 12, 19, 26, June 2 , 9 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Giclée Printing Made Easy Curious about having prints made but apprehe nsive about the time and expense involved? In just one day we’ll introduce you to the process o Giclée printing. Starting with an overview o dierent printing processes, you will then learn how to prepare your artwork or prints, the advantages o this method o printing, and what to do with the prints once you have them. A proessional printer will address the technical side o the process and bring you up-to-date on costs. Once you understand the procedure, you can make an educated decision about what and when to print. Fee: $62 member, $74 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites. •
Fri., June 4, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Susan Rubin
ELECTIVE COURSES Framing Botanical Art Get your work o the drawing board and onto the wall! This oneday workshop covers the options that will help you to present your art to its best advantage. Learn the steps to the conservation techniques that preserve your pieces in an acid-ree environment. We’ll cover all the details o raming materials, styles and embellishments, and you’ll rame a small piece to practice. Whether you decide to rame it yoursel or work with a proessional, you’ll be more condent in your raming decisions. Fee: $62 member, $74 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites. •
Sat., June 5, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p .m. Instructor: Susan Rubin
Drawing on Tradition: Botanical Drawings of Marion Mahony Griffin Botany and the landscape are intertwined. An 1894 graduate o MIT, MIT, Marion Mahony Grin was a landscape landsca pe architect trained by Frank Lloyd Wright. Her detailed drawings wove natural botanical orms into her architectural renderings. Through intricate and subtle line drawings in her unique graphic style, she designed groupings o trees, shrubs and plants. Choose and depict a variety o native plants that express both accurate botany and place. Compose a scene with trees, shrubs and plants. Instruction in composition, perspective and varying line drawing techniques will guide you to create a inished pencil work in the style o Marion Mahony Grin. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I •
GRAPHITE Graphite Techniques: Roots and Bulbs Explore the plant parts you usually cannot see, those hidden beneath the soil surace. Flowering bulbs, vegetables, and even houseplants reveal intriguing characteristics under the soil. Using a range o pencils rom 6H to 6B, learn how to render the ne hairs, smooth and rough textures, and rounded orms o roots and bulbs. Practice continuous tone and sharp details, then put your knowledge to work to complete a nished plate in graphite pencil. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-membe r. Prerequisite: Pencil I •
Wed., Jan. 13, 20, 27, Fe b. 3, 10, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Karla Beatty
Miniature Masterpieces in Pencil Up close and tiny! Bring your big ideas and learn to scale them to a small ormat. Learn about the importance o miniatures in the history o art. Discover the delights and challenges o working in diminutive dimensions. Working to size or small rames, ra mes, learn how composition, line, orm and precision are crucial to convey the message Susan Rubin, allium in miniature. Instructor demonstrations, class critique, and individual attention will help you ocus your own little jewels o botanical art. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-membe r. Prerequisite: Pencil I •
Thurs., Apr. 9,16, 23, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Susan Rubin
Wed., May 5, 12, 19, 26, June 2, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructor: Karla Beatty
PEN AND INK Botanical Roadkill: Fun with Flat Flowers Out o season? Out o state? Need a plant in January? Head to the herbarium where a plethora o plant material is waiting to be drawn! Learn how to work rom those fattened specimens. It’s not as hard as it looks! Ater making your own herbarium specimen (roadkill), you’ll learn special techniques to draw the pressed plant so it comes to lie on your paper. Then it’s just a matter o using your existing pen and ink skills to artisMarjorie Leggitt tically create a beautiul botanical plate. Gain condence with new illustration skills and expand your knowledge o the Gardens’ resources as you work with the Conservatory, Library and Herbarium. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I and Pen and Ink I •
Thurs., Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb ., 4, 11, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
ELECTIVE COURSES Scratchboard: Luminous Illustration in Ink
Textures in Colored Pencil
Start rom scratch! Expand your illustration repertoire with a new tool in your pen and ink toolbox. Learn to achieve exquisite line control as you master the techniques o pulling line out o darkness with precision scratching tools. You’ll discover a new condence with ink, and an ability to work more quickly by both adding and removing ink rom the clayboard base. The beautiul dried or dormant “ruits o winter” will provide inspiration or your nished plate in this inspiring weekend workshop. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I and Pen and Ink I
Beauty is in the details. Fuzzy, thorny, smooth, matte, shiny, crinkly or translucent is orm on a tiny level. Learn to see texture in a new way that allows you to create realistic textures using a variety o colored pencil techniques. Through guided exercise and practice, assemble a collection o texture technique studies that you can reerence or all uture drawings. As the interpretation o the surace o your specimen becomes more intuitive, new methods or producing that texture will make painting them in colored pencil rewarding and un. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I
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Fri. – Sun., Feb. 19 - 21, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Libby Kyer
COLORED PENCIL Drawing on Tradition: Inspired by Impressionists When Monet painted Impression, Sunrise in 1872, he used a new, synthetic orange pigment in a style that broke the rules o traditional painting. The Impressionist movement named or this piece lasted only a ew decades, but remains a avorite genre today. Learn about the ideas behind the movement, then choose a avorite painting and borrow the composition, palette and style to create a botanical piece that gives a nod to Monet, Gaugin and Degas. Using colored pencil and pastel, explore techniques that break the rules o color application and traditional botanical illustration. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-membe r. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I •
Wed., Jan. 13, 20, 27, Fe b. 3, 10, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Susan Rubin
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Thurs., Feb., 25, March 4, 11, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Libby Kyer
Botanical Traditions: Plants to Dye For Flowers, stems, roots, leaves and ruits: all parts o plants contribute to dye colors. Since ancient times, plants have been used to dye iber. Learn about how dyes are and the astounding range o color rom plant sources. Choose a dye plant and research its color potential. Learn new techniques or trompe l’oeil eects. Compose and create a inished plate in colored pencil that portrays the plant as well as an example o its potential dye colors. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I •
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Thurs., May 13, 20, 27, June 3 , 10, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructor: Susan Rubin
WA W ATER MED MEDIA IA Botanical Traditions: The Herbs of Nicholas Culpeper
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Nicholas Culpepper, the amous Elizabethan herbalist, made herb growing very ashionable in the 17th Century. Culpeper spent the greater part o his lie in the English outdoors cataloguing hundreds o beautiul plants that also hold medicinal properties. Culpeper’s
ELECTIVE COURSES Herbal remains a resource or today’s practitioners o herbal medicine. Working Working in watercolor, create a portrait o an herb plant and its medicinal uses to create a botanical collage with a story to tell. In this Studio class, instruction will ocus on composition and rening techniques. For members o the RMSBA, this is an opportunity to create work or the upcoming juried exhibit, “Culpeper’s “Culpeper’s Medicinal Herbs.” Fee: $185 member, $223 non-membe r. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Water Color I
ing with both line and water media, design and paint an ornamental medieval letterorm showcasing a miniature painting o a traditional and/or common herb. Your nished piece may be part o a Gardens’ project to publish an illuminated medieval herbal alphabet. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Watercolor I •
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Fri., Jan. 15, 22, 29, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Karla Beatty
Painting Tulips in Watercolor Simple and elegant, tulips have captured the attention o botanical artists in every era. Learn about the history o the tulip rom its origins in the Middle East and Central Asia to the “Age o Tulips” in Turkey to the renzy o “Tulipomania” in 17th century Holland. Tulips are still compelling today, with numerous varieties and colors to inspire any artist. Learn to create the long, smooth washes needed or tulip leaves, the beautiul arch and clean edges o the stem, and the luscious color o waxy tulip petals. In Constance Sayas this technique class, instruction and demonstration will ocus on composition, washes and dry brush details. Paint a lasting plant portrait o this springtime avorite. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Water Color I •
Mon., Feb., 15, 22, March 1 , 8, 15, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructor: Constance Sayas
Tue., Feb. 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 6 – 9 p.m. Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
Watercolor Dry Brush Techniques: Watercolor Spring Bulbs and Daffodils The secret to depicting specic details is the dry brush technique! A traditional watercolor method, dry brush means working with small strokes and limited use o washes. Improve your brush-handling skills and develop increased control with guided exercises. Practice paint layering techniques to create vibrant color suraces and sharp, clear details. Create a inished Karla Beatty, Daffodil Bulb portrait o your avorite spring bulb. New skills build condence and can make your next watercolor project work or you. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Water Color I •
Wed., Feb. 17, 24, March 3, 10, 17, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructor: Karla Beatty
Drawing on Tradition: Ornamental Florals of Grasset and Morris
The Illuminated Herbal: An Alphabet from A to Z
Peggy Turchette
In medieval Europe, written works began and ended with monastic scribes. Their exquisite illuminations stand as a memorial to the world beore the printing press. Begin in the Helen Fowler library to view examples o medieval manuscripts and research the elements o medieval illumination. Apply this knowledge to the skills you learned in earlier Illumination Illumination classes. Work-
William Morris, Woodpecker Tapestry
In the Victorian era, a return to nature brought a ocus on foral motis to decorative design. French artist Eugene Grasset admired Japanese art, and brought his love o simplied orm to poster d esigns in France and America. In Britain, William Morris lent his architectural training to the decorative textiles and wallpaper patterns that dened the Arts and Crats movement. Explore the composition and graphic design styles o these masters o ornamental design. Learn to use graphic design tools and techniques to create your
ELECTIVE COURSES own decorative botanical moti in gouache and mixed media. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-membe r. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Watercolor I •
Tue., March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27, 9 a.m. – noon Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
White Blossoms Do white blossoms on white paper leave you in a quandary? Don’t shy away rom a challenge! See how other artists have solved this dilemma as you learn techniques to ease the execution. Begin with exercises in light, shade and composition. Demonstrations teach you how to use orm and placement to your advantage. Working in your choice o watercolor or colored pencil, you’ll learn how to ind the right colors or your “white” lowers and create a inished portrait o these most delicate o petals. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-membe r. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists, Water Color I OR Color Layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I •
Thurs., April 8, 15, 22, 1 – 5 p.m., Thurs. April 29, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructor: Constance Sayas
Iris in Transparent Acrylics Explore a wonderul water medium! Though transparent acrylic looks similar to watercolor, dierent application techniques produce luminous results. Acquire the skills, using a simple color palette to transorm acrylic paint into sheer layers. Spring irises present their own challenges, including complex orm, a short lie when cut, and translucent, overlapping petals. Step-by-step instruction, demonstration and exercises will help you to create your own lasting botanical portrait in transparent acrylic. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I and Color Mixing or Artists •
Tue., Apr. Apr. 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 1 – 4 p.m. Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Fairmount Roses – Grand Finale Historic Fairmount Cemetery boasts more than 300 roses o at least 59 varieties, many o them rom the 1800s. Participate in the preservation o these beauties through botanical illustration. Start by studying rose paintings rom the masters o the past such as Alred Parsons and Pierre Joseph Redouté. Learn how to draw the complex petal conigurations. Practice techniques, rom weton-wet to dry brush, and Constance Sayas, Rosa ‘Linda Campbell’ how to use them appropriately. Visit Fairmount and advance your skills as you learn to capture the important aspects o roses where they grow. Take your ield sketches, notes and a clipping rom a specimen to the classroom to create a inished watercolor painting o these gorgeous blossoms. Try this class or the irst time or come back ater last year’s session, as this wi ll be the last session in the Fairmount series. Your inished work can be included in a planned publication. Fee: $247 member, $297 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Water Color I •
Mon. – Wed., June 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. (20 hr) Instructor: Constance Sayas
Field Sketching with Watercolors Take your studio skills into the great outdoors. Watercolors are a traditional medium or sketching outside. Learn to make quick gestural studies o botanical specimens. Set up a small portable palette and gather the gear you need or successul painting in a garden or ield setting. Explore brushstrokes, color and values in sketching. Find out how to exploit the transparent qualities o watercolor paint. Begin a watercolor sketchbook o your avorite plants to enjoy rom now on. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Watercolor I •
Wed., June 16, 23, 30, 9 a .m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Karla Beatty
ELECTIVE COURSES ANY MEDIA
sect pollinators and learn to “sleep and pin” a specimen or illustration. Study the basics o insect anatomy and the processes o pollination. Use your new knowledge to create an illustration o a perect combination o host plant and pollinator in your choice o medium. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, entry level color media strongly recommended
Drawing on Tradition: Flower Portraits of Maud Purdy
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DIGITAL DIGIT AL TOOLS AND PHOTOGRAPHY P HOTOGRAPHY
Maud Purdy
When Maud H. Purdy (1873-1965) became an artist in the late 19th Century, she was considered to be a new type o woman: sel-directed, outspoken and highly skilled. As the chie iris illustrator or the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens in the 1920s, she launched a prolic and signicant body o work that would later earn her the title, “best botany illustrator in America”. Begin with an overview o Purdy’s work o unusual beauty and learn how it also served science. You’ll use the microscope to understand the botanical details o your fower and learn to master micro techniques to study the ovary and fower development. Careul instruction will prepare you to create an elegant plate in the medium o your choice, illustrating the exposed internal structures o your fower in the style o Maud Purdy. This is a microscopy class and the number o seats is limited to 10. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I (entry level color medium o your choice is strongly recommended)
Photo References for Botanical Illustrator Seasons and geography can interere with the illustrator’s search or a live plant specimen. Scott Dressel-Martin, oicial photographer or Denver Botanic Gardens, will show you how to capture all the botanical inormation pertinent to your plant. As an artist, learn to see your subject at its best. From a scientiic standpoint, photograph the important details including stem, leaves, blossoms, seeds, attachments, veins, margins and overall plant orm. Whether you preer ilm or digital cameras, Scott will teach you the basics o close-up photography and how to use your equipment eectively. Fee: $61 member, $73 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites. •
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Thurs., June 17, 24, July 1, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Fri., June 18, 25, July 2, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Fri., March 19, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Scott Dressel-Martin
Photoshop for Beginners Plants Plus Pollinators Plants + pollinators = more plants! Fulilling their biological imperative to reproduce, plants oten require outside assistance. Insects, birds and bats come to the rescue and move pollen rom one plant to another. An expert on pollination will give you an idea o the amazing range o pollinators at work in the Gardens. Observe the pollinators as they work hard to collect and disperse pollen. Collect in-
“Send a JPEG image at 300 dpi.” WHAT?? Unravel the lingo and learn the basics o this versatile and necessary computer sotware. Start at the very beginning and learn to navigate the tool bars; size artwork and iles, apply ilters, adjust color, crop, and more! Use simple skills to manipulate photo reerences. Learn the process or producing a digital ile to meet speciications or exhibit entries. Bring your computer, Adobe Photoshop or Photoshop Elements and an open mind. Leave with the conidence to handle images on your own. Fee: $123 member, $149 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites. •
Marjorie Leggitt
Sat. – Sun., March 20 & 21, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Annie Reiser
ELECTIVE COURSES Abobe InDesign Create your own multi-page presentations books, brochures and posters! Learn to design master layouts, insert pictures and graphics, and change onts easily. InDesign collects all the text, image iles and typeace iles to print your document exactly as you imagined it. InDesign can also be used with other Adobe programs such as Illustrator and Pho toshop to design all aspects o your product. You will need a laptop computer with current Adobe InDesign (CS 3 or CS 4) sotware installed (a 30-day trial version is available or ree). Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites. •
Fri. – Sun., Feb. 12 - 14, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Anna Hjelmroos
Adobe Illustrator I Leave your paintbrush at home, and bring your computer to learn the basics o Adobe Illustrator—a program necessary to produce vector artwork. Exercises emphasize the use o Bezier curves to create shapes using the mouse. Simple and straightorward instruction will introduce you to the most utilized tools and a ew o the palettes. As with any new skill, practice makes perect, so have un exploring a world o artistic possibilities. You will need a laptop computer with current Adobe Illustrator (CS 3 or CS 4) sotware installed (a 30-day trial version is available or ree). Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites. •
Fri. – Sun., March 12 - 14, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
REGIST RA RATION TION IN FORMA FORMATION TION Fv esy Wys to enoll
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1. By Telephone: 720-865-3580 2. By Fax: 720-865-3685 (24 HOURS) 3. In Person: 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
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 a 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.
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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.
Reund requests must be received three 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 three business days beore the program starts, registration ees are not transerrable or reundable. There will be no reund or no-shows.
ctft cdt rqumnts fo indvdul couss: 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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