catalog for winter/spring 2011 courses in the certificate in botanical art and illustration program...

8/8/2019 Catalog for Winter/Spring 2011 courses in the Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration Program at Denver Botanic

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WINTER/SPRING 2011BOTANICAL ART & ILLUSTRATION

Certificate ProgramBotanical Illustration is the place whereart and science unite with beautiful results.


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Botanical art and illustration is the well-established tradition o portraying plants or scientic purposes, recording vanishing

species or historical recollection or rendering the beauty and inspiration we experience in the fora o the world around us.

Denver Botanic Gardens Certiicate in Botanical Art and Illustration program is designed to oer 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.

WINTER/SPRING 2011 CATALOGCERTIFICATE IN BOTANICAL ART AND ILLUSTRATION

INTRODUCTORY COURSEStudents wishing to learn more about botanical illustration

or brush up on their skills beore beginning the certiicate

sequence can take Introduction to Botanical Illustration that is

not part o the certiicate requirements.

REQUIRED COURSESThe ollowing 13 courses are required i you wish to receive a

Certiicate in Botanical Art and Illustration. The recommended

sequence o courses is listed below. 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 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 II9. 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 COURSESElective courses serve a variety o purposes. They are

designed to increase the students knowledge, ability and

experience in botanical art. In addition to the 13 requir

courses, students must select 100 elective hours. The numb

o elective classes oered in any one year may vary. Gu

instructor workshops may be taken as electives.

Please note: To receive credit or any course, attendance

required at the irst class and at 80 percent o all classes.

SCIENCE AND ART LECTURESSelected lectures at Denver Botanic Gardens can qualiy

elective credits. Participation in one lecture gives one elect

credit hour; students can receive a maximum o 15 cre

hours rom these lectures. Ca Botanique, organized

Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski, is a lecture series open to Botani

Art and Illustration students, Gardens members, the gene

public, academia and artists. Pre-registration is recommend

but not required.

Portolio ReviewUpon completion o all course work, you may apply or porto

review (held each January and June) by requesting a transcr

rom the Program Manager when you request your review.

The complete portolio will contain ive (5) inish

botanical plates:

1. Graphite Pencil

2. Colored Pencil

3. Pen and Ink

4. Water Media

5. Artists Choice: This can be a plate in any o the med

taught within the program or a combination o them.


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GUEST WORKSHOPS

Discover Scratchboard: Ink and GraphiteDiscover the potential and excitement

o scratchboard, where contrasts in

textures and values produce dramatic,

luminous eects, and where, as in no

other medium, ink is correctible! All

ear o using ink is gone. Use pen and

blade to combine black and white

lines and dots, which are the basis o

ink textures. Graphite pencil rendering

can achieve subtle, delicate eects.Demonstrations and examples show how to create a vast range

o textures portraying subjects with detail and accuracy. Choose

your avorite subjects rom nature and create a composition.

Sketch, transer, and render in ink or pencil on white scratchboard.

Use acquired techniques to convey orm, shading, textures, and

spatial placement o each element o your composition. Work

toward completing at least one ink and/or one graphite pencil

The long-lost art o womens painted

urniture uses watercolor and ink

painted and drawn onto wooden sur-

aces to create delightul images. This

charming work done by American

schoolgirls, 1790-1830, was part

o the curriculum in New England

rural schools and academies. Learn

the techniques to paint and ink a

16x20 cradled birch panel stained

and prepared to accept the artwork.

Patterns and accompanying colored photos rom antique

originals will be provided or the project. The result: a lovely

piece o Americana to keep. Fee: $170 member, $192

Natural Colors and Science of Art

Discover the amazing world o natural colors! Learn where colorscome rom, how we perceive them, and what we can create rom

them. Explore color as light in an 18th century-style science lab,

color as pigment in a 16th century-style scriptorium, and color

as art in a hands-on painting activity. Well touch upon subjects

ranging rom early human history and the rst paintings on cave

walls up to modern day applications. Use natural pigments, binders

and other materials made rom animals, vegetables and minerals

to make homemade paint. Work with a number o natural paint

pigments to create a cave-style miniature painting to take home.

Fee: $210 member, $257 non-member. All students are welcome,

non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisit

(Pencil I and Color Mixing or Artists strongly recommende

No reunds or registration cancellations ater December

unless your seat can be illed.

Fri. Sat. Jan 21 22, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.

Instructor: Betsy Krieg Salm

Betsy Krieg Salm is a scholar, artisan and teacher o t

long-lost art o womens painted urniture. She has exhibit

her own work at more than 60 prestigious shows. She a

lectures at museums and teaches womans painted urnitu

ornamentation or the Historical Society o Early Ameri

Decoration, needlework guilds, colleges and art institutions

Drawing on Tradition: Womens Painted Furniture (1790 1830)

illustration. Fee: $210 member, $257 non-member. Prerequis

Pencil I. No reunds or registration cancellations ater Mar

17 unless your seat can be illed.

Weekend Workshop

Fri. Sun., April 15 17, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.

Instructor: Trudy Nicholson

Trudy Nicholson is a reelance illustrator with many yea

experience in medical and scientiic illustration. Her ma

interest is portraying animals in their natural world w

accuracy and detail. For many years she has used t

medium o ink or pencil on scratchboard. Her work is eatur

in Scratchboard or Illustration by Ruth Lozner. Among t

numerous books that she has illustrated are Warner Shedd

Owls Arent Wise and Bats Arent Blind and Carl Saina

The View rom Lazy Point. She has exhibited widely. H

enthusiasm or scratchboard is unbounded.

with no prerequisites. No reunds or registration cancellatio

ater January 15 unless your seat can be flled.

Fri. Sat., Feb. 18 19, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.

Instructor: Rebeccah Cope, Raleigh, NC

Rebeccah Cope has taught Natural Colors and the Science

Art and Primitive Paints o the Ancient Arts in a variety

settings including the NC Botanical Gardens, the NC Muse

o Art, NC State University and Meredith College in Raleig

She is currently the Manager and Program Director o t

Historic Yates Mill County Park in Raleigh, NC.

Betsy Krieg Salm

Trudy Nicholson


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Botany for the Botanical IllustratorWhat 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 supportingvisuals. All o your botanical art will improve when you understand

the subjects. Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member. All students

are welcome, with no prerequisites.

Wed., Feb. 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 9 a.m. - noon

Instructor: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski

Mon. April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 6 9 p.m.


Composition for Botanical IllustrationThe arrangement o line, shape and color in artwork is an art orm

in itsel. The dierence between a pleasant picture and amazing

artwork is oten ound in composition. This course begins with a

study o recognized masters and contemporary illustrators. Learn

how to use compositional elements and principles in your botanical

illustration. Exercises to create your own thumbnail compositions

develop insight and expertise to enhance all o your uture

illustrations. Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member. All students


Introduction to Botanical IllustrationAre 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 in-

struction will open your mind to your own creative abilities. Build

drawing skills to enter the Botanical Illustration program with

condence. Fee: $192 member, $243 non-member. All students

are welcome, with no prerequisites. Note: I you have had some

drawing experience, please go directly to Pencil I.

Wed., March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 21, 6 9 p.m.

Instructor: Renee Jorgensen

Fri., June 10, 17, 24, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.


INTRODUCTORY COURSES

REQUIRED COURSES

Wed., Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 9 a.m. noon

Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt

Wed., June 8, 15, 22, 29, July 6, 9 a.m. noon


Botanical Illustration in Pencil I

Learn to draw! Begin with a brie history and an overview o t

specic elements o botanical illustration. Learn the skills o care

observation and realistic drawing in graphite pencil, incl

ing line drawing, shading and perspective. Step-by-step, add

techniques help you render accurate perspective, texture a

detail. This is the entry course or every program student and

prerequisite or all courses to ollow. Youll emerge rom this clawith the tools you need to draw anything. Fee: $192 memb

$245 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisite

Tue., Jan 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8, 9 a.m. - noon

Instructor: Karla Beatty

Weekend Workshop

Fri. Sun., Feb. 25 27, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.

Instructor: Constance Sayas

Mon., April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 1 p.m. 4 p.m.Instructor: Renee Jorgensen

Weekend Workshop

Fri. Sun., June 3 5, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.


Osite at Arvada Center

(call 720-898-7200 to register or go to www.arvadacenter.or

Wed., Jan. 5, 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 6 9 p.m.


Renee Jorgensen


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Botanical Illustration in Pencil IISimple and classic, pencil drawing is a timeless art orm.

Expand on the drawing skills you learned in Pencil I as you

reinorce and reine your knowledge o graphite pencil. Learn

additional techniques or shading, texture, perspective, depth

and composition. 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: $192 member, $245

non-member. Prerequisite: Pencil I

Tue., Jan. 11, 18, 25, Feb. 1, 8, 1 4 p.m.


Tue., March 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19, 6 9 p.m.


Mon., May 17, 24, 31, June 7, 14, 9 a.m. noon

Instructor: Susan Rubin

Perfecting PerspectiveDo you shy away rom complicated plants? Even experienced il-

lustrators sometimes struggle with oreshortening and simpliy their

subjects to eliminate dicult elements. Work with botanical sub-

jects that demonstrate each aspect o perspective and learn tech-

niques or seeing and depicting perspective accurately. Complete

a nal piece that shows your new understanding o perspectiveprinciples. The class will work entirely in graphite pencil, but the

principles apply to all art media. Gain condence in your drating

skills and improve all o your drawings rom this class orward.

Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member. Prerequisite: Pencil I

Tue., Feb. 15, 22, March 1, 8, 15, 6 9 p.m.


Weekend Workshop



Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink IPen 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

REQUIRED COURSES

as you practice this traditional medium with modern a

versatile technical pens. Step-by-step instruction, demonstrati

and practice will give you the oundation you need to dra

any botanical subject accurately and skillully. Fee: $19

member, $245 non-member. Prerequisite: Pencil I

Tue., Feb. 15, 22, March 1, 8, 15, 1 4 p.m.


Tue., May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 28, 6 9 p.m.


Botanical Illustration in Pen and Ink IITake your pen and ink skills to a new level o sophisticatio

Explore the Gardens limitless world o color, texture and comp

botany to incorporate this inormation into black and wh

illustrations. Working with both technical pen and traditional qu

learn advanced techniques to make strokes mimic the uzz on

ern, the down in a milkweed pod, or the mottled colors o

variegated begonia. Learn how to layer and manipulate lines a

stipples to develop a ull range o value, texture and atmosphe

perspective. Pen techniques take on new meaning as you fe

out a nal inked illustration o a plant o your choice. Fee: $19

member, $245 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Pen and Ink

Mon., March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 18, 9 a.m. - noon

Instructor:Libby Kyer

Color Layering for Colored PencilColored pencil presents a special challenge: mixing color direc

on your drawing! Learn to use a simple color mixing metho

adapted to the application o colored pencils. Two-, three- a

our-color mixing will get you to the gorgeous greens and luscio

lilacs youve been missing. Learn to determine shadow colors

vibrant results. Practice color matching with a variety o plant mater

as you create your own, extensive color workbook to speed co

selection and application or all uture colored pencil drawingFee: $192 member, $245 non-member. Prerequisite: Pencil I

Thurs., Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 9 a.m. - noon


Thurs., March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 14, 6 9 p.m.


Weekend Workshop

Fri. Sun., May 13 - 15, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.

Instructor: Susan RubinMarjorie Leggitt


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REQUIRED COURSES

Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil IYouve learned to layer colored pencil, now learn techniques

to draw eectively in this medium. Apply your drawing skills

and learn new methods speciic to colored pencils. Techniques

include layering, building and burnishing in color. This

versatile, portable medium is perect or sketching on loca-

tion as well as producing studio pieces. Learn through instruc-

tion, demonstration and practice on small studies o botanical

subjects. Youll be ready to produce a inished plate in

Colored Pencil II. Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member.

Prerequisites: Pencil I and Color Layering or Colored Pencil

Mon., Feb. 14, 21, 28, March 7, 14, 9 a.m. - noon


Wed., April 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, 6 9 p.m.

Instructor: Annie Reiser

Botanical Illustration in Colored Pencil IITake your colored pencil skills

to the next level and become

proicient in this un, versatile

medium. Work through a step-

by-step process to create a

preparatory layered drawing.

Learn techniques to create

texture, detail and depthto enhance your subject.

Experiment with dierent suraces and solvents or blending

and shading. Add depth with atmospheric perspective and

learn inishing techniques that will make your drawings pop.

Individual attention will guide you to create a nished botanical

plate. Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member. Prerequisites:

Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I

Mon., Feb. 14, 21, 28, March 7, 14, 1 4 p.m.


Color Mixing for ArtistsThe irst step to watercolor painting is mixing colors. Learn a

system or combining colors consistently to eliminate rustrat-

ing trial and error. 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. Youll gain conidence and skills to improve

all o your color work. Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member.

All students are welcome, with no prerequisites.

Thurs., Jan. 13, 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 1 4 p.m.


Wed. June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 6 9 p.m.


Note: Create your own hardbound workbook or this class

Making a Color Mixing Journal, Feb 12, 9 a.m. 4 p.m.

Botanical Illustration in Watercolor IBecome part o the watercolor botanical tradition. Combi

drawing skills and your knowledge o color mixing as y

discover the delight o putting brush to paper to learn the spec

techniques o transparent watercolor. Instruction, demonst

tion and practical exercises will guide you through a varie

o watercolor techniques: lat and graded washes, highlig

and dry brush detail. Learn to build washes or depth o to

and shading, and how to create sot and hard edges. W

these oundational skills youll be ready to create a inish

plate in Watercolor II. Fee: $192 member, $245 non-memb

Prerequisites: Pencil I and Color Mixing or Artists

Wed., March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27, 9 a.m. - noon


Mon., June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 11, 6 9 p.m.

Instructor:Karla Beatty

Botanical Illustration in Watercolor IIWatercolor basics got you started - now develop your con

dence work toward completing a inished plate rom a li

specimen in this most traditional o botanical media. T

emphasis here is on bringing it all together. Learn and rei

additional techniques through instruction, demonstration a

practice with special attention given to layering, shading a

building orm. Discover brush techniques and colors that e

hance perspective and depth. Follow painting steps throucompletion, rom broad washes to inal detail. Learn how

ix mistakes and understand why watercolor is a orgivi

medium. Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member. Prerequisit

Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Watercolor I

Mon., Feb. 14, 21, 28, March 7, 14, 6 9 p.m.


Mon., April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, June 6, 9 a.m. noo


Susan Rubin


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Framing Botanical ArtGet your work o the drawing board and onto the wall! T

one-day workshop covers the options that will help you

present your art to its best advantage. Learn the steps to t

conservation techniques that preserve your pieces in an acid-r

environment. Well cover all the details o raming materia

styles and embellishments, and youll rame a small piece

practice. Whether you decide to rame it yoursel or wo

with a proessional, youll be more conident in your rami

decisions. Fee: $65 member, $81 non-member. All stude


Sat., April 30, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.


BOOKBINDING

Bookbinding Workshop Spring Back Ledger Bindin

Bind a book yoursel! Step-by-step, learn how to bind a tra

tional hardcover blank book beautiully suited or botanical art

journaling. The binding style is called spring-back ledger bindi

and was patented in 1799 or use as accounting ledgers. It

extremely sturdy and will lay fat. Start with sections olded rom 9

hot-press watercolor paper and learn to sew them and attach o

linen tapes. Cut endpapers using marbled paper, shape the boa

and nally cover the spine and corners with leather and ll in w

durable textured book cloth. The result: a handsome book indeeAll elements o this book are acid-ree and archival and can last

centuries. Fee: $320 member, $373 non-member. The ee includ

goat skin, cloth, paper (Fabriano Artistico, Davey board, marb

paper, museum board), linen thread or one book and sewing too

All students are welcome, with no prerequisites.

Wed., Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 6 9 p.m.

Instructor: Cameron Garland

Sat., June 11, 18, 25, July 9, 16, 9 a.m. - noon

Instructor: Cameron Garland

ELECTIVE COURSES

Art Materials for the Botanical IllustratorTake the mystery out o materials. There are ten types o erasers -

which one is right or the job? What is the dierence between sable

and synthetic? Whats 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, youll 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: $40 member,

$49 non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites.

Fri., March 26, 9 a.m. - noon


Ukrainian Easter Eggs: PysankyBeautiul batik with a botanical

fair! We have all admired the

intricate patterns and vivid colors

o Ukranian eggs. Start with an

introduction to the history o the

centuries-old crat o Pysanky and

study botanical motis with tra-

ditional ornamental patterns. Create your original egg design

combining motis. Learn about the specialized techniques and

tools or this batik method using aniline dyes with wax resist. A

discussion o dye colors and preparation will have you ready to

create one sampler egg and one with your personal design, justin time or Easter. Fee: $225 member, $275 non-member. Fee

includes proessional toolkit with three dierent sized traditional

kitsky (drawing tool). All students are welcome, with no prerequisites.



Gicle Prints Made EasyCurious about having prints made but apprehensive about the time

and expense involved? In just one day well introduce you to theprocess o Gicle printing. Starting with an overview o dierent

printing processes, 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: $65 member, $81

non-member. All students are welcome, with no prerequisites.

Fri., April 29, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.


Cameron Garland


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ELECTIVE COURSES

Color Mixing JournalMake it beautiul and make it

useul! Learn the crat o Coptic

binding start-to-nish as you make

your own journal or Color Mixing

in Watercolor or or mixing colors

in the eld. Create a custom cover

with your own decorative papers.

Beginning with specially printed watercolor, learn to assemble

paper signatures, align the spine, and stitch your beautiully bound

journal. In just one day, create a lasting color journal or color mixing.

Once you know the binding techniques, youll make many books

or so many uses. Fee: $100 member, $125 non-member. The

fee includes paper (Fabriano Artistico, 90 lb hot press watercolor

paper and color mixing templates in cardstock), archival glue,

Davey board or one journal and needles or sewing. All students


Sat., Feb 12, 9 a.m. 4 p.m.


BOTANY AND MICROSCOPY

Botany Spotlight: Orchid FlowersThe amily Orchidaceae is vast and diverse. In act there are twice

the number o orchid species than bird species, and our times the

number o mammal species! Instruction and examples will help

you to sort out the specics o these exotic blooms beore you

undertake Orchids in Watercolor. In this 3-hr lab class, use a

microscope to examine details closely and sketch them in pencil.

When you understand more, youll draw better. Fee: $40 member,

$49 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Botany

Tue., Feb. 1, 6 9 p.m.

Instructor: Mervi Hjelmroos-koski

Botany Spotlight: LegumesPeanuts and soybeans and peas, oh my! The extensive Fabaceaeamily can be complicated to draw. Learn about the fower struc-

ture and aestivation so youll get it right beore you undertake Pen

and Ink III: Publications, where you will be illustrating legumes or

a book. In this one-day lab class use a microscope to examine

details closely and sketch them in pencil. When you understand

more, youll draw better. Fee: $65 member, $81 non-member.

Prerequisites: Pencil I, Botany

Fri., March 18, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.


Microscopy: Luscious Lichensand Mischievous Microfungi100 years=1cm. Most lichens grow very, very slowly; oten le

than a millimeter per year, and some lichens are thought to

among the oldest living things on Earth. Though microungi a

not immediately associated with beauty, under the microsco

these remarkable organisms transorm into abstract mast

pieces o orm, color and texture. Study these ascinating a

complex organisms under magniication and learn to dra

their unusual and oten whimsical orms in graphite or co

media o your choice. Learn to work with the microscope

observe every detail. Fee: $192 member, $245 nonmemb

Prerequisite: Pencil I, entry level color media recommended

Tue., April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 6 9 p.m.


DRAWING TECHNIQUES

Drawing on Tradition:Womens Painted Furniture II Painted Pencil BoxDelightul and demure, American Schoolgirl Art elevat

ordinary objects to decorative heirlooms. Study the tradition

loral motis that characterize the genre. Starting with a pla

wooden pencil box, learn to prepare the surace to accept i

and paint in your own decorative design. Seal the inish

product to create a useul keepsake. Your pens and pencwill travel in style! Fee: $192 member, $245 non-memb

Prerequisite: Womens Painted Furniture

Weekend Workshop

Fri. Sun., Jan. 28 - 30, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.


Drawing Techniques: The Value of ValueThe challenge o drawing is to translate a three-dimension

living subject into a two- dimensional static sur ace, and mait believable! Values are the variations in tone that help

create the illusion o orm and space. Learn the dieren

between the body value you can see and atmospheric val

you must invent or eect. Working in graphite, learn

capture value quickly and accurately using mapping a

blocking techniques. Demonstrations and practice will g

you skills to improve and streamline your drawings. Fee: $1

member, $245 non-member. Prerequisite: Pencil I

Mon., Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7, 1 4 p.m.


Annie Reiser


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The Value of Value in Color PaintingValues are the variations in tone that help to create the illusion

o spatial orm and depth. Learn to see values in color and

apply a range o values to clar iy depth and overlap. Working

watercolor, a series o exercises will help you learn to see the

dierence between hue and value, select and mix eective

shadow colors, and develop strategies to create optical illusions

created by color and value relationships. Complete a inished

painting to show all o your new skills. Fee: $192 member,

$245 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or

Artists, Watercolor I

Wed., Feb. 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 1 4 p.m.


Focus on StyleIts all about YOU! You are a program

graduate or almost there. Youve

learned techniques in multiple media

and created numerous works accord-

ing to direction. Now its time to

dene your own style and start a

body o work that best represents your

own point o view. Start with tools or

sel-assessment and an overview o the possibilities. See how

other botanical artists have ound clarity, then make small

decisions that add up to a personal statement. Start a newpiece in any medium that will showcase your strengths and

style. Whether you gravitate toward botanical traditional or the

cutting edge, youll emerge with a better idea o your unique artistic

direction. . Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member. Prerequisites:

All required classes and at least 50 elective hours.

Mon., March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 18, 1 4 p.m.


Thurs., May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 6 9 p.m.


The Business of Botanical ArtWhats next? Start with a sel-assessment o your potential,

personal direction and goals as an artist. Learn the skills and

create the materials youll need to market yourse l as a proes-

sional. Work step-by-step to organize and build a portolio

rom the artwork you have and design an eective business

card to present yoursel proessionally. 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 a

a printer provide vital inormation or launching a proession

uture. Youll develop the know-how to start out in the ar t wor

Prerequisite: Pencil I. Fee: $192 member, $245 nonmembe

Thurs., May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 9 a.m. - noon


Using Photos WiselyYou need to draw a daodil, but its June and you orgot to ta

photos earlier in the spring. What do you do? Learn how

locate other photographic resources, create your own compos

rom multiple images and alter visual inormation creatively

come up with a resh illustration that retains accuracy without

ringing copyrights. Produce a plate o your own in your choice

media using the techniques and information you learn. Fee: $1

member, $245 non-member. Prerequisite: Pencil I, Pen and In

or Color Mixing or artists and Watercolor I or Color layering

Colored Pencils and Colored Pencil I.

Thurs., June 16, 23, 30, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.


GRAPHITE

Carbon Dust: Focus on BonesPush your drawing skills into a new realm. Carbon dust has bea mainstay medium or medical and scientic illustrators or mo

than 75 years. Using a combination o pencil lines and d

washes applied with brushes, this medium produces rich, ton

renderings with the value range o charcoal and the precision

watercolor. Learn about the various tools associated with carb

dust, including carbon pencils, dust, brushes, blenders and x

tive. Bird bones on loan rom the DMNS are the ocus, and

museum expert will visit the class to introduce you to bird anato

and bone structures. Use methodical layering to create a fawle

continuous tone and complete the ner details with pencil a nished carbon-dust rendering. Fee: $192 member, $2

non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I

Thurs., Feb. 17, 24, March 3, 10, 17, 9 a.m. - noon


ELECTIVE COURSES

Susan Rubin


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ELECTIVE COURSES

PEN & INK & PUBLISHING

Elegant Hand LetteringLearn copperplate or round hand

lettering, the traditional style or

labeling early botanical plates.

Popular in England in the 17th

and 18th Centuries, this elegant

lettering complements botanicals

beautiully. Start with an introduction to the oblique pen and

lexible quill nibs. Practice basic pen strokes and learn to orm

each letter in this classic style. Learn label placement and

lettering size to complete your plates with a special lourish. Fee:

$192 member, $245 non-member. All students are welcome,

with no prerequisites.

Tue., Feb. 15, 22, March 1, 8, 15, 9 a.m. noon


Pen and Ink III: PublicationAdvance your pen and ink skills

to a proessional level and help

to illustrate Legumes o Arizona:

An Illustrated Flora. The book will

be a synoptic loristic account o

the family Fabaceae in Arizona.

The lora will include all native,naturalized and cultivated taxa.

Learn to work with herbarium spec-

imens as well as dissection and

microscopes o selected species.

Working within publisher guidelines, learn the necessary steps

to execute and prepare pen and ink illustrations or scientiic

publications. Quality is key here; only the most expert works

will be selected or publication. Enjoy this rare opportunity

to experience working as a botanical illustrator in the world

o publication. Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member.

Prerequisites: Pencil I, Pen and Ink I, Pen and Ink II

Tue., March 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19, 9 a.m. noon


COLORED PENCIL

Botanical MiniaturesDiscover the delights and challenges o working in diminutive

dimensions. Bring your big ideas and learn to scale them to

a small ormat. Working to size

small rames, learn how compositio

line, orm and precision are cruc

to convey the message in min

ture. Work in pencil or color a

plan to complete several little ge

o botanical art. An extra bon

we will provide the rames! Fe

$192 member, $245 non-memb

Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Penc

Colored Pencil I

Mon., Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7, 6 9 p.m.


Building Colored Pencil PaintingsThree days, one complete colored pencil painting, zero hom

work! You can do it when you learn and use traditional painti

techniques as they apply to colored pencil. Using the skills y

already know and incorporating the atelier system o inten

observation, sketching, studies, under-painting and blocki

in, you will create a lush, ully realized work o art in reco

time. Explore the attributes o colored pencil that make them

perect it or wet or dry applications. The skills you practi

will improve all o your colored pencil work. Fee: $1

member, $245 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Co

Layering or Colored Pencil, Colored Pencil I.

Weekend Workshop

Fri. Sun., Jan. 14 - 16, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.

Instructor: Libby Kyer

Drawing on Tradition:Hoefnagel and the Cabinet of Curiosities

Immerse yoursel in

era o unprecedent

change. The time rothe 15th century to t

turn o the 17th Centu

marked the beginni

o the modern era

science, a time o gre

exploration, and

traordinary art and literature. Joris Hoenagels (1542-160

illustrations represent the eclectic energy o this creati

historic period. Examine Hoenagels meticulous studies o lo

and auna and use o calligraphic elements. Create a simi

composition and use colored pencil with mixed media to crea

Marjorie Leggitt

Susan Rubin

Annie Reiser

Renee Jorgensen


11/15

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your own miniature plate in the style o Hoenagel. Fee: $192

member, $245 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color

Layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I.

Thurs., Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, March 3, 6 9 p.m.


Drawing on Tradition:Dutch Flower Painters of the 17th Century

Beautiul loral still lie paintings

on rich black backgrounds

evoke the lush richness o the

Dutch lower painters. Combining

fowers with other natural elements,

these painters captured alle-

gorical tales in the orm o plant

portraits with added still lie

elements. Learn about the painters

and their ideas and methods.

Demonstrations and individual

guidance will show you special

techniques to translate the genre into your own botanical plate

on a black background in colored pencil. Fee: $192 member,

$245 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or

Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil

Mon., March 21, 28, April 4, 11, 18, 6 9 p.m.Instructor: Susan Rubin

Paper Grounds with Velvet SurfacesColored pencil takes a painterly turn! In a resh twist on a

amiliar subject, discover the beneits o using colored pencil

on papers with nap and sanded papers to create lush and

velvety eects. Learn about a variety o textured papers and

how to select the the right paper surace or your project.

Acquire new pencil application techniques that will help

you use the new surace to ull advantage, using deep colorto establish orm and ine line to deine details. Individual

guidance will help you to create a botanical portrait with a

distinctly dierent look. Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member.

Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil,

Colored Pencil I

Weekend Workshop

Fri. Sun., May 20 - 22

Instructor: Libby Kyer

MIXED MEDIA ANY MEDIA

Drawing on Tradition: Art forms of Ernst HaeckelIn the late 19th Century, Germ

biologist, naturalist, philosoph

and artist Ernst Haeckel work

to promote the Darwins theory

evolution in Europe. He discover

numerous new species and do

umented them in more than

hundred elaborate etching

Learn about Haeckels story a

study his compelling patte

oriented style. Learn the steps

create your own extensive desi

using multiple images and eleme

o your selected subject. Your careul study and compositi

will produce a stylish poster in the medium o your choic

Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member. Prerequisites: Penci

Pen and Ink I or Color Mixing or Artists and Watercolor I

Color Layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I

Wed. Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb. 2, 9, 1 4 p.m.


Flower Portraits Fascinating PerspectiveAs blossoms bend and turn,

petals spiral out to open ul

shapes and sizes appear

shit. Yet oten, when you dra

what you see, it doesnt lo

right. Learn how to accurate

see and record these visu

abstractions. Starting with dem

strations and drawing exercis

you will practice the techniq

needed to artistically deconstr

and reconstruct several challengilower types. Next you will ho

your skill at developing a composition that enhances

subject o your choice. Individual attention and in-class wo

time provide the guidance to produce a plate o your own

your choice o media. Fee: $192 member, $245 non-memb

Prerequisites: Pencil I, Perecting Perspective, Color Layeri

or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I or Color Mixing

Artist and Watercolor I

Thurs., March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28, 9 a.m. - noon


Marjorie Leggitt


12/15

ELECTIVE COURSES

Drawing on Tradition: Dugald StermerThe name may not be amiliar, but

the images will be! Contemporary

illustrator Dugald Stermer has created

a vast collection o drawings, book

illustrations and editorial work that

combine expressive drawings with

descriptive calligraphy. Learn about

the artists working style and prac-

tice his application techniques. Apply

graphic design principles to compose

a unique botanical illustration. Use

graphite, colored inks, and watercolor pencil as you work in

the style o the remarkable Dugald Stermer. Fee: $192 member,

$245 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Pen and Ink I, Color

layering or Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I alt. Watercolor

Pencil I or Color Mixing or Artists and Water Color I

Thurs., March 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28, 1 4 p.m.


Pencil + Paint = Pleasure!Do you admire the reshness and

spontaneity o nature journals?

You can create those luid

sketches in color and line by

using graphite drawing overwatercolor washes. Faster than

watercolor paintings or graduated

value graphite illustrations, the

inal eect is much looser and illustrative than ully rendered

botanical ine art pieces. Begin with ruits and vegetables

to learn the techniques, and then capture more complicated

live lowers and plants. Learn skills to take later with you or

close-ups and landscapes in your nature exploration. Fee: $192

member, $245 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing

or Artists and Watercolor I

Tue., April 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 1 4 p.m.


HOT Botanicals in Mixed MediaTake your botanical illustration skills in a HOT new direction! Start

with a traditional drawing and learn step-by-step skills to create

a stylized, contemporary image that can be applied to anything

rom dishes to packaging to abrics or cards. Review basic design

elements, historical illustration techniques, and dynamic color

combinations. Stretch your creative vision and bolster your con-

dence to go beyond the usual plant portraits. Have un with all t

botanical media as you create a resh, modern, HOT botanic

Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, P

and Ink I, Color Layering or Colored Pencil, Colored Pencil I

Tue., May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 28, 1 4 p.m.


Flowers and ShakespeareA rose by any other name would smell as sweet (Rom

and Juliet), but many other fowers grace the pages o Willia

Shakespeares plays and poems. Learn about the use and meani

o fora in Elizabethan society and select a fower with meani

to you. Work in colored pencil to create a lasting portrait o

fower or herb that incorporates the plant and the phrase with

collaged or trompe loeil background. When daodils begin

peer... Why then comes in the sweet o the year (Winters TalEnjoy a perect springtime project. Fee: $192 member, $2

non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering or Color

Pencil, Color Pencil I, Colored pencil II

Thurs., May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 1 4 p.m.


WATERCOLOR PENCIL

Watercolor Pencils IIts dry, its wet, its mixed media in a single pencil! Discover versatility o watercolor pencils. Start with color studies to explo

the qualities o watercolor pencils as they translate into watercol

Experiment with graphite pencil and ink as embellishments,

you develop and work on sketches rom your journal, then

your new skills to use to create a nished botanical plate in t

resh and fuid medium. Fee: $192 member, $245 nonmemb

Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color layering or Colored Pencil

Wed., March 23, 30, April 6, 13, 20, 1 4 p.m.


Dugald Stermer

Marjorie Leggitt

Annie Reiser


13/15

ELECTIVE COURSES

Watercolor Pencil IIMore to explore! Build on your new watercolor pencil skills and

add more techniques to your toolbox. Create a paper swatch

sampler o watercolor pencil with varied paper and media,

including walnut and colored inks, gouache, and more. Learn

how to create backgrounds. Reine your skills and apply new

ideas to a inished work o your own design. Fee: $192 member,

$245 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color layering or

Colored Pencil, Watercolor Pencil I

Mon., June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 11, 1 4 p.m.


WATERCOLOR

Tropical Plants in WatercolorA taste o the tropics in winter! The con-

servatory oers inspiration or big, bold,

bright tropical plant portraits. Venture into

the conservatory to learn about tropical

plant characteristics and create strong

graphic compositions that showcase these

beautiul plants. Practice watercolor tech-

niques to paint glossy leaves and vibrant

colors. Work to complete a nished painting that brings warmth

to winter. Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member. Prerequisites:

Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists, Watercolor I, Watercolor II

Mon., Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31, Feb. 7, 9 a.m. - noon


Orchids in WatercolorThe graceul orchid has been a avorite

subject o botanical artists or centuries.

See how other artists have and addressed

the compositional challenges o orchids.

Step by step, youll ocus on capturingorchid characteristics in watercolor. From

washes to dry brush techniques, learn how

painting orchid leaves is a breeze, rendering

their complex fowers requires ocus, and

depicting orchid roots in downright un.

Youll be on your way to creating a classic botanical portrait

o an elegant orchid. Fee: $192 member, $245 non-member.

Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists, Watercolor I

Wed., Feb. 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 6 - 9 p.m.


Roots in WatercolorTaproots, ibrous roots, adventitio

roots, root storage systems. Get

the base o the subject and learn

about the dierences and similarit

o root systems. Working in wat

color, learn dry-brush techniqu

that are well-suited to the depicti

o these structures, some delica

and some sturdy. Practice mixi

browns, grays, and neutral colo

Learn how to portray perspect

in complicated root masses. Crea

your own guide to depicting many types o roots, or choo

one subject or a inished root painting. Fee: $192 memb

$245 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing

Artists, Watercolor I

Thurs., Feb. 17, 24, March 3, 10, 17, 1 4 p.m.


Mysterious Yellows in WatercolorExplore and master and the sub

ties o yellow hues as you pa

ruits and fowers. Begin w

examples o how other botanic

illustrators have handled this colThrough demonstration and pr

tice, learn to create the best co

mixes to convey shading wh

keeping yellows bright and clean. Learn how to apply shado

colors using both glazing and eathering techniques. Practice t

range o yellows rom sot to striking. Work toward completing

plate o a beautiul yellow botanical. Fee: $192 member, $2

non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists a

Watercolor I

Wed., March 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19, 1 4 p.m.Instructor: Constance Sayas

Garden Landscapes in WatercolorOut to the Gardens! Begin

the classroom with an histori

overview and instruction in b

sic techniques or drawing a

painting garden landscap

Move outdoors and learn te

niques to accurately portr

Karla Beatty

Constance Sayas

Karla Beatty

onstance Sayas

Constance Sayas


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both distant subjects and close-up botanicals within the scene.

Field sketching techniques will help you to see and simplify

landscape elements and create compositions with dynamic

depth. Watercolor ield sketching is so much un, you may just

want to stay outside! Fee: $192 member, $245 nonmember.

Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Watercolor I

Wed., May 4, 11, 18, 25, June 1, 9 a.m. noon


Champion Trees in WatercolorDenver is proud o its many Champion Trees - large and varied

specimens that lend the city its beautiul summer canopy. Twenty-

three o these trees are at the Gardens and oer an unparalleled

opportunity or artists. Begin with a tour by a Gardens expert who

will identiy the champions and discuss their importance. Learn

how to scale and draw entire trees rom a distance outdoors,

including the canopy, branches and trunks. Back in the classroom,

create a composition including the silhouette as well as detailed

views o leaves, bark and twigs. Work in watercolor to mix

ELECTIVE COURSES

accurate greens, browns and grays and depict deciduous a

conierous trees. Your nished portrait will be a record o a growi

part o Denvers history. Fee: $192 member, $245 nonmemb

Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing or Artists and Watercolor

Wed., April 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25, 1 4 p.m.


Painting Succulents in WatercolorRaise the challenge! Learn about the botanical attributes that ma

succulents unique in the plant world. Hone your skills with lesso

that target techniques to portray needles, spines and ridges

cacti and other succulent plants. Practice painting washes to bu

orm and volume and color mixing to achieve the range o gree

oten seen in these plants. Learn rom viewing other illustrations

succulents, plenty o demonstrations and individual guidance

you create a nished plate.

Wed., June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 1 4 p.m.


Five Easy Ways to Enroll

1. By Telephone: 720-865-3580

2. By Fax: 720-865-3685 (24 HOURS)

3. In Person: Visit the Education Oice at the Gardens,

1007 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

Visit Botanical Illustrations blog at

www.botanicalillustration.blogspot.com

Refund and Cancellation Policy:Cancellations more than one week pr ior to a class are subject

to a 15% cancellation ee. Cancellations with less than one week

notice are non-reundable. Selected courses have addition

cancellation and reund requirements printed with the cou

description. Denver Botanic Gardens regrets that it cann

make exceptions.

Certificate Credit Requirementsfor Individual Courses:

On-site courses:Attendance is required at the irst day o the course. In ordto receive credit, 80 % o a course must be attended (at lea

12 hours o a 15-hour course).

Online course with on-site component:In order to receive credit, the in-class segment o the cour

must be attended (at least 10 hours o a 15-hour course) a

nal plate/special assignments must be submitted by the due da

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