This is a lovely video about the activities of the School of Botanical Art & Illustration at Denver Botanic Gardens. It was made to celebrate:
​Below is the video on the (public) Facebook Page for the SBAI but if you prefer to view on YouTube this is the link
The video highlights how the School is only the third group to win an RHS Gold Medal (in 2017) in the history of the Royal Horticultural Society - and I was extremely pleased to be able to photograph Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski, Ph.D., D.Sc. at the time. Mervi led the School as Manager for the last 13 years until her retirement earlier this year. Much of what I have admired about the School has been down to initiatives by Mervi.
​I'm looking forward to meeting up with her again when Covid lets her husband and her embark on their retirement tour of Europe!
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REFERENCE LINKS: Th​e School of Botanical Art & Illustration at Denver Botanic Gardens
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There has been so much change since March in relation to teaching botanical art and illustration that I'm reorganising and revamping my Education pages - with the aim of making them more informative and accessible. As a result, I've created a NEW page about longer Distance Learning Courses for Botanical Drawing and Painting for those who:
This page will be dedicated to structured modular courses which are
Distance Learning is method of studying without the student needing to attend a school or college. The page covers the following:
If the course is offered by an organisation, this must be an organisation which is a legal entity which has its own website If the course is offered by an individual artist the criteria for listing are as follows:
The Association of British Artists is developing a resource about Beginner's Botany for Botanical Art. This post highlights what is available. It's part of a new series of articles and videos associated with promoting learning amongst those new to botanical art. Elaine Allison, the new President, has produced two excellent videos which started off as a live streaming event - plus two blog posts. The focus of both is on The three B's.... Beginner - Botany-Botanical Art You can find the videos on the BRAND NEW ABBA Channel called - ABBA for All. It's worth subscribing to this with your Google account if you want to follow what they produce. I think it's an excellent idea. In my opinion, it's also something that more botanical art societies should do - although in order to emulate what ABBA is doing it does take
Episode 1: Simple FlowersThere is something more important than knowing what parts of the plant are called and that is what does it really look like. This requires detailed anatomical observation. Where possible, it is really useful to see the plant growing in the wild. Get to know the habitat, location with respect to other plants and if it is the same species, how the form can change depending on where it grows. The FIRST module focuses on simple flowers and provides a short introduction to basic descriptive botany
Using a common native plant, the Geranium, the module considers
Episode 2: Complex FlowersUnderstanding how the flower is put together is the first step in producing a great piece of artwork that is botanically accurate. Botanical art teachers have been asking me for my advice in recent days about things they need to think about when planning for future courses / workshops / tuition for students of botanical art and illustration. This post follows on from my previous posts about:
BELOW is a summary of the advice I have offered and have to offer about:
[Today's planned post about selected artists re Plantae 2020 is taking longer than anticipated - hence this replacement!] RISK FACTORS
The one thing that is certain is that the virus is not going away any time soon. All that is happening right now is that the reproduction rate is being cut - but a very small percentage of the community has been infected and the virus is still in the community. Other than that we know that:
I doubt if any sensible person would book and attend courses unless you can demonstrate in an explicit way what you are doing to keep people safe. Overall, I think most botanical art teachers need to consider that special arrangements may need to prevail for a year or more. It could be longer - but we just don't know at this stage. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS Many of you will be unable to attend botanical art classes, courses and workshops during the Coronavirus Crisis. However there are a couple of alternatives for learning more techniques about how to draw and paint plants to botanical standards away from a physical face to face class. These are:
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