Botanical Models Workshop
It is February and a live penstemon is not a prospect. Simple and effective, botanical models can bridge the gap between photographs and reality when a living subject is not available. Photographs provide necessary information, but can seriously impact the three-dimensionality of the final image. Learn to make 3-D models to correctly gauge shadows and form when you can’t see the plant. It’s fun to do, and very helpful to your finished art. Working in wire, paper and clay, learn to make models in just one day!
Fee $61 member, $73 nonmember. All students are welcome, no prerequisites required.
Course #09CBI160
Thurs., Sept. 3, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Libby Kyer
Prepare for the Portfolio Review
Ready, set, graduate! Gain insight and ideas for your portfolio while there’s plenty of time to work toward your best presentation. From selecting your portfolio pieces to expert advice on how to enhance each one to its full potential, the entire Botanical Illustration staff offers support in every way. One or two instructors each week will address their areas of expertise, including Graphite, Pen and Ink, Colored Pencil, Watercolor, Botany, and Lettering, answering all of your specific questions.
Fee $185 member, $223 non-member. Open for students applying for the portfolio review in 2010 – all required courses need to be completed or in progress.
Course #09CBI600-1
Wed., Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 9 a.m. – noon
Instructor: Karla Beatty, Libby Kyer, Susan Rubin, Constance Sayas, Marjorie Leggitt /Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski each have a 3-hour session.
Course #09CBI600-2
Thur., Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, 6 – 9 p.m.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen / Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski, Susan Rubin, Marjorie Leggitt, Connie Sayas/Karla Beatty, Libby Kyer each have a 3-hour session.
The Business of Art
What’s next? Start with an assessment of your potential, personal direction and goals as an artist. Learn the skills and create the materials you’ll need to market yourself as a professional. Work step-by-step to organize and build a portfolio from the artwork you have and design an effective business card to present yourself professionally. Train your “left-brain” business manager to work with your “right-brain” artist as you gain information about contracts, paperwork, legal issues for artists and archiving your artwork. Visits to a paper store and a printer provide vital information for launching a professional future. You’ll develop the know-how to start out in the art world.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. All students are welcome, no prerequisites required.
It is February and a live penstemon is not a prospect. Simple and effective, botanical models can bridge the gap between photographs and reality when a living subject is not available. Photographs provide necessary information, but can seriously impact the three-dimensionality of the final image. Learn to make 3-D models to correctly gauge shadows and form when you can’t see the plant. It’s fun to do, and very helpful to your finished art. Working in wire, paper and clay, learn to make models in just one day!
Fee $61 member, $73 nonmember. All students are welcome, no prerequisites required.
Course #09CBI160
Thurs., Sept. 3, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Libby Kyer
Prepare for the Portfolio Review
Ready, set, graduate! Gain insight and ideas for your portfolio while there’s plenty of time to work toward your best presentation. From selecting your portfolio pieces to expert advice on how to enhance each one to its full potential, the entire Botanical Illustration staff offers support in every way. One or two instructors each week will address their areas of expertise, including Graphite, Pen and Ink, Colored Pencil, Watercolor, Botany, and Lettering, answering all of your specific questions.
Fee $185 member, $223 non-member. Open for students applying for the portfolio review in 2010 – all required courses need to be completed or in progress.
Course #09CBI600-1
Wed., Oct. 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 9 a.m. – noon
Instructor: Karla Beatty, Libby Kyer, Susan Rubin, Constance Sayas, Marjorie Leggitt /Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski each have a 3-hour session.
Course #09CBI600-2
Thur., Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, 6 – 9 p.m.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen / Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski, Susan Rubin, Marjorie Leggitt, Connie Sayas/Karla Beatty, Libby Kyer each have a 3-hour session.
The Business of Art
What’s next? Start with an assessment of your potential, personal direction and goals as an artist. Learn the skills and create the materials you’ll need to market yourself as a professional. Work step-by-step to organize and build a portfolio from the artwork you have and design an effective business card to present yourself professionally. Train your “left-brain” business manager to work with your “right-brain” artist as you gain information about contracts, paperwork, legal issues for artists and archiving your artwork. Visits to a paper store and a printer provide vital information for launching a professional future. You’ll develop the know-how to start out in the art world.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. All students are welcome, no prerequisites required.
Course #09CBI450
Fri. – Sun., Oct. 2 – 4, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Magnificent Molds: Microfungi and the Microscope
Though mold is not immediately associated with beauty, under the microscope, these remarkable fungi transform into abstract masterpieces of form, color and texture. Learn to appreciate the benefits of mold as nature’s waste-management system. Ninety percent of plants have mycorhizzal (fungi) relationships that keep the environment in balance. Use the medium of your choice to create your own botanical plate depicting beautiful, magical mold at its finest!
Class limited to 10 seats. Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I and introductory class of the color medium of your choice is strongly recommended.
Course #09CBI101
Wed., Aug. 12, 19, 26, 5:30 – 9 p.m. Sept. 2, 5:30 – 8 p.m.
Instructor: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Seeds and their Pods - Art and the Microscope
Up close and personal, discover the wonder and diversity of seeds: tiny packages of life, gift-wrapped exemplars of beauty and function. Examine the way that seeds are arranged in their pods. Focus on composition and precision as you study the characteristic form and unique surface features for your species before documenting and drawing every detail. Consider the possibilities for a compositional masterwork in your choice of medium. Your finished piece could be the new cover for Index Seminum.
Class limited to 10 seats. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I and introductory class of the color medium of your choice is strongly recommended.
Course #09CBI102
Sat., Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Mushrooms with Pen and Ink
Delicate and detailed, mushrooms lend themselves perfectly to pen and ink. First, learn all about the intricacies and anatomy of the mushroom and its life cycle from Colorado’s expert mycologist, Vera Evanson. Next, explore compositional possibilities incorporating both wild and farm-raised mushrooms in various stages of growth. Learn pen and ink techniques to portray fungi texture and form of caps, cups, gills and stipes. Work towards a complete botanical portrait of these most appealing subjects in their natural habitats. Fee $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Pen and Ink I
Course #09CBI211
Wed., Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, 9 a.m. - noon
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Story Book Illumination
Snow White and Rose Red, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Princess and the Pea—many classic tales have botanical content. Here's your chance to illuminate a story of your choice and feature a botanical subject. Research and illustrate the life cycle of the plant you select, its country of origin, and other details from the tale that will help you to tell a story through illuminated elements. Use the techniques of decorating an ornamental letterform to create a complete plate that tells a story.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Illumination I (recommended but not necessary)
Course #09CBI103
Mon., Oct 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 6 – 9 p.m.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
The Illustrated Recipe
Apple Pie? Borscht? Herbed muffins? Choose a favorite recipe and create an illustration as the perfect companion. See how other artists have illustrated recipes in cookbooks, old and new. Composition is key as you arrange fruits, vegetables, herbs and cooking tools to enhance the text. A demonstration will show you how an artist might use a computer to approach layout for a project of this kind, though you will do your work with traditional artist materials. Working in the color medium of your choice, create a piece that would be a delicious holiday gift or card.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, entry-level color media of choice.
Course #09CBI351
Mon., Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Colored Pencil III: Five Plates in Five Weeks
Take your colored pencil skills to the next level. Learn professional methods to create artwork with speed and accuracy. Tips and techniques will allow you to streamline your work and produce beautiful pieces in less time without sacrificing detail, definition or nuance. You'll produce a finished plate every week.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering for Colored Pencil, Colored Pencil I, Colored Pencil II
Course #09CBI510
Wed., Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Libby Kyer
Summer Fruit
Peaches, berries, melons and mangoes; summer fruits are ripe and ready to eat—and draw! See how other artists have portrayed fruit subjects in the past. Choose your subjects and create a composition that honors the tradition of botanical art or moves it into a whole new realm. Focus first on form, using effective values to give your subjects weight and depth. Carefully observe the remarkable colors and textures of fruits, both familiar and exotic. Learn new tricks and techniques to show saturated color and detailed surface textures. Finish with a botanical plate of fabulous fruits.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering for Colored Pencil, Colored Pencil I
Course #09CBI321
Mon., Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Susan Rubin
Drawing on Tradition: Maria Sybilla Merian Meets Mixed Media
In the late 17th Century, Maria Sybilla Merian challenged the rules of Dutch society when she first divorced her husband and later took her daughter and travelled to Surinam to study and paint the local flora, insects and butterflies. Though often remembered for her depictions of insects, she produced exquisite paintings, bold in composition and rich in color. Learn about Merian’s amazing story and study examples of her work. Practice and apply special colored pencil and mixed-media techniques to help you capture her style in your own strong composition and graphic portrait of a big, beautiful bloom.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color layering for Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I, any Level II class
Course #09CBI451
Mon., Sept. 14, 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 9 a.m. - noon
Instructor: Susan Rubin
Leaves in Colored Pencil
Focus on foliage! Leaves often take second billing to blooms, but here they are the stars. Learn and practice techniques and tricks for rendering margins, surface texture, venation and color. Working in graphite and colored pencil, you’ll complete drawings of fresh and dried leaves, as well as leaves in the context of the entire plant. Tackle the tough ones, including variegated, highly textured and translucent leaves. Your new understanding of leaf form and structure will improve all your illustrations.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering for Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I
Course #09CBI324
Thurs., Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Susan Rubin
Trees and Texture
Trees are often a second thought as botanical subjects, but they hold a wealth of beautiful shape, form and texture in their structures. Journey into the surfaces of trees to discover their amazing botany and textural variances. Learn to find leaf scars, budding and branching elements, and other critical botanical markers. Then, delve into techniques for amazing textures - smooth, shiny new barks, convoluted, rippled old barks - all are a challenge and a treasure to illustrate. Design a plate to show the variety of textures you’ve found in the trees.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering for Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I
Course #09CBI322
Fri., Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Libby Kyer
Dazzling Dahlias & Sizzling Zinnias
HOW many petals? Summer’s bright and beautiful blooms are the subjects here. Learn to portray these bewildering beauties in your choice of graphite or color. Learn to draft in proper perspective, select a live specimen and work step-by-step from line studies through value mapping and on to color analysis and a complete botanical plate. Demonstration and individual help will guide you toward a finished work that will help you remember summer all year long.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Perfecting Perspective and entry-level color media of choice
Course #09CBI350
Tue., Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Watercolor Pencils I
It’s dry; it’s wet; it’s mixed media in a single pencil! Discover the versatility of watercolor pencils. Start with color studies to explore the qualities of watercolor pencils as they translate into watercolor. Experiment with graphite pencil and ink as embellishments as you develop and work on sketches from your journal. Then put your new skills to use to create a finished botanical plate in this fresh and fluid medium.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering for Colored Pencil
Course #09CBI340
Wed., Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
Sunflowers in Watercolor
Girasole , Tournesol, Girasol, Solros. In any language, the sunflower is an iconic image in botanical art. Break away from tiny, delicate plants and experiment with composition of the big and bold. Study the masters to see how other artists have portrayed the subject. Examine the structure to understand sunflower anatomy. Learn the skills to accurately depict ellipses in perspective and diagram seed patterns in the Fibonacci sequence. Practice mixing challenging yellow hues. From wet-on-wet for the large surfaces to dry brush detail down to the tiny fuzz on the sepals, you’ll explore a variety of watercolor techniques. Create a finished plate that shows your bold side, and shows off a set of new skills.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing for Artists and Watercolor I
Course #09CBI336
Fri., Sept. 4, 11, 18, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Constance Sayas
Landmarks and Landscapes at Denver Botanic Gardens
Expand your view beyond the single plant subject. The Gardens boasts examples of famous landscape architects and garden designers such as Saco De Boer, Victor Hornbein and Garrett Eckbo. Learn about their designs as well as basic essentials of drawing and painting landscapes. Combine classroom instruction with practice out in the gardens. Explore both linear and atmospheric perspective as you focus on structures and the plants surrounding them. Learn techniques to portray architecture and landscapes in watercolor, and create a painting that may be showcased in an upcoming exhibit, "The Gardens' Landmarks in Context".
Fee $185 member, $223 non-member. All students are welcome, no prerequisites required.
Fri. – Sun., Oct. 2 – 4, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Magnificent Molds: Microfungi and the Microscope
Though mold is not immediately associated with beauty, under the microscope, these remarkable fungi transform into abstract masterpieces of form, color and texture. Learn to appreciate the benefits of mold as nature’s waste-management system. Ninety percent of plants have mycorhizzal (fungi) relationships that keep the environment in balance. Use the medium of your choice to create your own botanical plate depicting beautiful, magical mold at its finest!
Class limited to 10 seats. Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I and introductory class of the color medium of your choice is strongly recommended.
Course #09CBI101
Wed., Aug. 12, 19, 26, 5:30 – 9 p.m. Sept. 2, 5:30 – 8 p.m.
Instructor: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Seeds and their Pods - Art and the Microscope
Up close and personal, discover the wonder and diversity of seeds: tiny packages of life, gift-wrapped exemplars of beauty and function. Examine the way that seeds are arranged in their pods. Focus on composition and precision as you study the characteristic form and unique surface features for your species before documenting and drawing every detail. Consider the possibilities for a compositional masterwork in your choice of medium. Your finished piece could be the new cover for Index Seminum.
Class limited to 10 seats. Fee: $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I and introductory class of the color medium of your choice is strongly recommended.
Course #09CBI102
Sat., Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
Mushrooms with Pen and Ink
Delicate and detailed, mushrooms lend themselves perfectly to pen and ink. First, learn all about the intricacies and anatomy of the mushroom and its life cycle from Colorado’s expert mycologist, Vera Evanson. Next, explore compositional possibilities incorporating both wild and farm-raised mushrooms in various stages of growth. Learn pen and ink techniques to portray fungi texture and form of caps, cups, gills and stipes. Work towards a complete botanical portrait of these most appealing subjects in their natural habitats. Fee $185 member, $223 non-member. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Pen and Ink I
Course #09CBI211
Wed., Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, 9 a.m. - noon
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Story Book Illumination
Snow White and Rose Red, Jack and the Beanstalk, The Princess and the Pea—many classic tales have botanical content. Here's your chance to illuminate a story of your choice and feature a botanical subject. Research and illustrate the life cycle of the plant you select, its country of origin, and other details from the tale that will help you to tell a story through illuminated elements. Use the techniques of decorating an ornamental letterform to create a complete plate that tells a story.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Illumination I (recommended but not necessary)
Course #09CBI103
Mon., Oct 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 6 – 9 p.m.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
The Illustrated Recipe
Apple Pie? Borscht? Herbed muffins? Choose a favorite recipe and create an illustration as the perfect companion. See how other artists have illustrated recipes in cookbooks, old and new. Composition is key as you arrange fruits, vegetables, herbs and cooking tools to enhance the text. A demonstration will show you how an artist might use a computer to approach layout for a project of this kind, though you will do your work with traditional artist materials. Working in the color medium of your choice, create a piece that would be a delicious holiday gift or card.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, entry-level color media of choice.
Course #09CBI351
Mon., Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Colored Pencil III: Five Plates in Five Weeks
Take your colored pencil skills to the next level. Learn professional methods to create artwork with speed and accuracy. Tips and techniques will allow you to streamline your work and produce beautiful pieces in less time without sacrificing detail, definition or nuance. You'll produce a finished plate every week.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering for Colored Pencil, Colored Pencil I, Colored Pencil II
Course #09CBI510
Wed., Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Libby Kyer
Summer Fruit
Peaches, berries, melons and mangoes; summer fruits are ripe and ready to eat—and draw! See how other artists have portrayed fruit subjects in the past. Choose your subjects and create a composition that honors the tradition of botanical art or moves it into a whole new realm. Focus first on form, using effective values to give your subjects weight and depth. Carefully observe the remarkable colors and textures of fruits, both familiar and exotic. Learn new tricks and techniques to show saturated color and detailed surface textures. Finish with a botanical plate of fabulous fruits.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering for Colored Pencil, Colored Pencil I
Course #09CBI321
Mon., Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Susan Rubin
Drawing on Tradition: Maria Sybilla Merian Meets Mixed Media
In the late 17th Century, Maria Sybilla Merian challenged the rules of Dutch society when she first divorced her husband and later took her daughter and travelled to Surinam to study and paint the local flora, insects and butterflies. Though often remembered for her depictions of insects, she produced exquisite paintings, bold in composition and rich in color. Learn about Merian’s amazing story and study examples of her work. Practice and apply special colored pencil and mixed-media techniques to help you capture her style in your own strong composition and graphic portrait of a big, beautiful bloom.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color layering for Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I, any Level II class
Course #09CBI451
Mon., Sept. 14, 21, 28, Oct. 5, 12, 9 a.m. - noon
Instructor: Susan Rubin
Leaves in Colored Pencil
Focus on foliage! Leaves often take second billing to blooms, but here they are the stars. Learn and practice techniques and tricks for rendering margins, surface texture, venation and color. Working in graphite and colored pencil, you’ll complete drawings of fresh and dried leaves, as well as leaves in the context of the entire plant. Tackle the tough ones, including variegated, highly textured and translucent leaves. Your new understanding of leaf form and structure will improve all your illustrations.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering for Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I
Course #09CBI324
Thurs., Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Susan Rubin
Trees and Texture
Trees are often a second thought as botanical subjects, but they hold a wealth of beautiful shape, form and texture in their structures. Journey into the surfaces of trees to discover their amazing botany and textural variances. Learn to find leaf scars, budding and branching elements, and other critical botanical markers. Then, delve into techniques for amazing textures - smooth, shiny new barks, convoluted, rippled old barks - all are a challenge and a treasure to illustrate. Design a plate to show the variety of textures you’ve found in the trees.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering for Colored Pencil and Colored Pencil I
Course #09CBI322
Fri., Oct. 23, 30, Nov. 6, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Libby Kyer
Dazzling Dahlias & Sizzling Zinnias
HOW many petals? Summer’s bright and beautiful blooms are the subjects here. Learn to portray these bewildering beauties in your choice of graphite or color. Learn to draft in proper perspective, select a live specimen and work step-by-step from line studies through value mapping and on to color analysis and a complete botanical plate. Demonstration and individual help will guide you toward a finished work that will help you remember summer all year long.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Perfecting Perspective and entry-level color media of choice
Course #09CBI350
Tue., Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Watercolor Pencils I
It’s dry; it’s wet; it’s mixed media in a single pencil! Discover the versatility of watercolor pencils. Start with color studies to explore the qualities of watercolor pencils as they translate into watercolor. Experiment with graphite pencil and ink as embellishments as you develop and work on sketches from your journal. Then put your new skills to use to create a finished botanical plate in this fresh and fluid medium.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering for Colored Pencil
Course #09CBI340
Wed., Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct. 7, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
Sunflowers in Watercolor
Girasole , Tournesol, Girasol, Solros. In any language, the sunflower is an iconic image in botanical art. Break away from tiny, delicate plants and experiment with composition of the big and bold. Study the masters to see how other artists have portrayed the subject. Examine the structure to understand sunflower anatomy. Learn the skills to accurately depict ellipses in perspective and diagram seed patterns in the Fibonacci sequence. Practice mixing challenging yellow hues. From wet-on-wet for the large surfaces to dry brush detail down to the tiny fuzz on the sepals, you’ll explore a variety of watercolor techniques. Create a finished plate that shows your bold side, and shows off a set of new skills.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing for Artists and Watercolor I
Course #09CBI336
Fri., Sept. 4, 11, 18, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Constance Sayas
Landmarks and Landscapes at Denver Botanic Gardens
Expand your view beyond the single plant subject. The Gardens boasts examples of famous landscape architects and garden designers such as Saco De Boer, Victor Hornbein and Garrett Eckbo. Learn about their designs as well as basic essentials of drawing and painting landscapes. Combine classroom instruction with practice out in the gardens. Explore both linear and atmospheric perspective as you focus on structures and the plants surrounding them. Learn techniques to portray architecture and landscapes in watercolor, and create a painting that may be showcased in an upcoming exhibit, "The Gardens' Landmarks in Context".
Fee $185 member, $223 non-member. All students are welcome, no prerequisites required.
Course #09CBI331
Thurs., Aug. 13, 20, 27, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Karla Beatty
Vegetable Garden: A Watercolor Harvest
The end of summer provides a bounty of vegetable subjects for painting in watercolor. Work from the vegetable garden selecting from a wide variety of subjects. First, examine the plants that produce the vegetables. Explore composition to show the vegetable subjects in the context of the plant, combining vegetables with their stems and leaves. Learn to select the appropriate watercolor techniques best suited for each vegetable subject. Demonstration and individual guidance will help you produce a finished botanical plate that’s good enough to eat.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing for Artists and Watercolor I
Course #09CBI338
Thurs., Sept. 10, 17, 24, Oct. 1, 8, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Constance Sayas
Jurassic Flora
Your journey to the Jurassic starts here: Cycad, Gingko, Metasequoia. Ferns predate most other plant species on earth and the Conservatory is home to specimens of the varieties that continue to thrive today. Illustrated for over 1500 years, their delicate structures and textures are fascinating to study and a pleasure to paint. Learn about ancient flora from a Gardens expert and study the morphology of these remarkable species, focusing on the Jurassic period and early development of plant species. Your finished plate will document the past and present of a fern.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing for Artists, Watercolor I
Course #09CBI337
Tue., Oct 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Karla Beatty
Autumn’s Native Plants
Some of the most interesting and different paintings and illustrations portray the world of subtle colors and textures found in residual floral structures discovered in the late season. Summer’s brightest blooms have passed, and our focus turns to dried leaves, winter twigs, brittle seed heads and a palette of beautiful browns, golds and blues. These subjects stay still as you work for weeks but present specific challenges. This class concentrates on composition, drawing and perspective skills and close observation of color, pattern and texture as students develop a Fall-themed color piece that’s perfect for a winter exhibition.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing for Artists and Watercolor I or Transparent Acrylics
Course #09CBI352
Tue., Oct 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Thurs., Aug. 13, 20, 27, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Karla Beatty
Vegetable Garden: A Watercolor Harvest
The end of summer provides a bounty of vegetable subjects for painting in watercolor. Work from the vegetable garden selecting from a wide variety of subjects. First, examine the plants that produce the vegetables. Explore composition to show the vegetable subjects in the context of the plant, combining vegetables with their stems and leaves. Learn to select the appropriate watercolor techniques best suited for each vegetable subject. Demonstration and individual guidance will help you produce a finished botanical plate that’s good enough to eat.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing for Artists and Watercolor I
Course #09CBI338
Thurs., Sept. 10, 17, 24, Oct. 1, 8, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Constance Sayas
Jurassic Flora
Your journey to the Jurassic starts here: Cycad, Gingko, Metasequoia. Ferns predate most other plant species on earth and the Conservatory is home to specimens of the varieties that continue to thrive today. Illustrated for over 1500 years, their delicate structures and textures are fascinating to study and a pleasure to paint. Learn about ancient flora from a Gardens expert and study the morphology of these remarkable species, focusing on the Jurassic period and early development of plant species. Your finished plate will document the past and present of a fern.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing for Artists, Watercolor I
Course #09CBI337
Tue., Oct 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Karla Beatty
Autumn’s Native Plants
Some of the most interesting and different paintings and illustrations portray the world of subtle colors and textures found in residual floral structures discovered in the late season. Summer’s brightest blooms have passed, and our focus turns to dried leaves, winter twigs, brittle seed heads and a palette of beautiful browns, golds and blues. These subjects stay still as you work for weeks but present specific challenges. This class concentrates on composition, drawing and perspective skills and close observation of color, pattern and texture as students develop a Fall-themed color piece that’s perfect for a winter exhibition.
Fee $185 member, $223 nonmember. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Mixing for Artists and Watercolor I or Transparent Acrylics
Course #09CBI352
Tue., Oct 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, 1 – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Five Easy Ways to Register
By telephone: 720-865-3580
By fax: 720-865-3685 (24 hours)
In person: Visit the education office at the gardens, 1005 York Street, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday – Friday
By mail: Attention: Registration Coordinator, 909 York Street, Denver, CO 80206
Online: www.botanicgardens.org
Refund and Cancellation Policy:
Refund requests must be received 3 business days before the start of the program. Please note that some programs may have earlier deadlines: these will be listed in the course description. The registration fee will be refunded, but with a 10 percent processing fee (up to $10). A refund is issued in the form of a credit on file to be used towards a future class, a check or a credit to the credit card used to register. Less than 3 business days before the program starts, registration fees are not transferrable or refundable. There will be no refund for no-shows.
After Course has Commenced:
As all requirements have been prepared in expectation of your attendance, no refunds are possible. Instructors have no authority to grant or promise refunds. In the event of family emergency or because of inclement weather circumstances, the student can later complete the course by taking the missed classes from the same instructor and notifying the instructor 2 weeks before the course starts. If 60-80 percent of the course is missed because of the family emergency or the inclement weather circumstances, the course can be re-taken from any instructor in that media if space is available.
These policies apply to all registrations in the Botanical Art and Illustration Program. Selected courses have additional cancellation and refund requirements printed with the course description. Denver Botanic Gardens regrets that it cannot make exceptions.
Certificate credit requirements for individual courses:
Attendance is required at the first class for all courses. In order to receive credit, 80 percent of a course must be attended (at least 12 hours of a 15-hour course).