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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
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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.
Instructor: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
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
are welcome, with no prerequisites.
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.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
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
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
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.
Instructor: Karla Beatty
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.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
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.
Instructor: Karla Beatty
Tue., March 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19, 6 9 p.m.
Instructor: Karla Beatty
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.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Weekend Workshop
Fri. Sun., April 1 3, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
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.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
Tue., May 31, June 7, 14, 21, 28, 6 9 p.m.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
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
Instructor: Susan Rubin
Thurs., March 17, 24, 31, April 7, 14, 6 9 p.m.
Instructor: Susan Rubin
Weekend Workshop
Fri. Sun., May 13 - 15, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.
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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
Instructor: Susan Rubin
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.
Instructor: Susan Rubin
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.
Instructor: Constance Sayas
Wed. June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 6 9 p.m.
Instructor: Constance Sayas
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
Instructor: Constance Sayas
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.
Instructor: Karla Beatty
Mon., April 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, June 6, 9 a.m. noo
Instructor: Karla Beatty
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
are welcome, with no prerequisites.
Sat., April 30, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Susan Rubin
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
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
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.
Fri. Sun., April 8 10, 9 a.m. 2:30 p.m.
Instructor: Annie Reiser
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.
Instructor: Susan Rubin
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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
are welcome, with no prerequisites.
Sat., Feb 12, 9 a.m. 4 p.m.
Instructor: Annie Reiser
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.
Instructor: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
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.
Instructor: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski
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.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
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.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
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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.
Instructor: Constance Sayas
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.
Instructor: Susan Rubin
Thurs., May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 6 9 p.m.
Instructor: Susan Rubin
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
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
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.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
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
Instructor: Karla Beatty
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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
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
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
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
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.
Instructor: Susan Rubin
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
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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.
Instructor: Annie Reiser
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.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
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
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
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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.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
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.
Instructor: Marjorie Leggitt
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.
Instructor: Annie Reiser
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.
Instructor: Susan Rubin
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.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
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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.
Instructor: Renee Jorgensen
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
Instructor: Constance Sayas
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.
Instructor: Constance Sayas
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.
Instructor: Karla Beatty
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
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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
Instructor: Karla Beatty
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
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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.
Instructor: Karla Beatty
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.
Instructor: Constance Sayas
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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
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