Chicago Botanic Garden Summer 2019

Botanical Arts New! Watercolor Workshop: Capturing Summer Color Watercolor is a luminous medium perfect for capturing foliage and flowers. Learn how to mix colors such as the bright greens and flores- cent colors found in the garden. You will work in the traditional English style using dry brush. Watercolors and paper will be provided by the instructor. You will work from live specimens. Prerequisite: Watercolor 1 or previous experi- ence. The School’s CEUs=10 hours ART elective Suzanne Wegener, botanical artist $229/$286.25 | Classroom 4, Learning Center Saturday & Sunday, August 3 & 4, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Botany for Botanical Artists Bring realism to your botanical artwork with a focus on identifying the morphological features of plants. Emphasizing specific plant parts in illustrations is critical to the identification of plant species in both scientific floras and identification manuals. Through a combination of lectures and lab/studio time, you will identify key characteristics in each plant specimen and then transfer them to botanical illustrations. ART requirement Dave Sollenberger, seed bank manager, Chicago Botanic Garden $223.20/$279 | Classroom 5, Learning Center 6 Thursdays, September 5 – October 10, 6 – 8:30 p.m. Innovative Approaches to Pen and Ink Drawings with Watercolor Washes Capture the essence of your motif by drawing the subject in pen and ink and then use a loose, liquid application of watercolor paint to further enrich your piece. Discover a variety of sketching techniques. You will derive inspira- tion from the Greenhouses, gardens, or floral plant specimens in the classroom. Some draw- ing experience recommended. The School’s CEUs=15 hours ART elective Thomas Trausch, artist, TWSA master status $238.40/$298 | Design Studio, Regenstein Center 5 Tuesdays, September 10 – October 15, 1 – 4 p.m. (no class October 1) Botanical Drawing 1 Strong drawing is the cornerstone of bo- tanical art. You will work in pencil, covering the fundamentals of proportions, line, tone, dimensionality, and expression. Subject matter includes live specimens, flowers, seeds, and fruit. ART requirement Marlene Hill Donnelly, scientific illustrator, Chicago Botanic Garden and The Field Museum $299.20/$374 | Design Studio, Regenstein Center 8 Saturdays, September 7 – November 2, 9 a.m. – noon Close Focus Pastel Whether painting a single botanical subject or a complex still life, pastel is a perfect medium for expressing the beauty of the subject. Your style can be either loose or detailed. You will explore color, composition, and intention in this class. Prerequisite: Botanical Drawing 1. The School’s CEUs=15 hours ART elective or ART requirement, expressive track Marlene Hill Donnelly, scientific illustrator, Chicago Botanic Garden and The Field Museum $238.40/$298 | Design Studio, Regenstein Center 5 Sundays, September 22 – October 27, 12:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. New! Autumn Leaves: a John Pastoriza-Piñol Watercolor Workshop Visiting Artist Series John Pastoriza-Piñol, an award-winning botan- ical artist with a doctorate in botany from the University of Vigo, Spain, travels from Australia to teach techniques for achieving the intrica- cies of fine detail. Properly protecting critical edges in your drawing before laying down your watercolor washes is an invaluable process for contemporary botanical artists. Your paintings will be brought to a new level of realism and detail. Students should have skills in drawing and watercolor. The School’s CEUs=18 hours ART elective John Pastoriza-Piñol, artist and botanist $359.20/$449 | Classroom 4, Learning Center Friday – Sunday, October 11 – 13, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Color Pencil Workshop Broaden your creativity through colored pencil application techniques with emphasis on transitioning from graphite to color. Various finishing techniques unique to colored pencils will be introduced. Emphasizing form, drawing skills will be strengthened, facilitating your personal expression through botanical art. Live plant specimens will be used in demonstra- tions. Previous experience or skills in drawing recommended. The School’s CEUs=9 hours ART elective Claudia Lane, freelance artist $148.20/$186 | Design Studio, Regenstein Center 3 Mondays, November 4 – November 18, 6 – 9 p.m. Open Studio This studio class is open to all levels. You may bring a project of your choice in any medium, or work with plant subjects to create a new art piece. Lectures and demonstrations illus- trate principles that pertain to all media. The School’s CEUs=15 hours ART elective Marlene Hill Donnelly, scientific illustrator, Chicago Botanic Garden and The Field Museum $238.40/$298 | Design Studio, Regenstein Center 5 Sundays, November 3 – December 15, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (no class October 24 & December 1) Botanical Drawing 2 Continue to build your drawing skills with advanced graphite techniques, light and dark media on toned paper, and carbon dust. Pre- requisite: Botanical Drawing 1. ART requirement Marlene Hill Donnelly, scientific illustrator, Chicago Botanic Garden and The Field Museum $238.40/$298 | Design Studio, Regenstein Center 6 Saturdays, November 2 – December 21, 9 a.m. – noon (no class November 23 & 30) Illustration by John Pastoriza-Piñol