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by Deb Shaw
Getty signage and flyer announcing the “Artist-at-Work Demonstration: Botanical Drawing,” © 2013 J. Paul Getty. Used with permission.
BAGSC members will be participating in a wonderful opportunity at the Getty this summer. To complement the Getty‘s “Gardens of the Renaissance,” BAGSC members will be demonstrating botanical art in a variety of media at the Artist-at-Work Demonstration: Botanical Drawing.
Join us in the Central Garden as we demonstrate the materials and techniques used to render plants and flowers. Learn about the botany of fruits, vegetables, and spices, and how explorations in the New World changed dinner tables around Europe. See the “Gardens of the Renaissance” exhibition, and explore Renaissance gardens and their stories (from scandalous to virtuous) in this beautiful exhibition of illuminated manuscripts. Meet botanical artists, ask questions, and get close to the action as you learn about materials and techniques seen in works of art on display at the Getty Center.
This is a free, drop-in program:
Sunday, July 7 & 21, and
August 4 & 11, 2013
12:30–2:30 p.m.
Participating BAGSC artists (on various days) include: Tania Marien, Deborah Shaw, Linda Erickson, Cristina Baltayian, Patty Van Ousterhoudt, Suzanne Kuuskmae, Jan Clouse, Arillyn Moran-Lawrence, Akiko Enokido, Lori Vreeke, Estelle DeRidder, Tania Norris, Alyse Ochniak, Leslie Walker, and Patricia Mark.
by Deb Shaw
Insect, Tulip, Caterpillar, Spider, Pear, Joris Hoefnagel, Illuminator; Georg Bocskay, scribe. From the “Gardens of the Renaissance” exhibition. © 2013, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
BAGSC members Tania Marien and Deborah Shaw will be teaching an introductory botanical art class, in conjunction with the current exhibition, Gardens of the Renaissance, Wednesday, July 24, 2013 from 10:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m at the Getty Center, in the Museum studios and galleries.
Explore techniques of botanical illustration in this daylong drawing workshop. Learn how paintings and drawings of plants and gardens during the Renaissance contributed to scientific understanding and captured the beauty, luxury, and status of flowers. The class includes a trip and lecture in the gallery to see the exhibition, and drawing from live specimens in the Getty studio classroom.
Course fee of $125 includes materials, lunch, and parking. Open to 23 participants. Complements the exhibition Gardens of the Renaissance. Register for the class on the Getty website: use the “Get Tickets” button at the class description on the web page.
by Deb Shaw
Beginning Photoshop for Botanical Artists (or other artists) at Filoli. Composite image © Deborah Shaw, 2012.
BAGSC member Deb Shaw will teach a beginning Photoshop class for botanical artists at Filoli, Friday August 2 and Saturday, August 3, 2013, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm each day.
Explore using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to improve your botanical art in this hands-on class. A combination of quick lecture segments and hands-on tutorials will cover: how the software thinks about botanical art; how to keep the digital world from destroying your beautiful gradations; resolution, scanning, resizing, and layers; and using the computer as a tool for composition and feedback. Learn how to scan and reproduce your artwork for submission to exhibitions, printing, and uploading to the web. Detailed handouts and “cheat sheets” will be provided.
Images will be supplied for class exercises; feel free to bring your digital images for additional exploration.
Class participants can subscribe to a free, 30-day trial of Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or the entire Adobe Suite of programs. If you have an iPad (or similar tablet), you may also want to take a look at Photoshop Touch. It’s a great app, and we’ll cover it in class.
Fee: $245 for members; $295 for non–members
- Register on the Filoli website, or download a registration form from the same web page.
- Prerequisite/requirements: Participants must bring a laptop (either Mac or Windows) with Photoshop CS5 or higher (preferred) or Photoshop Elements 9 or higher installed and running. A 30–day free trial is available (see above). Please contact the instructor, Deborah Shaw, for more information and to get assistance with the download. Class time will not be spent on loading software. Participants must have basic knowledge of their computer, including how to save and find files on their hard drive.
- Enrollees in the Filoli Certificate Program will earn 8 hours of credit for this class.
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