summer/fall 2013 catalog of courses - Denver Botanic Gardens

GUEST WORKSHOPS
Edible and Admirable: The Art of Chinese Fruit and Flower Painting
Bring the Chinese garden to you. Learn the techniques of Chinese brush painting during this three-day
intense workshop returning to Denver Botanic Gardens for its fifth year. Learn to look at and paint
pumpkins and chrysanthemums in the Chinese way, study their hidden meanings and uncover a possible
secret message. This class will teach you to create and decipher the meanings and read the secret
messages in Chinese art. Fee: $350 member, $400 non-member. No Prerequisites.
No refunds for registration cancellations after August 12 unless your seat can be filled.
WEEKEND WORKSHOP
DATE: Fri. – Sun., Sept. 20 – 22 | TIME: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (18 hours)
Instructor: Sally Yu Leung, San Francisco, CA
Sally Yu Leung
Sally Yu Leung is an author, independent curator of Chinese decorative arts and the cultural ambassador
of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. She has been a teacher of Chinese calligraphy and brush
arts at Pixar University for many years.
Pushing the Boundaries - Master Class
Strong composition is essential to creating memorable works of art. This is particularly true in botanical
art, where good composition can lift a work from the mundane to the sublime. In this master class
you will learn the elements that go towards making a balanced and harmonious illustration. Individual
guidance and new techniques get you thinking “outside the box” and develop your own particular style.
This workshop is suitable for students working in any medium. Fee: $350 member, $400 non-member.
Prerequisites: Open for all students with the Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate of Completion, and
counts toward diploma exam requirements.
No refunds for registration cancellations after August 12 unless your seat can be filled.
WEEKEND WORKSHOP
DATE: Fri. – Sun., Sept. 20 – 22 | TIME: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (18 hours)
Instructor: Ann Swan, U.K.
Tips and Tricks: Techniques Intense
Color pencil techniques are constantly evolving as new materials come onto the market and old materials
are rediscovered for new techniques. Spend a day with Ann Swan trying out her latest techniques for fine
details, foundation, complex layering and creating vibrant colors. Fee: $140 member, $180 non-member.
Prerequisites: Pencil I, Light on Form, Color Layering for Colored Pencils, Colored Pencil I, Colored Pencil II.
No refunds for registration cancellations after August 12 unless your seat can be filled.
DATE: Mon., Sept. 23 | TIME: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Instructor: Ann Swan, U.K
Ann Swan works primarily in graphite and colored pencil, and is well known for her exquisitely fine
detail, vibrant colors and strong contemporary style. She champions the underdog in the plant world,
drawing our attention to Brussels sprouts or beetroots, feeling they are just as beautiful as the iris or tulip.
She is passionate about colored pencils, believing they are easy to master, forgiving and accessible so
that even a complete beginner can quickly produce work of quality.
Ann Swan began exhibiting in 1990 and now shows her work worldwide. Exhibitions include The
Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and the Hunt Institute in Pittsburgh. She has won four Gold Medals from
the Royal Horticulture Society and several awards form UKCPS (Colored Pencil Society of the United
Ann Swan
Kingdom) and SBA (Society of Botanical Artists). She is a member of the RHS Picture Committee. Her
work is represented in the prestigious Shirley Sherwood Collection and features in many private collections around the world. Ann’s recent
book “Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils” is already in its second print run and has been very well received both in the United
Kingdom and in the U.S., where it is published as “Botanical Portraits with Colored Pencils.”
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