(Please note: Material list is soon linked to the heading of each class)
REQUIRED COURSES
Botanical Illustration in Pencil I
Learn to draw! Begin with a brief history and an overview of the specific elements of botanical illustration. Learn the skills of careful observation and realistic drawing in graphite pencil, including line drawing, shading and perspective. Step-by-step, added techniques help you render accurate perspective, texture and detail. This is the entry course for every program student and a prerequisite for all required courses to follow. You' ll emerge from this class with the tools you need to draw anything. No prerequisites.
*Mon. – Fri., July 23 – 27, 6 – 9 p.m.
ELECTIVE COURSES
Colored Pencil
New Grounds for Colored Pencil
Colored pencil takes a painterly turn! In a fresh twist on a familiar subject, discover the benefits of using colored pencil on papers with nap and on sanded papers to create lush and velvety effects. Learn about a variety of textured papers and how to select the right paper surface for your project. Acquire new pencil application techniques that will help you use the new surface to full advantage, using deep color to establish form and fine line to define details. Individual guidance will help you to create a botanical portrait with a distinctly different look. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering for Colored Pencil, Colored Pencil I
*Weekend Workshop
Fri – Sun, March 30 – 31, April 1, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Color-Filled Whites with Colored Pencil
“White” has many faces. Learn to find and render the many colors of white, using innovative “seeing aids” and new techniques in colored pencil. Build tints, tones and scintillation into your colored pencil painting and find ways to render white that reflects the real world appearances of white, as found in local color, reflections and highlights. New non-pencil aids as well as dry and liquid colored pencil techniques will help you when you are experimenting with variety of surfaces including fabric, plastics and plants. Prerequisites: Pencil I, Color Layering for Colored Pencil, Colored Pencil I
*Weekend Workshop
Fri – Sun, May 18 – 20, 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Five Easy Ways to ENROLL
- By telephone: 720-865-3580
- By fax: 720-865-3685 (24 hours)
- In person: Visit the education office at the gardens,
- By mail: Attention: Registrar, 909 York Street, Denver, CO 80206
- Online
Refund and Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations more than one week prior to a class are subject to a 15% cancellation fee. Cancellations with less than one week notice are non-refundable. Please consider your payment a donation to the Gardens.
After Course has Commenced:
Instructors have no authority to grant or promise refunds. In the event of a 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 program manager two 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).