Botanical Illustration

Denver Botanic Gardens' Botanical Art and Illustration Certificate Program is designed to teach the skills necessary to portray plants accurately both for scientific purposes and for beautiful plant illustrations. The program is open for everybody, both for committed illustrator and enthusiastic amateur. The program can lead to a Certificate that is offered only a few locations worldwide. This Certificate Program was initiated and established in 1990 by Angela Overy.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Georgia O'Keeffe and Drawing on Tradition

(by Judy Cochrane, pan pastel and colored pencil)

In our elective class series Drawing on Tradition we explored the techniques Georgia O'Keeffe used in her super sized close-up view of flowers which revolutionized the tradition of flower painting in the 1920s. The students were introduced to pan pastels in combination of colored pencils. Please click here to see more student work from this class. The instructor was Susan Rubin.