However, if you would like to get the occasional email from me about workshop availability or general information about my botanical art news, then you will need to sign up for this separately. We are really excited and proud to be able to share our members’ work in our latest exhibition. I didn’t realise that before. When we returned home for a short period the weather cooled down. So finally, the Benton Iris ‘Farewell’. This will happen in the talks area of the Lindley Hall, between and after the talks. Plantae 2019; Tulipa tulipae 2018; Changing Seasons 2017; Shape Pattern Structure 2016; In Pursuit of Plants 2015; Botanical Garden 2014; The Language of Flowers 2013; Botanical Celebration 2012; Education. Packing after the judging: Christabel King, Deborah Lambkin, Sarah Morrish, me, Lucy Smith. Our styles are completely different ranging from my tight botanical art style, to her much looser more abstract style of painting. The other two plants I hope to get some more information on is the Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog Blueberry) and a little from the Rubus chamaemorus (Cloudberry). It is a fantastic exhibition space and people working there plus the previous curator at the Ruskin Library, were very helpful and supportive. A new Association of British Botanical Artists (ABBA) formed to do this has put an initial ‘call for entries’ on it. It is not native to Scotland but pollen has been found in interglacial deposits indicating it was once part of the flora. In addition to my demonstrations we will be talking with people to find out what they want from ABBA in the future and whether they – you, want to be part of it. Last but not least the link to the Association of British Botanical Art website: www.britishbotanicalartists.com/2018exhibition. I have decided that my next blog will show you how I have changed the ergonomics of my workplace in the shed. After the RHS exhibition I realised that I had to get my own botanical art life back on track. 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Association of Botanical Artists Belgium. Several other institutions in London decided they wanted to work with us for the Worldwide Day of Botanical Art 2018, which was on 18 May. An RHS Dawn Jolliffe bursary was applied for and granted, so now we had something with which to pay for some of the things we had to pay for! A range of finer technical pens such as Micron or Uni-pen and your usual watercolours or coloured pencils.If you just want to learn the techniques and decide whether you want to do a journal later on, you will only need your regular sketchbook, pens and painting equipment..Workshops are kept small, refreshments including a light lunch included.Only three places left as of 1 March 2020, so do book as soon as you can. It’s time for a Change We have a new Association, a new website and a new blog for you to follow. I chose a Lily of Valley as so many people worry about white flowers. All my sketches were done outside in the garden last year and if you don’t keep your head still while drawing, the detail visible will change. I perspire (as I am a woman) at the thought of getting them all processed. Haven’t had time to update my own website – so here goes! This will be particularly useful for me and for future work I have planned. Working in graphite, this 3 hour workshop will introduce you to Botanical Drawing. Many people may know that this is the only purpose built botanical art gallery in the world. A rare opportunity to visit Blooming Green before they open to the public in June. So why am I subjecting my sun loving and warmth seeking husband to todays chill in the Norwegian mountains? On the 19th May several artists demonstrated their skills in botanical art. Elaine Allison will be reviewing the book on the ABBA website in due course. I used a lamp to highlight from the left and some of the leaves became backlit creating a beautiful architectural plant. It was lovely meeting Gaynor Dickeson and we ended up also… Continue reading Pricing my artwork – Esmée Winkel. A chance to meet up and explore the fine collection of fruit in the orchards at RHS Wisley. The UK exhibition ‘In Ruskin’s Footsteps was held in Lancaster. How about meeting at The Old Court on Saturday, 20 July between 2 and 4 pm to get to know fellow artists and those interested in Botanical Art and to exchange ideas about what we want ABBA to do.....exhibitions, workshops, visits to art collections, to name just a few ideas....Pamela Taylor. It will be open on weekdays between 12:00 – 17:00, and there are two special event days on Saturday 19th May and 9th June. Having started looking after the Society's botanical art collection 15 years ago, Charlotte loves seeing how it inspires new artists. Each plant can be quite huge and spread many metres. Association of British Botanical Artists - ABBA, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. The summers can be hot and the winters cold. She has been curating exhibitions of works from her collection in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK since it opened in 2008. That is where all my time has gone! I will not rush them. Although botanical art is fairly strict in what is ideally included in a picture, it is quite wide ranging and much wider than for pure botanical illustration. This will be a competition where the winner will receive… Continue reading The ABBA Logo Competition, Recording wild plants by drawing and painting in watercolour is something I have been doing since I was a teenager. Today I am lucky enough to be in Vienna, participating in the first ‘Get Together’ conference, where botanical artists from around the world are congregating to learn from and teach each other. Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species, frequently in watercolor paintings. Learning how to create a visual botanical journal on a regular basis, in sketchbook form that can be added to year on year. Now the start of the top flower and he developing bud just underneath. Elaine takes over as the new President of ABBA from March 2020. There are picnic tables in the orchard which we can use whilst sketching and for eating our lunch. It is a fantastically beautiful country and every area has its own attraction. In my last blog I showed you my progression in relation to the large fan-like leaves of this majestic plant. We are sad to see it go but we feel it’s time to move on with a fresh new start. She has exhibited her collection in many other prestigious locations including the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the Marciana Library in Venice and the Real Jardín Botánico Madrid. ABBA wants to encourage botanical art in relation to our native flora. Copying, saving, reproducing, republishing of the artwork prohibited without express permission of the artist. The Association of British Botanical Artists is honoured to have Dr Sherwood as their founding Patron.