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Jan 20, 2020
1 min

Update on the BAGSC Botanical Day of Art, January 26, 2020

The BAGSC Botanical Day of Art is almost here, and the website has been updated with more information. There are still a few spots available for: Sunday, January 26, 2020 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden 301 N Baldwin Ave, Arcadia, CA 91007 Cost, BAGSC Members: $50 Non-Members: $60 Be sure to visit the BAGSC website at https://bagsc.org/classes/bagsc-botanical-art-workshop-2020 to review updated information, including: A full schedule of

Start a Creative New Year with the “Day of Art” BAGSC Botanical Art Workshop

Deborah Shaw

Jan 5, 2020
1 min

Botanical Art Out and About

Start a Creative New Year with the “Day of Art” BAGSC Botanical Art Workshop

by Deb Shaw Back by popular demand! Last year’s BAGSC BOTANICAL ART WORKSHOP was such a great success, we’ve created a new one! Start a creative 2020 with: BASIC BOTANICAL ART WORKSHOP A Day of Botanical Art Skills & Techniques for All Levels Sunday, January 26, 2020 9am to 4pm Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden 301 N. Baldwin Ave., Arcadia, CA 91007 Participants may choose from a variety hands-on sessions taught by skilled BAGSC teachers in a new, longer, 80-min

Leslie Walker’s Hechtia at the World Bromeliad Conference, 2018

Deborah Shaw

Jun 13, 2018
1 min

Kudos

Leslie Walker’s Hechtia at the World Bromeliad Conference, 2018

by Leslie Walker and Deb Shaw Leslie Walker delivering her Hechtia argentea to the World Bromeliad Conference. The painting is enclosed in a plastic bag. Photo by Robert Kopfstein, © 2018. BAGSC member Leslie Walker delivered her commissioned graphite drawing of Hechtia argentea to be shown at the World Bromeliad Conference 2018. This year’s conference was held in San Diego, May 29 – June 3, 2018. The Hechtia argentea is endemic to Mexico. This Bromeliad has a thick stem, rea

Olga Eysymont Class “Botanical Illustration: Plant Studies” to begin June 12, 2016

Deborah Shaw

Jun 9, 2016
2 min

Learning

Olga Eysymont Class “Botanical Illustration: Plant Studies” to begin June 12, 2016

by Olga Eysymont and Beth Stone, posted by Deb Shaw Passion Flower study, Olga Eysymontt, © 2008, all rights reserved. BAGSC Founder and Member Olga Eysymont will begin her next six-week graphite pencil workshop this coming Sunday, June 12, 2016 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Entitled “Botanical Illustration: Plant Studies,” this workshop will explore the subject of plant families, with the goal of demonstrating both correct representation of the spec

An Update on Olga Eysymontt’s Class at the LA Arboretum

Deborah Shaw

Mar 9, 2016
1 min

Learning

An Update on Olga Eysymontt’s Class at the LA Arboretum

by Cynthia Jackson and Clara Josephs, posted by Deb Shaw Olga Eysymontt’s demonstration of carbon dust, graphite dust and pencil techniques. Photo by Cynthia Jackson, © 2016, all rights reserved. In each of Olga’s classes, we show our progress on what we had started the class before. Recently, that meant we shared our composition of the seedpods, cotton plant, bottlebrush branch, pussy willow, or whatever each of us had chosen. After the critique we continued to finish the dr

Deborah Shaw

Nov 10, 2015
1 min

Learning

Botanical Graphite with Olga Eysymontt

by Beth Stone Olga makes great use of a combination of demonstration, class discussion and one-on-one guidance. Each class included at least one opportunity to share our progress with and learn from one another. Each session concluded with a homework assignment. I found this particularly valuable and just the right level of effort to keep me engaged between classes. Practicing the concepts on my own really helped to reinforce each lesson. By the end, each of us had several co

Come Join BAGSC Members at The Huntington through Sunday, 9 August

Deborah Shaw

Aug 7, 2015
2 min

Member News

Come Join BAGSC Members at The Huntington through Sunday, 9 August

by Deb Shaw Close on the heels of the “Weird, Wild & Wonderful” Symposium at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California (BAGSC), opened their supplemental exhibition of botanical oddities, in the Brody Botanical Center’s Banta Hall at The Huntington. The reception for the BAGSC adjunct exhibition was packed with family, friends, colleagues and the public. Weird, Wild & Wonderful Second New York Botanical G

Deborah Shaw

Aug 7, 2015
2 min

Exhibitions

Artists of the Future

by Janice Sharp, posted by Deb Shaw Exploring stencil leaf rubbings in graphite and colored pencil at The Huntington. BAGSC artists are demonstrating for the public August 1 – 9 in conjunction with our group show of botanical oddities by the Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California. “Weird, Wild & Wonderful,” The New York Botanical Garden Second Triennial Exhibition, will be open each day through August 9, and then weekends only through August 23. Photo © Janice Sharp,

Deborah Shaw

Aug 5, 2015
1 min

Learning

Get your Discounts on Olga’s Class!

by Clara Josephs, posted by Deb Shaw Here is some helpful information regarding the cost of Olga’s Sunday class at the LA Arboretum. The base cost of the class (through Otis) for noncredit is $435 plus the required amount of $39 for insurance and registration fees. You may deduct up to two $50 ($100 total!) discounts as they apply to you. Choose from any two of the following: Senior, 60 and over: subtract $50 KCRW member with valid card in your name: subtract $50 Early bird r

Olga Eysymontt to Teach at the LA Arboretum

Deborah Shaw

Aug 3, 2015
1 min

Learning

Olga Eysymontt to Teach at the LA Arboretum

by Clara Josephs, posted by Deb Shaw Passion Flower study, Olga Eysymontt, © 2008, all rights reserved. Olga Eysymontt, one of the founding members of BAGSC and the first botanical art teacher to many of us, is returning to the Los Angeles Arboretum to teach her iconic class, Graphite for Botanical Illustration. If you have not had the opportunity to study with Olga, now is your chance. Classes will held for 8 Sundays, from September 13 through November 1, 9:30–4:30 and is ap

Deborah Shaw

Nov 9, 2014
2 min

Learning

November Botanical Art at the LA Arboretum

by Deb Shaw Cristina Baltayian will be teaching Botanical Art & Illustration at the Los Angeles County Arboretum: Tuesdays, November 4, 11, 18, 25, 2014 10am-2pm; Oak Room $275 members; $295 non-members These classes will explore color pencil, graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor on various papers, vellum and other surfaces. The emphasis will be on plant observation, drawing, composition, color theory and matching, and medium techniques. All levels of experience are welcome

Deborah Shaw

Oct 11, 2014
1 min

Learning

Cristina Baltayian’s November Botanical Art Classes at the LA Arboretum

by Jill Berry, posted by Deb Shaw Cristina Baltayian will be teaching “Botanical Art & Illustration” at the Los Angeles Arboretum, four Tuesdays in November: November 4, 11, 18, 25 10 am–2 pm; Oak Room $275 members; $295 non-members (includes admission) Explore colored pencil, graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor on various papers, vellum and other surfaces. Class emphasis will include: plant observation, drawing, composition, color theory and matching, and medium techniq

Deborah Shaw

Oct 1, 2014
2 min

Learning

Deborah Shaw to Teach “Dramatic Fall Gourds” at Bowers Museum

by Deb Shaw BAGSC member Deb Shaw will be teaching a two-part class on drawing gourds at the Bowers Museum: Wednesday, November 5 and 12 1 pm – 4 pm in the John M. Lee Court Fall gourds, covered with bumps, ridges, nooks and crannies, are wonderful subjects for exploring how to create the illusion of three-dimensions on a flat piece of paper. Learn how lighting, shadows, highlights and reflected light create three-dimensional form. This two-part workshop will use graphite,

Classes in botanical art by Cristina Baltayian in June

Deborah Shaw

May 25, 2014
2 min

Learning

Classes in botanical art by Cristina Baltayian in June

by Cristina Baltayian and Jill Berry, posted by Deb Shaw Thumbnail of colored pencil artwork by Cristina Baltayian, © 2013, all rights reserved. BAGSC member Cristina Baltayian will be teaching two classes in June at the Los Angeles Arboretum, as well as classes in her studio: JUNE CLASSES AT THE LOS ANGELES ARBORETUM: Fruits Tuesdays, June 3, 10, 17, 24 10am-2pm (includes break for bring you own lunch or at Peacock Café); Oak Room $255 members; $275 non-members Introductio

Deborah Shaw

May 25, 2014
3 min

Learning

Deborah Shaw to teach Journaling Workshops at the J. Paul Getty and Bowers Museum

by Deb Shaw Deborah Shaw, pen sketch of branch of Nicotania glauca Graham (Tree tobacco), an invasive species in California. © 2014, Deborah B. Shaw BAGSC member Deborah Shaw will be teaching “Journaling in your Garden” workshops during the month of June at the J. Paul Getty and Bowers Museum. At The Getty Center: On Sundays, June 1 and June 15, 2014, 3:30 – 5:30 pm, Deb will be teaching “Drawing from the Masters: Creating a Garden and Wildflower Journal.” These workshops ar

Deborah Shaw

Feb 3, 2014
2 min

Learning

Deborah Shaw to teach botanical art workshops at Bowers Museum

Many botanical artists come to their craft from the applied arts: textiles, jewelry, ceramics and more. BAGSC member Deb Shaw will be teaching two botanical art workshops at Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California, in conjunction with the exhibition “A Quest for Beauty: The Art of Van Cleef & Arpels.” The workshops will be held on February 4 and February 11, 2014 and will explore using graphite, colored pencil and watercolor techniques. Classes will draw from live specimens, u

Jenny Phillips Botanical Art Class Coming Soon to the Virginia Robinson Gardens

Deborah Shaw

Mar 26, 2013
2 min

Learning

Jenny Phillips Botanical Art Class Coming Soon to the Virginia Robinson Gardens

by Tania Norris, posted by Deb Shaw Just a reminder for those that have not signed up, that there are still a few spots available in Jenny Phillips class at the Virginia Robinson Gardens (VRG). Jenny’s classes are always fun and rewarding and this time the three day class is drawing in preparation for the watercolor class the following week. So if possible, please take both segments as they are really one class. For those unable to take the drawing section, it will mean that

ArtPlantae Opens in Aurea Vista, Riverside, California

Deborah Shaw

Dec 12, 2012
2 min

Member News

ArtPlantae Opens in Aurea Vista, Riverside, California

by Deb Shaw ArtPlantae Display at Aurea Vista in Riverside, California, © 2012 Tania Marien This weekend ArtPlantae will participate in the First Annual Holiday Party at Aurea Vista, Riverside’s newest shopping destination. The holidays aren’t the only thing to celebrate this weekend, however. ArtPlantae is celebrating the launch of a new plant-based education display featuring resources for children, parents and teachers. Dedicated specifically to botany and botanical art ed

Deborah Shaw

Dec 12, 2012
2 min

Kudos

Deborah Shaw accepted for 14th Annual Hunt Institute Exhibition

by Margaret Best Prosopis pubescens seed pod (Screwbean Mesquite, or Tornillo), watercolor and graphite on honey vellum, © 2012, Deborah Shaw, all rights reserved. It is with great pleasure that we share the wonderful news that BAGSC member Deborah Shaw has had one of her recent graphite and watercolour works on vellum accepted into the Hunt Institute’s International Exhibition in 2013. About 11 years ago, shortly after I met Deborah at a class in Arizona, she showed me a gra

Deborah Shaw

Dec 12, 2012
5 min

Product Reviews

Product Review (and wish list…)

by Deb Shaw and others There are always new tempting art supplies available, but this year there seems to have been a cascade of new art products that make traveling with art supplies a breeze. Below are just a few of our current favorites. Disclaimer: I’ve included some links and prices where it’s easy and I know the resource. I haven’t done extensive research on who carries what, or who has the best prices. If you click on any of the links below, you’ll go to the exact prod

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