28. Botanical Art Program 2014/2015 by Heeyoung Kim

I am glad that I can launch a year program for botanical art at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods. Below is summary about it. If you are interested, please contact me for more information. Or if you have friends who want to learn botanical art, please share it.   Thank you!

One Year Courses: July 2014 ~ June 2015

1. Monday Botanical Art Workshops: Four Mondays Each Month

2. Saturday Botanical Art Workshops: 3^rd & 4^th Saturdays Each Month

Aim of the courses:

These courses are designed for botanical art students of all levels who are willing to make commitment to learn or improve drawing and painting skills. The most basic but most important techniques will be studied through the courses with continuity, so that students can truly absorb the techniques and apply them intuitively. No need to memorize or take notes all the time, and forget!  

How it operate:

Students are encouraged to register for the full year.

Monday Workshops-

1^st & 2^nd weeks: students will focus on honing techniques with instructor’s guide and demonstration.

3^rd & 4^th weeks: students will work on their own projects with instructor’s personal assistance.

In this way, students can create body of works with strategic plan along with the learning process.  

Saturday Workshops-

3^rd & 4^th Saturdays: the same teaching contents will be adapted for those who cannot make Mondays.

Benefits  for one- year registrants:

Discounts: 25% off for Monday Workshops, 10% off for Saturday Workshops

An exhibition opportunity at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods during Nov and Dec 2015  

When students miss Mondays, they can make up on Saturdays.

Fees & Time:

1. Monday Botanical Art Workshops:

Time: 10 am – 4 pm, four Mondays each month (except December), from July 2014 to June 2015

Fee: 25% off when register for the full year - Students pay for 3 Mondays and take 4 Mondays.)

        ($85 each day x 4 Mondays = $340 x 11 Months = $3,740  → 25% off= $2,805)

2. Saturday Botanical Art Workshops:

Time: 10 am – 4 pm, 3^rd and 4^th Saturdays each month (except December), from July 2014 to June 2015

Fee: 10% off when register for the full year

        ($85 each day x 2 Saturdays = $170 x 11 Months = $1,870. → 10% off = $1,683)

There are flexible payment options.

Syllabus for Monday Botanical Art Workshops 2014/2015

1. July (7, 14, 21, 28):  Highlight & shadow 1

2. August (4, 11, 18, 25): Highlight & shadow 2

3. September (8, 15, 22, 29, no class on Labor Day): Drawing and painting objects on clusters

4.  October (6, 13, 20, 27): Painting leaves -mixing greens

5. November (3, 10, 17, 24): Painting Poinsettia- focusing on cast shadows

6. January (5, 12, 19): Painting favorite house plant - focusing on composition

7. February (2, 9, 16, 23): Flower study- close-ups & dissections -bold & modern design

8. March (2, 9, 16, 23, 30): Painting bulbs with flowers- Tulip or Amaryllis - rich colors

9. April (6, 13, 20, 27): Bringing drawing skill to the next level - some secretes for elegant drawing

10. May (4, 11, 18, 25): Drawing sunflowers with graphite pencil or ink - study of flower structures

11. June (1, 8, 15, 22): Painting sunflower- focusing on hairy bracts on the back side - Get the details!

Syllabus for Saturday Botanical Art Workshops 2014/2015

The same contents adapted appropriately for shorter sessions.

See Monday syllabus for details!

Dates for the workshops

1. July 19, 26: Highlight & shadow 1

2. Aug 16, 23: Highlight & shadow 2

3. Sept 20, 27: Drawing and painting objects on clusters

4. Oct 4, 25: Painting leaves

5. Nov 8, 22: Painting Poinsettia

6. Jan 10. 24: : Painting favorite house plant

7. Feb 21, 28: Flower study- close-ups & dissections

8. Mar 21, 28: Painting bulbs with flowers- Tulip or Amaryllis

9. Apr 11, 25: Bringing drawing skill to the next level

10. May 9, 23: : Drawing lily with graphite pencil or ink

11. June 20, 27: Painting iris - focusing on hairy bracts on the back side

For registration or more information,  

Contact directly Heeyoung Kim - Email: heeyoungkm@yahoo.com    or Call: 847.903.7348

All classes are at Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods

21850 N. Riverwoods Rd, Riverwoods, IL 60015     Phone: 847.968.3343

Heeyoung’s websites

For teaching and others: www.heeyoungkim.com

For Images of artworks: www.project200imagebank.com

Paintings & Stories: 27. Illustration for Linda McCartney Foods

 Soy Bean, Ink, ©Heeyoung Kim

 Britain, country side, Ink, ©Heeyoung Kim

Soy Bean, Spinach and quinoa, Ink, ©Heeyoung Kim

This series of ink illustration was commissioned by a London based design company to create food packages for Linda McCartney Foods new frozen food line. They had very specific concept, so I had to do what they wanted, except the first one. I did the first one, which is more like my style, for their test before I got the assignment. But they decided to use it on one of the package. Their vegetarian frozen food are in the market in 5 countries in Europe with this image on the packages. 

At the very end of their TV ad, the packages are shown. 

http://www.lindamccartneyfoods.co.uk/see-our-new-tv-ad/

Paintings & Stories: 26. Green Dragon

Green Dragon, Pinellia tripartita 'Polly Spout'

Watercolor

©Heeyoung

Green Dragon, a very peculiar plant! 

At the time I came across this curious plant, I was searching for a native Green Dragon in good shape. A few plants I was observing for a couple of years were not healthy enough to bloom. I started to draw, but could not finish it. Then one day of the early summer, this peculiar plant with a tongue, well, actually a spadix, caught my eyes in Sensory Garden at Chicago Botanic Garden. That was Green Dragon! A hybrid! I just loved the dragon tongues. So spent quite long time to compose the tongues to create good negative spaces and good relationship among the flower heads, hoods or spathes. 

Paintings & Stories: 25. Orchid, Phragmipedium 'Jason Fischer'

Orchid, Phragmipedium 'Jason Fischer'

Watercolor

©Heeyoung Kim

The rookie started a big painting! I started this one in my first watercolor class. I bought two pots from ts breeder who had given this orchid his son's name, Jason Fischer. The flowers were just adorable! In the next morning, the best flowers which I was drawing fell off! Luckily, with some research, I found out the next bud would bloom soon, and another after that and another after that..... So the blooming season would last for several months. What a monster! Well, I could finish the whole painting with fresh flowers right next to my painting table. That was easy!

Paintings & Stories: 24. Chocolate Cosmos- a Delicious Flower!

Chocolate Cosmos, Cosmos atrosanguineus

©Heeyoung Kim

Watercolor

Looks beautiful, and smells delicious, too! Chocolate Cosmos has reason for its name. It smells like chocolate, really! Compared with other Cosmos, this particular species is fairly small plant with astonishing flower with beautiful fragrance. Sadly, this beauty, a Mexican native, is considered as extinct in its native habitat. Never been found in nature over hundred years now. That is why I decided to paint it. 

In most photos the flowers appear very dark, and very commonly people believe it is dark chocolate color.

But, its common name is from its fragrance, not from its color. 

Also, the sunshine did magic when I painted this. The fresh flowers showed off bright red color under strong sunshine. So I decided to give them bright red, even though I can expect there could be some different ideas about the color. My heart followed the sunshine!  

Paintings & Stories: 23. Tulip- Watercolor

Tulip, ©Heeyoung Kim

Watercolor

Collection of Eileen Labarre

I painted this in the first year when I studied botanical art. And this one taught me a very valuable lesson. At that time, I had no idea about botany, or what facts need to be shown in botanical paintings. I bought a pot of tulips from Sunset Foods, local grocery store, just because the color was gorgeous. I waited until they fully bloomed because I wanted to show the inside of the flowers. After some diligent work, this painting was finished. Then I figured out it needed to be identified. The tag in the pot didn't show scientific name. I contacted the store, and its provider, and even the grower. The answer was unbelievable: nobody had record of this tulip. They said as soon as a better looking hybrid is created, the older ones most likely disappear. That was quite a surprising discovery to me: a fate of a hybrid. On top of that, this particular one had seven petals, on the contrary to six in normal tulips. Another good lesson! A muted one I painted!  

Paintings & Stories: 22. Cyclamen- Watercolor

Cyclamen- ©Heeyoung Kim

Watercolor on Paper

Collection of Gail R Harwood

Cyclamen is one of my favorite flowers, even though it is not native in Midwest. Its beauty is quite astonishing. No wonder people steal them whenever they see them in wild. As a result, they are mostly endangered in their natural habitat. Because of its popularity as a house plant, there are many varieties of hybrids available worldwide. In my first year of botanical art study, I loved to painted them.