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Chicago Botanic Garden
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The Chicago Botanic Garden is a world-renowned living museum and conservation science center that offers multiple unique nature courses spread throughout 26 gardens and four natural areas on 385 acres.
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Business of Gardening
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Have you ever dreamed of owning your own business? Learn from a former Chicago Botanic Garden certificate program student who started 15 years ago and now has two successful, profitable companies. This course will teach you what you need to know to form your company, estimate to make a profit, marketing and advertising and much more. Everything begins with a dream and a plan. Enrollment is limited for this course. Note: The School's CEUs=...
Lighting Techniques
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road Annex 2, Chicago, IL
This introduction to artificial lighting includes both manipulating light from continuous sources (hot lights) and working with flash and strobe. Through technical exercises and demonstrations, this class will explore a variety of lighting strategies for still life, botanical arrangements, and portraits. The class will cover on-camera flash techniques, capturing motion with flash, off-camera syncing, light painting, and more. The School's CEUs =...
Sketchbooks as an Artist Resource
Explore examples of several artists’ sketchbooks from throughout history while developing your own. Sketchbooks can be collections of ideas, experiments, studies, notes, ephemera, and inspiration. In addition to exploring other artist’s sketchbooks, we will develop a variety of techniques to create and enhance your own sketchbook as a resource. Participants will be sketching natural subjects in pencil, fine permanent marker, watercolor pencil,...
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Nature Photography: Texture and Pattern
Develop your artistic vision by using natural and artificial light to discover textures and patterns. With your SLR camera’s flash, flashlights, the sun, and other light sources, create a 3D world showing the rhythm of nature. This intermediate-level class will include an opportunity to use strobe lighting, light tables, and backdrops for the study of textures in composition.
The Philosophy of Photography
Explore how the medium of photography has affected society and how it continues to evolve as it compresses recent history into a series of images and creates a sense of false memory. How do photographic images represent truth, and how do the trillions of photographs taken each year affect our daily communication? Reading assignments and class participation are required. Bring your camera, your mind, and your opinions. The School’s CEUs=12.5...
Botanical Watercolor: Exquisite Orchids
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Intricate shape, intense color, elegant line…an orchid has all that charm. Excited by orchid fever and inspired by 19th-century orchid painter, Miss Drake, students will be able to create a botanical watercolor painting with old world charm. Instructor will show how to prepare palette for easy and efficient painting to create rich colors of orchids.
$289
Photographing Wildflowers
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
FPC fundamental course, nature and wildlife track Students will learn about capturing images of both native wildflowers and garden flowers. The emphasis will be on color and tonal balance, close-ups, backgrounds, natural lighting, and composition. Wildflowers change quickly in the spring, so each week will offer a new array of subjects. Please dress for the weather. Digital SLR cameras plus a standard and macro lens are mandatory, as is a...
Introduction to Oil Painting
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Open to all levels, this class will immerse you in the painting process from day one. Students will learn how to select, compose, and paint based on strong design, values, and colors. This wonderful medium allows for extended manipulation and nuances of interpretation. Required Supplies: Paints, 37 ml tubes • Alizarin crimson • Cadmium red light hue • Cobalt blue • Ultramarine blue • Cadmium yellow light • Yellow ochre • Viridian...
Demonstration Cooking: Sourdough Bread
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
New! If you love the flavor of sourdough bread but think you could never make it at home, this class will change your mind. Learn how to maintain a sourdough starter and the process of using it to create home-baked bread. Get ideas and recipes for other ways to use the starter, such as biscuits, pancakes, and pizza dough. Take home a portion of starter and get started baking.
$70
Demonstration Cooking: Warm-Season Veggies
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Discover recipes and techniques for preparing fresh summer produce. You will learn four different preparation methods: roasting blanching marinating sautéing to create: eggplant with bell pepper vinaigrette roasted pepper and tomato bake stir-fried corn and beans marinated cucumbers with chili and peanuts
$56
Painting with Light Photography
When the sun drops below the horizon, bring the Garden to life by photographing your subject with a beam of light. Moving a light source during long exposure creates a look that can only be obtained by using light as a brush. DSLR camera (no phones or tablets, please) and a sturdy tripod is required. A cable or remote shutter release is helpful but not required.
Advanced Black and White Photography
Black and white photography helps you create stunning images. Learn cover printing on a variety of papers, the use of black and white adjustments in Photoshop, and enhanced tonal variations within the final image. You will also learn from the work of three iconic twentieth-century photographers. Prerequisite: Black & White Photography or approval of instructor. The School’s CEUs=15 hours FPC elective, master...
Digital Perspectives on Fall Color
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Discover how to capture the brilliance of fall color! Celebrated photographer Allen Rokach will share his expertise creating exciting images and will explain how to expand your photographic horizons by developing an artistic vision. Learn to improve your images, including the use of after-capture techniques that can help you transform competent images into truly great ones. Lunch is on your own. Digital cameras and laptops for the...
Color in the Spring Landscape
Study the colors of nature as the Garden comes alive with the emergence of spring. You will explore painting techniques that reveal color in the landscape and review color theory to guide you to create rich, vibrant landscapes. Learn to work from photographic references and, as weather permits, work outside. All skill levels and media welcome. A supply list will be sent.
Painting Enchanting Woodlands
Explore an oak woodland as the ephemeral wildflowers blanket the ground and the light cascades through the canopy highlighting 400 different plant species. Learn how to observe and simplify the shapes in nature to convey the essence of the landscape into your painting. You can complete a finished artwork each class session. All media welcome. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes. A supply list will be sent.
Photographing Winter Contrasts
Shadows, bright snow reflections, and even overcast days are part of every winter season. Since the light on each day may be different, camera settings will need adjusting to best capture images in challenging conditions. Learn how to assess light, then set your camera. Additional topics will include using filters and extending shutter speeds. Students should have a working knowledge of camera controls. Class limited to DSLR or mirrorless...
English Watercolor Techniques
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Students will use live plant materials and build on techniques learned in Watercolor I. Emphasis is on realistic portrayal of botanical subjects and traditional methods of dry brush watercolor painting, with attention to detail and color accuracy. Demonstrations and individual instruction will be given. A supply list will be sent. Prerequisites: Botanical Drawing 1, Color Mixing, and Watercolor 1.
Autumn Plein Air in the Gardens
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, Chicago, IL
Capture the rich fall colors as the trees, flora, and fruits dress up for the season. Experience different Garden areas and translate that beauty and inspiration into your paintings. Painting from life will allow you to truly see the autumn hues and thus represent the colors accurately in your plein air and studio artwork. Infuse your artwork with your creative interpretation of nature as you decide what to emphasize and omit. All media welcome....
Macro Photography in Autumn
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Chicago, IL
Capture the vibrant colors and intricate details of autumn in nature with this photography course at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Learn how to use your camera to capture the beautiful seasonal changes on a small scale, immersing yourself in the textures and colors that can only be found in the fall. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your macro photography skills and explore the stunning autumn landscapes.
Underpaintings for Colored Pencils
Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL
Discover the secrets of the Old Masters and learn how to create depth and value in your colored pencil drawings. Join us at the prestigious Chicago Botanic Garden for an exclusive course that will teach you the art of underpaintings. Previous experience with colored pencils is required. Get ready to take your artwork to the next level!
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