Mission Statement

The Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists is an open and diverse group of artists, collectors and admirers who share a love for the practice and perpetuation of botanical art and illustration with a fond focus on plants in the Rocky Mountain Region.
We encourage and participate in educational outreach, juried and non-juried exhibits, lectures, workshops and regular chapter meetings. The RMSBA is proud to be the very first chapter affiliation of the international organization, the American Society of Botanical Artists.

Monday, April 6, 2020

Crocus & Daffodils, Forsythia & Plum – Spring Blossoms Out Now



CO-NM close-up


Out In LalaLand is published a commentary suggesting that just looking at the word “calm” has, indeed, a calmative effect. Here is an ink sketch of the aforementioned word; feel free to criticize, evaluate, or submit your take on it.








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Business? Help. Your art business might benefit, at least for insurance purposes, from an end-of-year studio inventory. Artwork Archive offers tips. Yes, we know it’s the beginning of the second quarter; what else are you doing?





Images for Artists. Vanessa Martin advises us she has shifted from making journals to making masks. Nice, Vanessa! FYI, if you are microwave-sanitizing your cloth masks, it’s 3 minutes on regular or 2 minutes on high for cotton. Other fabrics unknown…

Karen May confesses that her second-favorite thing is needlepoint – we already know her First Thing is exquisite watercolor. She sends a new pattern going down.

From Platte to Peak”. Illustrate type plant specimens collected by Dr. Edwin James during the first actual scientific expedition to the western High Plains, led by Major Stephen H. Long, during the summer of 1820. Many plants are familiar and widely dispersed, and you may already have some finished pieces that fit the size limits. The Call for Entry is at Online Juried Shows, open now and closing August 15, 2020. Martha Narey is the contact for the James Plant List and supporting materials.

 


Member Meeting. The April member meeting is CANCELLED. More information will follow.

Gathering of the Guilds Show & Sale is POSTPONED to Sunday, October 4, 2020, 10am to 4pm, American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th Street, Golden, CO. Save the date; enjoy the extra notice.

Art Supply. In support of all our efforts, we do need supplies and materials. Check the Guiry’s in your area for hours and access. Dick Blick and Utrecht are still shipping, if your Editor’s email inbox is an accurate indicator. Meiningers in Denver has curbside pick-up available, Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am-2pm.

Memories. Back during the run-up to Y2K, your Editor was teaching at a Great Plains institution of higher learning and working on a long-distance relationship in Denver. Spouse and I conversed by telephone every night we weren’t together (thank you, Amtrak), and from time to time had dinner together from afar. We relied on voice, as Skype and its ilk had yet to be developed, e-mail was buffered from Pluto, and SmartPhones had yet to overtake the culture. Reach out. Share something for Coffee Break or Happy Hour and keep in virtual touch.

Interesting graphics. Click this link, it’s animated. Then we can think about what we wash our hands with, should we be so unfortunate as to live in a county where the water supply is too polluted to drink.



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