A Few of My Favorite Places
Some of the many excellent places and art spaces you too may want to visit online. Enjoy! Artists: Kelly S. Berger: Scientific illustration and wildlife art. Kelly works in a variety of media; her favorites include pen and ink, watercolor and scratchboard. www.KellySBerger.com Therese Brosseau: Natural science illustrator specializing in the scientific, botanical, zoological and wildlife illustrations. Therese also offers fine art and creative services for exhibits, journals, brochures, educational materials, field guides and text books. www.DrawingonNature.com Sue Burrus: Illustrator and educator, specializing in natural science illustration in graphite, gouache, watercolor, pen and ink and colored pencil. www.BotanyandBones.com Anne deMille Flood: Images in Colored Pencil ... Preserving History Through Art. Anne's vivid colored pencil renderings of favorite buildings and locales around the South Puget Sound in prints, cards, posters and mugs commemorate the historic to the nostalgic in Anne’s retro-realistic style. www.AnnedeMilleFlood.com Kristen Doty: Specializing in lettering, illustration and design; she also creates original paintings, accepts commissions and teaches workshops. Contact her to license images, design logos, titling and other special projects. www.KristenDoty.com Liz Ewings: Fine art and scientific illustration. www.LizEwings.com Barbara Ferrier: Fine artist Barbara Ferrier depicts natural and nature-inspired landscapes in acrylic. www.BarbaraFerrier.com. Be sure to check out Barbara's daily painting blog, "Barbara Ferrier Paints," at www.barbaraferrier.blogspot.com. Elizabeth Halfacre: Visual artist and educator working in mixed-media collage, printmaking and freelance illustration. www.ElizabethHalfacre.com Wendy Elizabeth Krill: Natural science illustrator. Specializing in educational, research-based and fine-art works. www.WendyKrill.com Heidi Rose: Portrait artist Heidi Rose depicts people, architecture and pets in watercolor, color pencil and pen & ink. www.heidiroseartworks.com Bart Rulon: Wildlife painter, photographer and author. Bart focuses on wildlife and landscape subjects, specializing in birds. www.BartRulon.com Becky Uhler: Earthsong Illustrations - natural science illustration and art. Becky creates accurate representations of the unique features of a species to bring out the essence of the being. www.EarthSongArt.com Ranjini Venkatachari: Colored pencil artist. Visit Ranjini's online portfolio to see fine art in colored pencil and pastel, and her blog section to see her latest art works, step-by-step demos and recent news. www.VividPencils.com Linda Ann Vorobik, PhD: Botanist, editor and botanical illustrator. Dr. Vorobik specializes in botanical illustration and plant systematics, and offers many workshops throughout the year. www.VorobikBotanicalArt.com
Arts Education: Gage Academy of Art: Gage offers a wide variety of classes, workshops, ateliers and more for adults and youth of all levels of ability from beginner to advanced. Their goal is simple, and unchanging. To engage you. At Gage, teaching art will always mean expanding minds and hearts as well as training eyes and hands. www.GageAcademy.org University of Washington Natural Science Illustration Certificate Program: Specifically designed for artists and illustrators who create visual materials that enhance the understanding of science, and for scientists to add visual illustration and art skills to their expertise, the program focuses on a variety of illustrative techniques to produce detailed biological, wildlife and botanical renderings with emphasis on the scientific principles that serve as the underpinning for illustration. www.extension.washington.edu/ext/certificates/sci/sci_gen.asp
Arts Organizations: Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA): A nonprofit organization founded in 1990 exclusively dedicated to artists working with colored pencil. Representing sixteen countries with more than 1,600 members, they provide an annual International Exhibition & Convention, product research information, workshops & seminars, a newsletter, a networking directory and district chapters across the United States. www.CPSA.org Colored Pencil Society of America, District Chapter 207: A chapter of the CPSA national organization, CPSA DC 207 is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of the stature and awareness of colored pencil art as a viable art form to all professional art establishments and the general public and to provide a forum for education, communication and recognition of colored pencil artists. www.CPSA207.org Guild of Natural Science Illustrators: A nonprofit organization that sets high professional standards, provides opportunities for professional and scholarly development, encourages and assists member networking and promotes itself to potential clients and the general public. www.gnsi.org Wet Canvas! Cyber Living for Artists: The largest community for visual artists on the Internet! Wet Canvas assists artists of all media in sharing information and making new contacts and friends. www.WetCanvas.com | 
