Scientific Illustration (PDF)

							Important Information                                            Getting There
Accommodation at Gluepot:
Although accommodation is available at Waikerie, it is
64km away (11/4 hours travel) so we suggest you camp
                                                                                 Environmental Education Centre
at the Reserve as your best option. There are three                                        Presents
camping grounds to choose from and you will need to be
fully self-sufficient in regard to your camping equipment,
                                                                                           a course on
water and food supplies. The camping grounds provide
well-spaced sites that are suitable tents, caravans and
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vehicles. Toilets are provided at each camping ground                                 With Bronwyn Bean
but power is not available. The Reserve has an excellent,
well maintained track system suitable for 2 WD vehicles
and mountain bikes. Course fees include camping fees.

What you will need to bring to the course:
•	 Rotary pencil – size 0.35 (preferable) or 0.5, and HB leads
•	 Lead pencils – F, 2B and 6B
•	 Clear ruler
•	 Eraser (not essential)
•	 Paper stick
•	 Paper for practice and exercises
•	 Surgical blade – size 10 or 22 (can be purchased through
  instructor)
•	 Bristol board, A3, hot pressed or Scholler paper (paper
  needs to be able to have pencil scraped off with a razor or
  Stanley knife without damage to the paper)
•	 Hand lens x10
•	 Dissecting kit (if owned)


If participants would like to add colour to their work
Winsor & Newton Gouache - Peacock Blue, Bengal
Rose, Brilliant Yellow, Permanent White
Brushes Size 000, and 0 (00)

All art supplies are available through Eckersley’s Arts
                                                                                 13 &14 June 2010 Code: BOT10
Crafts and Imagination, 21-27 Frome St. Adelaide,
82234155. The can post work out.                                                 Educational courses sponsored by
The Workshop                                                   Bronwyn Bean                                                     Registration and Payment
                             An introduction to Scientific    Your facilitator for the weekend is Bronwyn Bean, has been        Name:___________________________________
                             Botanical        Illustration’   studying art for a number of years. holds an honours degree in    Address:____________________________________
                             will provide you with            Environmental Weed Management at the Flinders University                  ______________________________________
                             knowledge and practical          and majored in plant biology, environmental management
                                                                                                                                State: _______________PC______________
                             experience to create your        and geography during her undergraduate degree.
                                                                                                                                Email: _____________________________________
                             own scientific botanical         Bronwyn studied scientific botanical illustration with Gilbert
                             illustrations. The two day       Dashorst at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. She produced            Phone: _____________________________________
                             workshop will take you step      a calendar of botanical illustrations of environmental weeds      Mobile: _____________________________________
                             by step through the process      published during 2006, and since then has produced a              Fax:     ____________________________________
                             of creating an illustration,     series of illustrations for the Mount Lofty Natural Resource      No. of participants this registration covers:______
                             from a beginner’s level. It      Management Board.
                             will focus on drawing and                                                                          The cost of the two day course per participant is: $99.00
                             painting techniques, aims                                                                          (includes GST and camping fees)
and components of an illustration. No prior drawing
experience is necessary. The workshop aims to the                                                                               Payment methods:
introduce participants to the beauty and enjoyment of                                                                           Please accept my:
botanical illustration.                                                                                                             Cheque (payable to: Gluepot Reserve)
                                                                                                                                    Money Order
What you will learn                                                                                                             Or debit my:   Visa      Mastercard    Bankcard
                                                                                                                                Amount to be debited to my card: $ ________
•	 Participants will gain an understanding of scientific
  botanical illustration:                                                                                                       Name on card: __________________________
•	 History, advantages and applications                                                                                         Card No. ________-________-________-_______
•	 Components including use of dissections and annotation
                                                                                                                                Expiry Date: ______________/_________
•	 Techniques and materials used
•	 Create a scientific botanical illustration
                                                               About Gluepot                                                    Signature: ________________________Date: ______

                                                              Gluepot Reserve is a 54,000ha conservation reserve situated       Please signify which course you will be attending:
                                                              64km north of Waikerie in South Australia’s Riverland district.   13 &14 June 2010 Code: BOT10
                                                              Gluepot was purchased by Birds Australia with the aim of
                                                                                                                                Please forward this registration form and payment:
                                                              “effectively managing a large, internationally significant
                                                                                                                                By Post: Mrs Anne Morphett
                                                              area for biodiversity conservation”. Among the 18 nationally              Environmental Education Centre Administrator
                                                              threatened bird species resident on Gluepot are Black-eared               Birds Australia Gluepot Reserve
                                                              Miner, Redlored Whistler, Regent Parrot, Striated Grasswren,              61 Sturdee Street, Linden Park, SA 5065
                                                                                                                                By Phone: (08) 8379 3865 or 0421 582 710
                                                              Major Mitchell Cockatoo and Malleefowl, that are only a small
                                                                                                                                By Fax: (08) 8364 5527
                                                              section of the 190 bird species recorded there so far. There      By Email: anne_morphett@yahoo.com.au
                                                              are few areas of the world that support such a concentration
                                                              of threatened species.