[Taxacom] [HERBARIA] HERBARIA Digest, Vol 104, Issue 10

Thu Mar 22 08:52:05 CDT 2012

Zzyzx --- Is that for real? How do the locals pronounce it?

JeF

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From: herbaria-bounces at nacse.org [mailto:herbaria-bounces at nacse.org] On Behalf Of donald davidson
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:19 PM
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Please let folks know that it's still not too late to sign-up for one of best desert locations between Los Angeles and  Las Vegas for a creative approach to botanical field work, the Desert Studies Center (UC Riverside - Cal State San Bernardino) in Zzyzx, CA.

Please see info below. Looking forward to seeing you soon.

Donald

Donald Davidson, Botanical Illustrator
(202)744-3647
306 Calle Tintillos
BO Esperanza
Vieques, PR 00765
donalddepicts at msn.com<mailto:donalddepicts at msn.com>
http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/index.htm

Botanical Illustration Weekend Field Workshop
Spring 2012
(Click on the photos to see a larger version.)
In order to help nature enthusiasts and artists alike to better appreciate the ever changing blooming periods in the Mojave Desert<http://www.nps.gov/moja/index.htm>, Donald Davidson started to teach in 2005 what has now become an annual event, Botanical Illustration Weekend Field Workshops at the Desert Studies Center<http://www.nps.gov/cgi-bin/intercept?http://biology.fullerton.edu/facilities/dsc/zzyzx.html> at Soda Springs (Zzyzx, California). These college level field courses have been made possible through the cooperation of the Extension Offices of California State University, San Bernardino and the University of California, Riverside.

2012 SCHEDULE:

BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION OF DESERT FLORA
Friday, March 30, 8pm, through Sunday, April 1, 4pm, Desert Studies Center<http://www.nps.gov/cgi-bin/intercept?http://biology.fullerton.edu/facilities/dsc/zzyzx.html>, Mojave National Preserve, Zzyzx, CA. This workshop will be as much a course in "art for botanists" as it will be "botany for artists." It will take place during the height of the desert blooming period, so participants can look forward some very exciting plein-aire drawing and watercolor painting! In addition, the basics of line control, proportion, color, focusing/perception skills and plant identification will be reinforced with detailed dissection work in a well equipped lab.

Learn how to draw artistic and realistic flowering plants in a manner designed to understand the form, function, and identification of native plants. Practice in pencil, pen, and watercolor. Prepare to:

  *   Focus on comprehensive line drawing stressing contour, volume and perspective.
  *   Make drawings of minute structures to full-scale renditions of plants.
  *   Understand how artistic and scientific skills work together.

Note: This field study is based at the Desert Studies Center (of California State University) located within the Preserve at Soda Springs (Zzyzx), about a three-hour drive from Riverside. The course fee includes two nights' lodging at the Center (dormitory rooms & some couples rooms), and meals starting with breakfast Saturday through lunch on Sunday. Participants will be sent information via email about the Center and what to bring with them. High clearance or 4WD vehicles are desirable but not required. Visitors not permitted.

Art X454.5 (1 unit), Fee: $325 / $305 each for couples and family members / $295 each with PINE discount, REG #114-CPF-F61, (credit & non-credit).
To see more information about the class and to register, visit https://www.extension.ucr.edu/enroll/catalog/olr_course_details.php?crsid=245<http://www.nps.gov/cgi-bin/intercept?https://www.extension.ucr.edu/enroll/catalog/olr_course_details.php?crsid=245> or call 800-442-4990.

[Beavertail by Anthony Galvin III]<http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/01-Beavertail%20-%20Anthony%20Gavin%20III_jpg.htm>
Beavertail by Anthony Gavin III [Encelia farinosa by Sandra] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/02-Encelia%20farinosa%20-%20Sandra_jpg.htm>
Encelia farinosa by Sandra      [Francy drawing cactus on a ridge] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/03-Francy%20drawing%20cactus%20on%20ridge_jpg.htm>
Francy drawing cactus on a ridge        [Encelia farinosa by Anthony Galvan III] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/04-Encelia%20farinosa%20-%20Anthony%20Gavin%20III_jpg.htm>
Encelia farinosa by Anthony Gavin III
[Heliotrope and Yerba Mansa]<http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/05-Heliotrope-and-Yerba-Manza_jpg_jpg.htm>
Heliotrope and Yerba Mansa      [Yerba Mansa by Julie Draper] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/06-Yerba%20Mansa%20-%20%20Julie%20Draper_jpg.htm>
Yerba Mansa by Julie Draper     [Dissection of Desert Mistletoe] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/07-Dissection-of-Desert-Mistle_jpg_jpg.htm>
Dissection of Desert Mistletoe  [2006 class in the lab] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/08-lab%20shot%20%2706_jpg.htm>
2006 class in the lab
[Mistletoe by Hira Walker]<http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/09-Mistletoe%20-%20Hira%20Walker_jpg.htm>
Mistletoe by Hira Walker        [http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/thumbnails/10-dissection%20photo%20of%20oenothera%20deltoides_jpg.jpg] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/10-dissection%20photo%20of%20oenothera%20deltoides_jpg.htm>
Dissection of Oenothera deltoides       [http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/thumbnails/11-Dissection-Detail-of-Oenothera_jpg.jpg] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/11-Dissection-Detail-of-Oenothera_jpg.htm>
Dissection detail of Oenothera deltoides        [2006 Class Photo] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/12-2006%20Class%20Photo%20web_jpg.htm>
2006 Class Photo
[Field sketching]<http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/13-Field%20Sketching%20web_jpg.htm>
Field sketching [Cleomella dissection] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/14-cleomella%20dissection%20web_jpg.htm>
Cleomella dissection    [Bigelow's Monkeyflower - Mimulus bigelovi] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/15-Bigelow%27s%20Monkeyflower%20Mimulus%20bigelovi_jpg.htm>
Bigelow's Monkeyflower - Mimulus bigelovi       [Kennedy Mariposa detail] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/16-Kennedy%20Mariposa%20detail%20posterized%20web_jpg.htm>
Kennedy Mariposa detail
[Claret cup]<http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/17-claret-cup%20web_jpg.htm>
Claret cup      [Painting rock daisy] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/18-painting-rock-daisy_jpg.htm>
Painting rock daisy     [Dissection in lab] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/19-Big-Bend-National-Park-2007_jpg.htm>
Big Bend National Park 2007     [Drawing Desert Dandelion] <http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/weekendworkshop/pages/20-2006-students-in-the-field_jpg.htm>

Donald Davidson, Botanical Illustrator
(202)744-3647
306 Calle Tintillos
BO Esperanza
Vieques, PR 00765
donalddepicts at msn.com<mailto:donalddepicts at msn.com>
http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/index.htm

Donald Davidson, Botanical Illustrator
(202)744-3647
306 Calle Tintillos
BO Esperanza
Vieques, PR 00765
donalddepicts at msn.com<mailto:donalddepicts at msn.com>
http://www.nps.gov/plants/cw/watercolor/index.htm

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From: joel.mathez at univ-montp2.fr
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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:59:39 +0100
Subject: [HERBARIA] Position at MPU (Montpellier, France)

A position of Herbarium keeper is opened at Université Montpellier 2 :

SESSION DE CONCOURS ITRF 2012

OUVERTURE DES SERVEURS D'INSCRIPTIONS

du lundi 19 mars 2012 à partir de 12h au mardi 10 avril 2012 12h

La date limite de dépôt ou d'envoi des dossiers de candidature (le cachet de la poste faisant foi) aux centres organisateurs correspondants, dont l'adresse figure sur la première page des dossiers est fixée au

mardi 10 avril 2012

http://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/pid24802/s-inscrire-aux-concours-i.t.r.f.html

Retrouvez ces informations ainsi que les descriptifs des postes de catégorie A ouverts à l'UM2 sur le site de l'université en page concours BIATOS<http://www.univ-montp2.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2099&Itemid=1152>

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Institut de Botanique
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F34090 MONTPELLIER
tel (33)4 99 23 21 81

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