Resources
Botanical Art Courses & Classes
Botanical Art Supplies
Gauteng
Artsavings Club Johannesburg Branch
Cnr 8th Street & 4th Ave, Linden
Tel: 011 446 2231
Whatsapp: 067 597 5234
Email: jhb@artsavingsclub.co.za
https://artsavingsclub.co.za/
Artsavings Club Rustenburg Branch
184a Beyers Naude Drive, Rustenburg, North-West, SA
Tel: 087 803 2167
Whatsapp: 076 905 3421
Email: info@artsavingsclub.co.za
https://artsavingsclub.co.za/
Jimnettes Arts & Crafts
11,12, Lynnridge Mall, Lynnwood Rd & Jacobson Drive, Lynnwood Ridge, Pretoria, 0081
Tel: 012 361 4469
Email: online@jimnettes.com
https://jimnettes.com/
Western Cape
Artland (provide 10% discount to BAASA members)
Shops 4 & 5, Heritage House
20 Dreyer St, Claremont, Cape Town
Tel: 021 671 6001
www.artland.co.za
Artsavings Club George Branch
7 Memoriam Street, George, Western Cape, SA
Tel: 044 884 1407
Whatsapp: 082 937 5234
https://artsavingsclub.co.za/
Artsauce
62 Roeland Street, Cape Town
Tel: 021 461 0885
email: town@artsauce.co.za
https://artsauce.co.za/
The Deckle Edge
13 Brickfield Road, Salt River, Cape Town
Tel: 0212014100
email:hello@deckleedge.co.za
www.deckleedge.co.za
The Italian Art Shop
Cnr Main & Rosendale Rd, Rondebosch, Cape Town
Tel: 0216851877
Email: info@italianartshop.co.za
www.italianartshop.co.za
Conservation Framing
Gauteng
NB Art & Framing
70 Hillcrest Ave, Blairgowrie, Randburg
Tel: 0118860731
Florida Framers
8 Goldman St, Florida
Tel: 0114723299
Lewis Browne Framers & Guilders
1 6th St, Wynberg, Sandton
Tel: 0114406726
Cameo Framers
198 Long St, Waterkloof, Pretoria
Tel: 0124605497
Western Cape
Framed
4 Frere St, Woodstock
Tel: 0214473635
http://framedmaster.co.za/
Maxwood Framers & Gilders
27 Hope St, Gardens, Cape Town
Tel: 0214654345
www.maxwoods.com
ORMS
66 Roeland Street, Cape Town
Tel: 0861666767
www.ormsprintroom.co.za
Village Art and Framers (Barbara or Moira)
Belvedere Square, Keurboom Road, Claremont
Tel: 0216838996
Wessel Snyman Creative
Unit C103, Ground Floor, Old Biscuit Mill, 375 Albert Road, Cape Town
Tel: 0214482002
www.wesselsnymancreative.co.za
Photographing Your Art for Prints, Cards, etc
Isabelita van Zyl
Email: info@issidesigns.co.za
Cell: 0825527858
Location: Wilro Park, West Rand, Gauteng
Scanning/Photographing/Printing Your Art
Gauteng
Silvertone International
KOPANO Building
30 Wellington Rd, Parktown,
Johannesburg, 2193
Tel: +27 11 482 7413/4
Mobile: +27 82 411 7929
Email: andreaskahlau@silvertone.co.za
https://www.silvertone.co.za/
Western Cape
Art Assist – Stephen Gibson
Location: Southern Suburbs, Cape Town, Western Cape
Cell: 0822574986
Email: artassist@cybersmart.co.za
Useful Articles
- From Petal to Pigment
- Download Leaf and Flower Models
- How to set up a composition
- Copyright – What It Means for Visual Artists (abridged article)
- Illustrating the Botanical World
- 20 Tips for Painting Better Botanicals
- Watercolour Painting Using a Dry Brush Technique
- Tree List for Walter Sisulu National Botanical Gardens
- Ideas for Themes for Kirstenbosch Biennale 2016
- List of Trees on Tree Route – Lowveld NBG
- How to choose art papers: part one – manufacture
- How to choose art papers: part two – materials
- How to choose art papers: part three – additives
- How to choose art papers: part four – longevity
- How to choose the right round watercolour brush
- Which Pencil?
- Painting on vellum:
Notes on Painting Watercolour on Vellum by Dianne Sutherland
Painting on Vellum by Kate Nessler
Painting on Vellum by Denise Walser-Kolar - How to paint the colour pink
Useful Links
- Resources About Botanical Art and For Botanical Artists
- The Society of Botanical Artists – UK
- American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA)
- ASBA Catalogues to purchase
- Miniature Art Society of South Africa
- The Botanical Art Society of Australia
- Botanical Society of South Africa
- Royal Horticultural Society – Botanical Art Exhibitions
- Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
- Kew Botanical Gardens
- South African National Biodiversity Institute
- The Italian Art Shop – Cape Town
- Jackson’s Art Supplies – UK
- Dick Blick Art Materials – USA
- Winsor and Newton Watercolours
- Daniel Smith Watercolors
- Pinterest Art – “Botanical” Watercolours