Daily Archives: July 25, 2011

Friday, August 26 – Sunday, August 28, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Leaves as They Grow

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Another fine drawing class will take place Friday, August 26 through Sunday, August 28, from 9:30 – 3:30, at the Wellesley College Botanic Garden.  With Carol Ann Morley, learn to capture the layers and angles of leaves you observe in nature onto your paper.  Start with the fundamentals of colored pencil, then work to give your drawing shape and movement by mixing color hues to create shadows, to make colors recede and advance, and to create harmony and contrast.  The pigments in colored pencils can be applied to create many different effects including multiple delicate washes – making this skill-building class useful for watercolorists as well as pencil artists.  $250.00 for WCFH members, $300 for non-members.  Register by calling 781-283-3094, or log on to www.wellesley.edu/WCFH.  Illustration by Carol Ann Morley.

Wednesday, August 3, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – All Around Us: Paintings by Ricardo Maldonado

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When observing trees, change is a constant. The passing of the seasons, the weather, and the time of the day produce endless variations in light, shape, and color. Both subtle and abrupt, these changes challenge self-taught painter Ricardo Maldonado to embrace the shifting elements of the natural world, creating expressive yet wholly recognizable shapes that elicit unexpected emotions.  The paintings of Ricardo Maldonado will be exhibited in the Hunnewell Building at the Arnold Arboretum beginning July 30 through September 11, and a reception with the artist will take place Wednesday, August 3, from 6 – 8 in the Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall.  The event is free.  For more information, call 617-384-5209, or visit www.arboretum.harvard.edu/news-events/art-shows/.  Below is “Forest in Fall” found at www.redbubble.com.

Thursday, August 25, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Perspective Review

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In this one day skill-building class at the Wellesley College Botanic Garden with Carol Ann Morley, on Thursday, August 25 from 9:30 – 3:30, you will develop your foreshortening skills while heightening your artist’s eye.  Through a series of graphite exercises, work to achieve more believable drawings.  Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture members, $75, and non-members, $95.  To register, call 781-283-3094, or log on to www.wellesley.edu/WCFH.