Daily Archives: September 13, 2013


Friday, October 11 – Monday, October 14, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm – Fall’s Finer Details with John Pastoriza-Piñol

Australian botanical artist John Pastoriza-Piñol is coming to the Wellesley College Botanic Garden for four days, October 11 – 14, to teach a master class in Fall’s Finer Details from 9:30 – 4 each day.  An accurate realism artist based in Melbourne, John Pastoriza-Piñol shares the intricacies of achieving fine detail with watercolor masking fluid and NEEF 1/4 Comb, invaluable tools for contemporary botanical artists.  Over the four days, John will also assist you with composition, painting techniques, and color theory as you accurately render the chosen subject.  As a result, your paintings will be brought to a new level of realism and detail.  For artists with intermediate to advanced drawing and watercolor skills.  Member price $550, non-members $660.Call 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu to register.

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Saturday, September 21, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Wildflowers in the Fall

A follow-up to New England Wild Flower Society’s spring course, “Wildflowers of New England,” this class highlights flora in the last stages of the growing season. What fruits have the spring wildflowers produced, and how are they dispersed? Which flowers are blooming in the fall and why? Which pollinators are active? The program includes a walk in the Garden, a power-point presentation to illustrate key points, and samples for dissection and close observation. References for fruits and winter identification will be provided. Bring Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide and a 10x hand lens to Garden in the Woods in Framingham.  The course will be held Saturday, September 21, from 9:30 – 12:30, led by Dr. Neela De Zoysa, botanist and author of A Field Guide to the Common Trees and Shrubs of Sri Lanka, and costs $40 for NEWFS members, and $48 for nonmembers.  Register online at www.newfs.org/learn/catalog/bot3009.

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