Helen Allen returns to the Wellesley College Botanic Garden for a three day workshop May 20 – 22 from 9:30 – 3:30. Plant studies, colors, and drawings are fun part of creating a beautiful painting, but the challenge is always in composing the page. Helen Allen leads the challenge to create an image that is balanced and draws the viewer to have a closer look – an image that can enchant and inform. Through three days, you will fall in love with your chosen plant, study its habit, and develop drawings that can be used to compose three different paintings. Identify blocks and position of color and study the balance of your compositions. Then, choose the best and spend a day adding color to guide you in completing the painting at home.
A textile designer-turned-teacher, Helen attended the English Gardening School in the Chelsea Physic Garden where she gained the prestigious Diploma in Botanical Painting and Illustration.
Wellesley Friends $375, nonmembers $475. Register by calling 781-283-3094.
