The graphite pencil is a fundamental tool in botanical art. It is humble, overlooked and essential. There is a great deal to be gained by using this simple device with accuracy and finesse. Susan Fisher will help you explore familiar graphite skills – line, form, value, edges and textures – to take each one beyond your current ability. Exercises in graphite application will focus on the subtle and more obvious methods of use for each of these critical elements. Develop the patience and appreciation for this enduring medium and improve all your botanical work. This Wellesley College Botanic Garden three day course, April 27 – 29 from 9:30 -3:30, will be held in the Cheney classroom at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, and is $395 for Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Garden members, $495 for nonmembers. Register at 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.
