Daily Archives: November 28, 2021

Wednesdays, December 1 and 8, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Holiday Cards in Dry Brush Watercolor

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This Berkshire Botanical Garden two session workshop December 1 and 8 from 19 – 1 will focus on using dry brush watercolor to replicate the colors and forms of the Season’s Flora, poinsettia, ivy, and laurel. “Dry brush” refers to the art of using only a small amount of paint to damp a brush. Create paintings to turn into seasonal holiday cards. Learn the basics of the dry brush technique, including color mixing and layering, working from light to dark, adding fine detail and using dry brush with the “skin” of dried paint on the palette. Techniques to be covered: color mixing and layering, working from light to dark, adding fine detail, using a dry brush. We will also create botanical tints for the base layer, which will generate shape by adding a luminous shadow.. This two-session class led by botanical artists Anastasia Traina will include instructional time and group critique.

Anastasia Traina is a member of SAG, WGA, The Dramatists Guild, The American Society of Botanical Artists, the Tri-State Botanical Artists of NYBG, the SBA, as well as Circle East and graduated with honors from the NYBG botanical art degree program. She lives in upstate New York with her husband, dog, two rabbits and her 40,000 bees.

$95 for BBG members, $110 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/seasonal-cards-dry-brush-watercolor

Wednesdays, December 1 – 15, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm – Unforgettable Japanese Gardens, Online

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The Japanese Garden Society are delighted to share with The Gardens Trust some very important and Unforgettable Japanese Gardens. The virtual series starts with a new Japanese “strolling garden” in southwest Ireland, open to the public since 2015. It’s design celebrates the life of an early Western interpreter of Japan’s culture and folklore. The second talk describes a Japanese garden constructed sixty years ago to create harmonious views from the architect designed New House, both now listed by Historic England as Grade II. The third Japanese garden was constructed 110 years ago within Tatton Park, a private garden until it was opened to the public in 1960.

Week 1. 1 December. Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens: Part of a series of 3 online lectures, £5 each or all 3 for £12.

Week 2. 8 December. The New House, Shipton -Under-Wychwood: Part of a series of 3 online lectures, £5 each or all 3 for £12.

Week 3. 15 December. The Japanese Garden at Tatton Park: Part of a series of 3 online lectures, £5 each or all 3 for £12.

Click through on the links to register with Eventbrite.