The Griffin Museum of Photography will be running an Anthotype class at Wright-Locke Farm in Winchester on August 27 from 9 – noon. Come enjoy a wonderful morning learning how to make plant based prints with Anne Eder, an interdisciplinary artist and educator. There will be a Wednesday evening (September 6) follow up to share finished prints and enjoy a public talk by Anne Eder about her work. Tiered pricing from $105 – $185, plus a $10 materials fee. Register at https://www.wlfarm.org/adult-education-programs/
Join the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art for this Summer Drawing Tour series through Historic New England, led by Architect, David Pearson. The program will be held August 12 from 9:30 – 4, at Hamilton House, 40 Vaughan’s Land in South Berwick, Maine, and at Governor John Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Sketching historic sites provides participants with practical knowledge of tradition as manifest in the architecture. The morning session will be at the 18th-century Hamilton House. Special attention will be made in drawing the house in the landscape. The afternoon session will be at Langdon House where the focus will be the study of Georgian details.
Participants follow in the great tradition of architects and artists who have learned from drawing in situ. One may take a thousand photos of a subject and may not know it…but if one spends some time drawing the same object …you will have it in your mind forever. To draw is to see. The program focuses on the enduring vitality and continuity of the classical tradition through the means of observational and analytical drawing.
There is something magical about colored pencils on toned paper, but achieving the colors you want to match is difficult.
In this Massachusetts Horticultural Society class, co-sponsored with the Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture, learn how to control the values and forms of colored botanical subjects using toned paper. Through class demonstrations, Carol Ann Morley will show you how to make colored palettes for different colored subjects, maintain true tonal values and color, and explore how colors change their appearance on different colored backgrounds. This class is useful to help problem-solve color choices, especially white and light subjects on darker backgrounds
To thank everyone for being part of the NECCC family, join the Photo Group members for an online event on July 15, featuring two world-renowned past Conference Keynote Speakers, Bryan F. Peterson and Art Wolfe. Registration ($40) may be accessed at www.neccc.org.
Bryan Peterson enjoyed a successful commercial photography career for more than 30 years whose clients included American Express, Kodak, UPS, Phillips and Citibank. In addition, he has received awards from the Communication Arts Photography Annual eight times, Print Magazine four times, and has also won the prestigious New York Art Directors Gold Award. He was also a contributing editor at Popular Photography and Outdoor Photography magazines for almost nine years and has been teaching photography for over 30 years.
His largest audience knows him as the photographer and the writer of numerous best-selling photographing books including Understanding Color. If you would like to view more of his work, you can check out his Instagram account @bryanfpeterson or his website at BryanFPeterson.com.
Canon Legend Art Wolfe has worked on every continent over the course of his decades-long career. Wolfe’s photographs are recognized throughout the world for their mastery of color, composition and perspective. Wolfe’s photographic mission is multi-faceted: art, wildlife advocacy, education, and journalism inform his work. Wolfe was the host of the award-winning and internationally telecast series “Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge,” an intimate and upbeat series that offers insights on nature, culture, and the realm of digital photography. It continues to air worldwide.
Wolfe has released over 100 inspiring books and continues to be a leader in providing photographic education and fine art prints. Wolfe maintains his stock agency and production company in Seattle, Washington. View more at ArtWolfe.com
This New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill course on June 25 from 9:30 – 11:30 introduces you to “the four treasures” of Chinese brush painting—ink stone, ink sticks, brush, and paper—allows you to explore a variety of techniques. Through demonstration and hands-on practice, you will learn the Chinese brush methods of painting poppies and butterflies, as well as compositional development. Take this two hours class to relax, create, and meditate with Chinese brush painting inspired by the beautiful garden at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill. Instructor is Sau-Mei Leung.
Required Materials (Not included with registration):
Two containers (one for clean water and the other for cleaning brushes, minimum size: 2 cups)
Two flat white 6-8 inches plates (small dinner plate is ok)
Sau-Mei Leung is a graduate with the Natural Science Illustration Certificate from Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education. She also has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from University of Connecticut. Her interest in art was sparked by studying Chinese calligraphy in primary school in Hong Kong. Mei has exhibited in many shows including Davis Art Gallery, Tower Hill Botanical Garden, and Art Providence. One of her watercolor paintings was also featured in Scenes and Seasons of a Small New England Village published by Leonard A. Haug. Mei is passionate about teaching and sharing her love of art, nature, and science. $55 Member Adult; $70 Adult (Registration includes admission to the Garden) Register at www.nebg.org
Smithsonian Associates presents a four session online studio arts course from May 30 – June 20 with Natalia Wilkins-Tyler. Learn to see like a scientist as you use watercolor and ink to illustrate specimens from nature. Gain confidence in observing form while documenting and interpreting what you see. Learn how to apply key techniques such as composition, working with color, and recording fine detail in nature journaling, watercolor painting, drawing, and creating stand-alone biological illustrations. Students with drawing or illustration and composition experience are welcome. Some previous drawing and watercolor experience is required.
This studio arts program is a Zoom Meeting to allow for patron and instructor interaction online. All Studio Arts programs require an online ticket for each participant so that the instructor can provide individual attention to every student registered for the online program. This program will be recorded. Please see our FAQ for recording terms and conditions. Please refer to the “Materials for this program” section on the registration page for any applicable supply list information and/or special documents for this program. $155 for Smithsonian members, $175 for non-members. https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/scientific-illustration-watercolor-and-ink
Variegated plants have next-level opportunities for stunning portraits and graphite is the versatile medium to pair with those intricate patterns. Susan Fisher will show you a systematic process that will sort out confusing value issues from the beginning. Learn manageable skills to produce tone and form for variegated subjects. Demonstrations, discussions and easy-to-follow exercises in graphite application are designed to refine proficiency. For intermediate to advanced artists. The three classes May 3 – 5 will take place in person at The Gardens at Elm Bank in Wellesley, sponsored by The Friends of Wellesley Botanic Gardens, and is $395 for Friends members, $495 for non-members. Contact wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu for more information.
In this Massachusetts Horticultural Society in person workshop, we will explore combining Asian paper collage with watercolor paints. The class takes place at the Gardens at Elm Bank in Wellesley on March 3 from 10:30 – 2:30. $55 for Mass Hort members, $75 for nonmembers. Register at www.masshort.org
The various textures of the papers and the slight resist quality of the glue, will result in interesting textural accidents when watercolor paints are added. Demos and handouts will be provided to create these uniquely textured paintings.
Instructed by Nan Rumpf
Nan Rumpf grew up in a small Iowa town on the banks of the Mississippi River, where she spent much of her childhood exploring the outdoors on her bicycle and daydreaming under a lilac bush. She graduated from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts. She has studied watercolor painting with Susan Swinand, Jane Goldman, Paul George, Charles Reid, Miles Batt, and Cheng Khee Chee.
Her paintings have been exhibited at The DeCordova Museum School Gallery, The Danforth Museum, The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, The Attleboro Arts Museum, The Wellesley Free Library (First Place Award), The Center For The Arts in Natick, Art on the Common in Needham (First Place Award), The Clinton Art show (Best In Show), Post Road Art (First Place Award in the Abstract Show), The Wellesley Community Center (Margaret Fitzwilliam Award for Excellence in Watercolor), The New England Watercolor Society Show in Cotuit (Woodruff Art Center Award) and her painting Soaring was awarded by George Nick in Concord Art’s Juried Members show.
She is a member of the Concord Art Association, the Wellesley Society of Artists, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society and is a signature member of the New England Watercolor Society. She was chosen as one of the two art judges for The Amazing Things Summer Juried Art Show in 2012.
She has been a visiting artist instructing students at Framingham State University, The Bancroft School, and at Medfield High School. She has given artist talks and demos for many art groups in New England.
Want to learn some very basic ways for drawing the nature you know and love here in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge? Join illustrator Clare Walker Leslie in a Sunday afternoon session on November 13. Appropriate for ages 10 and up, teens and adults. No previous drawing experience needed. Bring a drawing pad, several pencils and an eraser. There will be materials provided, as well. Workshop takes place indoors. Meet in Story Chapel, masks required. Registration required HERE. $7 for Friends of Mount Auburn, $12 for nonmembers.
In this Wellesley College Botanic Gardens class on four mornings, November 2, 4, 9 and 11, from 9:30 – 12:30, Tara Connaughton will help sharpen your drawing, painting, and color mixing skills through a series of small studies of fall treasures such as leaves and dried fruits. Each week will focus on a different subject with the goal of accurately representing each specimen’s form and color with watercolor. Emphasis will be placed on painting technique as well as the process of analyzing, mixing, and rendering color. Prerequisite is the completion of at least one Foundations class, or equivalent. Online via Zoom. WCBG members $150, nonmembers $190. Register by calling 781-283-3094.
