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  • Wednesday – Friday, August 13 – 15, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Botanical Illustration: Colorful Garden Fruits and Berries with Colored Pencil

    This three day intensive Berkshire Botanical workshop on August 13 – 15 from 10 – 4 each day, will focus on colored-pencil techniques for botanical illustration. Learn to capture the vibrant colors of garden fruits and berries. Find out how many multiple overlays of colors it can take to give depth, shine and texture to one berry! Draw from the abundance of the summer garden and make intriguing compositions of fruit, berries and foliage. Explore creative possibilities, whether traditional or whimsical, and make exciting background textures or borders to enhance your artwork. This is a playful workshop suitable for all student levels. Basic skills will be taught in drawing, colored pencil techniques and composition.

    Carol Ann Morley is an illustrator and dedicated teacher of botanical illustration working in Dover, NH. She founded the Botanical Art Illustration Certificate Program at the New York Botanical Garden and teaches illustration there and at other botanical gardens. This is Ms. Morley’s only summer workshop in the Berkshires for 2014. BBG member price $260; non-members $290.  Register at http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/ai1ec_event/botanical-illustration-colorful-garden-fruits-and-berries-with-colored-pencil/?instance_id=2625.

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  • Wednesday, August 14 – Friday, August 16, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Botanical Illustration: Drawing Fruits and Flowers with Colored Pencil

    This Berkshire Botanical Garden intensive workshop will focus on colored-pencil techniques for botanical illustration. Learn ways to create textured backgrounds and colors smooth as glass or rough as sandpaper. This versatile medium can be used to mimic an oil painting, pastel or watercolor. Explore a full range of techniques for creating both bold and subtle effects that will bring a botanical drawing alive. Participants should bring a pear and other fruits or flowers to include in their illustrations. Click here for Materials List.

    Carol Ann Morley is an illustrator and dedicated teacher of botanical illustration working in Dover, NH. She founded the Botanical Art Illustration Certificate Program at the New York Botanical Garden and teaches illustration there and for other botanical gardens. This is Ms. Morley’s only summer workshop in the Berkshires for 2013.

    This is a 3-day class: August 14, 15 and 16, 10 – 4 at Berkshire Botanical Garden. BBG member price $260, nonmembers $290.  Bring a bag lunch. Register on line at www.berkshirebotanical.org, or call 413-298-3926.

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  • Tuesday, August 16 – Thursday, August 18, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Botanical Illustration with Colored Pencil

    This Berkshire Botanical Garden three day intensive workshop, from 10 – 4 on  Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, August 16, 17 and 18 will focus on colored pencil techniques for botanical illustration. Learn ways to create textured backgrounds with the brilliant hues of colored pencils. This versatile color medium can create colors smooth as glass and rough as sandpaper and by changing technique mimic an oil painting, pastel or watercolor. Discover which colors glow together and others that harmonize in a composition. Explore a full range of techniques for creating both bold and subtle effects that will bring a botanical drawing alive. Participants should bring a pear and other fruits or flowers to include in their illustrations.  Bring a bag lunch and enjoy your meal in and around the garden.

    Carol Ann Morley is an illustrator and dedicated teacher of botanical illustration working in Dover, NH. She founded the Botanical Art Illustration Certificate Program at the New York Botanical Garden and teaches illustration there and for other botanical gardens. This is Ms. Morley’s only workshop at the Berkshire Botanical Garden for 2011.  To register on line ($195 for BBG members, $225 for nonmembers) log on to www.berkshirebotanical.org, or call 413-298-3926.

     

  • Tuesday, April 19 – Thursday, April 21, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm – Going Underground: Bulbs and Roots

    Award winning botanical artist/illustrator Elaine Searle from England joins the Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture to share her approach to this often overlooked subject, Bulbs and Roots.  Starting with close observation and tonal graphite drawings, students will work towards a finished watercolor study capturing tangled and fragile roots, translucent colors, and the wonderful papery texture of bulbs.  Elaine has a relaxed and supportive teaching style, which along with her demonstrations and individual guidance will enable students of all levels to make good progress.  Some drawing and watercolor experience is required.  The class will take place at the Wellesley College Botanic Garden on Tuesday, April 19 – Thursday, April 21, from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm, and the WCFH member price is $495, non members $595.  To register, or for more infomation, call 781-283-3094, ext. 4, or email horticulture@wellesley.edu.  Below is Mary Grierson’s painting Colocasia Esculenta.

  • Saturday and Sunday, January 15 & 16, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Botanical Illustration

    Brighten up winter with a colored pencil illustration class at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, on Saturday and Sunday, January 15 and 16, from 10 – 4. Create a still life of flowers, fruits or vegetables on black paper. This colored pencil technique enables students to achieve a dramatic effect with a deep black background in contrast to the rich bright colors of flowers, fruits and vegetables, resulting in a pleasing still life that glows. Basic colored pencil techniques are taught the first day as well as how to mix colors for light and shade. Beginning students will work on a small study and advanced on to a larger rendering. Work from color photos or bring a variety of flowers, fruits and vegetables to draw.

    Carol Ann Morely is a professional illustrator and dedicated teacher of botanical illustration working in Dover, N.H. She founded the Botanical Art Illustration Certificate Program at the New York Botanical Garden. She currently teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, and the Institute of Ecological Studies. BBG members $150, nonmembers $175. Call 413-298-3926, or email info@berkshirebotanical.org.  Illustration from Decor Arts Now.

  • Horticulture Distance Learning Courses Through Cornell University

    The world renowned Cornell University Department of Horticulture offers hands-on, online courses for gardeners and professionals.  All courses feature practical activities because the faculty believes learning by doing is key to any successful online horticulture course.

    Web based instruction is a great way to learn about horticulture, but it is no substitute for acquiring skills by doing.  Dr. Ken Mudge began developing online courses more than 10 years ago for the Department of Horticulture.  You won’t just read about grafting, cutting and related propagation strategies.  Online lectures, virtual field trips, discussions and quizzes are among the activities that will engage you in the history, botanical principles, and horticultural applications.  Class size is limited.  To facilitate online discussion, a different topic is each week’s focus, but you can log on at your convenience anytime during the week.  The only prerequisites are a computer with an Internet connection and a willingness to learn.  Many online students have never taken an online course before.  Cornell provides a tutorial to familiarize you with the instructional web site, and is happy to help you through any technology problems you may encounter.  These courses do not carry academic credit, but upon completion, students receive a Certificate of Completion and qualify for Continuing Education Credit.

    A new session begins January 25 and runs through March 15.  Two of the announced courses, Botanical Illustration I: Basic Drawing Techniques, and Botanical Illustration II: Working with Watercolor, each cost $500, and questions on the course may be sent to me14@cornell.edu.  Other proposed courses are Plant Propagation and Organic Gardening, tentatively scheduled for late winter.  To be notified about these two courses, email mw38@cornell.edu.  For complete information on Cornell’s online program, log on to www.cals.cornell.edu/cals/hort/teaching/distance-learning/.

  • Thursday, July 30, 6-7:30 – Opening Reception, “Illuminating Nature” Scanner Photography

    Ellen Hoverkamp was a pioneer in using the flatbed scanner as a tool to create fine art.  Her technique involves making intricate arrangements from plants, vegetables and natural objects.  The light from the scanner reflects the subject making the arrangement appear to glow against a dark background.  Inspiration for her work comes from the Victorian botanical illustration, particularly “Language of Flowers” bouquets, and Dutch still life painting.  Hovercamp gratefully utilizes cuttings offered from local gardeners and farmers in her scanned compositions. This collaboration with the gardening community began in 1997 and continues today, as she works to preserve souvenirs of the garden.  She views her pictures, often named for the gardeners, as portraits of flowers and also portraits of those who grew them.  “Friends, family, neighbors, and even people I hardly know invite me to cut and use their flowers and vegetables for my work.”  See more of Ellen Hoverkamp’s work at www.myneighborsgarden.com.  The Exhibit will run from July 28 – September 16, 2009 at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts. The reception will feature a cash bar and light refreshments.  Free and open to the public.    For more information, call 508-869-6111 or log on to www.towerhillbg.org.