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  • Thursday, September 29 & Friday, September 30, 10:00 am – 3:30 pm – The Garden in Pastel

    Learn how to capture the splendor of the Garden with the deep pigments that can only be found with pastels. This Berkshire Botanical Garden two part class is appropriate for beginners to intermediate students. A materials list will be provided upon registration. Students will work en plein air, learning the fundamentals of this medium before using it to render the late summer garden in all its glory. The class takes place September 29 and 30 from 10 – 3:30. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/garden-pastel-0

    Cheryl Moore is an artist and educator who specializes in watercolor and oil pastel. With more than 40 years of teaching experience working with children and adults, she holds a BA from Rhode Island School of Design and has trained in botanical art with Janet Walsh, Charles Reid and Jack Flynn.

  • Wednesday, September 1 – Saturday, September 4, 10:30 am – 2:45 pm – The Garden in Pastel

    Learn how to capture the splendor of Garden with the deep pigments that can only be found with pastels. This four session Berkshire Botanical Garden class, September 1 – 4 from 10:30 – 2:45 each day, is appropriate for beginners to intermediate students. A materials list will be provided upon registration. Students will work in-plein-air, learning the fundamentals of this medium before using it to rendering the late summer garden in all its glory. Instructor Cheryl Moore is an artist and educator who specializes in watercolor and oil pastel. She has more than 40 years of teaching experience working with children and adults. Cheryl holds a B.A. from Rhode Island School of Design and has trained in botanical art with Janet Walsh, Charles Reid, and Jack Flynn.

    $250 for BBG members, $300 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/garden-pastel

  • Tuesdays, September 25 – November 13, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, OR Tuesdays, September 25 – November 13, 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm – Improve Your Watercolor Skills

    Join the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for this eight-week course (September 25 – November 13) with artist and instructor Nan Rumpf. Classes are designed to further develop your watercolor painting skills and techniques. Each lesson is an activity designed to explore a different art element, principle, or painting technique. Explore the many possibilities of watercolor as you enhance your personal painting style and discover your artistic voice. Handouts, demos, painting examples, critiques will be supplied by the instructor.

    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 B.A. She currently lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts. She has worked as a professional puppeteer, designing and constructing her own puppets and masks. She organized dramatic arts workshops in public schools and libraries for twenty years.

    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. Learn more at www.nanrumpf.com

    $330 for Mass Hort members, $380 for nonmembers. Register online for morning sessions at https://masshort.org/education-events/improve-your-watercolor-skills-morning/2018-09-25/ or for afternoon sessions at https://masshort.org/education-events/improve-your-watercolor-skills-afternoon/2018-09-25/

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