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  • Saturday, April 27, 9:30 am – 11:30 am – Chinese Brush Painting: Violets

    The Four Seasons have been used in Chinese painting since the Song dynasty (960-1279). Through demonstration and hands-on practice, you will explore and develop an understanding of the different brush stokes to create an expressive orchid painting. This class is great for beginners as well as experienced artists. If you want to find out how exciting, relaxing, and fun it is to paint and be inspired by beautiful African Violets, don’t miss this fun New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill class on April 27 from 9:30 – 11:30. 

    Most of the material is included with registration.

    Required Materials (Not included with registration):

    1. Two containers (one for clean water and the other for cleaning brushes, minimum size: 2 cups)
    2. Two flat white 6-8 inches plate (small dinner plate is ok)

    Instructor: Sau-Mei Leung

    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 (includes admission to the Garden) Register HERE

  • Sunday, June 25, 9:30 am – 11:30 pm – Chinese Brush Painting: Poppies & Butterflies

    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):

    1. Two containers (one for clean water and the other for cleaning brushes, minimum size: 2 cups)
    2. 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

  • Thursdays, April 1 – May 6, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Chinese Brush Painting, Online

    This Massachusetts Horticultural Society online workshop will start off with a demonstration of all of the basic strokes and information about the materials. Then we will progress to paint the following subjects: river reflections, the rabbit, garden pea and yellow butterfly, gladiolus and praying mantis, goldfish, and the rooster. These lessons would work for beginners as well as artists with some experience with Chinese brush painting. Each class is two hours long and meets for 6 sessions. $120 for MHS members, $165 general admission. Register here, and access materials list: www.masshort.org

    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

  • Thursday, May 7, 6-7:30 – Opening Reception, “The Poetry of a Chinese Watercolor Spring”

    Jing Hua’s watercolor painting garnered high acclaim in her last exhibit at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts.  Jing Hua uses traditional Chinese brush painting techniques to paint landscapes, birds and flowers, and figures in either detail or free style.  Her watercolors move between classic and contemporary Chinese concepts.  Ms. Dalia’s works reflect her intensive training that began at the age of nine with her father, the prominent Chinese artist and calligraphy master Chiang Kai-shek’s son, Chiang Ching-guo, the President of the Republic of China.  Her studying continued under some of China’s most outstanding watercolorists. She earned a degree from the National Taiwan Normal University and went on to graduate work in Hawaii.  She has exhibited at galleries across the country including the Soho Art Museum, The Copley Society, and the Currier Museum.  Meet the artist at the opening reception, which will offer 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.  The exhibit will run from May 5 – June 14, 2009.