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  • Monday, January 28 – Wednesday, January 30, 9:30 am – 3:30 am – Dried Leaves, Branches, and Seedpods

    Make sure to collect your favorite specimens before snowfall to be the subjects of your winter composition of dried leaves, branches, and/or seedpods. Carrie Megan will conduct a three session class in the Putnam Classroom at The Gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street, Wellesley, and will show you how to use a range of different density pencil leads from 8H – 2B to create compelling compositions or studies and to render finely detailed drawings in graphite. This Wellesley College Botanic Garden class is for intermediate/advanced skill level. Classes will be held January 28 – 30 with a snow date of January 31. $275 for members of sponsoring organizations, $325 for nonmembers. Register at http://wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends.

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  • Saturday and Sunday, August 11 – 12, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Heirloom Tomatoes: Botanical Drawing in Color

    Heirloom tomatoes are the jewels of summer. In this two-day workshop at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on August 11 & 12 from 10 – 4, join botanical artist Helen Byers to draw their fascinating forms, rich colors, and surface and interior textures in detail. Helen’s demos, tips, and personalized instruction will guide students in practicing a technique of botanical drawing that combines colored pencil and watercolor.

    A supplies list will be sent to registrants. $150 for Tower Hill members, $165 for nonmembers. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.

    Helen Byers is an award-winning artist and educator whose botanical drawings and paintings have been internationally exhibited, published, and held in private collections. In recent years she has taught often at Tower Hill, as well as at Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Fruitlands Museums, Tin Mountain Conservation Center (NH), and Ghost Ranch Education & Retreat Center (NM). To learn more about her work, visit the artist’s website at http://helenbyers.com.  Illustration below by Asuku Hishiki.

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  • Monday & Tuesday, August 6 & 7, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Basic Drawing: Observing Nature with Graphite Pencil

    Drawing is a great way to observe nature and have fun recording what you see. However, it may cease to be fun if you aren’t sure about how to begin or can’t achieve the likeness of your subject that you would like. This Berkshire Botanical Garden two-day drawing workshop on August 6 & 7 will give you the basic concepts and skills to get started. Under the guidance of Carol Ann Morley you will learn how to look at the natural world and give shape and definition to your subject. Through graphite shading techniques you will understand how to accurately render some basic shapes that underlie any subject you choose to draw from a plant to landscape, giving depth and meaning to your art. Open to any level student from beginner to those with drawing skills.

    Bring a bag lunch. Materials list and registration at www.berkshirebotanical.org

    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.

    Advance registration is highly recommended, but walk-ins are always welcome, space permitting. $225 for BBG members, $250 for nonmembers.

    Withdrawals: To withdraw your registration from a class, please contact us as soon as possible so we can make your space available to others. If you give us at least 7 days’ notice prior to the event, we will refund you less an administrative fee equaling 25% of the program cost. Please note: we cannot offer refunds for withdrawals fewer than 7 days before a class.

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  • Mondays, January 29 – March 5, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Winter Fruits with Graphite and Wash

    Create a portrait of your favorite winter fruits, using undertones of graphite overlaid with transparent washes of watercolor. Through her guidance and demonstrations, Carrie Megan will help you achieve deliciously pleasing portraits. This Wellesley College Botanic Gardens class takes place on five Mondays, January 29, February 5, 12, 26, and March 5, with a snow date of March 12. For advanced beginners and above. $225 for Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, $275 for nonmembers. Register by calling 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.

  • Wednesday, January 10 – Friday, January 12, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Exploring Collections in Sepia

    This three day Wellesley College Botanic Gardens class on January 10 – 12 from 9:30 – 3:30 with Lara Call Gastinger will examine the process of composing collected subject matter and using sepia paint to document them in a painting that can tell a rich story. We will explore how mindful collection and assembly can change the way we look at objects. We will be using seed pods and dried winter specimens as our inspiration. Snow day Saturday, January 13 if needed. Friends of Wellesley Botanic Gardens $340, nonmembers $415. To register call 781-283-3094 or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.

  • Friday, January 5 – Sunday, January 7, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Leaves and Grasses in Graphite: The Beauty of Dried Forms

    Capture the beauty of nature’s dried plants with Carol Ann Morley at the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens in a three day session January 5 – 7 from 9:30 – 3:30 (snow date Monday, January 8). Make a compelling composition of the dried leaves and grasses left in winter’s fields, and work in graphite to lend drama and depth to your subject. Contrast slender flowing grass with the curvature of pods and angles of leaves, building a visual narrative of these beautiful forms. Carol includes daily drawing exercises and demonstrations. She breaks down the process of drawing, starting with observation and quick sketches, then developing a compositional idea. You will practice drawing to scale using structural lines to build form, and study the perpective of plant shapes and angles and the balance of tonal values in depth and design. Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens $250, nonmembers $300. Register at 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu. Drawing copyright Carol Ann Morley.

  • Thursdays, July 13, 20, and 27, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Floral Greetings

    Join Ellen Duarte in the greenhouses at the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens on three successive Thursdays, July 13, 20, and 27, from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, to draw your favorite flowers, then explore ways to have your creations reproduced as notecards and other items. Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens: $115, nonmembers: $140. Register at www.wellesley.edu/wcbg/learn.

  • Saturday, June 17 and Wednesday, June 21, 9:00 am – 11:00 am – Capturing Natural Textures with Pencil, and Landscape Sketching

    Erica Beade, an illustrator and educator, offers observational drawing classes in and around Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Sketching workshops are held at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, and on Saturday, June 17 from 9 – 11 she will explore Capturing Natural Textures with Pencil, and on Wednesday, June 21, will conduct a class in Landscape Sketching.  Each workshop costs $40, and you may sign up by email at sketchclass@verizon.net.  For more information on Erica, visit her website, http://observationaldrawing.com.

  • Saturday and Sunday, August 13 & 14, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Shine On: Summer Fruits and Vegetables in Colored Pencil

    Join botanical artist/illustrator Helen Byers at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston for a weekend focused on the forms and surface textures of shiny, smooth-skinned fruits and vegetables. Instruction will cover step-by-step techniques of detailed botanical drawing in colored pencil, including toning, underpainting, layering, and blending. Daily demos and personalized instruction. A list of recommended supplies will be sent to registrants. All levels welcome; some drawing experience helpful. To see galleries of Helen’s work and slideshows from her courses, visit helenbyers.com. The class will be held Saturday and Sunday, August 13 & 14 from 10 – 4. THBG members $130, nonmembers $145. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Sunday, July 17, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Artist Journaling Workshop

    How do you generate and develop good ideas? Explore nature, art and history and make a sketchbook of life to keep the ideas flowing. Artists make visual notes, taking stock of thoughts and impressions. Whether you are an artist feeling blocked, or someone wishing to create a personal visual journal, this July 17 Fruitlands Museum class is for you. We will make a small, portable sketchbook and use it to explore visual note taking in a historic landscape. Drawing experience not necessary. Time: 10-3PM Price: $100 Fruitlands Members, $125 Nonmembers. Register at www.fruitlands.org, or call (978) 456.3924. Fruitlands is located at 102 Prospect Hill Road in Harvard, Massachusetts.