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Tag: Jeanne Kuntz

  • Saturdays, October 5 – 26, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Tonal Fall Treasures and Composition

    Gourds, mums and asters will be used to explore the elements of artistic composition on four Saturdays in October, October 5 – 26, from 10 – 12 in classes co-sponsored by the Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens and Weston Nurseries, 160 Pine Hill Road in Chelmsford.  Jeanne Kunze will guide you in developing and increasing design skills to relate multiple pictorial elements.  Use graphite on paper to develop designs expressing the shape, value, and rhythm of fall’s rich harvest on display.  Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens price is $100, nonmembers $125.  Register by calling 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.  Image from www.gertens.com.

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  • Saturdays, September 7 – 28, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Botanical Illustration: Basic Drawing Skills

    Weston Nurseries and the Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens will again partner to bring you the opportunity to study with experienced instructor Jeanne Kuntz on four successive Saturdays, September 7 – 24, from 10 – noon, surrounded by the newest Weston Nurseries’ world class garden center.  You will increase your awareness of and appreciation for plants via the drawing experience.  If you can write your name, you already have some basic drawing skills.  Gain confidence and develop your ability to draw what you see.  The site is at 160 Pine Hill Road in Chelmsford, the cost is $100 for WCBG Friends, $125 for the general public.  Sign up by calling 781-283-3094, or emailing wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu. Below is a photo of cacti from Weston Nurseries – let’s draw!

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