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  • Saturday, April 11, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Spring Watercolor: Verdant Greens

    In this April 11 Native Plant Trust watercolor workshop at Garden in the Woods, we will observe the flora and fauna of Garden in the Woods and capture the essence of spring through painting. We will practice foundational color washes and explore the warm and cool tones within spring greens. When painting in plein air (outdoors), something new begins. As your thoughts are quiet, you’ll observe nature’s new growth and capture its details with earth colors. All materials are provided, and all experience levels are welcome. Taught by Heidy Sumei Chuang, the cost of the four hour session is a modest $100. Register at https://www.nativeplanttrust.org/events/spring-watercolor-verdant-greens/. Painting below copyrighted by Heidy Sumei Chuang.

  • Saturday, March 16, 1:00 pm – Paint Party with Jazen’s Art Studio

    Join Jazen’s Art Studio for a special Paint Party at Polly Hill Arboretum. Follow along with Jaz and paint an Arboretum landscape scene that you can admire in your home for years to come. All supplies will be included. Space is very limited; advanced registration is required and expected to sell out. Please meet at the Education Center & Botany Lab. $50. Proceeds benefit Polly Hill Arboretum and help make it possible to hold future affordable and free educational programs for our community. Thank you for your support! Sign up HERE

  • 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.

  • Thursday, July 27, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Watercolor Painting in a Day: Coneflowers

    Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, welcomes instructor Sue Dion on Thursday, July 27 from 10 – 4 for a class on painting coneflowers. This step-by-step project will focus on classic techniques such as wet into wet and wet on dry, charging, glazing and calligraphic stroke work. Students will receive tips and techniques for stronger compositions and creating a sense of depth in their paintings. Materials List provided upon enrollment. Optional Project Kit is available for purchase for $85 (or rental for $25). Class price is $65 for Tower Hill members, $80 for nonmembers. Register online at https://towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org/pages/event-registration-form—watercolor-painting-in-a-day-coneflowers

    Sue Dion is a painter whose works are vibrant, creative, interpretations of her surroundings. Her main areas of interest include floral still-life, abstracts and landscapes. Born and raised in Massachusetts, the daughter of a wholesale florist, she draws on a lifetime of beautiful surroundings for her inspirations. Sue currently teaches watercolor and other artistic disciplines at the Worcester Art Museum and her Worcester and Uxbridge studios. Sue is an innovative and informative instructor whose popular classes are often filled to capacity. Sue’s work has received numerous awards both regionally and nationally and her internationally collected paintings hang in many public and private collections.

  • Monday, August 1 – Friday, August 5, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – The Simplified Landscape

    In this new Cambridge Center for Adult Education one week course we will seek to understand the elements of landscape painting through methods of abstraction and simplification. We will begin by studying our motif on it’s simplest level to comprehend what we are truly seeing. Instructor Jeremy Raymond Durling will lead the program, beginning Monday August 1 from 9 – 1, at the Brattle Street location. $255. Register at http://learn.ccae.org/modules/shop/index.html?action=section&OfferingID=1864&SectionID=6501

  • Friday, May 20 – Sunday, May 22, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Composition Challenge

    Helen Allen returns to the Wellesley College Botanic Garden for a three day workshop May 20 – 22 from 9:30 – 3:30.  Plant studies, colors, and drawings are fun part of creating a beautiful painting, but the challenge is always in composing the page.  Helen Allen leads the challenge to create an image that is balanced and draws the viewer to have a closer look – an image that can enchant and inform.  Through three days, you will fall in love with your chosen plant, study its habit, and develop drawings that can be used to compose three different paintings.  Identify blocks and position of color and study the balance of your compositions.  Then, choose the best and spend a day adding color to guide you in completing the painting at home.

    A textile designer-turned-teacher, Helen attended the English Gardening School in the Chelsea Physic Garden where she gained the prestigious Diploma in Botanical Painting and Illustration.

    Wellesley Friends $375, nonmembers $475.  Register by calling 781-283-3094.

  • Tuesdays, May 3 – May 24, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Leafy Greens: A Studio Focus

    In this Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Garden four week class with Sarah Roche, you will explore your palette to unlock the potential of mixing greens.  Focus on the nuances of form and texture, and refine your leaf painting skills.  This class is geared for artists at both Foundations and Techniques levels of experience.  Tuesdays, May 3, 10, 17 and 24, from 9:30 – 12:30, Friends fee $150, nonmembers $200.  Register at 781-283-3094, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.

  • Saturdays, November 1 – November 22, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Fruits of Fall: Painting Acorns and Chestnuts on Vellum

    Esther Klahne guides you in capturing autumn fruits’ shapes and highlights as well as achieving a balanced composition.  Working on vellum, choose your subject from an assortment of acorn or chestnut specimens, either your own or those provided.  This Class, sponsored by the Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, will take place on four successive Saturdays, November 1 – 22, from 9:30 – 12:30, on campus.  The cost is $200 for Friends, $250 for non-members.  Register by calling 781-283-3094 or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu.  The tuition includes the cost of the provided vellum.

  • Wednesday and Thursday, July 23 and 24, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Depth in Detail

    The ability to create convincing 3D realism in botanical art can make or break a piece.  This Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens two-day workshop, to be held Wednesday & Thursday, July 23 – 24, with Elaine Searle, covers the basics of making adjustments to the amount of detail, strength of shadows, clarity of colors, and more to enhance the perception of depth in a botanical painting.  You will work on a small painting in class that you can complete at home to reinforce your learning.  Elaine will offer an email critique of your final painting.  The class meets at the Visitors Center from 9:30 – 3:30, and costs $225 for Friends, $280 for nonmembers.  Call 781-283-3094 to register, or email wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu. Picture below copyright Elaine Searle.

    http://www.botanicalartists.com/ElaineSearle/SearleElaine_Rheum_rhabarbarum.jpg

  • Sunday, June 29, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, and Wednesday, July 9, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Transcendental Abstractions

    Meet Fruitlands Museum’s Artist-in-Residence Richard Kattman and tour his new exhibit of abstract paintings.  Some of Richard’s works are inspired by natural elements—sea, wind, sand, grass, sky, flowers, fields, woods, gardens and night stars. Some canvases are his views of the earth as it appears from space. Some are drawn from infinite places located within his subconscious. Others are explorations he takes at the speed of light to places he imagines in deep outer space. These artworks portray the fragility of life and the known universe. The exhibit will run through August 10.

    On Sunday, June 29, from 2 – 4, Richard will give a formal presentation and demonstration on abstract painting, free with museum admission.  On Wednesday, July 9, from 10 – 3, attend an Abstract Landscape Painting class.  This one day plein air workshop will cover the steps of capturing the essentials of the Fruitlands landscape in acrylics on canvas.  All skill levels are welcome.  Registration required.  Email Melissa at mkershaw@fruitlands.org.  Museum members $100, nonmembers $110.