This Berkshire Botanical Garden two session workshop December 1 and 8 from 19 – 1 will focus on using dry brush watercolor to replicate the colors and forms of the Season’s Flora, poinsettia, ivy, and laurel. “Dry brush” refers to the art of using only a small amount of paint to damp a brush. Create paintings to turn into seasonal holiday cards. Learn the basics of the dry brush technique, including color mixing and layering, working from light to dark, adding fine detail and using dry brush with the “skin” of dried paint on the palette. Techniques to be covered: color mixing and layering, working from light to dark, adding fine detail, using a dry brush. We will also create botanical tints for the base layer, which will generate shape by adding a luminous shadow.. This two-session class led by botanical artists Anastasia Traina will include instructional time and group critique.

Anastasia Traina is a member of SAG, WGA, The Dramatists Guild, The American Society of Botanical Artists, the Tri-State Botanical Artists of NYBG, the SBA, as well as Circle East and graduated with honors from the NYBG botanical art degree program. She lives in upstate New York with her husband, dog, two rabbits and her 40,000 bees.

$95 for BBG members, $110 for nonmembers. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/seasonal-cards-dry-brush-watercolor