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  • Saturday, August 31, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Summer Harvest: Botanical Drawing

    It can happen in summer. You find yourself lingering over fruits and veggies in the market, examining the “amazing” ones, rearranging the displays. If this sounds familiar, you may need help. Time for a botanical art session at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on August 31 from 9:30 – 3:30 with Helen Byers. Choose a subject that “calls” to you, and join us to draw its portrait in colored pencil. Helen’s instructional tips and demos will help you achieve accurate colors, proportions, and textures. A materials list will be sent to registrants. This is an intermediate level class.

    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).

    Tower Hill Botanic Garden member price $84, nonmembers $94. Register at www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Saturday & Sunday, July 28 & 29, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Summer Blooms: Botanical Studies in Watercolor

    Join botanical artist Helen Byers on July 28 and 29 from 10 – 4 in this two-day Tower Hill Botanic Garden workshop to celebrate summer flowers. Analyzing the forms of selected blooms from life and under magnification, we will create detailed watercolor studies of their botanical features and “personalities.” Helen’s demos, tips, and personalized instruction will guide students in the practice of painting in layers, using wet-into-wet, dry-brush, and masking techniques to achieve luminous color, challenging textures, and fine details.

    A supplies list will be sent to registrants. $150 for Tower Hill members, $165 for nonmembers. Register online 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 helenbyers.com.

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  • Tuesday, April 24 – Wednesday, April 25, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Spring Blooms in Graphite and Watercolor

    Join botanical artist Helen Byers in this two-day workshop at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 24 and 25 from 10 – 4, to draw and/or paint anemones, daffodils, early tulips, or another spring blossom of your choice. Helen’s demos and personalized instruction will cover step-by-step processes of detailed botanical art techniques using graphite in combination with watercolor. (Returning students may substitute colored pencil for graphite, if they wish.) To see examples of Helen’s work and slideshows from her courses, go to http://helenbyers.com

    A supplies list will be sent to registrants. THBG members $150, nonmembers $165. Register at https://towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org/pages/event-registration-form—spring-blooms-in-graphite-and-watercolor

    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).

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