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Tag: Wellesley Botanic Garden

  • Friday, August 12 – Sunday, August 14, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Bring in the Garden

    The Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture bring Carol Ann Morley to guide you in this three day course at the Wellesley College Botanic Garden, Friday, August 12 through Sunday, August 14, from 9:30 – 3:30 each day.  Discover graphite pencil techniques for sketching more quickly and looking more closely at flower structures.  Sketch the shape and movement of flowers sitting amongst them in the garden.  Then bring your notes and sketches into the studio to render the intricacies of flowering plants with finely detailed tonal studies.  WCFH members $250, non-members $300.  To register, call 781-283-3094, or log on to www.wellesley.edu/WCFH.  Illustration by Diane Cardaci.

  • Saturdays, April 30 – May 28, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Elements of Botanic Illustration: Beginning Watercolor Techniques

    Join Jeanne Kunze (one of her peony pictures is shown below) at the Wellesley Botanic Garden on five successive Saturdays, April 30 – May 28, from 9:30 – 12:30, in an art and plant exploration inspired by the interrelationship of paper, brushes, water, and pigments.  Mixing color and application will be the focus of this beginning watercolor experience, sponsored by the Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture.  Be guided with classroom sequential exercises and demonstrations.  Bring your curiosity and enthusiasm to class and learn techniques to express our “inner artist.”  There will be group instruction followed by individualized attention from the instructor.  Some previous drawing experience is helpful.  WCFH members $225, non-members $275.  To register, log on to www.wellesley.edu/WCFH, or call 781-283-3094, ext. 4.