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Draw and Paint Summer Fruit at Wellesley College Botanic Gardens

July 16, 2012 by Tania Marien

NEW!
Fruits from the Orchard
August 24-26, 2012

In this three-day class, Catherine Watters will teach you how to capture the the elegant shapes, fine textures and bold colors of fresh fruit. For advanced beginners to advanced artists. Cost: $375 WCBG Friends Members, $470 non-members. Download Details

Here is what else you’ll find at Wellesley College Botanic Gardens:


Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens
Certificate Program in Botanical Art and Illustration

www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends
This program offers several weekly and two- or three-day classes on botanical art and scientific illustration with Sarah Roche and Jeanne Kunze and seminars with visiting instructors including Susan Fisher, D. L. Friedman, Kathie Miranda, Carol Ann Morley, Kate Nessler, Elaine Searle, Catherine Watters and more. The courses offered through this program cover all aspects of botanical art. The following is only a glimpse of what this program offers:

  • Foundations of Botanical Drawing and Painting
  • Techniques of Botanical Drawing and Painting
  • Plant Drawing for the Petrified
  • On Location: Daylilies with Sarah Roche
  • Fruit from the Orchard
  • Botanical Painting on Vellum
  • Flowers as They Grow
  • Playing with Transparency: Colored Pencil on Mylar
  • View current schedule & instructor bios


Additional Learning Opportunities

Daylilies at Collamore Field Gardens – July 17-19, 2012; 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM. Learn about daylilies at Collamore Field Gardens, an American Hemerocallis Society Display Garden featuring over 650 varieties of daylilies. Sketch lilies in the garden during peak bloom and learn how to transform your sketch into a watercolor painting in the studio. Botanical artist and instructor, Sarah Roche, will show you how! Cost: WCFG Friends Members $225, Non-members, $275. To register, contact wcbgfriends@wellesley.edu or call (781) 283-3094.

Introduction to Botanical Art – Mondays, August 13-17, 2012; 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM. Explore the world of botanical art in this course designed especially for beginners. Sarah Roche guides your experience through structured exercises, projects, and demonstrations. She exposes you to the basic techniques and methods of botanical drawing and watercolor painting. If you have an interest in plants and botany and a yearning to record what you see on paper, then this class is for you. Sarah Roche is a botanical artist and teacher and the Education Chair of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Cost: $250 WCBG Friends Members, $300 Nonmembers. Download Details

NEW! Fruits from the Orchard – August 24-26, 2012; 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM. In this three-day class, Catherine Watters will teach you how to capture the elegant shapes, fine textures and bold colors of fresh fruit. For advanced beginners to advanced artists. Cost: $375 WCBG Friends Members, $470 non-members. Download Details

This information has also been posted at Classes Near You > Massachusetts.

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