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A new school year begins at Wellesley Botanic Garden

September 3, 2015 12:06 AM

A new school year begins in the Certificate Program in Botanical Art and Illustration at Wellesley College Botanic Gardens. Here is what’s new at Classes Near You > Massachusetts:

Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens
Certificate Program in Botanical Art and Illustration
http://www.wellesley.edu/wcbgfriends

This program offers several weekly and one- to three-day classes on botanical art with lead instructor and Education Director Sarah Roche as well as Carol Govan, Carrie Megan, Carol Ann Morley, Esther Klahne, and other visiting instructors. The courses offered through this program cover all aspects of botanical art. Along with Sarah’s twice-yearly offerings, Foundations of Botanical Drawing and Painting and the more advanced Techniques of Botanical Drawing and Painting, here is a brief overview of the 2015-2016 course offerings:

Carrie Megan’s Beginning Botanical Drawing I and II classes and Seed Pods: Larger than Life in Black & White and Ranunculus (or Roses) in Spring
Carol Govan’s Introduction to Botany Through Drawing
Susan Fisher’s Color Mixing for Artists
Carol Ann Morley’s Pen & Ink I: Foundations for Botanical Rendering
Ann Swan’s Taster Day and Tactile Textures, Tips and Tricks
Esther Klahne’s Season of Wither: A Studio Focus on Vellum
Denise Walser-Kolar’s Painting on Vellum
Lara Call Gastinger’s Painting in Sepia
Sarah Roche’s beginner class, Drawing and Painting for the Petrified
Sarah Roche’s studio focus class Leafy Greens