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Harvard Museum of Natural History
www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Serves as the public face of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Harvard University Herbaria and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum. Founded in 1998, this museum receives over 190,000 visitors each year.
- The Art of Botanical Drawing – Saturdays, November 5 – Dec 3, 2011; 9:30-11:30 AM. Learn botanical art techniques and explore plant forms using pencil, watercolor and colored pencil. All levels of experience welcome. Class size is limited. Cost: $140 nonmember, $126 members. No class on November 26. View registration details here.
Sarah Roche
www.sarahrochebotanicalart.com
Sarah teaches botanical drawing and painting at the Wellesley College Botanic Garden, the South Shore Art Center, and the Copley Society. She is the director of the botanical art and illustration program at Wellesley and the current Education Co-chair of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Visit Sarah’s website for current class information.
Wellesley College Friends of Horticulture
Certificate Program in Botanical Art and Illustration
www.wellesley.edu/WCFH
This program offers several weekly classes on botanical art and scientific illustration with Sarah Roche and Jeanne Kunze and seminars with visiting instructors including Carol Ann Morley, Wendy Hollender, Carolyn Payzant, Elaine Searle, and more. The courses offered through this program cover all aspects of botanical art. The list below is only a glimpse of what this program offers.
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- Foundations of Botanical Drawing and Painting
- Techniques of Botanical Drawing and Painting
- Plant Drawing for the Petrified
- Tonal Drawing Fundamentals/Tonal Drawing Applied: Leaves
- Ink Brush Painting
- Color Mixing for Artists
- Botanical Art Research Seminar
- Finishing Studios
