Carlyn Iverson, professional photographer, illustrator for more than 200 textbooks and publications The technique of using graphite and charcoal as you paint is unequaled for rendering detail and threedimensional form. Carlyn will explain the process, materials, and tools needed to create a work of art with carbon dust. You’ll be encouraged by the “tricks” she will show you as you learn how to capture the dimensions and textures of botanical specimens and create field sketches. For the “field” portion of the class, you’ll spend time in our warm, lush, blooming conservatory and green interior collections, using
colored pencils to sketch your impressions. Then you’ll return to the classroom and start practicing the magic of carbon-dust illustration. Pack a lunch (or purchase one in the café) so as not to waste a second. Hands on, all experience levels. Limit 20, Visitor Center $99 members/$115 non-members, includes Arboretum admission
FLOWER ARRANGING CITRUS IN FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS: A SPRING BREAK FOR THE SENSES (100-02-21-15) Saturday, February 21, 2015, 9:30 a.m. – Noon
CREATING BREATHTAKING FLOWER DESIGNS FROM YOUR CORNER MARKET KIOSK (100-03-14-15) Saturday, March 14, 2015, 9:30 a.m. – Noon
Ashley Fox, acclaimed floral designer, former horticulture educator at the Arboretum www.ashleyfoxdesigns.com Revive sagging mid-winter spirits with bright notes of citrus fruit and sherbet-colored flowers. You’ll enter a classroom full of the refreshing fragrance of oranges, limes, lemons and kumquats still on the branch, and armfuls of fresh flowers. Ashley will offer design tips using three luscious sample arrangements, then you will choose which one to create yourself. Your finished arrangement will have a florist value around $75. Limit 24, Learning Center $69 member/$81 non-member, includes Arboretum admission, vase, flowers, and other class materials
Ashley Fox, acclaimed floral designer, former horticulture educator at the Arboretum www.ashleyfoxdesigns.com You’ll feel as if you’ve entered Ashley’s own design studio as you learn the FUNdamentals of design, taking the ordinary and turning it into the extraordinary. You’ll receive your own pair of clippers (Ashley’s favorite brand) along with countless tips on how to use easily obtained materials from the grocery store, household plant cuttings, and those “sleeves” of supermarket flowers. Bring to class a favorite dish – a footed pedestal candy dish or a low ceramic bowl, vase, or antique find that measures about 9” tall by 7” wide. Ashley will supply the rest. Limit 24, Learning Center $69 member/$81 member, includes Arboretum admission, flowers, and a new take-home pair of florist clippers
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Fall/Winter 2014 -15
FINE ARTS, LITERATURE AND CRAFTS
FIELD SKETCHING: FROM COLORED PENCIL TO CARBON DUST (100-03-28-15) Saturday, March 28, 2015, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
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