Plant Portraits in Spring

Program led by: Kathie Miranda

This is a 4-session workshop held weekly on Thursdays

Class Dates: 4 Thursdays, May 5th - 26th, 2022

Class Time: 10:00 pm - 1:00 pm 

Finally, the end of winter and the arrival of spring flowers to brighten our days.  With the first snowdrops and daffodils, spring flowers are a count-down to warmer days when we can spend more time outdoors enjoying the myriad shapes and colors of blossoms.  Each week select a different flowering plant from your garden or local florist to create a simple painting (“portrait”).

Select flowering plants, shrubs, vines or trees that interest you:  for example, pansies, gardenia, dogwood, magnolia, and clematis.

Follow along with live demonstrations by the instructor to learn how to layer colors to match a variety of delicate, transparent colors, as well as practical strategies to paint white blossoms.  Tips for arranging multiple elements into a pleasing design on your page are presented throughout the course.

Some drawing and watercolor experience preferred

The structure of our Zoom class meetings is similar to our live, 3-hour classroom experience: live demonstrations followed by time to work on your project “together in class”. The last ~ 30 minutes of class is devoted to a review and Q&A session. There is a private photo-sharing group folder on the Google Drive app where we can download and view our completed projects. Drive details are available in the first class.

Kathie Miranda is a contemporary multi-media artist and educator. A graduate of Pace University, with further studies at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts and Paier College of Art, she coordinated the Art program at the New York Botanical Garden and is past-president of the New York chapter of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators.  

Guest are responsible for purchasing their own material. A material list will be provided.

- Recommended Book (please borrow from library before purchasing): Botanical Illustration for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide, Meriel Thurstan and Rosie Martin, Batsford, 2015

Please contact the education department with questions

Bartlett Arboretum Education Department Director E-mail: Mbelletzkie@bartlettarboretum.org 

Location: Class will be held on Zoom for the entire term.

Cost: The workshop costs $170 Members can take advantage of a 10% discount at check-out!

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