Materials Lists for Friends of Wellesley College Botanic Gardens Classes

On the following pages you’ll find the materials lists for the various art courses given by WCBG Friends.

Each materials list is on a separate page, so that you can easily print only the pages you need.

The lists are in the following order: • Alphabetically by type of class (BAC, HOR, WCC, etc.) • Academic year of class (13, 14, 15, etc.) • Number of class (010, 020, 101, 104, 201, etc.) For instance, all BAC classes for all academic years will be listed at the top of the document by academic year and then number of the class.

If the materials list for course you are interested in doesn’t appear here: • Check back again closer to the start date of the first class – not all instructors have provided material lists yet for this year.

BAC 13 010 – Plant Painting for the Petrified* (*with a bit of drawing too) Instructor: Sarah Roche

In this relaxed, informative seminar with plenty of helpful demonstrations, you will work towards developing your drawing and painting skills. Sarah Roche encourages your observational skills to grow as you experiment with line drawings and the accurate representations of botanical forms. Leap into watercolor painting as Sarah guides you through a series of fun beginning botanical watercolor exercises. Get started painting! All abilities welcome.

Materials List

Please bring to the first class: • 9x12 sketch paper • HB (No. 2) pencils • white plastic eraser

Sarah will discuss brushes, palettes, and watercolor papers necessary for classes 2 and 3. “Splodges” of paint will be provided. There will be a short “elevenses” break, so please remember to bring your morning snack/lunch.

BAC 13 030 – Drawing Trees Outside Instructor: Carol Govan

Enjoy sitting right outside the WCBG Visitor Center to draw a broad-leaved tree and a conifer tree under the guidance of Carol Govan. Figure out the correct proportions to fit on your page, get the outside shape right, see the negative spaces of the branches, understand how to make it look three dimensional. Find your own style as you draw a large tree from a distance. Then move closer to draw the details of the bark, leaves, twigs, flowers, fruit, cones or anything else of interest. Various media can be used. Non-CBA credit.

Materials List:

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BAC 13 040 – Botanizing Together: Signs of Spring Instructor: Carol Govan

No previous experience necessary except a love of plants. With artist and naturalist Carol Govan, start recording your observations of spring in a nature journal. Some easy drawing conventions will be covered. Attempting to draw your subject helps you remember it no matter what the drawing looks like.

Materials List:

• Sketchbook • Plastic eraser • Kneaded eraser • Hard and soft pencil (2H and 2B), or whatever you have • Hand lens, if you own one • A small ruler • Anything from your yard that you might enjoy looking at under a microscope • Clippers • Trowel • A bag to collect plants from outside • Please note that you will be going outside for part of the class, so please dress for the weather and it may be wet underfoot.

BAC 13 082 – Maximize Your Palette’s Potential Instructor: Sarah Roche

Is that green a blue-green or a red-green? What about that pink? Practice watercolor mixing for accuracy in this fun one-day studio with Sarah Roche where the emphasis is on learning to mix and match color using live plant material. Better identify the color shift of what you paint and feel confident you have mixed the correct color for your transparent and opaque layered washes. Non-CBA credit.

Materials List:

The materials required for this class are the same materials used in your Foundations/Techniques of Botanical Drawing and Painting class. A few weeks before the class, Sarah will let you know if any additional materials will be required.

BAC 13 103 / BAC 13 203 – Leaves 101: A Studio Focus Instructor: Sarah Roche

Go back to basics and focus on leaves. How can you make them bend realistically? Where does the light fall? How do you paint veins? In this four session class with Sarah Roche address these challenges, going back to the elements of good leaf drawing and building on this knowledge to produce realistic watercolor renderings.

Materials List: The materials required for this class are the same materials used in your Foundations/ Techniques of Botanical Drawing and Painting class. A few weeks before the class, Sarah will let you know if any additional materials will be required.

Paper Spiral bound watercolor pad – 9x12 or larger (Strathmore Watercolor 400 series) Spiral bound drawing pad – 9x12 or 10x14 Tracing paper Lined notebook “Posh” paper to your preference: either Fabriano HP 300lb or equivalent 1/2 sheet of foamcore – 15” x 20”; 3/16” thick

Drawing equipment Graphite pencils 2H, F, HB, B Staedlar plastic eraser Exacto or retractable craft knife and blades Sandpaper block or emery boards

Brushes: Two round brushes – size 6: Winsor and Newton Cirrus (sable/nylon) or Rosemary & Co. brushes, series 33, size 6 or equivalent 1 miniature brush size 3 (optional): Winsor and Newton Series 7

Paint: Windsor and Newton – Artist’s Quality Watercolor (Note: Do not purchase “Student Quality”) Lemon Yellow (Nickel Titanate) Permanent Rose Permanent Sap Green Cadmium Yellow Pale Permanent Alazarin Crimson Optional: Viridian Winsor Lemon Paynes Gray Scarlet Lake / Cadmium Red Winsor Blue (Green Shade)

Daniel Smith “Extra Fine Watercolors” Burnt Sienna Raw Sienna Ultramarine Blue

Water container Palette or white china plate Paper towel – Viva Magnifying glass Pinholder / frog / small vase / bottle or clamp for holding specimen Masking tape

Websites Stores www.aswexpress.com The Art Experience, Avon www.cheapjoes.com Dick Blick, near Fenway Park, Boston www.dickblick.com Michaels (basic paper, paints) www.jerryarterama.com www.rosemaryandco.com www.danielsmith.com 6

BAC 13 104 / BAC 13 204 – A Spring Palette: A Studio Focus Instructor: Sarah Roche

Using the flowers of spring as your inspiration, learn how to mix the colors in your palette to match their fresh vibrancy. This four week class with Sarah Roche will focus on color mixing and matching, so that you will produce a lively, balanced composition with an understanding of the colors that you mix to record your chosen subject.

Drawing equipment Graphite pencils 2H, F, HB, B Staedlar plastic eraser Exacto or retractable craft knife and blades Sandpaper block or emery boards

Daniel Smith “Extra Fine Watercolors” Burnt Sienna Raw Sienna Ultramarine Blue

Water container Palette or white china plate Paper towel – Viva Magnifying glass Pinholder / frog / small vase / bottle or clamp for holding specimen Masking tape

BAC 13 149 / BAC 13 249 – A Leaf Out of My Book: Leaf Forms with Helen Allen Instructor: Helen Allen

Spring is a wonderful and vibrant time of year. Buds are bursting and leaves are unfolding and springing to life. Along with Helen Allen, who loves teaching artists about leaves, look carefully at a small range of leaves and study their characteristics, analyze their colors and describe their surface textures. Finally, choose one leaf and describe it fully in graphite and watercolor.

Materials List:

Please bring your usual drawing and watercolor materials in addition to the following:

Paints - Winsor & Newton: Cerulean Quinachridone Gold Indian Yellow Green Gold

- Daniel Smith: Hansa Yellow Medium

- Dr Ph Martin: Bleedproof white Or Winsor & Newton: Designer’s Gouache Permanent White

- Winsor & Newton Art Masking Fluid, or any other make you may already have

Brushes 0 or 00 in the make of your choice Old brushes with worn out tips, in small sizes, up to about 3

Paper Tracing paper

Drafting paper/LAYOUT paper: newsprint will do or tracing vellum that comes on a roll.

Posh watercolor paper for painting, preferably a large sheet about 22”x 34”;

NOTE: WCBG Friends’ has Layout paper AND HP 300 lb Fabriano Artistico paper, 22” x 30” (aka “posh” paper) available for purchase

Miscellaneous A very small screw top container (hotel preserve pots are good)

Pen holder and fine nib, if you have them, for pen and ink work

Hand lens

BAC 13 150X – Extreme Lumps and Bumps Instructor: Helen Allen

Renowned British botanical artist and teacher Helen Allen leads this up close focus of the surfaces and textures of leaves. Enjoy understanding leaf surfaces and creating the illusion of lumps and bumps in watercolor.

Materials List:

Please bring your usual drawing and watercolor materials in addition to the following:

Paints - Winsor & Newton: Cerulean Quinachridone Gold Indian Yellow Green Gold

- Daniel Smith: Hansa Yellow Medium

- Dr Ph Martin: Bleedproof white Or Winsor & Newton: Designer’s Gouache Permanent White

- Winsor & Newton Art Masking Fluid, or any other make you may already have

Brushes 0 or 00 in the make of your choice Old brushes with worn out tips, in small sizes, up to about 3

Paper Tracing paper

Drafting paper/LAYOUT paper: newsprint will do or tracing vellum that comes on a roll.

Posh watercolor paper for painting, preferably a large sheet about 22”x 34”;

NOTE: WCBG Friends’ has Layout paper AND HP 300 lb Fabriano Artistico paper, 22” x 30” (aka “posh” paper) available for purchase

Miscellaneous A very small screw top container (hotel preserve pots are good)

Pen holder and fine nib, if you have them, for pen and ink work

Hand lens

BAC 13 211 – New England Flora 2013 Instructor: Carol Govan

Find a natural habitat close to your home and learn how to identify flowers, ferns, shrubs and trees. Follow these plants through the growing season with Carol Govan. Expand your creative botanical art and illustration skills through the close study of natural plant communities and seasonal changes. Between meetings, study independently and create accurate illustrations of plants in your habitat. Gathering data in the field to identify plants helps you render them faster with greater accuracy. Experiment with different media.

CBA credit requires finished studies of plant communities in a New England habitat. You can choose your media that might include graphite, ink, watercolor, or colored pencil or a combination of these.

Materials List:

Field Sketching is a tool for artists and anyone who wants to learn more about nature. You can preserve what you’ve seen and learned without the pressure of having to do a finished painting or drawing. It’s a very personal way to capture the moment using a visual shorthand. It’s time to experiment with different media, work on composition, draw faster, or practice anything else you feel would help your botanical art. You have to be prepared to walk, sit or stand outside and draw in circumstances which are less than perfect (that will really speed up your drawing) for part of the day. We will walk around various habitats to identify and record the plants that thrive in that habitat. Wear comfortable shoes, layered clothing and bring a hat, bug spray and drinking water. Bring lunch, purchase something from the Leaky Bleaker café in Science Center, or walk to local shops. Bring any drawing tools you are comfortable using. It takes a while to get down to the bare bones of what you need without having too much. I recommend at least: Pencils: one hard and one soft: maybe 2H or HB, and 2B Plastic eraser Sharpener Sketchbook (bring what you have and we will discuss differences). Small ruler Hand lens or magnifying glass Camera Clippers and plastic bags/boxes for collecting where appropriate. NOTE: In the Wellesley College Botanic Gardens, permission must be granted before you cut any specimens. Please check with Carol Govan. Newcomb's Field Guide by Lawrence Newcomb is required. NOTE: We usually have copies of this book for sale in the WCBG Friends’ office for $10.50. The following books (plus many others) will be available in the Visitor Center Office library for your shared use on campus but not to take home. Eastern Trees by George Petrides Ferns of the Northeastern and Central N. America by Cobb/Farnsworth/Lowe Grasses: An Identification Guide by Lauren Brown P.S. --- We can also be looking at mushrooms, insects, or anything else that interests you in the habitats you investigate. BE PREPARED TO EXPLORE AND OBSERVE.

BAC 13 213 – Scientific Botanical Illustration: Begonias Instructor: Jeanne Kunze

Under the guidance of Jeanne Kunze, use traditional dip and technical pens to create weighted, broken, hatch, and crosshatch line work as well as stipple to illustrate live begonias — their wide range of plant habit, varied leaf shapes, flowers and textures. Microscopes and other magnification devices will aid you in accomplishing an informative, precise, and aesthetically pleasing illustration. Prerequisite: Pen & Ink I or Calligraphy, including Pen & Ink Applied and Italic Calligraphy, both offered this academic year.

Materials List:

Paper: Strathmore Bristol 2ply plate finish (22” x 30” cut into two) Tracing paper

Pens: Speedball Number 20 General Purpose Set (2 Speedball pens) http://www.dickblick.com/products/speedball-number-20-general-purpose- set/?clickTracking=truehttp://www.dickblick.com/products/speedball-number-20-general-purpose- set/?clickTracking=true Extra Holders: #102 and #104 are optional but simplify changing nibs Micron 005 felt tip pen

Ink: India ink (Pelican, Speedball or similar) Kitchen sponge to make a holder for the ink bottle An eye dropper if ink bottle does not have one

Hand lens

Foamcore and 2” Packaging tape : 20” x 30”, formed into a 15” x 20” portfolio and easel. Jeanne will demonstrate this during first class

Erasers: kneaded, plastic or Magic Rub

Pen wiping cloth - lint free such as eye class cleaner cloths

Small water container

Subject matter: You will need to choose your Begonia and have a line drawing (including light and shade notes) ready for the second class

BAC 13 237 – Succulents in Spring: Creating Plant Portraits in Graphite Instructor: Carrie Megan

Through the observation of the unusual forms of various succulent species, Carrie Megan will help you to see the sculptural structure of these unique plants. Carrie will help you get comfortable with your leads and create artistic compositions, using succulent specimens. For artists of intermediate/advanced skill level.

Materials List:

Paper: Tracing paper (whatever size you have) Drawing Pad (whatever you have) Strathmore 500 Bristol Vellum Finish (Not Plate Finish) Paper in sheets or pads (it has a slight bit of tooth): Depending on how large your specimen, you will need one 11 x 14 sheet or smaller for finished drawing.

Drawing Equipment: .5 mm Automatic (Mechanical) Pencils: purchase 6-7 to hold the leads listed below .5 mm Lead Refills: 4H, 3H, 2H, F, HB, B, (2B optional) Regular Pencils: 6H, 8H (preferably Faber-Castell, Sanford Design or Derwent) Kneaded eraser Staedlar plastic eraser (hard white eraser) Sharpening device (Xacto or straight edge razor blade) Sandpaper Block – must get

Other Supplies: Paper Towels Magnifying Glass or Loupe Divider (for measuring)

Specimen: Bring your choice of succulent specimen.

Websites: Stores: www.cheapjoes.com The Art Experience, Avon www.danielsmith.com The Art Emporium, Needham www.dickblick.com Dick Blick, near Fenway Park, Boston & Cambridge www.jerrysarterama.com Johnson’s Art Supply, Newbury St. Boston www.aswexpress.com Michaels www.utrechtart.com Utrecht, Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge

BAC 13 244 – Realizing the Color: Colored Pencil Intermediate Instructor: Deborah L. Friedman

Ramp your colored pencil skills up a notch under the guidance of award-winning artist Deborah L. Friedman as you capture on paper the flowers and foliage of late spring. Develop study pages focusing on rich and varied colors, shapes, and forms. Then translate your notes into a compelling composition using Deborah’s techniques for multiple layers of colored pencil to create the detail and color intensity necessary for botanical art infused with realism. Prerequisite: For artists with basic drawing skill and who have taken Colored Pencil I: Fundamentals offered this academic year or with equivalent colored pencil experience.

Materials List:

Plant/Subject Matter of your choosing

Paper for working on, and notebook for study pages (I tend to prefer Strathmore Bristol Board Vellum for working on, but please bring whatever type of paper you feel most comfortable with).

Colored Pencils of your own choosing, as well as some water-soluble colored pencils

Prismacolor Colorless Blender Pencil, Prismacolor Col-Erase Gray (can be hard to find, don’t worry if you can’t find one)

Kneaded Eraser, Mounting Putty

Scotch Brand Gloss Finish MultiTask Tape

Pencil Sharpener(s) – Handheld or battery/electric powered (there is an electric one in the classroom)

Small drafting board or firm backing for attaching drawing for support

Drafting Brush

Small watercolor brushes – rounds, size 2 or 3 or 4

*I will demonstrate burnishing with a brush (intensifies colors), and you may want to purchase a brush like the one I use after you see this technique.

DIG 13 201 – Wellesley College Photo Walk Instructors: Dennis Ditto and David L. Kahn

Experience one of the most beautiful college campuses in the U.S. with the late-afternoon light striking the landscape – a favorite time for photographers. After a brief orientation meeting, set out with Dennis Ditto and David Kahn on a tour of their favorite spots for photography, where you’ll have time to compose shots of the spring beauty. Learn tips for good composition and try techniques to achieve sharp close-ups and stunning vistas. With two knowledgeable photographers at hand, you will quickly discover how to make the most out of your camera.

Materials List:

Bring your camera with the owner’s manual and any accessories you wish, and a good working knowledge of your camera. Tripods are useful but not essential. There are stairs, hills, and uneven paths, so wheeled equipment carriers are discouraged.

WCC 13 203 – Watercolor Landscapes Instructor: Susan Swinand

Let your creativity be stimulated by the direct encounter with nature in the ideal setting of the College’s outdoor gardens. In this watercolor class suitable for adults at all levels of experience, Susan Swinand teaches you how to solve those awkward problems of painting on location: direction of natural light and cast shadows, elements of atmospheric and linear perspective, simplifying to suggest complex masses, and modeling form with light and color. Paint in the classroom, in the gardens around the Visitor Center, or roam farther afield as your interests prompt you. Weekly group critiques further your progress with design and technique as you explore what makes a painting work. Benefit from individual one-on-one instruction with Sue.

Materials List: *** = very important ** = important * = nice to have ______Paper: *** A spiral watercolor paper pad, (11"x15" or larger ) Strathmore 400 Series or mixed sampler, Whatman or other similar brand for practice, etc. ** A few sheets (22"x30") good watercolor paper (140lb. or heavier), like d'Arches, Lana or Fabriano cold press, (maybe you'd like to try a sheet of hot press or rough). Or a watercolor block is fine and very convenient if you already have it.

Brushes *** 1 # 10 or #12 "round". Sable-type (soft, springy, synthetic, good point). ** 1 #40 (large) "round". Sable-type (soft, synthetic, springy, good point). ** small “flat” brushes (e.g. 1/2" or 1/4") sharp, chisel edge * 1 inch or 1.5” (wide)"flat" or “bright”. Sable-like (soft, synthetic, springy, sharp chisel edge). An old acrylic or oil brush with stiff bristles and a small flat tip for lifting.

Paints A set of tube watercolors, or a good pan set if you already have it. Or you may buy the tubes individually. Some good brands are Winsor Newton, Schminke, Rowney. Colors: Reds: *** Permanent Alizarin Crimson or Permanent Rose Madder, (cool reds) *** Vermilion or Cadmium Red (hot) Carmine, Windsor Red (primary reds), (in the middle), ** Cadmium Orange Yellows: ** Cadmium Yellow Light or Lemon Yellow (cool yellows) *** Yellow Ochre or Raw Sienna, Quinacridone Gold (warm) ** Windsor Yellow (primary yellow) or Cadmium Yellow (in the middle) *** Naples Yellow (warm, creamy and opaque) ** Viridian Green or Thalo Green (cool greens) Hookers Green or Sap Green (warmer) (staining) Permanent Rose Blues: *** Prussian Blue or Thalo Blue (very intense) aureolin yellow ** Cerulean Blue or Manganese Blue (toward yellow) & cobalt blue also *** Ultramarine (toward red) make a good *** Cobalt Blue or Windsor Blue (primary) (in the middle) primary palette. * Ultramarine Violet, (Mauve or Violet usually fugitive) *** Burnt Sienna, and Burnt Umber Ivory or Lamp Black Chinese White or White Gouache (Opaque)

Miscellaneous: medium pencil, soft white (Mars Plastic) eraser, stiff round-tip palette knife, single edge razor blade, sponge, masking fluid, sand paper, salt, wax, masking tape, drawing board - about 18"x24". May be plywood, homosote, masonite. It is nice to make a few drawing boards out of cardboard or gatorboard so that you can have several pieces taped up at once. A white porcelain plate or plastic palette to hold your colors and to mix the color on, if not with your set. I recommend the Robert E. Wood Palette or a similar style with a cover. Sealable water bottle to fill containers in the field. Soft paper towel. More adventurous students may want to have some dry, abrasive media available, like pastel, charcoal, cray pas, etc. to add interest and texture. Where to buy: Items can be purchased at: (Note: #40 brush at Utrecht is about $15; decent # 12 is about $4. Utrecht Art Supply across from Symphony Hall on Mass Ave. (1-800-257-1108); catalogue or website Jerry’s Artarama at 1-800-U-Artist Daniel Smith, (1-800-426-6740) Cheap Joe’s, etc. 15

BAC 14 101A– Introduction to Botanical Art Instructor: Sarah Roche

Explore the world of botanical art over five days in this course designed especially for you – the beginner. 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. All abilities are welcome! This course is the core of the WCBG Friends’ Botanical Art and Illustration Program.

Materials List

Paper: Spiral bound watercolor pad – 11x15 Strathmore Watercolor, 400 Series (brown cover) Spiral bound drawing pad – 9x12 or 10x14 Tracing paper 1 sheet hot pressed paper 140lb – Arches or Fabriano

Drawing equipment: Graphite pencils 2H, F, HB, B Staedlar plastic eraser Exacto or retractable craft knife and blades Sandpaper block or emery boards

Daniel Smith “Extra Fine Watercolors” Burnt Sienna Raw Sienna Ultramarine Blue

Water container Palette or white china plate Paper towel – Viva Magnifying glass Pinholder / frog / small vase / bottle or clamp for holding specimen Sheet of foam core Masking tape

Websites Stores www.aswexpress.com The Art Experience, Avon www.cheapjoes.com Dick Blick, near Fenway Park, Boston www.dickblick.com Michaels (basic paper, paints) www.jerrysarterama.com www.rosemaryandco.com www.danielsmith.com

BAC 14 101B, 101C; BAC 14 102A, 102B – Foundations of Botanical Drawing and Painting Instructor: Sarah Roche

Learn the basics of botanical art with our lead instructor and Education Director, Sarah Roche. Under her guidance, realistically render botanical forms in pencil and watercolor. Through demonstrations and tutorials Sarah will introduce you to the traditional art and science of botanical drawing and painting. Instructional focus includes observational skills, drawing, composition, design, and watercolor techniques. All abilities are welcome! This 24-hour course is the core of the WCBG Friends’ Botanical Art and Illustration Program.

Materials List for First Class:

Spiral bound drawing pad: 9”x12” or 10”x14” Tracing paper Pencils: 2H, H, F, HB, B Staedlar white plastic eraser Exacto or retractable craft knife Sandpaper block or emery board

Sarah will discuss the remainder of the materials you will need at the first class. Look at the Foundations materials list on the previous page to get an idea of what other materials are required for the class. Please don’t purchase the materials on the previous page without first speaking to Sarah.

EXCEPTION: If you are registered in Introduction to Botanical Art (aka, Foundations in a Week), students should come to the first class with all supplies. If you prefer not to purchase all the paints, please bring your paint palette and we will supply a splotch of watercolor.

BAC 14 114 – Beyond Color Mixing Instructor: Susan Fisher

You understand how to mix color, now focus on a systematic method for manipulating color to create your vision. How do you optimize color mixtures in your botanical watercolors? Do you use washes or glazes? Do you mix colors on the paper or on the palette? When you need to make adjustments what do you adjust first - value, hue or chroma? Increase your ability to make good color choices for different painting situations in a series of fun exercises with Susan Fisher. Learn to anticipate drying shifts and how they affect your work. Recognize various lighting aspects and see how they encourage or derail color choices. Focus on the challenging qualities of plant/vegetable specimens to practice color-mixing possibilities. A selection of watercolor exercises will guide students in the skillful use of warm or cool; light or dark; vivid or neutral colors; and related darks in botanical paintings. Although minimal drawing is needed, some watercolor experience mixing colors is required.

Materials List:

Specimens supplied by WCBG Friends and will be simple and offer a variety of possibilities for color choices in light, medium and dark colors.

Students should bring all the watercolor paints and supplies that they want to experiment with or their favorites, or whatever they use. ---

Many famous artists have painted a painting several times - with Susan's help learn to see the value in this and be inspired to do the same. Some paintings need a bit of revision and could be saved on a second attempt - if the artist only knew what to do.

Optional: Bring to class a completed painting that has presented color challenges. A singular item will not benefit from this exercise as much as a multi-leafed, blossomed or fruited piece.

BAC 14 132 – Capturing the Light in Botanicals Instructor: Susan Fisher

Turn on the lights and tune up your confidence. Go beyond flat botanical drawings with Susan Fisher. Graphite exercises shift your work from blah to bright and show how values enhance any illustration. Create art to grab the viewer; express a three dimensional quality, and fully express the important characteristics of the plant. Make better choices at the beginning of a piece to avoid a big “fix” at the end. Using supplied colored pencils, discover unusual approaches to seeing color and eliminate poor color choices forever. All skill levels.

Materials List:

We will be using graphite pencils, 2H, HB and 2B, 4B & 6B or above. I like Tombow brand but it does not matter which brand of pencils you use for this class. A variety of lead hardness is desirable. Lead holders are also fine. I often use a combination of the two. Please also approximate the 2H, HB, 2B, 4B and 6B or above.

A kneaded eraser and a stick eraser - The stick eraser can be a Tuff Stuff, by Paper Mate or the Pentel Click Eraser. There are perhaps even more choices.

A sanding board or 300 – 400 grit sandpaper. My sanding board is a little pad of sandpapers attached to a handle so they can be torn off as they become used. The brand I have is National 78 00, Taiwan. Any brand is fine. I like to use this tool to maintain a sharp edge on my eraser stick. A single edge razor blade can be used to create a sharp edge initially. A battery-operated eraser is good too.

A pencil sharpener – any kind that suits you. Also an Eraser shield.

Paper – This class is not designed for the creation of an in-class botanical plate. There are many paper options available to you. Please bring what you are accustomed to using for your graphite work. You may also want to bring a sketchbook for taking notes or working in your sketchbook is also an option. 9 X 12 is a good size, or whatever you choose will also be appropriate.

Vellum tracing paper. The vellum is a bit more durable than regular tracing paper for creating tonal studies from line drawings.

We will be using colored pencils, which I will supply, for a part of this class. This is not a colored pencil class; the principles apply to all media. Colored pencils are an expedient way to provide some instruction on values.

Specimens supplied by WCBG Friends and will be simple and offer a variety of possibilities for color/value choices in light, medium and dark colors.

Optional: Many famous artists have painted a painting several times - with Susan's help learn to see the value in this and be inspired to do the same. Some paintings need a bit of revision and could be saved on a second attempt - if the artist only knew what to do.

In order to explore where you experience difficulties in lighting and/or choosing values, bring to class one of your own botanical paintings which portrays at least 3 leaves. No single (an apple, pinecone, seedpod, etc.) subjects, please.

BAC 14 134X – Perspective Review Instructor: Carol Ann Morley

Jump start your skills or brush up for upcoming workshops. In this one-day skill-building class with Carol Ann Morley, develop your foreshortening skills while heightening your artist’s eye. Through a series of graphite exercises, work to achieve more believable drawings. Non-CBA credit.

Materials List:

2 Sketch Books – 9 x 12 and 11 x 14 drawing surface paper (not recycled) either CANSON Drawing Pad (blue cover) or STRATHMORE 400 Series (brown cover)

Graphite pencils – 3H, 2H, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B

Erasers – Kneaded eraser and pink pearl or MARS plastic

Pencil sharpener – hand held with two holes

Container for pencil shavings

Mat knife or single edge razor blade

Tracing paper

Rag or paper towel

Hand lens

Table lamp (optional; have daylight lamps in Visitor Center)

Masking tape

Foam core 8” x 10” (2 pieces)

Pre-cut mat board 5” x 7” (outer dimension)

BAC 14 201, 202 -- Techniques of Botanical Drawing and Painting Instructor: Sarah Roche

As you learn more about botanical art, expand your watercolor painting skills to more realistically capture the details of nature and the accurate representation of botanical form. Using Sarah Roche’s focused four-step approach as a guide, you will hone your botanical drawing technique. Demonstrations, individual instruction, and close scrutiny of plant structure are key components in this class. Students enrolling in Techniques should have successfully completed at least two Foundations courses and have the permission of the instructor.

Materials List:

Paper Spiral bound watercolor pad – 9x12 or larger (Strathmore Watercolor 400 series) Spiral bound drawing pad – 9x12 or 10x14 Tracing paper Lined notebook Posh paper to your preference: either Fabriano HP 300lb or equivalent 1/2 sheet of foamcore – 15” x 20”; 3/16” thick

Drawing equipment Graphite pencils 2H, F, HB, B Staedlar plastic eraser Exacto or retractable craft knife and blades Sandpaper block or emery boards

Paint: Windsor and Newton – Artist’s Quality Watercolor (Note: Do not purchase “Student Quality”) Lemon Yellow (Nickel Titanate) Permanent Rose Permanent Sap Green Cadmium Yellow Pale Permanent Alazarin Crimson Davy’s Gray Winsor Lemon Paynes Gray Viridian Scarlet Lake / Cadmium Red Winsor Blue (Green Shade)

Daniel Smith “Extra Fine Watercolors” Burnt Sienna Raw Sienna Ultramarine Blue

Water container Palette or white china plate Paper towel – Viva Magnifying glass Pinholder / frog / small vase / bottle or clamp for holding specimen Masking tape

BAC 14 220 -- Ratatouille Instructor: Sarah Roche

Create your own melody of the season’s finest. A symphony of seasonal vegetables goes into ratatouille, the classic summer stew and the inspiration for you and your art in this class with Sarah Roche planned at peak harvest time. After sketching and studying at the nearby Natick Community Organic Farm, travel back to the WCBG Visitor Center studio. While focusing on composition principles and botanical accuracy, capture the vegetables’ transient beauty in watercolor. Details and directions will be sent to registrants.

Materials List:

BAC 14 234 -- Drawing Flowers in Perspective Instructor: Carol Ann Morley

Inspired to capture all those magnificent summer flowers in your art and yet challenged by getting the perspective right? Learn how to distinguish the floral forms while solving those tricky angles of foreshortened leaves and petals. Through a series of drawing exercises Carol Ann Morley will show you how to give your graphite drawings clarity and visual depth and give you a better understanding of how to approach perspective in your drawing.

Materials List:

Coming soon.

BAC 14 240 -- Painting Hydrangeas with Catherine Watters Instructor: Catherine Watters

Hydrangeas are lovely in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes, from the fresh spring blossoms to the wonderfully colored dried flowers in the fall. Catherine Watters will teach you how to carefully observe your subject focusing on form, light and texture. Then follow her method to capture in watercolors the elegant shape, bold colors and textures to make your subject come alive. Bonus (optional) – Catherine will show you some digital tools for botanical art. Please bring a digital camera or preferably a tablet with a camera such as an iPad.

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Coming soon.

BAC 14 250 -- Summer Flowers with Karen Kluglein Instructor: Karen Kluglein

Perfect your watercolor on paper renderings under the guidance of award-winning botanical artist Karen Kluglein. While painting live seasonal flowers, emphasize color accuracy, observational skills, composition, and techniques. Address developing your personal style through discussion and study of contemporary and historical artists’ work. There will be lots of demonstrations and individual instruction. For intermediate and beyond watercolor artists.

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Brand names are recommended but if you have your own similar supplies you may bring them instead.

• Drawing pencils: 2H, HB, 2B, any others you may prefer • Kneaded eraser, Another eraser I recommend is a battery powered Sakura electric available online • Dividers or a clear ruler • Magnifying glass, if you have trouble seeing detail up close on a page • Large feather or clean soft blush brush • Tracing paper 12” x 14” (3 sheets should do it) • Sable watercolor brushes -- small round brushes, #000, #1, #2. My favorite is Windsor and Newton Series 7 #000. These are expensive at about $15 for a brush with only a few hairs but are the best! Available at Sam Flax, Italian Art Store, or online. • Bring your usual palette of watercolor paints. I use Windsor and Newton watercolors, professional grade, in tubes, not pans, although paint may be dried in palette. MY palette includes: neutral tint, Naples yellow, hansa yellow(Daniel Smith), cadmium red, rose madder genuine, cobalt blue, lamp black, sepia, burnt sienna, permanent sap green, and hookers green. • If you are working on paper I would suggest a heavy weight hot pressed paper. If you are more comfortable with a cold pressed paper that is Ok too. • Plastic palette with wells. • Small gooseneck or Ott lamp. (WCBG Friends has lamps, if you prefer) • Wide mouth glass jar for water • Masking tape • Paper towels

WCC 14 110 – Multi-Media Color Explosion Instructor: Carol Govan

Enjoy playing with color with lots of hands-on experimentation. Using different media including colored pencils, watercolors, and collage, understand how color works. Carol Govan helps you match the local color and make objects look three dimensional. Using just a few colors, play with the highlights and shadows on those objects. Understand how using the same principles with different media will affect your image.

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WCC 14 201, 202 – Watercolor Painting for All Instructor: Susan Swinand

Be inspired and renewed by the awesome diversity of natural forms in Wellesley College’s Ferguson Greenhouses. Or use your drawings, memory and imagination to develop ideas in the studio classroom. In this watercolor class suitable for adults at all levels of experience, award-winning artist/educator Susan Swinand offers weekly critiques and suggests projects to spark your creativity and develop your skill in handling watercolors. Lessons will focus on basic design principles, learning to portray what you see, mixing color, and watercolor painting techniques such as applying washes and glazes, wet-into-wet color, achieving hard and soft edges, etc. With our small class size, your individual needs and interests are addressed one-on-one.