NATURAL DYES
Many native and introduced plants are sources of beautiful colors. In this workshop, we will cover both wild-collected and cultivated dye plants. After gathering a variety of lichens, roots, leaves, and fruits, we will make dye baths to color some of Drumlin Farm’s own wool or other natural fibers participants may bring. Participants will make a set of samples to inspire their own explorations of natural dyes. Cosponsored with Massachusetts Audubon’s Drumlin Farm.
Saturdays, September 22, 1–5 p.m., and October 13, 1–4 p.m.
Drumlin Farm Nature Center, Lincoln, MA
Course Code: ART2700
Instructor: Tia Pinney
Fee: $40M/$45NM
Limit: 15
TAKING BETTER PICTURES WITH YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA
Are you still getting to know your digital camera and its features? Here’s an opportunity to learn from the experts in this seminar for beginners. Bring your camera and learn when and how to use its special features, such as program mode, manual mode, aperture priority, and shutter priority. Also covered will be basic composition and best use of light for different subjects and situations, such as plants or people, and macro and landscape photography. Students are encouraged to bring one or two sample prints of their previous efforts to share with other students.
Saturday, September 29, 9 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
Course Code: ART6055
Instructors: Steve McGrath and Roseann McGregor
Fee: $54M/$63NM
Limit: 15
FALL WATERCOLORS IN THE GARDEN
Fall is a wonderful time to observe and understand how light affects rocks, trees, leaves, and the unique colors of the season. Whether you want to paint distant landscape impressions or plant portraits closely observed and rendered, watercolors offer a unique way to express your observations and vision. In this six-week session, you will use watercolors to create paintings suited to your particular style. Classes start indoors with short exercises on color, value, technique, etc., to become familiar with the medium, and then continue out in the gardens (weather permitting), or remain indoors to compose or paint from live plant material. This class is for all levels, including those with no previous experience.
A list of required materials will be sent upon registration.
Tuesdays, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, November 6, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
Course Code: ART6006
Instructor: Carol Govan
Fee: $198M/$234NM
Limit: 12
FALL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP
As fall approaches, you want to be ready to compose some superb landscape photos as well as closeups of the magnificent colors and light that only this season brings. Join photographer Joan Weber for a workshop designed to enhance your compositional skills, using techniques available with most film and digital cameras. This workshop will cover use of filters, lighting techniques, composition, and color saturation, and will include both classroom and field guidance. This workshop is appropriate for photographers of all skill levels, but beginners should have mastered most features on their cameras. Students are encouraged to bring one or two sample prints of your previous efforts to share with other students.
Saturday, October 13, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m., and Sunday, October 21, 1:30–4:30 p.m.
Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
Course Code: ART6035
Instructor: Joan Weber
Fee: $72M/$85NM
Limit: 15
BUILD A RUSTIC GARDEN BENCH, SIDE TABLE OR TRELLIS
Rustic garden furnishings are beautiful and natural, and complement any garden. Furniture maker Frank Hamm will guide you through the process of designing and constructing your own rustic bench, table, or trellis. Techniques covered in this workshop can be applied to building other rustic furniture. You will collect branches from the Garden’s brush pile; all other materials are provided. Bring gloves, measuring tape, hammer, pruning saw, and a portable electric drill (if you own one). Extra tools will be available. Cosponsored with Cambridge Center for Adult Education.
Saturday, October 27, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
Course Code: SDW3005
Instructor: Frank Hamm
Fee: $95M/$105NM (includes all materials for one project)
Limit: 20 (parent-child pairs are welcome)
DIGITAL WORKFLOW FOR BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHERS
If you own a digital camera and a computer, but are challenged by the basic activities of transferring, storing, and manipulating images, this workshop is for you. Learn to connect your camera to the computer; transfer picture files; format your digital media card; organize, rotate, and name your images; save your files in different formats; and archive your images. The instructors will also discuss ways to enhance your images (cropping, resizing, color balance) and prepare your pictures for Web, e-mail, and printing. Bring your camera for hands-on help.
Tuesday, December 4, 7–9 p.m.
Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
Course Code: ART6060
Instructors: Steve McGrath and Roseann McGregor
Fee: $30M/$36NM
BEGINNING PHOTOSHOP FOR ASPIRING PHOTOGRAPHERS
This workshop will help participants learn Photoshop ® techniques and skills, and apply them immediately to their personal photography. Using classroom lecture and interactive student participation, the course will cover workflow, file types, optimizing images, layers, tools, panoramic images, color balance, working with black and white, and archiving. Extensive handouts will lead students step by step so that skills can be practiced at home. Students should have access to, or be willing to acquire, a version of Photoshop for in-home use.
Saturdays, February 2, 9, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Garden in the Woods, Framingham, MA
Course Code: ART6065
Instructors: Steve McGrath and Roseann McGregor
Fee: $99M/$112NM
AN EVANGELICAL-STYLE CHAUTAuQUA ON ART, GARDENING, AND PHOTOGRAPHY
with Charles Mann
The camera can be a garden tool allowing us to see things anew or in ways that we have never glimpsed before. Stopping to take a photo teaches us to look and discover beauty. Join Charles Mann, one of the Southwest’s premier garden photographers, for a conversation full of romantic and maverick opinions about why we take photos of plants and gardens, and about the people who create them and the landscapes that inspire them. The seminar will draw on Charles’ observations of philosophy, art, garden design, and literature, and his stunning personal collection of garden and travel imagery. Refreshments provided.
Friday, February 15, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Elm Bank Horticultural Center, Wellesley, MA
Course Code: ART7020
Fee: $40M/$48NM
See p. 4 for information about Charles Mann
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