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Summer Plans

Painting Florals:  a three-day workshop at Happy Painters Studio, Lookout Mountain. 
Date and details to be posted.


Fall Classes

Adult classes in Beginning Watercolor, Beginning Oil, Intermediate Watercolor, and Intermediate Oil will resume this fall.  Dates and details will be posted.

Workshops

Durinda and Friends in France, June 7 – 21.  We will be staying at the lovely La Bonne Etoile for two weeks like painting the countryside and gardens.  A trip to the Musee D’Orsay in Paris will be included as well as other villages nearby.  The workshop is full for this year, but if you are interested in what we plan for next summer, let me know.

Around Amelia, October 6, 7, and 8, on beautiful Amelia Island, is in the planning stages now.  Any media is acceptable, any level of painter.  We will have lots of subjects from which to choose, including southern architecture (think Charleston), marshes, and beaches.  The workshop will include demos in the mornings on site with individual attention for each painter.  This workshop will be limited to twelve.  If you would like to be on the mailing list to receive more information with registration and a supply list, email me.

Perspective Drawing in the Landscape, September 20 & 21, 2008
10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Are you ready to include architecture such as houses, buildings, barns, fences, etc in your drawings or paintings?  There are techniques to represent three-dimensional objects on a flat picture plane.  This workshop will offer instruction in how to draw things the way we see them in the real world including how to create atmospheric effects.  We will be using structures in the Callaway Gardens for drawing on-site.  No experience necessary.

Contact education@callawaygardens.org to register or call: (706)663-5153. 

Fee:  $150  Materials: $25 available from the instructor
Bring a campstool or chair.  Fee includes park admission for two days and discounts at Gardens' resorts.

Keeping a Sketch Journal, April 24 & 25, 2009 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
is for all levels of painting or drawing.  It will be a great way to experience the Gardens and get started on creating your own travel sketchbooks or Garden Journals.  We will have a horticulturalist with us to describe the plants and give background on the gardens.  I will demo capturing the shapes and colors of blooms and leaves up close and drawing a scene outdoors working with massing shapes and atmospheric perspective.  The fee of $150 includes your park admission for both days.  There is also a $25 materials fee payable to the instructor.  If you have other supplies, bring them too.  Registration also will entitle you to a discount on accommodations in the gardens. 

To register call:  (706) 663-5153 or email: education@callawaygardens.org.  I will be glad to provide more information as well.

Upcoming Events
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Past Events

"Sketching Callaway", May 3 & 4, was for all levels of painting or drawing.  It was a great way to experience the Gardens and get started on creating your own travel sketchbooks or Garden Journals.  We had a horticulturalist with us to describe the plants and give background on the gardens. 

“Spring Mix” , April 25, at the Happy Painters Studio, 116 N. Watauga Lane, Lookout Mountain, TN.  Works from the studio classes were featured. 
Regular hours are Tuesday – Friday 11:00 – 4:00 pm and by appointment. 

"Artists in the Gardens", April 3, 4, 5:  I was pleased to have been invited back to paint in Walt Disneyworld’s Artists in the Gardens this year.  The festival began in late March this year and continues through May with seminars and special events related to gardening.  I met several people last year who said this was THE time to come to Epcot and I am happy to provide them with a small painting as a remembrance!  Check out Disney’s site for more information on the festival: www.WaltDisneyWorld.com under "Special Events, International Flower and Garden Festival".

“Square Off”, a showing of works by members of the Tennessee Watercolor Society Region III with a theme of a square format, continued through March.  My painting is “Clouds Over San Gimignano”, a scene of rooftops in Italy. 

“Touch of Tuscany” at Hollis Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, during the month of October 2007, featured paintings inspired by my Italian adventures.  See my Blog for photos from the show.