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Here is a fantastic sounding opportunity for fledgling botanical artists... summer classes with botanical artist Louise Smith. And what better setting for painting lessons than the Seymour Botanical Conservatory at Wright Park.
Here is background on the classes, which start June 19, from, Nancy Johnson, Metro Parks Communications Manager
Internationally recognized botanical artist Louise Smith will teach watercolor and drawing at the W. W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory at Wright Park this summer. Classes begin June 18 (drawing) and June 19 (painting).
Louise comes to botanical art with a life-long love of plants nurtured during childhood botanizing forays in the high Sierras. She believes that art functions as a non-verbal language that translates something of the artist's interior world and it is this that allows communication across culture, subject matter, and through time.
Louise is the founding President of the Northwest Botanical Artists, a chapter of the American Society of Botanical Artists.
Classes run June 19 through August 14, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. the fee is $180.
White is a common flower color for shrubs. And why shouldn't it be? It goes with everything. Well, black goes with everything but there's not a lot of black flowers out there.
These two shrubs are a couple of my favorites and they are in bloom now.
This viburnum (Shasta, I think) is a perfect example of what I love about this group. While viburnums come in a variety of different looks the one characteristic I really admire is the way that some hold their blossoms above their branches. This is a plant that says, "Look at my flowers. Are they not beautiful?"
There a several kinds of choisyas out there as well but this is my favorite: Aztec Pearl. There's a home in the North End that has a hedge row of these and it's quite stunning right now. I only have one and I love it. This is an evergreen plant that says, "Forget about my leaves. It's flowers all the time, baby!" (At least for a few weeks a year.)
