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.

Register here
Louise Smith's website here