Saturday, January 16th - 11:30AM to 3PM - $140 - All materials included!

The inclement weather date for this class is JANUARY 21ST. Please ensure you are able to attend, in the event that the original date is postponed due to winter weather conditions

A Little Structure, and a Lot of Imagination!

Who says a garden has to follow the rules? Not in this workshop!

Students will start by dividing a 12" x 12” image on watercolor paper into a grid of squares, creating a loose framework for a garden that exists entirely in your imagination. Within those squares, we'll invent fanciful flowers, curious leaves, unusual plants, and a few botanical specimens that have never existed anywhere but in our heads.

But remember - the grid is a suggestion, not a restriction! Flowers can grow beyond their squares, vines can wander across boundaries, and shapes and colors can mingle wherever they please. As our gardens develop, you will explore watercolor techniques, color relationships, patterns, and the delightful surprises that happen when we give our imaginations a little room to misbehave.

No gardening (or painting!) experience required, and no need to know one end of a daisy from the other. Just bring your curiosity and a willingness to experiment. Students will leave with an original, colorful fantasy garden you will never find in a seed catalog.

(And as a bonus, Miriam is bringing thousands of personally harvested hosta seeds for you to grow your own REAL garden!)

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This class seats 10 students.  Cancellation and transfer policies can be found at the link in the navigation bar. Please call (828) 776 2716 or email gallery@310art.com for any questions concerning classes. 

Originally a medical illustrator, Miriam Hughes works in gouache, watercolors, pens, collage and fibers and makes time to create art daily. She exhibits widely and teaches art in a number of topics.