Design expertise is the bridge between technical skill and conceptual thinking. This class explores different compositional principles students can use to create harmony and balance in botanical paintings. Become better at analyzing your work, developing your eye for design and the possibilities in putting together line, mass and color. The class is structured with lecture, critique and individual work with guidance from the instructor and peers. Students provide materials; a list is sent after registration. Instructor: Christine Drake.

Note: The first session of the composition course is designed for students whose Intermediate Drawing course was cut short by the COVID19 closure. These students will receive 5 hours required credit for the first class, and 15 hours elective credit for the rest of the course (taught by Christine Drake). Other students will receive 20 hours elective credit. For more detail on the content of the first class (taught by Hazel Buys), students are referred to their Intermediate Drawing Student Notebook, class #4.

Our Garden continues to follow CDC recommendations and state guidelines for preventing the spread of COVID-19. We are encouraging universal indoor masking while in public spaces for all regardless of vaccination status. Non-vaccinated participants are required to wear masks when indoors or when outdoors and unable to maintain 6 feet of social distancing.