Conference Activities: Saturday, September 25, 2010
All-Day Classes
Activities are held at Holiday Inn unless otherwise indicated.
Breakfast buffet at Holiday Inn, 7-9am
Bus departs Holiday Inn for Beechwood Farms, 8am
Bus departs Bus departs Holiday Inn for Jennings Prairie Environmental Center, 8am
Bus departs Holiday Inn for Phipps Garden Center
(Norman and Parker workshops), 8:15am
Complementary Pollinators for your Botanicals with
Mark Klingler, 9am–4pm
Which insects interact with which plants and why? What do you do with all those legs? Start with color and detail gestures of bees, butterflies, and flies. Develop the anatomy in a larger-than-life pencil sketch, then render the insect at size for your botanical (at Phipps Garden Center) Limit 15. Fee $150. (includes some materials)
Introduction To Painting On Vellum with Karen Kluglein, 9am–4pm
Painting on vellum has both advantages and disadvantages but the end result is well worth it. Just choosing this natural material can give your painting a beautiful luminosity that is unequaled. This class will help you to adjust your painting style to work on vellum and achieve success. Limit 15. Fee $165. (includes an 8X10 piece of vellum)
Say It with Flowers: Illuminate Your Soul with Kandy Phillips (continued from Friday afternoon), 9am–4pm
Please register for this class on the Friday listing, as it is a two-part class beginning Friday afternoon and continuing through Saturday. Limit 15.
Fee $155.
Drawing with the Microscope with Dick Rauh, 9am–4pm
Use a dissecting microscope to look closely and draw examples of four different floral families; Rosaceae (Rose), Begoniaceae (Begonia), Violaceae (Pansy) and Lamiaceae (Salvia). Create longitudinal and cross-sections to observe the plant’s inner workings, as well as draw the habit and individual parts. Limit 15. Fee $145.
Brush Strokes: Painting Ferns without Pencil Lines with
Carol Saunders, 9am–4pm
Exercises using calligraphic techniques will create whimsical creatures drawn entirely with brush strokes. Students will develop fluency in painting delicate to thick lines in a seamless gesture resulting in plant portraits that have a lively appearance. Complete many fern studies and a greeting card on manmade vellum. Limit 15. Fee $136. (includes some paper)
Tour Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater, 9am–4pm
Fallingwater is the instantly iconic Frank Lloyd Wright house that is built over a waterfall. Designed for the Kaufmann family, the house was built between 1936 and 1939. Today, Fallingwater is a National Historic Landmark demonstrating the powerful result that can be achieved through the harmonious union of man’s work with nature. Additionally, the 4,600 acre nature reserve conserves the land and watershed into which Fallingwater was designed to fit. Your day trip will include a tour of the home and the grounds, time in the gift shop, and lunch at the visitor’s center. Bus will leave Holiday Inn at 8:00 AM and be back around 4:00 PM.Limit 50. Fee $65.