The Garden unfolding
watercolor sketching at Kinney Azalea garden
Join us for an inspiring journey through the blooming beauty of Kinney Garden with artist-in-residence Jessica Shaffer.
This series invites participants to capture the garden's vibrant transformations through sketching and watercolor painting. Meeting every other week from spring to summer, we'll explore blooms, from early azaleas and rhododendrons to later native wildflowers, documenting each stage of the season.
I provide materials for use in class, but you are welcome to bring your own. If you would like to purchase your own plein air painting supplies, this is my suggested SUPPLY LIST.
May 13 & 27: 2pm to 4 pm
June 10: 10 am to 12 pm
June 24: 12 pm to 2 pm
July 8 & 22 and August 12 & 26
10 am to 12 pm
Sign up for class at Kinney Azalea Garden:
June 24: 2-4 pm
MOONGATE PERENNIAL GARDEN
We will be painting perennials in the Moongate Garden!
These gorgeous foxglove will be the focal point of our painting session.
June 10: 10- 12
Mountain Laurel
We will look at using loose watercolor studies to capture color notes and value. We'll meet at the gazebo, observe the nearby path of blooming mountain laurel and create loose watercolor studies in our sketchbooks.
Plein air study of blossom structure
Plein air watercolor study of backlit mountain laurel clusters
Studio watercolor painting of mountain laurel (7 x 10 in)
Photo courtesy of Elyse Elizabeth Major
Photo courtesy of Elyse Elizabeth Major
May 27
Painting azaleas II
A beautiful day in the Moon Gate Garden enjoying the last of the blooming azaleas. I demonstrated painting a pink azalea flower using wet in wet and wet on dry painting techniques.
Watercolor Palette
Demo Painting
Demo Painting (finished in studio)
May 13
Painting azaleas
During the first class, we learned about cool and warm primary colors and color mixing. I demonstrated how to paint a simple azalea flower with three layers of transparent watercolor.
Painting in the garden
Color wheel using three warm primary colors.
Color wheel using three cool primary colors.
upcoming classes
June 24
garden landscape
We will discuss value and the landscape under different lighting conditions. I will demo a plein air landscape painting of the garden, either in the Moon Gate garden or by the main gazebo.