Hydrangea GArden
PRESENTED BY: Wendi Smith
We have enjoyed the beauty of hydrangeas all summer. Now is your chance to learn how to create a beautiful hydrangea garden in Pastels. Hydrangeas come in many different colors and varieties. We’ll learn to see and paint the many colors and values in a single hydrangea blossom. If you are a beginner or experienced pastel artist this class is for you. We’ll have fun and you will take home a beautiful hydrangea garden of your own to enjoy!
We’ll create a Cape Cod summer garden painting with hydrangeas and other flowers. Wendi will supply reference images of summer gardens or feel free to bring your own reference photos. Materials List: Soft and hard pastels Note: CCAC has soft and hard pastels available to use if you don’t have your own. If you have your own, please bring some. -Backing board to mount painting surface, Foamcore or drawing board to hold 9×12 paper. Wendi will have extra if needed. -Two 9×12 Uart 400 sand or natural or 9×12 Pastelmat paper Note: Wendi will have paper available at class for $5.00 per sheet. Cash or Check please. INSTRUCTOR: Wendi Smith
Wendi C. Smith grew up in the 1950’s in a suburb south of Boston. In her early years she enjoyed many mediums of art including pen and ink, etching, drawing, watercolor, acrylic and pottery. Although mostly self-taught she attended the Art Institute of Boston and Riverside Center for the Arts in NYC. Wendi was an award-winning floral designer in Boston for 8 years. She was a guest floral designer for garden clubs, decorator show houses, MFA’s Art In Bloom and Boston’s channel 7 television show “Look Magazine”.
In 1981 she founded and operated Harvest of Barnstable in Yarmouthport, a wholesale/retail floral and shell gift manufacturing company. Her gift products were sold to catalog companies and retail stores throughout the U.S., Europe and Japan. After a successful 31year run, she sold her business and rekindled her love for painting. Her mediums of choice are oils and soft pastels. She prefers painting en Plein Air or from life in her studio. Wendi’s inspiration comes from her love of mother nature and the beauty of Cape Cod and the coast of southwest Florida. Her subjects are still lifes, flowers, landscapes and seascapes. She has taken workshops from Rosalie Nadeau, Lance Walker, Maryalice Eisenberg, Barbara Archer-Baldwin, and Jacob Aguiar. Wendi’s paintings are in private collections throughout the country. She has received recognition and awards for her work from the Cape Cod Art Center, Barnstable, Creative Art Center, Chatham, Cultural Art Center, Yarmouth, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, Great Lakes Pastel Society, Northport Art Center, Northport, FL, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL and American Impressionist Society. Wendi is a certified Mneme Therapist and a member of the Art Without Boundaries Association. She uses her talent to paint with Alzheimer’s patients and brain impaired individuals. She hopes to continue to grow as an artist as well as bring pleasure to those who view her art. www.wendicsmithart.com [email protected] Here are some examples of Wendi's work. |
Sandwich Arts Alliance is pleased to participate in the Mass Cultural Council Card to Culture program.
Please inquire at [email protected] for discounts available and more information Class Registration closes 48 hours prior to the first class, as a courtesy to the instructor. Some classes have limited enrollment so please register soon so you don’t miss out.
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