Painting Floral Arrangements

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Express your creativity through watercolor in this inspiring class designed for flower lovers, aspiring artists, and experienced painters alike. Using a live floral arrangement as your subject, you'll learn how to select color palettes and use expressive brushwork to capture the unique textures, shapes, and character of each flower, creating a dynamic composition.

Through individualized guidance, you'll practice various techniques such as background washes and color saturation contrasts to create depth, atmosphere, and mood in your work. All materials provided.

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Schedule:	Thursday, October 22, 2026
Times:	01:00pm-04:00pm EDT
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Meeting Date Start Time End Time Thursday, October 22, 2026 01:00pm 04:00pm Meeting Date Start Time End Time Thursday, October 22, 2026 01:00pm 04:00pm
Instructor:	Lois Bender Lois Bender Lois Bender Lois Bender has an extensive background in drawing and painting flowers in watercolor. She teaches floral painting in various venues in New York (The Salmagundi Club) and the Hamptons (Baker House 1650), etc. Lois' current art practice featuring garden and nature themes started in 1996 with her retail design brand "TeaQuotes & GardenSpirits." which grew out of her art direction career in the gift industry for the Godiva Chocolates Brand. Celebrating the healing and aesthetic beauty of gardens, her brand sold art, stationery and textiles to gift shops nationally and internationally. This success led also to becoming a product designer for the New York Botanical Garden Shop. Lois' love of flowers is inspired by her mother Flora Bloom, and nana Hortense Bloom (from hortis, garden in Latin), both garden lovers! She attended Carnegie-Mellon University, graduating from Hunter College (BA) and Boston University (MFA). Lois' art practice continues today as "GardenSpiritsNY" primarily in painting and printmaking mediums and exhibits her work at various venues in metro New York and the Hamptons.
Location:	NYBG, Watson Room 102 2900 Southern Blvd Bronx, NY 10458
Session Number:	272CRF136
Price:	Price Non-Member : $132.00 Member : $114.00

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