To sign up for this program send an email to office@sitenf.org with the note GARDENS in the subject line. We will email you the ZOOM ID and password.

PAINTING A BAMBOO GROVE  In Japan’s Sagano Bamboo Forest, on the outskirts of Kyoto, towering green stalks of the famously versatile plant sway in the wind, creaking eerily as they collide and twist, leaves rustling. Scroll down for the supplies list.

Art Supplies:

• Brush
• Black ink or watercolor
• White papers

GARDENS. Free Live Zoom Series of art workshops for Children, Tweens, Teens, Families & Adults. Wednesdays at 5:30 PM.

GARDENS. Free Live Zoom Series of art workshops for Children, Tweens, Teens, Families & Adults. Wednesdays at 5:30 PM. To sign up for this program send an email to office@sitenf.org with the note GARDENS in the subject line. We will email you the ZOOM ID and password.

Paper Flowers with Ardina – Wednesday, 01/18/2023 @ 5:30 PM. Live Zoom.

Materials:
• Toilet paper
• Stapler or Scotch tape, paper clips, rubber bands)
• Scissors
• Optional: Pastel chalk
• The flower can be painted with acrylic paint, magic marker, or a very small amount of watercolor. If you would like to make the flower more permanent, spray it with hair spray a couple of times. This will stiffen the paper and also make it better to paint.

Thursday, December 15th at 5:00 PM
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS.  Drawing and Painting.
to sign in:  CLICK HERE or call 845-279-6421

This art workshop is provided (through Zoom) in cooperation with the Brewster Public Library – brewsterlibrary.org

Materials:

• Wax crayons (or oil pastels) in a variety of colors
• watercolor or water-based paint
• Sturdy paper
• Brush
• Container of water
• Paper towel
• Newspaper or table covering (optional but recommended)

Participants will create drawings of Christmas Ornaments using a crayon wax resist technique. Color mixing will be introduced with both crayons and paint.

Free Live Zoom Art Workshop. Thursday, December 8 at 3:30 PM. Sign up in person at Port Chester-Rye Brook Public Library or by phone at (914) 939-6710  ex. 3.

Participants will create drawings of winter landscapes using a crayon wax resist technique. Color mixing will be introduced with both crayons and paint, and the basic composition of landscape drawing will be explored.

Art Materials Needed:

• Wax crayons in a variety of colors
• Watercolor or water-based paint
• Light paper
• Large brush
• Container of water
• Paper towel
• Small plate for color mixing
• Newspaper or table covering recommended

GARDENS. Free Live Zoom Series of art workshops for Children, Tweens, Teens, Families & Adults. Wednesdays at 5:30 PM. To sign up for this program send an email to office@sitenf.org with the note GARDENS in the subject line. We will email you the ZOOM ID and password.

Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa – Wednesday, 11/30/2022 @ 5:30 PM. Live Zoom.

Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden is considered one of the top 5 Botanical Gardens in the world. But it’s not just about big trees and beautiful flowers. Kirstenbosch also has an incredible geographic location on the slopes of Table Mountain. Add to that an incredible variety of birdlife – you’ll see species of birds here that you won’t see anywhere else in the world.

This workshop features one of Kirstenbosch’s resident wildlife, the Blue Helmeted Guinea Fowl. A patterned background and colorful African-inspired border complete the picture. Scroll down for the materials list.

Materials needed are:

• Pencil
• Eraser
• Black Sharpie
• Water-base markers and crayons
• White paint to create the dots applied with a q tip or end of a pencil
• 9×12 drawing paper or
• other white paper to color on (print paper)

GARDENS. Free Live Zoom Series of art workshops for Children, Tweens, Teens, Families & Adults. Wednesdays at 5:30 PM. To sign up for this program send an email to office@sitenf.org with the note GARDENS in the subject line. We will email you the ZOOM ID and password.

Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix Arizona is a 140-acre Botanical Garden that features 50,000 plants and 4379 different species. It is located in Phoenix Arizona. This torn paper collage features a backdrop of Sonoran Desert Mountain Ranges with a few local species: Saguaro, Prickly Pear, and Barrel Cactus silhouetted in the foreground.

ART MATERIALS. This project will require:

• Red, Yellow, Orange, White, Dark Brown/Red, and Black Paper, either construction paper, old magazine, or calendars pages, or paint your own in advance!
• Glue stick
• Scissors
• Black Sharpie marker
• Crayon
• Pencil
• Ruler
• The papers were glued to one side of a 9×12 folder, but any thick surface will do.

GARDENS. Free Live Zoom Series of art workshops for Children, Tweens, Teens, Families & Adults. Wednesdays at 5:30 PM. To sign up for this program send an email to office@sitenf.org with the note GARDENS in the subject line. We will email you the ZOOM ID and password.

Located in Chester County, PA, about an hour outside of Philadelphia, Longwood Gardens showcases more than 9,000 species and varieties of plants spread out across more than 1,000 acres of gardens and elaborate horticultural displays. This celebrated botanical garden attracts visitors from around the globe thanks to outdoor and indoor gardens, fountain shows, and picturesque meadows and woodlands.
This Wednesday we are going to paint (folk art-like) flowers in a vase, inspired by Longwood’s wildflower meadows.

Art materials:

• Paints
• Brushes
• Water containers
• White sturdy paper
• Paper towel