Instructors: Melinda Weymouth and guest artists

Each day was devoted to a different part of the plant and included an art project and themed snack. Art activities included drawing, painting, pressing, printing, decoupage, and paper-making.

Day One: The Whole Plant

Melinda Weymouth and Linda Nelson taught you how to make a botanical drawing of a whole plant using mixed media.

Day Two: Corolla & Seed Holder

Melinda Weymouth brought her expertise to teach you how to make seed mosaics and hammered pigment transfer pictures.

Day Three: Stems

How to use a Japanese Sumi bamboo brush, construct rain sticks with bamboo, and take home a science experiment showing water transfer using dyes.

Day Four: Leaves

Sara Norquay, a professional printer, joined Melinda Weymouth to teach printing on paper and t-shirts. Students brought their own black and/or white t-shirt. Different techniques for the different colored shirts.

Day Five: Roots

Linda Nelson returned to teach 3-D sculpturing with Melinda Weymouth, using two types of plaster of Paris.