Day/Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 23, Jan 30, Feb 6 and Feb 13

Time: 9:00-10:30 am

Age Group: Adults

Maximum Class Size: 15

Description: Join the Rural Sketchers in the beautiful environment of the Hanover Garden Club Greenhouse to sketch plants, watering cans, or whatever catches your eye. No experience needed. Everyone is welcome. No sign up needed. Drop in when you are free. Stay as long as you like in this supportive, non-judgmental, and thriving environment where individual style is cherished. You may keep your art private or share with others.

Supplies: Bring your own sketchbook and art supplies, no oils please. Sinks and running water available in the greenhouse.

Facilitators: Eileen Granahan & Wendy Murphy

Eileen Granahan is a pediatrician with many other passions besides medicine. She originally went to school to be an artist, and though she changed courses professionally, she never lost her interest in art and continues to work in oil, watercolor, photography, and other media. Her son lives in Spain and she was introduced to the Urban Sketchers of Cordoba, a group that gets together in plazas and on street corners ro socialize and draw Europe’s finest scenes. She is excited to start the Rural Sketchers group here in Hanover to bring people together to paint, draw, and do other inspirational works.

Wendy Murphy has lived in the Upper Valley for over 40 years. She has planted vegetable and flower gardens from North Pomfret, VT to Hanover, NH and still misses the longer growing season in Virginia.