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Botanical Watercolor for Beginners - Fall Leaves

  • Murray Art Guild 500 N 4th Street Murray, KY United States (map)

Who: Teens 16+ & Adults
Instructor: Mary Gwyn Bowen
Fee: $50
*bring a snack/ sack lunch

This workshop will teach watercolor techniques in the style of the 18th and 19th Century Botanicals painters using live flowers to capture the unique color and shape of individual flowers, buds and leaves. This class will focus on fall leaves. No experience is necessary!

Mary Gwyn is a visiting artist, art educator & RN from Nashville, TN. She loves the combination of art and healthcare. In her own words: “The Art to Heart research project at Vanderbilt University Medical Center became a project combining the two fields. As a fellow in the Evidence-Based Nursing Research Fellowship, my project evolved as a measure of the effects of art created by hospital staff on the post-operative rehabilitation of cardiac surgery patients and will be published in The Journal of MED/SURG Nursing in 2015. The second part of the Art to Heart Project studied how the art in the project impacted the nursing staff on the units and was my Capstone project for a master’s degree at The University of Florida’s College of Fine Arts.” She also holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors at the Corcoran College of Art and Design George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Mary Gwyn states that she’s “passionate about painting, teaching Botanical-style Nature Art and lots of fun stuff about anything visual art. Art is a Life-long journey. Join me on the path.” She is a frequent teacher in the Nashville & Western KY area. To find out more about her & her work, see: marygwynsart.com.

Earlier Event: October 28
Frankentoys - Multiage
Later Event: November 7
Side by Side 2023