Come paint with me.

Saturday, July 13th /  10am - 3pm

We will meet at my Monterey home, warm up in the garden, and studio with drawing and watercolor exercises. Then we will go paint in some of the charming historic gardens downtown Monterey. We will  have lunch in the gardens of Alta Bakery cafe in the Cooper Molera Adobe, a National Trust Historic Site with old roses, an orchard and delightful buildings and barns dating from 1827. I will show you some of my favorite features and stories of each garden.

Practice telling a story, seeing shapes, mixing colors, playing with light and shadows, abstraction, or reality. We will draw, paint, experiment and have fun! We will end in my garden and share our art with
a cool drink & toast. 

Cost: $240.

Bring your favorite supplies or use some of mine, a sun hat & lunch money.

Paint, draw, collage, write your favorite poems or reflections on pages you watercolor first. 

Bring some personal paper memorabilia - old photos, greeting cards you love, postcards, vacation memorabilia, stamps, postcards, tickets, etc (can be Xerox copies)

We will have old books to choose from and magazines to collage with. If you have a favorite paint set, pens, colored pencils etc, bring them along. We will have some as well to share.

PLEASE REGISTER by calling the reference desk or emailing referencedesk@cityofpacificgrove.org
let them know your name, email & phone in case there are any changes! 
The reference librarian in charge is Catrina Coyle 831-648-5762

FREE EVENT BUT SPOTS ARE LIMITED
(Thanks Friends of PG Library!)

Watercolor as play
Saturday, MARCH 16th • 10 - 2pm

Event Location: Elizabeth Murray Studios - 62 Ave Maria Road, Monterey, CA 93940

Watercolor as play, experimenting, embracing beauty, embracing non-perfection as a gateway to discovery and delight. Open for all skill levels- techniques will be taught as well ways to explore new ideas and ways to approach with color, overlays, wet into wet, drawing or not first, etc. 

Class Cost: $190. - Home made soup, bread and tea provided. Supplies available or bring your own.
All levels of experience welcome.

Click Below to Register

ARTIST STORYTELLING: December 10th, 2:00- 3:30pm (Admission is FREE)
Monterey Museum of Art - Pacific Street 559 Pacific Street Monterey, CA 93940
Elizabeth will tell Magical Secrets From the Trees as the Woman of the Woods… along with 2 other artist storytellers!

Iluminado is a mesmerizing series of artful trees created by local artists: Edi Matsumoto, Elizabeth Murray, Mark Schlegel, JP Frary, and Sea Sevilla and Avelino Sanher of La Neta Murals. More than mere installations, these trees serve as interactive symbols, capturing the diverse voices of our community. Within Iluminado, visitors are invited to collaborate with each exhibition. With Elizabeth’s tree you are invited to write love notes to trees remembering all their beauty and life giving generosity. Children of all ages are writing notes to fairies to post in on the fairy tree and white paper doves have messages of peace in over 100 languages. Elizabeth’s large oil paintings of sacred groves glow, radiating with healing colors across the gallery. Come add your messages and discover some surprises at Iluminado.

Museum open to see exhibition Thursdays - Sundays 11-5  • Free for December 

OTHER NOTABLE EVENTS

December 22nd: WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION - 5:30 - 7:30 pm
The longest night of the year will be magical celebrating art, community, trees, and Light together.

For full details of this exhibit please click here.

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Join me for this fun interactive workshop where we will make an accordion fold book with watercolor paper. Beautiful handmade papers will inspire you for your book cover. Inside - you can draw, watercolor paint, collage, or write pomes, notes, inspirational quotes. Bring photos, or treasured cards you have kept to add to the pages of what you love. I have found the act of creating a book of what I love is so nurturing and uplifting to make and to have.

Some themes might include: places, people, animals, plants, pomes, flowers, artwork, spiritual symbols, whatever lifts your spirit. This project is both fun and satisfying to make and have.

This project is both fun and satisfying to make and have. Bring your girl friend, spouse, or daughter. This will be an activity to enjoy together and a keepsake you will treasure.

Cost: $190
Soup, bread and tea will be shared with anything else you would like to add. Supplies included. All levels of experience welcome.

Join me for this creative workshop where we will create a wreath of flowers with watercolors to make into your holiday blessing, greeting or illustrate your journal. Fun, quick drawing lessons will deepen your ability to see, and your hand to move as you draw what you see. You will learn simple, clear design elements - to make your art sing. We will review some watercolor techniques: play will be the way to awaken your natural abilities to create with curiosity and humor. There will be flowers, the garden and many intriguing objects to create your own creation as well as poems and blessings for inspiration. There will be several flower wreaths you can paint to create your own set of note cards, or to illustrate a blessing if you choose. Each artist in attendance will be given one of my flower illustrated wreath blessings as a gift.

Bring a friend or family member to create with you… See you soon!

Cost: $190
Soup, bread and tea will be shared with anything else you would like to add. Supplies included. All levels of experience welcome.