Watercolor Workshop for Veterans
Free Workshop for US Veterans
May 8th, 2026 from 10:00am – 12:30pm
Join Artist Mary Whyte for a creative and fun time of watercolor painting. All levels are welcome, especially beginners!
Mary will be demonstrating the fundamentals of watercolor, with vets working from a selection of imagery. If preferred, vets can bring their own photo to work from.
All painting supplies are donated by the Patriot Art Foundation. Learn more about the Patriot Art Foundation: https://www.patriotartfoundation.org. Free, online watercolor classes are available to veterans through the Foundation.
Mary Whyte is the recipient of numerous awards including the Portrait Society of America’s Gold Medal, the Carolinas Freedom Foundation’s Freedom Award, and the South Carolina Governor’s Award for the Arts, South Carolina’s highest honor in the arts. In 2019 Whyte founded the Patriot Art Foundation as a means to honor and inspire veterans through the arts. September 2022 Whyte received the Annie Oakley Society Award for her role as a leader in the artistic community and inspirational work through the Patriot Art Foundation.
Whyte’s groundbreaking museum exhibition WE THE PEOPLE: Portraits of Veterans in America, consisting of fifty large-scale watercolors of one veteran from each state, will be on view at the Grohmann Museum beginning May 7.