Gratitude

Every night before I sleep, I run through the things I’m grateful for that day. It’s a good practice, and I’ve been doing it for years. I am so thankful for all of the wonderful kids and families that have

Weekly Update

The fall offers so many beautiful landscape opportunities with the brilliant trees and bogs.  As we move toward the holiday season there is no end to the creative possibilities. Enjoy these gorgeous bogs, and scroll down for the class schedule.

Weekly Update – In-Person Classes

In-person classes start next week. Tuesday and Thursday are a go!  Need another couple of advanced kids for Weds. See schedule below. I’m hoping, as everyone adjusts to the new school schedules, we can get these small classes going. I sure have

In a Holding Pattern

No classes this week. I hope everyone is getting settled into the new way of doing school. We could add a zoom class to fit the a virtual day for kids. If you are interested in that, please tell me

Summer Schedule 4×4

Gurnet Glory Let’s try summer! Four is the magic number.  I have scheduled four summer sessions of Art Smorgasbord. Classes need four to happen, and there’s a four student maximum for each session. As students and families know, we were

Important Updates

I’m reducing the classes to twice a week, Wednesday and Thursday, to give myself more time to get things done around here. Excavation is happening; we’ve torn up the driveway and entire yard, getting ready for a new driveway, decks,

Landscape Lessons – Any Medium

Last week’s classic cartoon characters were lots of fun. Copying cartoon characters is a good skill-building exercise, and it’s very meditative. The landscape works we are using this week lend themselves well to pastel, acrylic paint, oil pastel, watercolor, or

Classic Cartoon Characters – Any Medium

We usually do fine art, but every so often it’s fun for the kids to do some cartoon characters. Pastel really doesn’t lend itself to the hard lines of cartoons, so this week we can use markers, pen and ink,

Wild Art & Zoom Schedule

I hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine and fresh air.  Makes me want to get out and do some plein air painting! This week we’ll be creating Mothers’ Day gift possibilities with paintings of moms and babies. If anyone has

Zoom Art!

Our Zoom classes are going very well.  We’ve settled into a rhythm where we meet as a group, do some contour drawing to warm up, and then everyone gets individualized instruction as I go around the zoom room checking on the