South End Art Hop Kids'Hop!

Burlington will be hosting the annual super amazing ART HOP from September 9-11. On Saturday September 10 from 10-2 is a special KIDS' HOP featuring all kinds of  hands-on activities  specially for you!

While I HIGHLY recommend you check out the entire event with your grown ups, there will be some extra cool stuff to see and do on Saturday! The Art Hop is one of the most widely attended events all year in Burlington, so much extreme creativity to see, music to listen too, ideas to ponder and be inspired by!

Back to school 2016-17!

Founders Memorial School Artists! The studio is ready for you! New pastels, paints and markers are unpacked and just WAITING for your ideas and creative expression!

I can't wait to see you in a few days to begin our creative journey together!

Love, Ms. G

Zentangle kicks....

On the subject of Zentangles, check out the sneakers that Navarro got for Christmas!

They were plain old white and he Zentangled them!

Awesomely inspiring!

Zentangling, Line Weight & Breaking the Picture Plane

Here is a small sampling of our zentangling unit

We chose animals that interested us and were very thoughtful about composition. Our goal was to create an exciting subject layout by breaking the picture plane. In non-artspeak, that means laying out your subject so it enters the paper and exits at points to create a great visual. Interestingly, our brains automatically provide the 'information' about the parts of the animals we cannot see.

Weaving demonstration....

So, we interrupt this zentangle lesson for a short video by a Founders artist...we recently got a BIG loom to work on during any free times we have, and well, we are kind of OBSESSED! One of the artists here, made a demo video to show us how its done! Take a look right here:

How To Weave

(click above to link to video)

Hello School Year 2015-16! We have started out the year by creating our fresh new portfolios, and are making Zentangle sea creatures with our names to decorate them!

Zentangling is a calming and creative way of using line and different line weights in patterns to draw.

You can find out more about it here

or here

And find all kinds of patterns to practice here

Stay tuned, so far we are having an amazing year!

Love, 

the artists at FMS

artist quote.....

 It is amazing in art how one line can create a whole different picture"

Owen.F.