arts and music My method of teaching is to include good materials, soft pencils, high quality surfaces to draw and paint on as well as nice brushes. It is a way of offering the opportunity to do art projects which are free from technical problems. Artists go outside to look at how the trees move, to smell, to listen for the concert of birds and recognize one color from another. " Learning to observe and understand light and movement on shapes is the key to the way artists see. " Linda's one room art studio is nestled among the pines and birch trees behind her Maine home. 8 GRAND JULY-AUG 2019 Continued on next pagehttps://www.facebook.com/GRANDmagazine/ https://www.twitter.com/grandMmagazine