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Using your library card and PIN, create your own account for FREE and nurture your creative side with 1000+ video classes in painting, knitting, crafting, sewing & more!
Magpie Sketchbook: A Daily Practice – July 1
Use a sketchbook as your muse to gather captivating imagery that ignites your imagination. Rebecca Ringquist of Dropcloth Samplers, celebrated for her embroidery and intricate stitched drawings, empowers you to explore your unique artistic style through fearless experimentation, free from the constraints of perfection or productivity. Over the course of a month, embark on an expressive journey dedicated to spontaneous mark-making and playful collaging in the first half, then respond to those textures and images in the second, culminating in exquisitely layered, visually intricate pages. When you’re done, you’ll have a place to begin.
Make a Paper Maché Vase – July 10
Elevate the art of paper maché with Corrie Beth Hogg, multi-media maker and Brooklyn-based author. In this class, Corrie demonstrates how to make an impressive paper maché vase inspired by ornamented Italian earthenware from the 16th century. The most amazing thing about working with paper maché is its accessibility – all you really need is cardboard, masking tape, newspaper, and glue. Corrie has designed and provided a template that turns a flat piece of cardboard into a three-dimensional vessel, allowing for a glass cylinder insert if you wish to use it for fresh flowers. Learn how to build the vase form piece by piece, then add paper maché. Finish by exploring several decorating options to make your vase truly your own and be amazed by what you’re able to create with paper.
One Square at a Time: Making Art on a Grid – July 17
Blank pages can be overwhelming for even the most experienced artists, but what if, instead, the page was divided into small squares and the only task was to fill each square with a single element? Artist, illustrator, and author Lisa Congdon finds this process so freeing that she returns to it again and again. In this class, Lisa provides insight into why your brain has a natural affinity for the grid to create visual balance. She guides you through choosing a color palette, subject matter, and composition for each square as well as addressing the composition as a whole. You’ll work on two projects – a black pencil drawing on white paper and a multi-color drawing on black paper – and in the process, discover your own favorite symbols, shapes, and colors to create different moods and stories in your art.
Woven Star Quilt Block – July 24
The Woven Star is a gorgeous pattern that seemingly radiates right off your quilt top. It’s intricate enough to provide visual interest but also simple enough to have fun with finding favorite color and pattern combinations. Award-winning quilter and designer Sarah Bond teaches you how to sew the Woven Star with precision straight piecing and basic paper piecing. She will also share a round version of the Woven Star that incorporates a little bit of curved piecing. The class PDF includes patterns for these blocks in different sizes so you can play with scale and use different sizes of blocks on the same quilt top. Throw them all together in a mini quilt, full sized quilt, or whatever you have a mind to create. The result is truly celestial.
CB Mixtape: Crafts for Kids – July 31
CbMixtapes are playlists made of specific bits taken from different classes and grouped together by a common theme. It’s a fun way to learn how one topic is approached by a variety of artists with different techniques, all rounded up in one curated mixtape.
This selection of kid-friendly classes covers a variety of techniques using simple materials, including paper folding, assemblage, drawing, and tin-foil sculpture.
Read, Renew, Repeat Bookmark Printable PDF
It’s a library card holder, a notebook, and a bookmark, all in one! Loop it around the handle of your book bag to keep your library card and reading list handy. Print the PDF to create your own!