Tag: draw

Creative Corner – Accordion Sketchbook

Join us in-person at the Children & Youth Library on Fridays at 3:00 PM. Get creative and make your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards ages 13 years and up.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

September 2nd at 3:00 PM

Tired of buying the same old style of sketchbooks for creating art? Learn how to make your own accordion-style sketchbook using paper, cardstock, cardboard, and glue.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Valentine Art Swap

Celebrate the season of love by participating in a Valentine Art Swap! Create a valentine-inspired work of art to share with someone.

Pick-up & Drop-off Locations:

Main Library
115 West Hill Ave.

Arts123 Gallery
123 West Coal Ave.

Return your completed art to the Main Library, Monday through Saturday, or Art123 Gallery, Tuesday through Saturday, and receive LOVE in the form of a new piece of art. Due by Saturday, February 12th at 4 PM.

Request a 5”x5” canvas board using the Supply Request Form or pick one up at Art123 Gallery.  All mediums welcome. In collaboration with GallupARTS.

Submission Deadline
Saturday, February 12th at 4:00 PM

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Just Craftin’ Around Club – June 2021

Join OFPL and the Just Craftin’ Around Club LIVE on Zoom Saturday, June 12th at 12:00 p.m. for an afternoon of chatting and crafting!

Virtually chat with other community members to exchange craft ideas, stories, and food recipes as we craft together through knitting, collaging, painting, sewing, drawing, crocheting, and more.

Register to participate in OFPL’s virtual get-together HERE

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Art Demo: Random Drawings Tell Stories

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Thursday, May 20th at 3:00 p.m. for an art demonstration featuring OFPL’s own Jesica Adeky.

She will be using shapes and lines to depict different objects or animals to tell a story. Drawings are not planned to show the audience the power of visuals using simple drawings as a medium.

Stories may come before or after a drawing is done. Audience interaction is encouraged and suggestions will be accepted.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information. 

Author Talk: From Manga to Novel – Writing a Scene

Join us LIVE on Facebook, @galluplibrary on Saturday, May 15th at 2:00 p.m. for a talk featuring Giao Chi, author of The Girl Who Kept Winter.

Writing a scene takes a great deal of thoughtful planning and hard work. Whether it is for a novel or a comic, a scene has many details that need to be formulated before it is presented.

Connect with Giao Chi as she discusses this process with her audience. Originally from Vietnam, Giao Chi has published more than 300 comics. At the age of 13, she won a professional comic scriptwriting award.

Email mdchavez@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Workshop: Crocka Dog Draw Along

Join us on Facebook, @galluplibrary, and YouTube on Wednesday, May 4th at 1:00 p.m. for a drawing lesson with author and illustrator Ross Van Dusen.

Join us for a reading of Van Dusen’s award-winning children’s book How the Crocka Dog Came to Be and learn to draw your own Crocka Dog. Have your pencils and paper ready!

Email aprice@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Basic Figurative Drawing

Create your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards individuals approximately 15-years of age and older. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form. Videos are posted weekly on Mondays at 4:00 p.m.

Tune in on Monday, February 22nd at 4:00 p.m. to learn the basics of figurative drawing as we dissect the human body into form and shape using charcoal in this interactive workshop.

CREATIVE CORNER EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING, VISIT YOUTUBE, @GALLUPLIBRARY.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Mandala Drawing

Create your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards individuals approximately 15-years of age and older. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form. Videos are posted weekly on Mondays at 4:00 p.m.

Tune in on Monday, February 8th at 4:00 p.m. for a workshop to learn how to create your own mandala drawings then color them.

Mandala Definition:

Mandala, (Sanskrit: “circle”) in Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism, a symbolic diagram used in the performance of sacred rites and as an instrument of meditation. The mandala is basically a representation of the universe, a consecrated area that serves as a receptacle for the gods and as a collection point of universal forces. 

CREATIVE CORNER EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING, VISIT YOUTUBE, @GALLUPLIBRARY.

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Drawcember Art Challenge

OFPL challenges you to sketch the provided weekly themes all month long during Drawcember. Send your weekly artwork through our social media @galluplibrary or use our special hashtag #OFPLsketchchallenge to win fun prizes.

Week 1: December 1st thru 5th – Peppermint
(Candy canes, peppermint tea, and more. Incorporate essence of peppermint into at least 51% of your overall sketch)

Week 2: December 6th thru 12th – Gingerbread 
(Landscape gingerbread housing or gingerbread family portrait. Ideas are endless as long as you incorporate gingerbread into your sketch)

Week 3: December 13th thru 19th – Fire or Ice
(Create a sketch of toasty warm or frigid cold)

Week 4: December 20th thru 26th – Holiday Song
(Pick any holiday song & create a visual representation of that song)

Week 5: December 27th thru 31st – Hope
(Open-ended sketch of hope)

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.