Tag: paint

Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)

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, March 15th at 4:00 p.m. to create Artist Trading Cards or ATCs are miniature pieces of art that are traded by artists around the world. Learn how to make your own ATC with an interactive workshop inspired by Courtney Cerruti’s CreativeBug class. Need inspiration? Complete the optional OFPL ATC mini-challenges and win a prize.

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

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

Collage Painting

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 and can be requested below.

Tune in Monday, December 21st at 4:00 p.m. for a demonstration on collage painting. Learn how to make a collage below. We will then apply to collage to make a basic sketch on canvas then continue and create a painting based on the print collage.

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

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

Creative Corner – Photo Transfer

Create your own art using various materials found around your home! These courses are geared towards individuals 15 years of age and older.

Tune in on Monday, October 26th at 4:00 p.m. for a demonstration on learning the basics and application of photo transfer onto canvas, wood, metal, and more. Create personalized gifts for family or decorate your walls with unique photos.

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

Creative Corner – Still Life Painting

Create your own art using various materials found around your home! These courses are geared towards individuals 15 years of age and older.

Tune in on Monday, October 19th at 4:00 p.m. to learn how to start a still life and apply basic painting techniques.

Roy Lichtenstein. Cape Cod Still Life. Pop Art. 1972.
Picasso. The Dessert Still Life. Post-Impressionism. 1901.

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

Creative Corner – Watercolor Painting

Create your own art using various materials found around your home! These courses are geared towards individuals 14 years of age and older. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis and can be requested below.

Tune in on Monday, September 28th at 4:00 p.m. to learn the basics of watercolor painting, techniques, and watch a demonstration on creating works of art.

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

Daisy. Watercolor on Paper. 2020.
Lilac. Watercolor on Paper. 2020.

Artist: Joshua Whitman
Instagram: @artisan_josh23

Creative Corner – Abstract Painting 103

Create your own art using various materials found around your home! These courses are geared towards individuals 14 years of age and older.

Tune in on Monday, September 21st at 4:00 p.m. for a demonstration on abstract painting while learning advanced techniques in painting. Exploring and building on what we learned in Abstract Painting 101 & 102 (Watch part one at https://youtu.be/HPFoHuDA9zM & part two at https://youtu.be/TBooN19TPzw).

Part Three explores final details and advanced painting techniques as we build upon the painting.

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

Creative Corner – Abstract Painting

Creative Corner features creativity freedom to make your own art from various materials that can be found around your homes and/or are inexpensive to purchase. Art courses are for the inner creative geared towards individuals 15 years of age and older.

Tune in this upcoming Monday, August 17th at 4:00 p.m. for a demonstration on abstract painting while learning advanced techniques in oil painting. Exploring and building on what we learned in Abstract Painting 101 (part one video here). Part Two explores advanced oil painting techniques as we build upon the foundation. Available through our Facebook page and YouTube channel, search @galluplibrary.

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Creative Corner – Abstract Painting 101

Creative Corner features creativity freedom to make your own art from various materials that can be found around your homes and/or are inexpensive to purchase. Art courses are for the inner creative geared towards individuals 15 years of age and older.

Tune in this upcoming Monday, June 27th at 4:00 p.m. for a demonstration on abstract painting while learning the basics in oil painting. This is Part One in a multi-series exploring the fundamentals in abstract painting. Part One explores techniques and brand names trusted by our resident artist and will be laying the foundation to our painting. Available through our Facebook page and YouTube channel, search @galluplibrary.

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10 Oil Painting Tips for Beginners

Artists have been painting with oil paints for hundreds of years and oil paints continue to be popular worldwide due to their versatility, quality, and color. While getting started with oil painting is fairly easy, there is a little bit more to it than acrylics, since you are working with toxic solvents and mediums and the drying time is much longer. Individual artists who have been painting for a while have their own favorite brands, brushes, palettes, and mediums, but here are some general tips that may be useful to you if you are just starting out with oil paints.

Read the full article HERE.

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Shop at Arteza HERE.

Shop at Winsor & Newton HERE.

Shop at Blick HERE.

Shop at Gamblin HERE.

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Creative Corner – Meditative Drip Painting w/ Acrylics

Creative Corner features creativity freedom to make your own art from various materials that can be found around your homes and/or are inexpensive to purchase. Art courses are for the inner creative geared towards individuals 15 years of age and older.

Tune in this upcoming Monday, June 20th at 4:00 p.m. for a meditative experience using acrylic paints set to calming meditative music. Available through our Facebook page and YouTube channel, search @galluplibrary.

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Drip Painting Definition

The technique of abstract painting exemplified chiefly in the later works of Jackson Pollack and marked by the intricately executed dripping and pouring of the paint on a canvas placed on the floor.

Artist Spotlight

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Courtesy of other artists. (See accreditation).

Jackson Pollock
Full Fathom Five. Oil on canvas with nails, tacks, buttons, key, coins, cigarettes, matches, etc. 50 7/8 inches by 30 1/8 inches. Circa 1947.
Joshua Whitman
@artisan_josh23
Payson the Pepto. 16 inches. Circa 2020.
Callen Schaub
@callenschaubart
Effusion. 84 inches by 144 inches. Circa 2020.

Creative Corner – Collage 101 w/ Found Materials

Creative Corner features creativity freedom to make their own art from various materials that can be found around their homes and/or are inexpensive to purchase. Art courses are for the inner creative geared towards individuals 15 years of age and older.

Tune in this upcoming Monday, June 13th at 4:00 p.m. for a demonstration on collaging with paper materials that can be found around your home. Use old magazines, photographs, books, glue, markers, paint, and more. Available through our Facebook page and YouTube channel, search @galluplibrary.

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Collage Definition

Collage is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole.

5 Contemporary Collage Artists Adding New Layers

  1. Laslo Antal’s Collage – Visual Diaries
  2. Lance Letscher’s Collage – The Pull Towards Collage
  3. Raquel van Haver’s Collage – The Collage Mindset
  4. Vanessa German’s Collage – From Found Objects Towards Assemblage
  5. Wangechi Mutu’s Collage – Female Motives

View the full article HERE.

Artist Spotlight

Joshua M. Whitman

@artisan_josh23

Collage. Recycled Books, gold foil, and white ink. 11 inches by 17 inches. Circa. 2020 (Right).

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Courtesy of Joshua M. Whitman.
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