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Creativebug brings you the latest in art and craft education, and works with renowned artists to do so. Sign up for Creativebug with your library card and you'll enjoy unlimited free access to thousands of online art and craft classes taught by expert instructors. Watch their classes anytime, anywhere. Since classes never expire, you can start and stop projects at your own pace.
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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For this daily challenge, fine artist, illustrator and author Lisa Congdon embraces all things ink-y! Whether you like to create detailed drawings with Micron pens or paint lush washes with India inks, Lisa shows you how to explore a variety of themes and mediums every day for a whole month. Lisa's teaching style will help you simplify shapes and objects, distilling their most graphic elements with your unique marks and strokes. As you work your way...
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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English
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Join us for a month-long creative journey with artist and illustrator, Lisa Congdon. In this 31-day painting challenge, Lisa shares her love of designing colorful patterns and painting with gouache. Each day you will learn how to paint a new pattern, including traditional designs, botanicals, geometric shapes and motifs made from everyday objects. Challenge yourself to draw inspiration from the world around you, working alongside Lisa as you hone...
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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English
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Even experienced artistsneed help getting into the creative flow sometimes. Drawing from her own practice as an artist and printmaker, Risa Iwasaki Culbertson designed this daily series to encourage artistic exploration by employing a playful, multimedia approach. With exuberance and irreverent style, Risa leads you through sets of three artistic mediums - illustration, paper, and paint - applied to ten perspective-shifting topics and prompts. No...
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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Get a firm foundation in acrylic painting with this fun three-part series taught by artist and professor Lisa Solomon. Lisa covers the basics of Acrylic Painting for Beginners, from learning about different tools and brushstrokes to creating your very own masterpiece. This class is chock-full of information, so grab your paints and get ready for an engaging journey in Acrylics 101.
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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Art journaler Mou Saha demonstrates how to use watercolor paint and permanant inks to make a lovely illustrated spread. This video originally appeared live July 25, 2019.
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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English
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Feeling artistic but intimidated because you don't think you can draw? Molly shares her process of creating a piece of art based on found imagery. She covers where to source material as well as how to group and gather elements into a painting. The final image is translated through your own hand - with all the artistic charm and none of the self-doubt that too often creeps into creating art.
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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English
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Believe it or not, your paintbrushes and tools can serve you well for years as long as you clean and care for them properly. In this quick class, Lisa Solomon demonstrates how to clean your tools like a pro. You will learn how to scrape your palette clean, and how to thoroughly clean and care for your brushes between uses.
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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English
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Learn how to paint a new flower every day with help from acclaimed watercolor artist, Yao Cheng. Known for her flowing, elegant style, Yao shares her technique for capturing the feeling of flowers rather than trying to paint them realistically. In each part of this 31-day challenge, she explores the ideal brush strokes needed to paint the petals and leaves of popular flowers like dahlias, poppies, peonies and hydrangeas. Through these daily lessons,...
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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English
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Since Jennifer Mercede and Pam Garrison are in the studio filming a 30 day Collaborative Art class, we thought we'd put their skills to the test by setting a timer. When the two minutes are up, they must switch canvases, and arty mayhem ensues. This video originally appeared live January 21, 2019.
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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Courtney demos the newest palettes from Prima Watercolor Paints. Please be advised that this video originally appeared live November 6, 2018 and that the giveaway is now closed.
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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English
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Artist, illustrator, and instructor Jon Stich spent years developing his signature style. In this class, cover the fundamentals of acrylic painting before moving on to more advanced techniques in order to find your own. First, make representational paintings by finding midtones, light tones, and dark tones. You'll work with a limited palette and mix colors to paint a still life, a monochromatic portrait, and finally, a color portrait. By following...
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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English
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The luminous quality of watercolor gives you so much opportunity to play with color, light, and texture, yet oftentimes the paint can have a mind of its own. Artist and illustrator Sasha Prood shares her impressive tool kit of tips and techniques to give you more control of your watercolor painting while also embracing the stroke of each brush. Begin with the basics, like wet-on-dry vs. wet-on-wet, flat washes and color gradients, and then experiment...
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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English
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Discover the talented oil painter within yourself as you learn to paint a bucolic landscape with professional artist Christopher Clark. In this class he demonstrates his entire painting process, from selecting his favorite materials to the thought behind each brush stroke. Inspired by the Impressionist movement and 19th century artists who are known for capturing the beauty of light, Christopher teaches how to bring this luminous quality to your painting....
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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English
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Instead of using black paint right out of the tube, learn how to mix your own by combining dark brown and dark blue acrylic paints. Lisa Solomon demonstrates how the addition of other colors can create warm and cool tones in your black mixture, adding extra depth to your paintings.
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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2020.
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1 online resource (1 video file): color, sound
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English
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Charlotte from Blueshine Art and Courtney paint watercolors of Frida Kahlo and talk about their favorite art materials. This video originally appeared on Facebook Live on March 27, 2018.
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