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Feb 24

Creative Painting

Posted to Book Notes on February 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM by Genesis Gaule

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Campbell Creates: Fluid Ink Painting

Tues, Mar 4 @ 6 pm // Ages 10+ // Drip or paint ink onto a ceramic tile to make an abstract masterpiece! All supplies included.


Paint With Ploof

by Ben Clanton 

Easy CLANTON 

Ploof is a little cloud who's eager to make their first rainbow! But how? With your help, of course! Can you help Ploof find the right shape? Mix colors? Fly high to paint? Cheer Ploof on through the ups and downs of trying something new, follow along with some calming breathing exercises and find a new perspective!


Start Here

50 ways to be an artist without trying
by Moira Clinch 

751 CLINCH 2024

Exciting prompts for kick-starting an artistic practice centered on painting. By exploring how simple brushstrokes and splashes can be repeated to create more intricate images and patterns, Start Here: Paint builds up your understanding of shape, color, and technique without intimidating jargon or theory. 


Liz's Perfect Painting

by Callie Barkley 

Junior BARKLEY Critter v.27

A Critter Club Book // Liz is having an exciting week! The Critter Club is pet-sitting a ferret, and a local artist is looking for artwork from young painters to include in a show. Liz has her heart set on creating the most perfect painting ever. She just needs to make art while pet-sitting. What could go wrong? 


Funky Florals

by Megan Wells

751.4 WELLS 2024

Join acclaimed artist, established author, and popular art instructor Megan Wells as she teaches you how to unlock your creative confidence and make expressive floral art using a wide variety of art materials. Through 12 captivating projects, you’ll go on a colorful mixed-media adventure where you’ll learn how to make art using watercolor, markers, acrylic paint, and more.


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Aug 05

Art Exploration

Posted to Book Notes on August 5, 2024 at 11:58 AM by Genesis Gaule

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Art in the Park with Jill Levene

Tues, Aug 13 @ 6pm // Create art with local artist Brenda Baumer at the Big Shelter in Sherlock Park.  All supplies provided.  All are welcome.


The Artists Manual

by Rob Pepper

702.8 PEPPER 2021

Covering everything from how to draw and paint to ceramics, sculptures and printmaking, you’ll get the most out of your passion for art with this beautifully illustrated artist’s handbook. It also includes newer areas like digital art and animation?perfect for modern artists!


Clive and his Art

by Jessica Spanyol

Easy Board CLIVE

Meet Clive - and his imagination! Clive loves all kinds of art. He likes looking at it, making it and sharing it with his friends. 


Ozzie and the art contest

by Dana Sullivan 

Easy SULLIVAN

Ozzie loves drawing and being an artist more than anything. So when his teacher, Miss Cattywhompus, announces an art contest, Ozzie’s picture doesn’t win first place. And even though it does win honorable mention, he is devastated. With a little help from Miss Cattywhompus, Ozzie comes to see that he, with his love of art, has won something far more important than a contest.


Dr. Seuss's horse museum

by Dr. Seuss

Easy 700.462 SEUSS 2019

Explore how different artists have seen horses, and maybe even find a new way of looking at them yourself. Discover full-color photographic art reproductions of pieces by Picasso, George Stubbs, Rosa Bonheur, Alexander Calder, Jacob Lawrence, Deborah Butterfield, Franz Marc, Jackson Pollock, and many others—all of which feature a horse!


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Jul 22

Abundance in the Garden

Posted to Book Notes on July 22, 2024 at 12:50 PM by Genesis Gaule

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Community Table Garden Share 

Tues, July 23 @ 6:00 pm // Leave a veggie, take a veggie, or both! All produce on the table is donated by a gardener from our community. Please take home anything on the table to enjoy. Have a garden? Bring your surplus to share with others. Any items that are left will be donated to the EGF Food Shelf! Free; all are welcome.


The Garden Thief

The Boxcar Children Mysteries
by Gertrude Chandler Warner 

Junior WARNER Boxcar v.130

Grandfather's friend, Mr. Yee, has broken his arm and can't tend to his beloved vegetable plot in the community garden. The Alden children gladly offer their services to help him with his prize-winning veggies. But they soon learn something mysterious is afoot at the community garden. Vegetables go missing, luckily for the local community gardeners, the Boxcar Children are on the case!


Garden Allies

The insects, birds, & other animals that keep your garden beautiful and thriving
by Frédérique Lavoipierre 

639.92 LAVOIPIERRE 2021 

In Garden Allies, Frédérique Lavoipierre shares fascinating portraits of birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects, describing their life cycles and showing how they keep the garden’s ecology in balance. Also included is helpful information on how to nurture and welcome these valuable creatures into your garden. 


Organic Kitchen Gardening

A guide to growing produce in small urban areas
by Barbara Segall 

635 SEGALL

Begin with the basics of garden planning: which crop to sow and when, improving the soil, creating shelter, combating pests, and propagating plants. Success on a small scale becomes inevitable with beautiful photos of garden layouts and detailed information on leaf, flowering, and fruiting vegetables; gourds; onions; pods and kernels; roots, stems, and bulbs; and herbs. 


All New Square Foot Gardening

by Mel Bartholomew 

635 BARTHOLOMEW 2018

Perfect for experienced gardeners or beginners, Square Foot Gardening includes veggie-specific planting, growing, and harvesting guide that make growing your own food fun, easy, and productive. No digging, no tilling, no fertilizing, no guesswork, less watering, waste, and weeding!  


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