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"Let's Draw A March Medley!" - Children's Drawing Workshops at Rockland Public Library

Rockland - Iditarod Dog Sled Races, the circus, St. Patrick's Day, and Spring, are the subjects  children will draw this March at Rockland Public Library's ongoing drawing workshops led by Catinka Knoth. Participants follow along with Knoth as she demonstrates how to draw a variety of subjects for March. Husky dogs, mushers and dog sled teams, are motifs from the Iditarod Race in Alaska, which start March 7th this year.  Papercuts of dog teams may be explored.  March is also known as when 'the circus comes to town', bringing acrobats, animals, clowns, and tents to draw. St. Patrick's Day has shamrocks, St. Patrick, leprechauns, pots of gold, rainbows, and Celtic designs. The arrival of Spring gives inspiration to draw  daffodils, crocuses tulips, birds, and kites.

Sponsored by the generosity of local patrons, Wendy and Keith Wellin, the workshops, for age 6 and up, are free and open to the public.  Children age 10 and under should be accompanied by an adult.  All materials are provided. Ongoing workshops meet every Tuesday, 4-5 pm., Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St., hosted by Friends of Rockland Library. FMI - Jean Young, children's librarian, 594-0310.

 
Dog team papercuts

Lion papercuts

Official Site of the Idtarod Race
Catinka's Dog Sled Race Art Lesson
Dog Sled Race Team Coloring Page

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 4:35 PM EST

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"Let's Draw February's Celebrations!" - Children's Drawing Workshops at Rockland Public Library

Rockland, Maine -  Children will draw images from February's celebrations and traditions at Rockland Public Library's ongoing drawing workshops led by artist Catinka Knoth. Participants draw along with Knoth as she demonstrates how to draw  subjects from Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day,  and Mardi Gras. 2009 Chinese New Year, celebrated for 15 days, is the Year of the Ox. Subjects may include papercut ox designs, Chinese dragon, and Lion Dancers. Valentine's Day cards often have  hearts, birds, cupids, lace, ribbons, and roses. Mardi Gras motifs include masks, King cakes, doubloons, jazz instruments, jester, tricorn hat, and beads.  Knoth suggests that participants may bring in related books and pictures as a possible inclusion for the demonstrations..

Sponsored by the Wellin Family Foundation,  the workshops, for age 6 and up, are free and open to the public, with all materials provided. Ongoing workshops meet every Tuesday, 4-5 pm, Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St., and are hosted by Friends of Rockland Library.  FMI - Jean Young, children's librarian, 594-0310.

Tuesdays; 4-5 pm; 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24; "Let's Draw February's Celebrations!" 

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 11:44 PM EST

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Rockland, Maine -  Children will draw winter animals and scenes this January, at Rockland Public Library's ongoing drawing workshops led by artist Catinka Knoth. Participants draw along with Knoth as she demonstrates how to draw a variety of subjects. Winter motifs may include polar bears, penguins, snowy owls, arctic hares and foxes, houses in a snowy landscape, frozen lakes with skaters, and ice fishing. Sponsored by the Wellin Family Foundation, the workshops, for age 6 and up, are free and open to the public, with all materials provided. Children 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Ongoing workshops meet every Tuesday, 4-5 pm, Community Room, Rockland Public Library, and are hosted by Friends of Rockland Library.  FMI - Jean Young, children's librarian, 207-594-0310.

Tuesdays; 1/6, 1/13, 1/20, 1/27;  4-5 p.m.  "Let's Draw Winter Animals and Scenes!"

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 8:07 PM EST

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Born in time of old,
The year it was foretold,
That man should far behold,
What always his heart could hold -
The light that shines like gold.

This sight is not for hand to hold,
But each to find in his own fold;
And know such might that warms all cold,
The golden spirit, which is most bold;
A bright which always from inner out unrolled,

A story forever to be told.

            ©Catinka Knoth - December 24, 2008

Download my printable Christmas card (1.5mb pdf). Fold in half, and again in half (a 'frenchfold' card). 

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 9:10 AM EST

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Native American designs, lodging, hunting, and game; foods; and family gatherings - motifs to explore this November. Download this Native American designs page (900 kb pdf), a sample from North American Indian Motifs , by Dover books.

Have fun trying my recent demonstration drawings of bears here, and click the titles for larger versions to print out.

Brown Bears Fishing, coloring page

Winnie-the-Pooh coloring page, after E.L.Shepard

The ongoing children's drawing classes at Rockland Library that I teach are free, with all materials supplied. They're geared for ages 6 and up, unaccompanied adults are welcome! Children age 10 and under should be accompanied by an adult. We usually do some follow-along drawings. I demonstrate a few lines and people follow along on their papers, step-by-step,until we have finished an motif or scene. There are many ways to draw something. I may draw something quite "wrong", but in drawing surely, firmly, we all draw something with life and appeal. 

Native American stories for children:
These are from library catalog listings. Perhaps your library has some of these. You can also find most of these books of Native American stories at my 'bookshop' at Amazon.

Keepers of the Earth (1998)  Caduto, Michael J -  Juv  398.2 C13ke

Keepers of the animals (1991)  Caduto, Michael  -   Juv  398.2 C13Ka
 
Nine Micmac legends (1983)  Nowlan, Alden -  Juv 398.2 N867
 
Spirits, heroes & hunters from North American Indian mythology  (1981)  Wood, Marion -  Juv 299 W8503s

Stories in stone : rock art pictures by early Americans (1996)   Arnold, Caroline -  Juv 709 Ar638s

Thanks to the Animals (2005) Allen Sockabasin  -  JPic So135t

The long-tailed bear, and other Indian legends. (1961)Belting,  Natalia Maree, 1915- -  Juv 398.2 B419L

Owl Eyes (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, ). "It explains why the owl has such a short neck, why its eyes are so large and why it is nocturnal. Frieda Gates, part Mohawk herself, retells this marvelous legend, accompanied by expressive illustrations by Yoshi Miyake. One double-spread painting looks like the owl is going to fly right off the page."

Red fox and his canoe. (1964) Benchley, Nathaniel, 1915- JPic  B431

Six Micmac Stories/Ruth Holmes Whitehead. 1989.  Juv 398.2 W587si 

Posted by Catinka Knoth at 12:01 AM EST

Updated: Wednesday, 19 November 2008 2:18 PM EST

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