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Intro to Scratchboard
A Fun Art Program for Adults
2024-04-20 14:00:00
2024-04-20 16:00:00
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Intro to Scratchboard
Remember using those black-painted sheets in art class when you were a kid, scratching off the black to show a colorful image peeking through? This is its adult cousin! Learn and practice this black-and-white drawing medium, and leave with your own creations.
Eagle Branch -
Saturday, April 20
2:00pm - 4:00pm
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2024-04-20 14:00:00
2024-04-20 16:00:00
America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Intro to Scratchboard
Remember using those black-painted sheets in art class when you were a kid, scratching off the black to show a colorful image peeking through? This is its adult cousin! Learn and practice this black-and-white drawing medium, and leave with your own creations.
Eagle Branch -
Remember using those black-painted sheets in art class when you were a kid, scratching off the black to show a colorful image peeking through? This is its adult cousin! Learn and practice this black-and-white drawing medium, and leave with your own creations.
Join Esayas Zerazion, a local artist who mostly works in scratchboard art to learn and practice your hand at this interesting art practice.
Scratchboard, also known as scraperboard, is a way of drawing using a cardboard coated in India ink. The drawing surface starts completely black and is scratched using a sharp tool to reveal white lines. This is a great way to illustrate things using light and shadow.
This 2-hour class will cover:
- Esayas' background
- How light works - including highlight, shadow, core shadow, reflected light, and cast shadow
- Scratchboard + tools and techniques for using it
- Projects
Also check out Esayas' Exhibit at Central Library in April, 2024. You can also meet Esayas and 2 other Indianapolis-based artists at the Reception on Sunday, April 14.
Eagle Branch
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About the branch
In 1960, after residents petitioned for a permanent library, a storefront branch opened at 30th Street and Lafayette Road, the first branch in the system to be located in a shopping center. A stand-alone facility at 3325 Lowry Road opened in 1970 with 12,000 square feet. On June 1, 2019 the Lowry Road facility was replaced by a new 20,000-square-foot building at 3905 Moller Road.