Class brings Vermont Bird Museum to library

You think you can’t draw a bird?

From simple shapes to loose sketches, this South Burlington Library class will show you how to look at the basic shapes of birds and practice drawing them, while learning a little bird biology at the same time on Thursday, Sept. 28, 3-4:30 p.m. in the Katie O’Brien Activity Room.

No drawing experience required. This class will be fun for any level of sketcher or birder.

For ages 6 and up, beginners are welcome.

All materials will be supplied. If you have a favorite sketching tool, feel free to bring it with you.

Also, be sure to check out the two displays about birds in the month of September. In the upstairs gallery is “Birds in Art,” a wonderful and sometimes whimsical display of the variety, depth, scales and even history of the art of birds.

In the downstairs display case is “Carving: Tools and Techniques.” From wood blocks and wood blanks to finished carvings, this display shows the tools and steps a wood carver uses to create lifelike birds. Both are on loan from the Birds of Vermont Museum.