Introduction to Illustration

Introduction to Illustration
10 Weeks | $325 | In-Class

Learn the fundamentals of illustration by exploring the link between language and image. Translate ideas, text, or narrative into pictures that communicates to others. Through demonstration, in-class exercises and homework projects, students will work on both concept and drawing skills. Basic techniques of using pen and ink, ink wash, and opaque paint (tempera or acrylic) will be covered.

Quarters Offered: Summer | In-Class
Course Fee: $325
Prerequisite: Drawing I: Focus on Perception (ART-40166) or equivalent experience.
Materials: Materials list is based on instructor.
Michelle McCunney: 11x14 sketchbook (Strathmore Sketch recommended), 6B pencil, sharpener, Staedler white eraser for first class meeting. Full materials will be available in the first week of class.
Kelsey Worth: pencil, eraser, watercolor palette, mixed sizes watercolor brushes (Princeton synthetic recommended), fine liner pen (Sakura Micron sizes .01, .02, .03), Sakura Pigma Brush Pen (3PC Black Set), painter’s tape, Bristol Paper Pad, 11 x 14 Strathmore Mixed Media Paper Pad or Hot Press Watercolor Paper, Winsor & Newton Watercolor Tube set, Prismacolor Colored Pencils 
Note: Elective course for Art and the Creative Process professional certificate and Children's Book Illustration professional certificate. 
Contact: For more information about this course, please email ahl@ucsd.edu.

Course Number: ART-40428
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Art and the Creative Process, Children’s Book Illustration

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1/8/2025 - 3/12/2025

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• SECTION ID:

  186149

• CLASS TYPE:

  Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).

• INSTRUCTOR:
  

  McCunney, Michelle, Visual artist, art instructor for undergraduate programs since 1988; has exhibited paintings and books in California, Mexico, Cuba, Italy and Japan.

  She received a master's in visual arts from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas (UNAM) in Mexico City and bachelor's in visual arts from the University of California San Diego. She has taught painting, drawing and illustration for university programs in Mexico and the US since 1988. Michelle´s art revolves mainly around the animals she observes, and their stories of habitat loss.   She teaches the following courses for the  UC San Diego Extension Art and the Creative Process Professional Certificate . - Animal Illustration - Introduction to Illustration -  Drawing I: Focus on Perception - Drawing II: Refining Technique   -  Watercolor I: Basic Techniques and Materials -  Intermediate Watercolor -&n...Read More

• TEXTBOOKS:

  REQUIRED
  SUGGESTED

  No Textbook Required
  by DO NOT DELETE OR OVERWRITE THIS RECORD
  ISBN / ASIN: 0189999993

  You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

• POLICIES:

  No refunds after: 1/15/2025.
  Early Enrollment Discount: $300 ($325 if enrolled after 12/9/2024).
  Early enrollment advised.
  No visitors permitted.
  

• NOTE:

  SCBWI/MOPA/SDMA members can receive our $25 Early Enrollment discount prior to course start date. The max discount a member can receive for one class is $25. It is applied upon course enrollment over the phone or in person with proof of membership. This is a live online course; all class sessions are taught via Zoom. Course materials like the syllabus and handouts are delivered online. Login on your MyExtension account, select My Courses and click the link under LOCATION.

DATE	DAY	START	END	LOCATION
1/8/2025	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
1/15/2025	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
1/22/2025	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
1/29/2025	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
2/5/2025	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
2/12/2025	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
2/19/2025	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
2/26/2025	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
3/5/2025	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.
3/12/2025	Wed	6:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.