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Drawing Ideas: Developing Your Sketchbook

ART-40447

10 Weeks | Live Online

Drawing in your sketchbook regularly is one of the best ways to improve your drawing skills and to exercise your creativity, as well as develop and record ideas for larger drawings and paintings. Great ideas spring from sincere observation of the world around us. Classes will meet weekly to draw a variety of different objects. Weekly assignments between classes will help maintain your momentum. One final drawing or painting will be assigned, using any element observed in your sketchbook. Instruction includes demonstrations as well as individual and group critiques.

Quarters Offered: Spring | Live Online
Course Fee: $325
Course Length: 10 weeks
Prerequisite: Drawing I: Focus on Perception (ART-40166) or equivalent experience.
Note: Elective for Art and the Creative Process professional certificate. 

Materials: Mixed media paper pad, alcohol-based marker set, colored pencil set (Faber-Castell or Prismacolor), drawing pencils, eraser, Uniball Signo white gel pen, Sakura Pigma micron set, professional watercolor paint set (Grumbacher or Winsor & Newton), watercolor brushes

Course Information

Live Online
3.00 units
$300.00

Course sessions

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Section ID:

188479

Class type:

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

Textbooks:

No textbook required.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 4/2/2025
  • Early Enrollment Discount: $300 ($325 if enrolled after 3/3/2025)
  • 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.

Schedule:

Date Day Start End
3/26/2025 Wed 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
4/2/2025 Wed 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
4/9/2025 Wed 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
4/16/2025 Wed 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
4/23/2025 Wed 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
4/30/2025 Wed 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
5/7/2025 Wed 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
5/14/2025 Wed 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
5/21/2025 Wed 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
5/28/2025 Wed 6:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
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Instructor: Kelsey Worth

Kelsey Worth

Kelsey Worth teaches Introduction to Illustration, Drawing I: Focus on Perception, Drawing Ideas: Developing Your Sketchbook, and Playing with Pen & Ink for the Professional Certificate in Art and the Creative Process

Kelsey is a fine artist and illustrator, portraying vibrant flora and fauna using water media. She draws and paints wild animals in fantastic environments, juxtaposing realistic subjects in dreamlike scenarios. Her portfolio captures the wonder of planet earth and the animals that need protection. Concerned about human impact on the environment, Worth’s work includes messages for conservation.

After receiving a Bachelor's degree in Studio Art and a Masters degree from the University of Redlands, Worth joined the United States Marine Corps. She completed active duty in April 2021, earning distinction as an accomplished Marine, musician, and visual artist. Worth currently teaches illustration and drawing courses for UCSD extended studies and stays active in the San Diego art community. 

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