


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
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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
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Schedule:
Date | Day | Start | End |
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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. |
Instructor:
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.