CLARTSA034 - Sketching the City
Rediscover the joys of city life in this course for urban artists and adventurers. For centuries, artists have kept sketchbooks to record the energy of life flowing around them—in cafés, parks, museums, shops, train stations, and from city windows. Part journal, part artistic sandbox, sketchbooks have an intimacy and freshness not often found in more finished works of art and can enhance an artist’s creative process. Sketchbooks provide an intentionally free-form space for quick drawings, designs, creative experiments, musings, collaging and more. The class includes demonstrations, presentations, sketching in class, creative outings and experiments, a field trip and sharing. Participants are encouraged to take part in the Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook Project. No prior drawing experience is necessary for this accessible course.
Course Details
Ellen Orseck, M.A., M.A.T., is a Houston-based artist whose artwork has been exhibited across Texas as well as in New York City and Lima, Peru. She has been awarded several commissions from state art councils, corporate collections and private patrons, and was a finalist for the Hunting Prize. Ms. Orseck shows her work at Carolyn Garcia Gallery, Winter Street Studios and Mother Dog Studios in Houston, and one of her paintings is in the permanent collection of the Myrtle Beach Art Museum. Her education includes four years at the Glassell School of Art. Ms. Orseck holds a master’s degree in painting from New York University and a master’s degree in museum education from George Washington University, and has taken a course in old master painting from the New York Academy of Art.
On campus
This course will be delivered on campus/in person. Classroom and parking information will be sent prior to your course start date.
Fee does not include cost of supplies, approximately $25. Participants are responsible for their own field trip transportation. Studio art supply lists are shared two weeks before the course start date. Contact cpcoord@rice.edu with questions.