This class will explore the very essence of how ideas are formed from your sketchbook. Practice makes perfect and, in this case, it is so true. By developing the habit of taking your sketchbook with you everywhere, you will begin to notice more and hone your ability to see and then draw very personal glimpses Regardless of your artistic genre, whether it’s abstraction or realism, this class will show you how to develop your creative process through a daily record of expressive thoughts. Sketchbooks also serve as a place to work out compositions, ideas for a series,  preliminary drawing for a painting or any work of art. Sue will guide you through a progression of exercises that will review drawing methods and principles that will become second nature to you as you develop the routine of sketching and drawing every day. Students will be encouraged to incorporate an assortment of markings executed with pencils, inks, gouache / watercolors, and adhered ephemera for collage-effect. Possibilities are endless! This class is open to artists at all levels. Class size is limited to 12 students.  

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Albuquerque multidisciplinary artist Susan E. Roden, attended the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Houston Art Institute. Her art is exhibited nationally and she is the recipient of awards including Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club’s Award (NY) and the Yarka Award from the Salmagundi Club (NY). She attended residencies to Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park (2009) and California’s Desert Dairy Farm (2021, 2022). Roden was featured on the cover of the Pastel Artist International Magazine (2002) with an accompanied article of her technique and cited in the Southwest Art Magazine. She has taught at the University of California San Diego Extension, San Diego Museum of Art and Oasis /Albuquerque.