Class Platform: Virtual Learning

Day/Time: Friday, 9 - 10 AM, February 5 - April 16, *10 week class*

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Class Description: When you sketch your surroundings, you see them in a different way than when you merely look at them. You closely observe the scene, and that builds new connections and pathways in your brain. You are very present in that moment, which contributes to stress relief
and relaxation. Sketching is an ideal way to absorb, appreciate, and capture your surroundings, whether during a trip abroad or a quiet moment in your backyard. We will work on new techniques in class, then have field trips around Las Vegas to practice sketching on location. You may choose to use ink, watercolor, pencil, colored pencil, watercolor pencils, markers...whatever you prefer. Sketching is not about perfection, so beginners are welcome.

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Instructor Biographies: Amy Atkinson was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, and lived in Texas, upstate New York, California, Paris, Ohio, and Las Vegas. She has been a mom, artist, jeweler, traveler, founder and director of a regional art market, graphic designer, web designer, database maintainer, board member of a cooperative art gallery, board president of a local calligraphy and book arts guild, and administrator of multi-million dollar government grants and contracts at Stanford University. She currently teaches art at OLLI at UNLV and travels to sketch on location and eat good food.