For Immediate Release
May 30, 2008

Get creative this summer with new classes at UCR Extension in illustrating, painting and book design

RIVERSIDE, CALIF. – Invigorate your imagination and get creative this summer. Learn to paint with watercolor, draw in pencil or illustrate children’s books. UCR Extension, located at 1200 University Ave., Riverside, is offering a number of classes this summer that will teach you how to transform your inner imaginative world into art that you can share with others.

Create extraordinarily realistic drawings using the simple pencil in the class Introduction to Pencil Drawing, which meets from 6 to 9 p.m. on Mondays, June 23 to July 21.

With brush, water and color, learn how to create beautiful images of flowers and gardens in the class Beginning Watercolor Painting – Flowers and Gardens. This class meets from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesdays from June 25 through Aug. 13.

Take your painting outside in the class, Plein-Air Water Color Painting Intensive. This class meets from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays from July 12 through July 26. Expect the opportunity to paint at UCR’s Botanical Gardens. Before the class is over, you will create three original compositions.

Book lovers will be interested in the class, Illustrating Children’s Books, where participants learn to design an entire children’s book as a complete art form. Learn to pair illustrations with stories, pace action and dialogue, push the envelope of style, and use art supplies effectively. This class meets from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursday on July 15, 17 and 22.

To browse classes or register online, visit www.extension.ucr.edu or call (951) 827-4105 or toll-free at (800) 442-4990. To receive a free UCR Extension catalog, which includes a complete listing of all our current courses and certificate programs, call (951) 827-3806.

UCR Extension is the continuing education division of the University of California, Riverside. Extension offers more than 3,800 courses and 90 certificate programs in a variety of academic programs, including agriculture and landscape, arts and humanities, business and management, education, forensic investigations and public safety, teacher’s credentialing, English, environmental management, geospatial analysis and technology, health services and behavioral sciences, information technology, languages, law and public policy, Native American studies, natural sciences, and yoga.