IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 8-18-05 CONTACT: EXTENDED UNIVERSITY

SILVER CITY--The Western New Mexico University Extended University will be offering three 6-week non-credit art classes, Judith Meyer will be the instructor.

Nature Drawing will begin Sept. 5 through Oct. 10 on Mondays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Students will concentrate on plants, flowers and other elements of the botanical world. The class will begin working in black and white (pencil and ink) and then use white and black prisma color pencil on dark paper. Students will need to bring drawing paper, a pencil and sharpener and eraser. No previous drawing experience needed.

Designing In Black and White is scheduled from Sept. 6 to Oct. 11 on Tuesdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Students need no drawing experience, yet you'll create exquisite drawings in ink as well as Escher-like, 16-part grid pattern. Learn how to find several compositions within a simple pencil drawing, balance a composition, use repetition of a single composition can create unexpected but beautiful complex designs. A materials list will be supplied by instructor.

Drawing For Realism will be held from Sept. 8 through Oct. 13 on Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Students will learn how to draw any isolated object realistically in pen and graphite pencil by controlling the pressure and techniques of the pencil and ink, knowing what the different pencils can achieve, strengthening the ability to see and observe what you are drawing, and how to plan and develop a drawing from general to specific shapes. A materials list will be supplied by instructor.

Cost for each course is $119 and students may register at the Extended University Office located in Bowden Hall Room 234 or call 538-6149 for more information. You may also call the instructor Judith Meyer at 537-3422.

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