F65E The Gentle Art Studio: An Eight-Week Sketchbook Journey (Zoom; OLLI @ Chico)

Zoom | Available (Membership Required)

9/15/2026-11/3/2026
1:00 PM-2:30 PM EDT on Tue

F65E The Gentle Art Studio: An Eight-Week Sketchbook Journey (Zoom; OLLI @ Chico)

Zoom | Available (Membership Required)

Join us for a relaxed, welcoming eight-week art series designed for beginners and anyone returning to creativity. Using a single sketchbook throughout the class, you’ll build a simple, enjoyable creative habit – one page at a time. Each week explores a new approach: gentle drawing, marker basics, watercolor, watercolor pencils, colored pencils, smartphone photography for inspiration, and maintaining your sketchbook practice. No experience or perfection needed – just curiosity. By the end, you’ll have a sketchbook filled with your artwork. Please bring the same sketchbook each week. Gentle Art Studio Materials List (pdf): https://csuchico.box.com/s/e4nev9cgefh1q64k2ktja7ciz5owoqun

  • Cris Guenter is an award-winning artist and educator whose work has appeared in regional, national, and international exhibitions since 1972. A professor emerita at Chico State, she was the 2008 National Art Educator of the Year and recently completed eight years as chair and trustee of the National Art Education Foundation.

    *This registration item is ZOOM-only; there is not an in-person component to this course. It is offered and run by The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Chico State University.*