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  • About
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    • Artist Development Programs
    • Instructors
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    • Art for Rent
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workshop info

how to become an artist:
​getting started with art for the "pre-beginner"

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A crash course in "Art 101." If you've always wanted to take an art class and you're starting at the very beginning, this workshop is for you!

Designed for those who've never picked up a brush, instructor Wendy Kwasny will cover the basic fundamentals to get you started on your creative path.

In this workshop, you will learn:
  • Understanding art materials
  • Simple drawing with a pencil or brush
  • Learn how to mix colors
  • How to layer your paint
  • Where to put your subject

Wendy makes learning the fundamentals of art making easy and fun—there's no better way to spend your Saturday that at the studio, surrounded by people who have shared love for art!

You'll walk away with a renewed sense of confidence in your creative and artistic abilities. Plus, you'll take home a work of art that you can proudly share with friends and family.

Workshop Info:
  • Cost $85 (all supplies provided)
  • Sunday, March 26th from 10:30am-1:30pm
  • Max 10 students
  • All skill levels welcome​
  • Age level: adult (18 & up)​

​Parking Info

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​Class Cancellation & Refund Policies

About the instructor

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Wendy Kwasny

Wendy Kwasny is an award winning fine artist in San Diego who specializes in oil and acrylic portraiture, still life, and landscapes. She earned her BA in fine art from SDSU, and regularly shows her art at The Ashton Gallery in San Diego. She is currently working out of Art on 30th and her home studio. Wendy has shown her work in venues all over San Diego in the past 25+ years, and has completed numerous commissioned pieces.

​Painting, and the creative process, really, is part of Wendy. It’s innate in her world view, in her interactions with people and ingrained in her life. The world can be chaotic place and painting centers her and brings her to a place of serenity, calm and confidence. She brings that into her work with each brush stroke and careful color consideration, always trying to capture that certain unique something about someone to tell their story. When she’s not painting, she is off playing with (and being inspired by) her family and friends.

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"I’m not exaggerating to say that classes at Art on 30th are the most FUN and stimulating I’ve ever been to—and I’ve bene to many."

~Margo Palmer
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Art on 30th, 4434 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92116  |  (619) 894-9009  |  arton30th@gmail.com

"An 8,000 square foot, 2-story art center focused on community."

HOURS
Sunday: Closed
Monday–Friday: 10am–4pm
Most Saturdays (except for reception days): 10am-4pm
See calendar page for our next opening reception date.

Cancellation & Refund Info   |   Parking Info

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"Abstract Painting" book on Amazon by owner and mentor, Kate Ashton


Art on 30th is ADA approved in all public spaces of the building with a wheelchair accessible front entrance and a handicap parking spot in our back parking lot with a ramp that leads to our wheelchair accessible back entrance. Studios on the 2nd level are privately leased and not part of our public space; artists can apply for wheelchair accessible studio spaces on the 1st floor as part of our Coworking Studios that we offer to the public for a monthly fee  with no commitment/contract (see our Rentals page for more info). 
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