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Make It Work - Color Mixing Basics: Level 2

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Discover the fundamentals of color through simple, hands-on lessons that teach you how to identify, mix, and use color with confidence. By the end of the course, you'll be able to create vibrant and harmonious color palettes, make thoughtful artistic choices, and apply these skills to any medium or style.

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Realism Drawing: Level 1

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In this hands-on studio course, you'll explore the foundations of drawing, including materials, shading, movement, and proportion, using experimental techniques inspired by top art schools. Through dynamic exercises and contemporary methods, you'll build essential skills, creative confidence, and a fresh way of seeing and expressing the world around you.

(41) Beginner 18 and older
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Portrait Drawing

Learn fundamental portrait drawing skills using graphite and charcoal, from structure and proportion to features and expression. Practice shading, highlighting, and texture to create depth, and leave with a stronger understanding of how to capture likeness.

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  • 18 and older
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  • 4434 30th Street, San Diego
  • 10 hours over 5 sessions

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Class Description

Description

Learn to capture the human face using fundamental techniques and concepts with graphite and charcoal. This course covers everything from basic structure and proportions to detailed features and expressions. Whether you are a beginner looking to develop your skills or an experienced artist seeking to refine your technique, this class provides you with the essential tools and professional guidance to enhance your portrait drawing abilities.

In This Class, You Will Learn:

  • How to break down the human head using simple proportions and structural analysis
  • How to develop better observational skills in order to capture the likeness of your subject
  • Various techniques such as shading, highlighting, and texturing to add depth and realism to your work
  • How to accurately draw individual facial features and understand their relationship to one another

Students will walk away from this course with a finished portrait drawing and a deeper understanding of how to render faces with confidence and skill.

Supply List:

  • Drawing paper pad, no smaller than 11 x 14 inches
  • Erasers, including kneaded and white vinyl varieties
  • Blenders and stumps for blending media
  • Graphite pencils in both hard and soft grades
  • Charcoal pencils in both hard and soft grades
  • Ruler for measuring and structuring proportions

Refund Policy

Cancelled Class Policy

Occasionally the school may find it necessary to cancel a course or workshop due to scheduling conflicts or instructor cancellation. If this occurs, registered students will be contacted and will be refunded the full course tuition and any additional fees.

Refund Policy

If something should come up and you are unable to attend your class/workshop, please give us 3 business days notice prior to the start of the class/workshop for a refund less 5% cancellation fee.

After 3 business days, no refunds will be given.

Make Up Policy

Life happens and you may miss a class. You will be allowed to make up one class from the session.

Please request a “make up slip” that is active for the next 30 days. DO NOT just show up to redeem a make up slip as full classes will have NO CHOICE but to turn away the make up student if there are no available tables/space.

You may make up your class in any class that has room, it does not need to be the class that you originally took.

​Make ups are limited to one class per session.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.


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Art on 30th

Art on 30th is a vibrant art school and community in San Diego that offers classes for artists of all levels. With dedicated gallery space, private artist studios, and monthly sessions on "How to Take Your Art to Market," it provides a supportive and inspiring environment for artists to create and grow.

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