Mark Making & Mindfulness

Saturday Workshop with Kathleen Dengerink

  • In This Workshop:

    Discover what happens when curiosity replaces expectations. You're invited to put aside striving for perfect outcomes and enjoy the process of art and creative flow with the guidance of artist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), Kathleen Dengerink.

    Together we’ll slow down and use our breath, sensations, and surroundings to inspire mark making. Intuitive and process based art prompts will provide you new ways of approaching your creative practice while cultivating the art of noticing.

    We’ll Explore...

    • Abstract Mark-Making Techniques — Explore expressive mark-making by translating breath, movement, sound, texture, and sensory observations into abstract lines and gestures.
    • Slow Looking & Mindful Art-Making — Practice slowing down and using mindful noticing as a source of artistic inspiration and creative expression.
    • Process-Based & Intuitive Contemporary Art — Discover contemporary artists who use experimentation and intuition to create abstract artwork without a predetermined outcome.
    • Creative Awareness & Intuitive Expression — Build confidence in what captures your attention and allow those observations to guide your creative process.


    Students will walk away with a collection of process-based drawings, abstract mark-making studies, and sensory art explorations inspired by your own experience of slowing down, observing, and noticing.

    No prior art experience is needed—this workshop is designed to make creative exploration approachable for even beginners.

    You’ll also leave with practical mindfulness, observation, and intuitive art-making techniques you can return to in your creative practice and everyday life to cultivate greater creativity, curiosity, awareness, and connection.

  • Supply List

    This is a studio workshop and students will be using the supplies they bring.

    • an art journal with thick mixed media paper
    • acrylic paints or watercolors
    • a variety of brushes
    • a variety of mark making tools like graphite, charcoal, markers, oil pastels, Stabilo pencils, etc
    • palette knife and palette paper
    • quality paper towels like Viva or Blue Shop

  • Saturday Workshop Info:

    • Sat, September 19th from 1:00pm-3:30pm
    • Instructor: Kathleen Dengerink
    • Cost $115
    • Max 16 students
    • Level 1 (introduction) or Level: 2 (intermediate)
    • Age level: adult (18 & up)
    • Parking Info

  • If You Enjoyed This Workshop...

    Artists who have taken this workshop may also want to explore our Acrylic Painting: Level 1 class with Maureen on Tuesday mornings.

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About the Instructor

Katherine Dengerink

Kathleen Dengerink is a mixed-media abstract artist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). Her workshop is informed by Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and more than 15 years of experience supporting learning, playfulness, creativity, and human well-being.

She combines her experiences in abstract and intuitive painting and mindfulness practices to encourage curiosity in oneself and the present moment as an artist. She seeks to create accessible spaces where students can slow down and cultivate their own practice of artistic mindfulness. Kathleen’s artistic work is varied but she is currently enjoying intuitive abstract color fields using texture and acrylic paint.

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