Mark Making & Mindfulness

Saturday Workshop with Kathleen Dengerink

  • In This Workshop, You'll Learn:

    Slow down, tune in, and discover what happens when making art becomes less about the outcome and more about the experience.

    In this Saturday art workshop in San Diego, you’ll explore mindful art-making and intuitive mark-making inspired by breath, movement, sound, texture, and the world around you with artist, Kathleen Dengerink.

    We’ll Explore...

    • Mindful & Intuitive Art-Making — Let go of expectations and approach the creative process with openness, playfulness, and curiosity.
    • Abstract Mark-Making — Translate breath, movement, sound, texture, and sensory observations into expressive lines, shapes, and marks.
    • The Art of Slow Looking — Practice slowing down and paying closer attention as a tool for observation, inspiration, and creativity.
    • Process-Based Contemporary Artists — Discover artists who prioritize experimentation, intuition, repetition, and process over a predetermined outcome.
    • Creative Awareness — Build confidence in noticing what captures your attention and allowing those observations to guide your art.


    Students will walk away with a collection of process-focused drawings, sensory studies, and personal visual explorations shaped by your own experience of noticing.

    You’ll also leave with practical mindfulness and observation tools you can return to in your art practice—and everyday life—to cultivate greater creativity, curiosity, 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 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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