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Art on 30th
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(4.7-star rating across 35 reviews)

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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Art on 30th

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Intermediate Watercolor Painting

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th Street, San Diego

Refine your watercolor skills and gain confidence in this advanced class at Art on 30th. Receive personalized guidance and feedback from the instructor as you learn new techniques and create beautiful paintings with watercolors. Bring your own supplies and a smile!

(35) Intermediate 18 and older
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$165

5 sessions

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Abstract Oil Painting

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th Street, San Diego

Learn the basics of abstract painting with oils and compatible abstract methods, including R&F Pigment Sticks and Cold Wax Medium! In this class, we'll discover why oil paints are a favorite among many artists. There are so many options for creating abstracts with oils. We will focus on tubed oil paint, R&F Pigment Sticks, and the Gamblin Sampler Kit that includes our texture-making mediums like alkyd, solvent-free gel, and cold wax medium....

(35) All levels 18 and older
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$135

3 sessions

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"Basquiat"

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th Street, San Diego

Learn various techniques for creating loose and gestural abstract figures. ​Join this experimental class with Shirin as she introduces you to the world of raw and outsider artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat! Students will learn his artistic process and techniques, creating 1-2 paintings in his style. We are going to also collage like Basquiat so bring paper, tissue, book pages, and a few of your Amazon boxes  Supply List: bring all your painting...

(35) Intermediate 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$165

4 sessions

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Painting with R&F Pigment Sticks Workshop

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th Street, San Diego

Painting with R&F Pigment Sticks allows you to paint without a brush! Learn basic techniques and how to create your own tints, tones, and palettes. Students will learn about various oil paint products by R&F, information for safe handling, helpful studio practices, and preparing substrates. The instructor will also demo "direct mark-making," glazing, mixing colors, and more. Artists from all backgrounds will see how this product can enhance...

(35) All levels 18 and older
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$125
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Sketchbook Play workshop

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th Street, San Diego

Unleash your creativity and explore new techniques in this workshop designed to help artists of all levels nurture their practice and develop a deeper relationship with their sketchbooks. Discover how to capture ideas more quickly, play with composition and color, and go beyond drawing to paint in your sketchbook. Join us for a journey of artistic growth and self-expression.

(35) All levels 18 and older
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$115
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Intermediate Oil Painting

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th Street, San Diego

Take your oil painting skills to the next level in this advanced course at Art on 30th. Explore composition for realism art, advanced brushwork techniques, and color mixing to create stunning artwork. Prerequisite: Intro to Oil Painting.

(35) Intermediate 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$199

5 sessions

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Abstract Figures

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th Street, San Diego

Learn various techniques for creating loose and gestural abstract figures. Shirin will be sharing about expressive lines, abstract twisted body shapes, natural backgrounds, composition, and mixing flesh tone colors. During one of the classes, learn how to create loose, gestural life drawing with a clothed model and how to use some of those sketches to create unique paintings using unusual compositions. painting the portrait painting the figure...

(35) Intermediate 18 and older
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$199

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Whimsical Food Delights Workshop with Gilbert Weems

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th Street, San Diego

Indulge your creativity in our whimsical food-themed workshop! Dive into a world of imagination as you learn painting techniques to bring delightful and quirky food creations to life on canvas. Includes personal critiques and demos.

(35) All levels 18 and older
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$115
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Drawing 101

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th St, San Diego, CA

Become familiar with entry-level drawing tools, techniques and processes. You'll learn drawing fundamentals such as line, shape, perspective, depth and tonal value and also practice observational and non-representational drawing. Come explore the possibilities of extending drawing into your everyday life and making it part of your practice. Supply List

(35) Beginner 18 and older
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$99

3 sessions

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Illustration Bootcamp

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th St, San Diego, CA

Join artist/illustrator Duke Windsor in this 4-hour intensive workshop learning to conceptualize and develop an endearing, realistic character using thumbnail sketches. Create captivating visual layouts and design for genres such as: Advertising Architectural Rendering Cover Art Cartooning Graphic Novel Fashion Illustration Technical Illustration Experiment with various color palettes to convey mood and emotion.   Delve into mixed-media...

(35) All levels 18 and older
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Art 101: Brushes & Color

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th St, San Diego, CA

Learn about brushes, brushwork, color, mixing, and complete a simple painting—Wine & Canvas style. ​Week 1: different kinds of brushes, care of brushes, acrylic and oil brushwork techniques (broken color, scumbling, impasto, wet into wet, smooth blending, tonking, sgraffito, etc.) and watercolor brushwork techniques (wet into wet, wet into dry, washes, etc.) Week 2: what is color, value, hue, intensity, mixing colors; start a watercolor...

(35) All levels 18 and older
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$99

3 sessions

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Art 101: Paints & Mediums

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th St, San Diego, CA

Learn about paints, mediums, additives for better flow or slower dry time, various thinners offers, and safe solvents you can add into paint and complete a simple painting—Wine & Canvas style.​ Topics Covered: How paint is made Reading labels Care of paints Different kinds of paints available including interference paints Non-toxic alternatives How you can extend paint Slow or speed up dry times Glazing Varnishing Start an oil...

(35) Beginner 18 and older
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Art 101: New Tools & Texture

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th St, San Diego, CA

Learn about the top 10 gels and pastes by GOLDEN, new tools of the trade, and complete a simple painting—Wine & Canvas style. Topics covered: Mark making tools Paint applicator tools Texture making tools, tools from around your home Working with mediums Gels and pastes (glass bead, clear granular, fiber paste, soft gel, extra heavy gel, light molding paste, fluid matte medium, gloss medium, matte medium) Start an acrylic texture painting...

(35) Beginner 18 and older
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Gelli Printing

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th St, San Diego, CA

We’re going to go deep with Gelli plates in this workshop. These flabby, gelatinous slabs of amazingness will become one of your favorite art tools. The fact that they are so versatile and beg for experimentation is what draws us to them. On top of that, you can get some really cool, unexpected results from just switching up the tools and techniques you try with the gelli plates, and pretty soon 3 hours have flown by and you have 1000 prints drying...

(35) All levels 18 and older
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Color Theory & Developing Neutrals

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th St, San Diego, CA

This workshop focuses on the art of color mixing using oils or acrylics. Learn how to use complementary colors to create subtle neutral grays, which combined with pure hue, makes a composition sing. We'll go through short exercises to implement the color theory and subsequently, as a final project, an abstract composition will be produced with dominant neutrals and pure color accents. Join us! All skill levels welcome Students are encouraged...

(35) All levels 18 and older
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How to Draw Plants

Art on 30th

Would you like to feel confident when drawing plants? Nancy will teach you the steps to drawing petals and leaves through skeletal structure, fleshing in, correcting your illustration through a layering process. You'll learn tips and tricks such as how to draw a curling leaf or petal, symmetry, and more. We'll work in graphite pencil during this three-hour class. You leave with the fundamentals of plant drawing approaches which can be applied to...

(35) All levels 18 and older
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Children's Picture Book Illustrations

Art on 30th

Begin your journey into the world of picture books with author and illustrator, Andrea Zuill! This is a fun 2-part workshop: Part One - Picture book facts and business ​Part Two - Creating artwork for picture books Supply List: Sketchpad, any size Pen for taking notes and drawing Please Note: All skill levels welcome Students are encouraged to bring a drink and snacks ​​Student parking available in back lot

(35) All levels 18 and older
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Faux Watercolor with Acrylics 2-Week Workshop

Art on 30th

Try your hand at fluid washes and watercolor techniques using only acrylic paints and mediums! Drips, spatters, staining, and washes...they draw us in and transport us to our favorite beaches, rivers, and lakes. I love these techniques because it allows for the colors to have such depth and luminosity with little effort. Learn how to create quick and easy abstracts on canvas using special effects that are typically used in watercolors. Students...

(35) All levels 18 and older
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Colorful Coastal Landscapes

Art on 30th

Learn to paint the California Coastline using Joe's approach to color: bright, bold and unexpected! In this workshop, you’ll learn the artist's specific techniques and how to take an ordinary image and transform it into something extraordinary. Learn about valuable art principles and important techniques focused on cliffs, water, skies, etc., while we work through and complete a finished piece. Paint from supplied reference images or bring your...

(35) All levels 18 and older
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Intro to Natural Dyes & Inks Workshop

Art on 30th @ 4434 30th St, San Diego, CA

Learn about the endless possibilities and magic of creating color from plants and vegetable waste! Using locally foraged plants, such as coastal sagebrush and eucalyptus bark, in addition that you can easily found kitchen waste, like avocado pits and onion skins, participants will be introduced to the basics of creating natural dye and ink. In addition to learning the basic process of natural dye, we will also dye small pieces of various types...

(35) Beginner 18 and older
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