What You’ll Learn
How artists use simple marks and repetition to build visual language
Ways to work with gesture, rhythm, pacing, and pressure
How historical and contemporary artists approach line, repetition, and attention
How repetition can reduce pressure and open creative flow
How to notice patterns and tendencies in your own work
How mark-making can function as practice, not product
Each participant receives a complete mark-making kit to use during the workshop and keep:
This is an adult workshop. 18+ to enroll.
About Your Instructor: Diana Vidal, founder + director of SSP
Diana Vidal is a teaching artist and the founder + director of Super Secret Projects. Her classes are hands-on and process-driven, centering experimentation, material exploration, and practical skill-building. She creates learning environments that support curiosity, repetition, and growth across a range of creative approaches.
With over a decade of experience working in studios, galleries, and community-based art spaces, Diana brings a practice-led approach to teaching. Her classes are shaped by real-world experience and focus on clarity, process, and offering artists tools they can return to long after the workshop ends.
Through SSP, Diana is committed to shared learning, accessibility, and building supportive environments where artists can learn from one another, take creative risks, and stay connected to their work.

