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My name is Jessica Wesolek and I am an artist, teacher, sketchbooker, and gallery owner living in the fabulous art town of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

My classes are about the art of sketchbooking, watercolor and drawing - in real life and digitally. They are for all levels because beginners will be able to do the projects with ease, and accomplished artists will learn new ideas and some very advanced tips and techniques with water media.

I teach complex ideas in a simple way that makes sense, and have never yet failed to teach a student to draw and be pleased with their results. I even guarantee that in my in-person classes.

My career in the arts has been long, varied, and eventful. My educational credentials are from the University of Michigan, UC Berkeley and Parsons School of Design. When I got out of school, I promised myself that I would never get a "day job" and would earn my living only through art. I have kept that promise and have the scars and stars to prove it.

But I never gave up teaching because I love sharing the pure joy of art making. I didn't last too long in school "systems", but continued to teach privately, and was one of the very first to began teaching art online around 2005.

I also love to learn and have been a student on Skillshare for a few years. Because I enjoyed it so much, I decided to teach on the platform myself.

Making Life-Book type sketchbooks (illustrated journaling) is my passion. I love it so much that I run a huge Facebook Group on the subject, called Sketchbook Artists.

My classes can be enjoyed in any order - each is complete within itself - but together, they make a large learning lab of skills, techniques, demos, studio tips, and step-by-step instructions that provide ideas for what to do, as well as the tools to do it.

You can find lots of my work on my Instagram page, and you will enjoy my new Santa Fe Art Cafe website, where I offer freebies, resources, short tutorials and demos, and a Community Group for talking about art. Membership is totally free.

I also have a newsletter/blog - offering serendipitous thoughts, sources, tips, techniques, and tiny stories - You can subscribe to that here: Subscribe.

I encourage students to post their Projects and we can communicate about them.

Most of all, I hope that you have fun taking my classes, that you develop a sketchbook habit, and that making the art brings you unbounded joy.

Jessica Wesolek

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