Are you ready to do some drawing? No matter what your background, age, or experience is, there’s a Big Draw LA event for you all over Southern California during October. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated.
Saturday, September 28th
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San Gabriel Valley Pride presents Pride Is!
For All Ages11:00amAt Memorial Park in Pasadena, CAThe public can add images (road tiles) to our Road to Equality which was created at our Big Draw event last year. The public can make a free will donation, or not. All materials provided. They may draw, paint, sketch, applique, whatever. More info
Sunday, September 29th
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Goodbye Synchronicity
For All Ages2:00pmAt Synchronicity SpaceAfter years of good friends and good memories it's come time for Synchronicity to move on to the world beyond. Help us make the last event as great as the others! More info
Tuesday, October 1st
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Costumed Figure Drawing
For Adults1:30pmAt LACMACostumed Figure Drawing Adult: Studio Session Five Tuesdays: October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 | 1:30–4:30 pm Learn basic drawing and painting skills while working from costumed life-drawing models. Work with a variety of materials on paper including inks, acrylic paints, and pastels in this fun and lively class. All levels are welcome. With artist Rosanne Kleinerman. $210; Nexgen members $190 | Tickets 323 857-6010 or purchase online. Art materials and parking fees included in tuition; limited enrollment. No prior art-making experience is necessary. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Pre-registration is required for all classes, camps, and workshops. Enrollment varies per class. Art materials and parking fees included in tuition. More info
Wednesday, October 2nd
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Shadow Drawings
For Families6:30pmAt Silver Lake LibraryWe will read stories about shadows and then trace each child in whatever position they like on a piece of large black paper. The children will cut them out and put their shadows on the wall. More info
Thursday, October 3rd
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Draw a Story!
For Families10:00amAt Boys and Girls Clubs of Garden Grove - Family Campus PreschoolChildren ages 2-6 years old are invited to particiapte in story time and story drawing. The story read will be Otis, this event is in conjunction with Read for the Record. More info
Friday, October 4th
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"Frazetta's Barbarians" Draw or Paint Workshop
For Adults7:30pmAt California Art Institute"FRAZETTA'S BARBARIANS" Themed Live models/2 stages Music Snacks 25 min poses on one stage 3 hour long pose on 2nd stage $20 or OBO More info
Saturday, October 5th
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Teacher Workshop: Science Notebooking
For Adults8:30amAt Natural History MuseumLearn how observing, writing and drawing can help incorporate and support the Common Core Standards in your classroom! E-mail info@nhm.org for more on how to register More info -
Cause for Creativity: Pumpkin Power
For All Ages11:00amAt Santa Monica Museum of ArtThe Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA) hosts a day of activities including a collaborative art workshop, a glass pumpkin sale, and seasonal food and drink. Free general admission and free parking. More info -
Build a Collage!
For All Ages2:30pmAt Rotunda - Central Library - Los Angeles Public LibraryCollaborative Collage More info
Sunday, October 6th
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Make Your Mark at the Market
For All Ages10:00amAt Mar Vista Farmers MarketJoin artist Julianna Ostrovsky as she leads fun chalk drawing at the market. More info -
Sunday ART BRUNCH
For Adults10:30amAt The Kline AcademyLong Pose Nude Drawing Includes Food and Drinks More info -
Sumi Ink Club at CicLAvia!
For All Ages11:00amAt First and CentralCome paint with the Sumi Ink Club in Little Tokyo during CicLAvia! More info -
Classical Atelier Cast Drawing or Painting
For Adults11:00amAt Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art (LAAFA)In the time honored tradition of 18th/19th century French Academic atelier training, this event will focus on the foundational practice of drawing or painting from the plaster cast. More info -
LACMA-Andell Family Sundays
For Families12:30pmAt LACMAAndell Family Sundays—Art and Film in Mexico October 6, 13, 20, 27 | 12:30 pm-3:30 pm Check out the images, landscapes, and people of Mexico in the exhibition Under the Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa—Art and Film, then sketch in the galleries, make your own movie posters and other art inspired by film. More info -
Drawing From the Masters
For All Ages3:30pmAt J. Paul Getty MuseumDrawing from the Masters: Positive and Negative Space Sunday October 6, 2013 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Museum Galleries, Getty Center Join artist Stas Orlovski to explore how artists compose pictures, design forms, and express emotions through the use of positive and negative space. All experience levels welcome. Participants are encouraged to bring sketchpads. Sign-up begins at 2:30 p.m. at the Information Desk. Complements the exhibition The Poetry of Paper. Free Program. Parking $15 More info
Wednesday, October 9th
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Artrageous Animals
For Families6:30pmAt Silver Lake Branch LibraryWonders of Wildlife brings live animals and talk about their colors, shapes, and even some animal-made art. Kids get to take home their drawings of the animals. More info
Thursday, October 10th
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Big Draw at Wilshire Branch Library
For All Ages12:30pmAt Wilshire Branch of Los Angeles Public LibraryHow: participation in the Big Draw Program: quite simply drawing paper will be taped to a table on the library patio for a three-day period in the Secret Garden. When: October 10, 11, and 12, 2013. A Thursday, Friday and Saturday From 12:30pm Thursday until Saturday 5pm. Who: Anyone who wishes to draw will check out markers from the reference desk and after the three day period, the artwork as a group project will be displayed on the bulletin board in the Children’s area until Thanksgiving. What: No words. No graffiti. No drawings that children cannot see. The theme is Our Love of Pets. Drawing with markers, crayons and pencils. All supplies provided at the reference desk. Photos of the drawing will be forwarded to the Big Draw Program for display on their website. Questions: Please call 323.957.4550 for more info. Wilshire Branch of Los Angeles Public Library 149 N. St. Andrews Place Los Angeles, CA 90004 More info -
Cartoon Drawing Workshop for Kids
For Families4:00pmAt Palms-Rancho Park Branch LibraryJoin artist Max Espinoza for a cartoon drawing workshop! Learn how to draw cartoon characters using basic shapes. Recommended for ages 5-11; younger and older siblings are welcome with families. More info
Friday, October 11th
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Big Draw at Wilshire Branch Library
For All Ages12:30pmAt Wilshire Branch of Los Angeles Public LibraryHow: participation in the Big Draw Program: quite simply drawing paper will be taped to a table on the library patio for a three-day period in the Secret Garden. When: October 10, 11, and 12, 2013. A Thursday, Friday and Saturday From 12:30pm Thursday until Saturday 5pm. Who: Anyone who wishes to draw will check out markers from the reference desk and after the three day period, the artwork as a group project will be displayed on the bulletin board in the Children’s area until Thanksgiving. What: No words. No graffiti. No drawings that children cannot see. The theme is Our Love of Pets. Drawing with markers, crayons and pencils. All supplies provided at the reference desk. Photos of the drawing will be forwarded to the Big Draw Program for display on their website. Questions: Please call 323.957.4550 for more info. Wilshire Branch of Los Angeles Public Library 149 N. St. Andrews Place Los Angeles, CA 90004 More info
Saturday, October 12th
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Doodlebugs & Jitterbugs (Pasadena ARTWalk)
For All Ages11:00amAt Pasadena ARTWalkDraw and make your own jitterbug hand puppets! More info -
Chalk the Walk
For Families11:00amAt Glendale Central LibraryBring the entire family and help us decorate the outside walkways at the Central Library with images from our favorite stories, ones we have read or even made up. Chalk, brushes, and inspiration will be provided along with cookies and lemonade for the artists. More info -
Sketch and Stitch! Explore Line Drawing at E.V.E Studio
For All Ages12:00pmAt E.V.E StudioSketch and Stitch a Line is a free drawing event, hosted by E.V.E Studio, where people will be asked to use personal images to make ink drawings and/or fabric line embroidery inspired by them. The focus will be on exploring line. E.V.E Studio instructors will be there to provide materials and help with techniques. Supplies and light refreshments will be provided. There is a suggested donation of $5 More info -
Big Draw at Wilshire Branch Library
For All Ages12:30pmAt Wilshire Branch of Los Angeles Public LibraryHow: participation in the Big Draw Program: quite simply drawing paper will be taped to a table on the library patio for a three-day period in the Secret Garden. When: October 10, 11, and 12, 2013. A Thursday, Friday and Saturday From 12:30pm Thursday until Saturday 5pm. Who: Anyone who wishes to draw will check out markers from the reference desk and after the three day period, the artwork as a group project will be displayed on the bulletin board in the Children’s area until Thanksgiving. What: No words. No graffiti. No drawings that children cannot see. The theme is Our Love of Pets. Drawing with markers, crayons and pencils. All supplies provided at the reference desk. Photos of the drawing will be forwarded to the Big Draw Program for display on their website. Questions: Please call 323.957.4550 for more info. Wilshire Branch of Los Angeles Public Library 149 N. St. Andrews Place Los Angeles, CA 90004 More info
Sunday, October 13th
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Power of Imagination
For Families10:00amAt Mar Vista Farmers MarketMake it a green-o-ween with an upcycled cape your child designed and made themselves! More info -
Ryman Arts presents Make Your Mark in the Park
For All Ages12:00pmAt Grand ParkJoin us for a fun-filled, creative afternoon, as we celebrate the act of drawing by welcoming thousands of Angelenos to draw together. With both public performances and many participatory drawing activities, Grand Park will be transformed into a giant experimental drawing studio More info -
LACMA-Andell Family Sundays
For Families12:30pmAt LACMAAndell Family Sundays—Art and Film in Mexico October 6, 13, 20, 27 | 12:30 pm-3:30 pm Check out the images, landscapes, and people of Mexico in the exhibition Under the Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa—Art and Film, then sketch in the galleries, make your own movie posters and other art inspired by film. More info -
Kids in the Courtyard: Fowler at Fifty Opening Day
For All Ages1:00pmAt Fowler Museum at UCLACelebrate the Fowler’s birthday in style in an afternoon of music and art-making! Discover Amalia Mesa-Bains’ New World Wunderkammer and make your own mini cabinet full of special things. Experiment with emojis and pictographs from around the world to make your own language and explore new family resources linked to the exhibitions. Presented in conjunction with The Big Draw LA. More info -
Maps & Symbols
For All Ages1:30pmAt Craft & Folk Art MuseumMaps & Symbols A CraftLab Workshop: Fun for the whole family! More info -
Peeping Tom's Drawing Salon
For Adults7:30pmAt ONE EYED GYPSYFREE* FREE* FREE* 2 Models & Music Drawing event at a great bar! Theme: "VAMPIRES - True Bood" More info
Tuesday, October 15th
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Westwood Branch Library Drawing Home Community Draw
For All Ages3:00pmAt Westwood Branch LibraryWestwood Branch Library Drawing Home Community Draw Event More info
Wednesday, October 16th
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Endless Creativity
For All Ages10:00amAt Jefferson Park LibraryEndless Creativity More info -
Crayon Resists with Los Angeles County Museum of Art Curator
For Families6:30pmAt Silver Lake Branch LibraryLACMA Curator Staci Steinberg will teach basic drawing skills. Kids get to make a crayon-resist drawing to take home. More info
Thursday, October 17th
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"Evil Scientists" Late Night Drawing
For Adults10:00pmAt Stage 1 Hanger @ GNOMON School of Visual EffectsMusic Live Models Late Drawing Crazy themes & Fun People! "Evil Scientists" - Theme More info
Saturday, October 19th
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Positive Word Art
For All Ages10:00amAt Virginia Avenue ParkHosted by resident artist Deborah Reilly, this event will 'draw the line' between Art and the Written Word. What do Art and the alphabet have in common? They are both made up of lines. For children and adults of all ages on a drop in basis add your mark to the rolled out paper and let your inspiration run free while keeping it positive...with markers. This jumble of letters and lines is an important message especially for those who may think 'they don't have a creative bone in their body'. More info -
Drawing by the Mile: A Family Drawing Event at Animo Venice Charter HS
For All Ages10:00amAt Animo Venice Charter high SchoolArea and school families are invited to participate in this Big Draw Event. A morning filled with drawing fun on the campus Animo Venice Charter High School. More info -
Big Draw: A Community Drawn Together - Join Hands at the Baldwin Hills Library
For All Ages10:00amAt Baldwin Hills Branch LibraryMembers of the Baldwin Hills Community of all ages are invited to the Baldwin Hills Branch Library meeting room to join in various drawing activities. More info -
41st Worldwide Sketchcrawl
For All Ages10:30amAt Pasadena City HallSketch the people and historic buildings in Old Town Pasadena Pasadena City Hall 100 N Garfield Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101 (Meet at front of the building facing Garfield Avenue and E. Holly Street) + go to Paseo Colorado mall and shops on Colorado Avenue for people sketching/lunch break afterwards More info -
It’s Big! Draw Together Glendale
For All Ages10:30amAt Glendale Central LibraryIn a fun workshop for all ages, Kristin Donner, an educator and artist at Nickelodeon, will help us come together to create a large panel collage of our city. We'll draw our buildings, parks and family and friends doing the things they love around Glendale. More info -
Global Language Art
For All Ages11:00amAt Playa Vista Branch LibraryI would like to encourage participants of all ages to draw the letters of their alphabet in any form in any language together on a very large sheet of white cardboard with colored pencils. I would also like, if possible, to repeat this process on black cardboard with "glow in the dark" colored pencils. I would like to attach the white and black cardboard sheets to a free standing magnetic board on wheels that will rotate from one side to the other to simulate the passing of day and night. More info -
Embroidery for Artists with Jenny Hart of Machine Project
For Adults12:00pmAt 1450 Ocean - the Camera Obscura BuildingLearn the basics of hand embroidery from Jenny Hart in a class that focuses on textural effects and free-form techniques. Hart will give a brief talk on her work, lead students through the basics of hand embroidery, review tools, share techniques for transferring original designs to fabric and “doodling” in embroidery. Students will leave with a new understanding of hand embroidery and the ability to experiment with it in their own work. This workshop is presented in collaboration with Machine Project (machineproject.com), a non-profit art and education space in Echo Park, and is also part of The Big Draw LA, a worldwide celebration of drawing in all its forms. More info -
Fall into drawing at Carter Sexton
For All Ages1:00pmAt Carter Sexton artist materialsFrom costumed models to autumnal still lifes, come draw the season at Carter Sexton. More info -
Mind the Gap with Ryman Arts at TEDX Youth Conference
For All Ages4:30pmAt TEDx Youth @ Bommer Canyon Conference at Orange Coast CollegeExperiment with drawing the spaces between things on a large scale at the TEDx Youth @ Bommer Canyon Conference. More info
Sunday, October 20th
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LACMA-Andell Family Sundays
For Families12:30pmAt LACMAAndell Family Sundays—Art and Film in Mexico October 6, 13, 20, 27 | 12:30 pm Check out the images, landscapes, and people of Mexico in the exhibition Under the Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa—Art and Film, then sketch in the galleries, make your own movie posters and other art inspired by film. More info -
Drawing From the Masters
For All Ages3:30pmAt J. Paul Getty MuseumDrawing from the Masters: Positive and Negative Space Sunday October 6, 2013 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Museum Galleries, Getty Center Join artist Stas Orlovski to explore how artists compose pictures, design forms, and express emotions through the use of positive and negative space. All experience levels welcome. Participants are encouraged to bring sketchpads. Sign-up begins at 2:30 p.m. at the Information Desk. Complements the exhibition The Poetry of Paper. Free Program. Parking $15 More info -
COMIX JAM @ ArtShare LA
For All Ages4:00pmAt Art Share LAComix Jam @ ArtShare LA is a collaborative and participatory comics making event bringing comic book enthusiasts and artists together to co-produce comic book pages on the walls of ArtShare from October 20th until the 24th. There will be an opening night with DJs and a closing night with bands and artists who will be talking about their work in the comics medium. With comics becoming more and more popular as a vehicle for collaborative and creative interaction, this event will have visitors create drawings on panels that other participants can continue and expand in some sequential way or another. Panels will be hung on the walls and participants can come and work on them and return it when done. At the end of the project, we are hoping to create a printed book or even a downloadable version that people can view and order if desired. More info -
PAINT, WINE & CHEESE: "Wicked Witch Queen"
For Adults4:30pmAt Paint:LABUninstructed Paint or Draw Workshop Model - Toni Czechorosky Wine & Cheese Included Easels, Tables and Chairs or Drawing Benches are provided. More info
Monday, October 21st
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COMIX JAM @ ArtShare LA
For All Ages6:00pmAt Art Share LAComix Jam @ ArtShare LA is a collaborative and participatory comics making event bringing comic book enthusiasts and artists together to co-produce comic book pages on the walls of ArtShare from October 20th until the 24th. There will be an opening night with DJs and a closing night with bands and artists who will be talking about their work in the comics medium. With comics becoming more and more popular as a vehicle for collaborative and creative interaction, this event will have visitors create drawings on panels that other participants can continue and expand in some sequential way or another. Panels will be hung on the walls and participants can come and work on them and return it when done. At the end of the project, we are hoping to create a printed book or even a downloadable version that people can view and order if desired. More info
Tuesday, October 22nd
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Big Draw LA - Skirball Cultural Center
For All Ages12:00pmAt Skirball Cultural CenterThe animals on the Ark spent days inside the Ark weathering the storm. During the journey, they kept themselves busy playing games, helping out, and telling stories to one another. Noah's Ark visitors will be encouraged tell their own stories by drawing images of their experiences on the Ark using crayons, colored pencils, and other drawing materials. More info -
With Paper and Pencil
For Families4:00pmAt Fullerton Public LibraryChildren are invited to pick up a pencil and draw. We will play drawing games, learn how to draw simple animals and just make their own masterpieces. More info -
COMIX JAM @ ArtShare LA
For All Ages6:00pmAt Art Share LAComix Jam @ ArtShare LA is a collaborative and participatory comics making event bringing comic book enthusiasts and artists together to co-produce comic book pages on the walls of ArtShare from October 20th until the 24th. There will be an opening night with DJs and a closing night with bands and artists who will be talking about their work in the comics medium. With comics becoming more and more popular as a vehicle for collaborative and creative interaction, this event will have visitors create drawings on panels that other participants can continue and expand in some sequential way or another. Panels will be hung on the walls and participants can come and work on them and return it when done. At the end of the project, we are hoping to create a printed book or even a downloadable version that people can view and order if desired. More info
Wednesday, October 23rd
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Big Draw LA - Skirball Cultural Center
For All Ages12:00pmAt Skirball Cultural CenterThe animals on the Ark spent days inside the Ark weathering the storm. During the journey, they kept themselves busy playing games, helping out, and telling stories to one another. Noah's Ark visitors will be encouraged tell their own stories by drawing images of their experiences on the Ark using crayons, colored pencils, and other drawing materials. More info -
COMIX JAM @ ArtShare LA
For All Ages6:00pmAt Art Share LAComix Jam @ ArtShare LA is a collaborative and participatory comics making event bringing comic book enthusiasts and artists together to co-produce comic book pages on the walls of ArtShare from October 20th until the 24th. There will be an opening night with DJs and a closing night with bands and artists who will be talking about their work in the comics medium. With comics becoming more and more popular as a vehicle for collaborative and creative interaction, this event will have visitors create drawings on panels that other participants can continue and expand in some sequential way or another. Panels will be hung on the walls and participants can come and work on them and return it when done. At the end of the project, we are hoping to create a printed book or even a downloadable version that people can view and order if desired. More info -
Book of Books with Artist Marianne Sadowski
For Families6:30pmAt Silver Lake Branch LibraryParticipants will make an accordion book using paint, collage materials and images from classical book covers and characters. More info
Thursday, October 24th
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Big Draw LA - Skirball Cultural Center
For All Ages12:00pmAt Skirball Cultural CenterThe animals on the Ark spent days inside the Ark weathering the storm. During the journey, they kept themselves busy playing games, helping out, and telling stories to one another. Noah's Ark visitors will be encouraged tell their own stories by drawing images of their experiences on the Ark using crayons, colored pencils, and other drawing materials. More info -
Big Draw at the Library
For All Ages3:00pmAt Los Angeles Public Library - Wilmington BranchCelebrate The Big Draw with us at the Wilmington Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library! More info -
Angeles Mesa Branch Library Community Drawing Event
For All Ages4:00pmAt Angeles Mesa Branch LibraryA community drawing event free for everyone. More info -
COMIX JAM @ ArtShare LA
For All Ages6:00pmAt Art Share LAComix Jam @ ArtShare LA is a collaborative and participatory comics making event bringing comic book enthusiasts and artists together to co-produce comic book pages on the walls of ArtShare from October 20th until the 24th. There will be an opening night with DJs and a closing night with bands and artists who will be talking about their work in the comics medium. With comics becoming more and more popular as a vehicle for collaborative and creative interaction, this event will have visitors create drawings on panels that other participants can continue and expand in some sequential way or another. Panels will be hung on the walls and participants can come and work on them and return it when done. At the end of the project, we are hoping to create a printed book or even a downloadable version that people can view and order if desired. More info -
Fowler Out Loud: Draw among Worlds with Mike D'Errico
For All Ages6:00pmAt Fowler Museum at UCLAn conjunction with the Big Draw LA, Fowler Out Loud kicks off the season with this immersive art and sound experience. Guided by a live soundscape created by "3-D composer" Mike D'Errico, attendees will draw amidst Máximo Gónzalez remarkable, art installation Walk among Worlds. More info
Friday, October 25th
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Big Draw LA - Skirball Cultural Center
For All Ages12:00pmAt Skirball Cultural CenterThe animals on the Ark spent days inside the Ark weathering the storm. During the journey, they kept themselves busy playing games, helping out, and telling stories to one another. Noah's Ark visitors will be encouraged tell their own stories by drawing images of their experiences on the Ark using crayons, colored pencils, and other drawing materials. More info
Saturday, October 26th
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Palms-Rancho Park Community Drawing Project
For All Ages10:00amAt Palms-Rancho Park Branch LibraryCrayons and colored pencils will be available to contribute to an all-ages, community art project. Tables will be covered in paper and labeled with different themes; guests will be invited to add their own drawings. More info -
Big Draw LA - Skirball Cultural Center
For All Ages10:00amAt Skirball Cultural CenterThe animals on the Ark spent days inside the Ark weathering the storm. During the journey, they kept themselves busy playing games, helping out, and telling stories to one another. Noah's Ark visitors will be encouraged tell their own stories by drawing images of their experiences on the Ark using crayons, colored pencils, and other drawing materials. More info -
Drawing outside the lines
For All Ages10:30amAt ESMoAExperience FAME and draw outside the lines at ESMoA. Take a self-guided or guided tour through the gallery for inspiration to create contour line drawings with pencil and paper. More info -
Camera Obscura - Tracing 360˚ with DJ Hall of Otis College of Art & Design
For Adults11:00amAt 1450 Ocean - the Camera Obscura BuildingUsing the Camera Obscura for one of this vintage technology’s original purposes, we’ll be covering the viewing platform with paper and inviting participants to trace outlines from our 360˚ view. Practice outline and observation of bustling street life or tranquil landscapes from the fascinating remove of a dark room. Co-presented with Otis College of Art & Design. More info -
Plein Air Drawing with Gary Geraths of Otis College of Art & Design
For Adults11:00amAt 1450 Ocean - the Camera Obscura BuildingRemember when you used to draw? Reconnect with your inner doodler or current draftsman in and around 1450 Ocean. The lawns of Palisades Park are comfy and surrounded by lush views of ocean and Ocean Ave. In this lightly guided day of drawing outside, Chris Warner, artist and instructor at Otis College of Art & Design, is on hand to help you get started and explore pencil and paper! Co-presented with Otis College of Art & Design. More info -
The Big Mini Comic Book Workshop
For Young Adults11:30amAt Glendale Central LibraryLearn how to make a mini comic! Kyle Neswald, an animation artist who has worked for Disney, Nickelodeon and Warner Bros. will show participants how to make their own mini comic. Mini comics are short form comic books that are half the size of a regular comic book. Kyle will discuss mini comics and teach you how to tell a story in the space of a 2 to 4 pages. More info -
Ramona Convent Fall Family Festival
For Families3:00pmAt Ramona ConventCome create a frightfully delightful display of artistic creativity at the Ramona Convent Fall Family Festival! More info -
MAS Exquisite Corpse Drawing at TAM
For Adults6:00pmAt Torrance Art MuseumIn the tradition of French Surrealists, Torrance Art Museum will have a massive Exquisite Corpse drawing. Participants will draw what the audience decides in the material the audience decides, and will only be allowed to see the last drawing that was done. More info
Sunday, October 27th
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Big Draw LA - Skirball Cultural Center
For All Ages10:00amAt Skirball Cultural CenterThe animals on the Ark spent days inside the Ark weathering the storm. During the journey, they kept themselves busy playing games, helping out, and telling stories to one another. Noah's Ark visitors will be encouraged tell their own stories by drawing images of their experiences on the Ark using crayons, colored pencils, and other drawing materials. More info -
Halloween Skulls and Pumpkins
For Young Adults10:15amAt Mar Vista Farmers MarketWe will be drawing and painting on the hands and faces of any child who Comes to the Farmers Market,they will have many choices of Halloween Theme artwork to enhance their costumes or just to enjoy for fun. More info -
Drawing outside the lines
For All Ages10:30amAt ESMoAExperience FAME and draw outside the lines at ESMoA. Take a self-guided or guided tour through the gallery for inspiration to create contour line drawings with pencil and paper. More info -
McGroarty Arts Center does the Big Draw
For All Ages11:00amAt McGroarty Arts CenterMcGroarty Arts Center loves to draw too! Register for only $5.00 per person, Ages 3 and under are FREE. You can draw, draw, and draw some more. Join us in our historic building turned arts center on Sunday, October 27th, 11am to 2pm. Let's have some fun! More info -
LACMA-Andell Family Sundays
For Families12:30pmAt LACMAAndell Family Sundays—Art and Film in Mexico October 6, 13, 20, 27 | 12:30 pm Check out the images, landscapes, and people of Mexico in the exhibition Under the Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa—Art and Film, then sketch in the galleries, make your own movie posters and other art inspired by film. More info -
#Sketchbook x #InstaMeetLA
For All Ages1:00pmAt Grand Park LAFor two hours at Grand Park in Downtown LA, artists active on Instagram who utilize sketchbooks (and really anyone who knows how to use a crayon) are invited to bring their sketchbooks and collaborate on artwork in their books and the books of willing participants. This happening is a sketchbook/Instagram mixer designed to create interaction and beautiful art. More info -
Kids in the Courtyard: Design Yourself
For All Ages1:00pmAt Fowler Museum at UCLAPatterns are everywhere! Explore the galleries and sketch designs you see painted on Chupícuaro vessels from Mexico, woven in ancient Peruvian textiles, carved by Yoruba artists from West Africa, drawn in beads on jewelry created by Zulu artists, and many more. Take a look at the imaginative way people celebrate Dia De Los Muertos with body paint, then make your own pattern to transfer to your hand or other part of your body. In conjunction with The Big Draw LA. More info -
Peeping Tom's Drawing Salon: "Zombie - Walking Dead" Theme
For Adults7:30pmAt ONE EYED GYPSY* 2 Models * Fun Music * Fun Themes * Buy all the food & Drinks you like * 25 min poses all night More info
Monday, October 28th
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HOLA + Sumi Ink Club
For Families4:30pmAt HOLA Art Studio + GallerySumi Ink Club and Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) join forces to provide underserved youth from the Rampart District of Los Angeles with a collaborative sumi ink drawing workshop. More info
Saturday, November 2nd
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Celebrate the centennial of the LA Aqueduct at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana
For All Ages7:00pmAt Grand Central Art CenterAn Evening of Drawing at Grand Central Art Center More info