Past 2017 Events

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.

Wednesday, September 20th

  • Painting With Pizzaz

    For Adults6:30pm
    At Kline Academy of Fine Art in Palms
    Come draw or paint a beautiful model in a 3-hour pose. All models will be nude or semi nude with bits of something. Like a piece of jewelry, something in their hair, or beautiful fabric or an open robe. Different model every week. More info

Thursday, September 28th

  • Original Drink & Draw w/ Gallery Girls

    For Adults8:00pm
    At Casey's Irish Pub in Downtown LA
    The Original DRINK & DRAW w/ the Gallery Girls Great Models and Drinks - 5's, 10's & 25 min poses Come mingle with artists & DRAW models at Casey's Irish Pub More info

Sunday, October 1st

  • Coast Art Zone: Collaborative Drawing with Shannon Freshwater

    For All Ages10:00am
    At Camera Obscura Art Lab in Santa Monica
    Check out the Coast Art Zone during Coast, the City of Santa Monica's open streets event. Help create a group drawing based on the literary “exquisite corpse”. Parts of a long paper scroll are unfurled and parts are hidden. Base your drawing off of the parts you can see to make a glorious mashup! Best way to get here is by Metro, we're four blocks from the Downtown Santa Monica stop at the corner of Ocean Ave and Broadway. Otherwise, park at any of the public structures nearby and walk over! More info
  • What Makes the World a Great Place? Art event

    What Makes the World a Great Place? Art event

    For All Ages10:00am
    At North Hollywood Amelia Earhart Regional Branch
    Decorate Craft stick with your personal message of what makes the world an amazing place, in one word. Submissions will be hung together in the library as an inspiration to everyone. More info
  • Andell Family Sundays

    Andell Family Sundays—Design/Diseño

    For Families12:30pm
    At Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    Make, look, and talk about art at Andell Family Sundays! Drop in anytime between 12:30 and 3:30 pm. This weekly family event features artist-led workshops and friendly gallery tours and activities thematically based on special exhibitions and LACMA’s permanent collection. Create memories together and have fun! Explore how designers in California and Mexico shared ideas to create fabuloso design in the special exhibition Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915–1985. Be inspired to make your own diseños. More info
  • Zen Garden

    Zen Garden Drawing

    For All Ages1:00pm
    At Hollywood Library
    Draw patterns in a table top zen garden that evolves as other visitors come along and draw their designs. More info

  • Drawing From the Masters: Shifting Perspectives

    For All Ages3:30pm
    At The Getty Center in Brentwood
    Free, drop-in drawing class in the galleries of the Getty Museum. More info

Monday, October 2nd

  • Montrose Library

    The Big Collage

    For All Ages11:00am
    At Montrose Branch Library, near Glendale
    Participants will be given drawing materials and asked to draw what they love. The drawing will be added to a collage hanging in the Children's area of the Montrose Library. More info

Saturday, October 7th

  • One-Day Workshop—Drawing from Sculpture @ LACMA

    For Adults10:00am
    At Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    Enjoy a relaxing day in the galleries exploring the surface and forms of bronze in sculptures created by Alberto Giacometti, Edgar Degas, and Auguste Rodin. Learn to focus your eyes, mind, and hands as you venture through surrealism and impressionism with simple drawing techniques that make you feel like a master! No prior drawing experience is required. More info
  • Hot Glue Printing

    Foam Carving and Hot Glue Relief Printing with Shannon Freshwater

    For Adults11:00am
    At Camera Obscura Art Lab in Santa Monica
    Foam carving is an easy way to relief-print a quick drawing. Shannon Freshwater guides participants in techniques and style. Learn to draw and print your own personal design on fine paper with soy-based printing ink. Or choose to experiment with making art prints from plates drawn on with hot glue. Either class, $5 More info

  • Making Monsters with Mary Doodles

    For Families11:00am
    At The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades
    Making Monsters with Mary Doodles Saturday, October 7th and 14th Sunday, October 29th 11:00am-12:00pm, 1:30-2:30pm Getty Villa Education Studio and Courtyard Turn a squiggle into a monster! Join illustrator and You Tube artist Mary Doodles for an all-ages monster drawing workshop. Use drawing materials, the Getty Villa’s collection, and your imagination to create scary, friendly, or silly monsters. This is a free, drop-in program. More info
  • meditate and create the big draw

    Meditate and Create

    For All Ages2:00pm
    At The Art Process Studio in Brentwood
    Guided meditation followed by a drawing and printing project. More info

Sunday, October 8th

  • Make Your Mark in the Park

    Make Your Mark in the Park

    For All Ages11:00am
    At Grand Park, near City Hall
    A free festival of drawing for all in Grand Park and on the CicLAvia route! More info
  • Andell Family Sundays

    Andell Family Sundays—Design/Diseño

    For Families12:30pm
    At Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    Make, look, and talk about art at Andell Family Sundays! Drop in anytime between 12:30 and 3:30 pm. This weekly family event features artist-led workshops and friendly gallery tours and activities thematically based on special exhibitions and LACMA’s permanent collection. Create memories together and have fun! Explore how designers in California and Mexico shared ideas to create fabuloso design in the special exhibition Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915–1985. Be inspired to make your own diseños. More info
  • United Sequential Artists Monthly Meetup

    United Sequential Artists Monthly Meetup

    For All Ages2:00pm
    At Santa Monica Place Mall--Top Floor Patio (outside)
    Drawing Meetup Group & Drawing Jam More info

  • Valley Drink n Draw

    For Adults6:00pm
    At THE OTHER DOOR BAR in North Hollywood
    VALLEY DRINK & DRAW with the Gallery Girls Great Music and Drinks - 5's then 25 min poses. Come mingle with artists & DRAW models & other people at The Other Door Bar More info

Wednesday, October 11th

  • Chalk the Walk

    Chalk the Walk

    For All Ages10:00am
    At Glendale Central Library
    Participants will use chalk to create artwork on the concrete sidewalk in front of the Library. More info

  • LifeDrawing Muze uninstructed Life Drawing

    For All Ages6:45pm
    At artsharela
    LifeDrawing Muze An inspiring place for your artistic journey Uninstructed Life Drawing Workshop Every Wednesday from 6:45pm to 9:45 pm Cost is $10 at ArtShareLA 801 E. 4th Place Los Angeles CA 90013 please RSVP lifedrawingmuze@yahoo.com More info

Thursday, October 12th

  • Malabar Branch Library

    Celebrate Big Draw L.A. at Malabar Library

    For All Ages12:00pm
    At Malabar Library in East LA
    Malabar Library will invite the community, patrons of all ages to participate in making a branch mural for display. This mural will feature a collage of drawing designs, styles and subject interests. More info
  • desertcrazyposter

    Desert Crazy

    For All Ages1:00pm
    At Antelope Valley College Art Gallery
    A collaborative week-long event aimed at our high desert community that uses drawing to explore, parody, and even celebrate persistent myths about the desert and its "crazy" inhabitants More info

Friday, October 13th

  • youdrawidraw

    You Draw I Draw

    For All Ages9:00am
    At Antelope Valley College Art Gallery
    A week long collaborative drawing event where artist Laurel Siler embroideries the drawings made by participants onto a giant installation of fabric. More info

Saturday, October 14th

  • San Gabriel Valley Pride's Road to Equality

    San Gabriel Valley Pride's Road to Equality

    For All Ages11:00am
    At Pasadena's Central Park
    Add to our Road to Equality! For the past 5 years our Road has grown to over 500 road tiles showing what Pride means to the artist and the LGBTQ community in the San Gabriel Valley More info
  • 24 Hour Comics Day at The Comic Bug

    24 Hour Comics Day at The Comic Bug

    For All Ages12:00pm
    At The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach
    It's that time of year again! 24 Hour Comics Day at The Comic Bug! The Challenge? Produce a 24 page comic book completely from scratch in the span of 24 hours! You can do it! You're supposed to show up with 24 blank pieces of paper, or your drawing tablet or however you make your magic, and at 12:00 p.m. sharp on Saturday BLAM! think up your idea and go to town making your comic! The gang at The Comic Bug will keep you fueled with coffee, tacos, pizza, sandwiches throughout the day, night and into the morning! Mike will have his creepy film fest (that gets weirder throughout the evening and then kid friendly as the sun rises) and the part that gets many folks most excited... we're holding our annual 50% OFF graphic novels, trade paperbacks and back issues sale from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m.! Stock up on some of the stories you've had your eye on but haven't pulled the trigger on just yet! At HALF OFF! And don't forget to check out all of the amazing and delirious artists cranking away at their stories! Take note, The Comic Bug is hosting it's event ONE WEEK LATER than the official day, OUR EVENT takes place Saturday/Sunday October 14 & 15, NOT on the 7th and 8th like many other shops that weekend. Sorry for any confusion, but we hope to see you here! Also, this event is for ALL AGES, so feel free to bring the kids by to participate for as long as they like, even if its just for an hour or two! If you plan on participating, please make a comment along with your RSVP so we are sure to save you a seat. This event DOES fill up! More info

Sunday, October 15th

  • Andell Family Sundays

    Andell Family Sundays—Design/Diseño

    For All Ages12:30pm
    At Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    Make, look, and talk about art at Andell Family Sundays! Drop in anytime between 12:30 and 3:30 pm. This weekly family event features artist-led workshops and friendly gallery tours and activities thematically based on special exhibitions and LACMA’s permanent collection. Create memories together and have fun! Explore how designers in California and Mexico shared ideas to create fabuloso design in the special exhibition Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915–1985. Be inspired to make your own diseños. More info

  • Drawing From the Masters: Shifting Perspectives

    For All Ages3:30pm
    At The Getty Center in Brentwood
    Free, drop-in drawing class in the galleries of the Getty Museum. More info

Wednesday, October 18th

  • The Big Draw LA @ Pico Branch

    For All Ages4:00pm
    At The Annex at Pico Branch Library in Santa Monica
    In celebration of Big Draw L.A., we invite the community to be inspired and create art by using a variety arts and crafts materials, and draw on our chalk sidewalk mural. More info
  • LACMA Art Class @ the Library

    LACMA Art Class @ the Library

    For Families4:00pm
    At Vermont Square Branch - LAPL in South Los Angeles
    Take part in The Big Draw LA with an art class for the whole family! Sponsored by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. More info

Thursday, October 19th

  • Glendale Library

    Big Draw LA Mural

    For All Ages2:00pm
    At Glendale Central Library
    Participants will create moments using words and drawn pictures. This will be collected together into one big mural. More info

Saturday, October 21st

  • Drawing from Antiquity: Mosaics

    For Families11:00am
    At The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades
    Drawing from Antiquity Take part in the centuries-old tradition of sketching from ancient works by drawing from the Museum’s collection and sights at the Getty Villa. Supplies are provided, and all skill levels are welcome. Sign up begins 15 minutes before the start of the program at the Tour Meeting Place. This is a free program. More info
  • Sunland Studio Arts

    Sunland Studio Arts, Open Studios and Room to Draw

    For All Ages11:00am
    At Tierra del Sol Foundation in Sunland
    Sunland Studio Arts, a progressive studio of the Tierra del Sol Foundation, will be hosting an Open Studio from 11-5pm on October 21, 2017. Join us to meet amazing artists, take interactive studio tours, purchase affordable art, and participate in a variety of drawing experiences. All are invited to make your mark on a collaborative drawing, sketch with us on our beautiful seven-acre campus, or in getting your portrait drawn by one of our artists. The event is free and open to the public. More info
  • Juan Brown presents his drawings at the Festival For All Skid Row Artists

    Festival For All Skid Row Artists

    For All Ages1:00pm
    At Gladys Park in the Downtown Arts District
    Since 2010 Los Angeles Poverty Department produces the Festival for All Skid Row Artists every 3rd weekend of October in Gladys Park on Skid Row (corner 6th Street and Gladys Avenue). The Festival encourages known neighborhood artists and identifies and brings together arts makers who are unknown even in their own Skid Row neighborhood. LAPD collects information about the artists, documents their work and creates an artists’ registry. More info

Sunday, October 22nd

  • Expressive Arts w/Joanna Gates

    For All Ages(All day)
    At McGroarty Arts Center in Tujunga
    Mcgroarty Arts Center presents Joanna Gates' program and class "Expressive Art"! Excercise your Imagination with Art ! No experience required - All ages ! Art is for Everyone! More info
  • Andell Family Sundays

    Andell Family Sundays—Design/Diseño

    For Families12:30pm
    At Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    Make, look, and talk about art at Andell Family Sundays! Drop in anytime between 12:30 and 3:30 pm. This weekly family event features artist-led workshops and friendly gallery tours and activities thematically based on special exhibitions and LACMA’s permanent collection. Create memories together and have fun! Explore how designers in California and Mexico shared ideas to create fabuloso design in the special exhibition Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915–1985. Be inspired to make your own diseños. More info
  • Art workshop at Pasadena Museum of History

    Sunny Tales: The Big Draw

    For Families3:00pm
    At Pasadena Museum of History
    As part of the month-long The Big Draw LA, young visitors are invited to Pasadena Museum of History for stories about art and artists and a chance to express their creativity in different mediums. Free activities, snacks, and admission to an exhibition of Rose Queen and Princess gowns, crowns and other Rose Parade memorabilia following the story time and art workshop. More info

Monday, October 23rd

Tuesday, October 24th

  • Self Portrait

    Self Portrait

    For All Ages2:00pm
    At Glendale Central Library
    Participants will draw self portraits of themselves. These will be hung up for view in the Libary. More info

Thursday, October 26th

  • Avalon's Big Draw LA Event

    For All Ages10:00am
    At Catalina Island Museum
    Draw with us! Visiting artists Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet will work with participants to draw a picture of the house they grew up in, the house they currently live in, or their dream house. Open to all ages and artistic levels. More info
  • Sketch Crawl at Fullerton College

    Sketch Crawl at Fullerton College

    For All Ages6:00pm
    At Fullerton College Art Gallery
    Join our faculty and students for a sketch crawl during the Fullerton College Dia de Los Muertos celebration. More info

Friday, October 27th

Saturday, October 28th

Sunday, October 29th

  • Andell Family Sundays

    Andell Family Sundays—Design/Diseño

    For Families12:30pm
    At Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    Make, look, and talk about art at Andell Family Sundays! Drop in anytime between 12:30 and 3:30 pm. This weekly family event features artist-led workshops and friendly gallery tours and activities thematically based on special exhibitions and LACMA’s permanent collection. Create memories together and have fun! Explore how designers in California and Mexico shared ideas to create fabuloso design in the special exhibition Found in Translation: Design in California and Mexico, 1915–1985. Be inspired to make your own diseños. More info

  • Still Life Workshop

    For All Ages2:00pm
    At Hawthorne Arts Complex
    Come and draw with us at the Hawthorne Arts Complex! We are a new artist studio complex (currently expanding), and we will be hosting a “Still Life Workshop” event as a part of The Big Draw LA. More info
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