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🎨 Painting & Drawing in the Bay Area
Drawing, watercolour, painting and life drawing around the Bay, from drop-in figure sessions to multi-week courses.
Waveform Ceramics
$45FRI, OCT 23Queer Sober Sip 'n' PaintWaveform Ceramics · Oakland & East Bay$45Details →Sebastopol Center for the Arts
$20 p/sessionMONDAYS · 6:00 PMLife Drawing Meet-UpSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$20 p/sessionDetails →Workshop SF
$58MON, OCT 26Chill Sketching: Learn to Sketch What You SeeWorkshop SF · SF West Side$58Details →Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
WED, NOV 4Gallery Tour & Sketching Activity: Dread Scott & Rael San FratelloYerba Buena Center for the Arts · SF Downtown & WaterfrontNo price listedDetails →Sebastopol Center for the Arts
WED, NOV 4Introduction to Drawing Portraits From PhotosSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$150.00 + $15.00 Materials Fee = $165.00Details →Sebastopol Center for the Arts
THU, NOV 5Art as Self Discovery: Mixed Media ArtSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North BayAttendance: $275.00 + $12.00 Materials Fee = $287.00Details →Sebastopol Center for the Arts
SAT, NOV 7Quiet Light: Watercolor BasicsSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$170.00 · all materials providedDetails →Richmond Art Center
SAT, NOV 7Making History: Figure Drawing in the GalleriesRichmond Art Center · Oakland & East BayFREE | REGISTRATION REQUESTEDDetails →Sebastopol Center for the Arts
$130.00SAT, NOV 7Returning to the First MarkSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$130.00Details →SFMOMA
SUN, NOV 8Family Studio: Lines That MoveSFMOMA · SF Downtown & WaterfrontFree · no museum admission requiredDetails →Sebastopol Center for the Arts
SUN, NOV 8Still Life in AcrylicSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$55.00 + $12.00 Materials Fee = $67.00 Attendance PriceDetails →Sebastopol Center for the Arts
SUN, NOV 8Winter Botanicals: 2 Session Watercolor WorkshopSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$110.00 + $15.00 Materials Fee = $125.00Details →Excelsior Branch Library
MON, NOV 9WatercolorExcelsior Branch Library · SF Mission & SouthDrop-in · no price listedDetails →Sebastopol Center for the Arts
$45.00TUE, NOV 10Advanced Colored Pencil with NinaSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$45.00Details →Sharon Art Studio
TUE, NOV 10Graphic Medicine: Comics as HealthcareSharon Art Studio · SF West Side$75 members / $100 non-membersDetails →San José Museum of Art
FreeFRI, NOV 13Opening Celebration: Irving Norman: Fight for LifeSan José Museum of Art · South BayFreeDetails →San Francisco Main Library
SAT, NOV 14Drawn Together: A Drawing Club for EveryoneSan Francisco Main Library · SF Downtown & WaterfrontDrop-in · no price listedDetails →Sunset Branch Library
FreeSAT, NOV 21Painting Bookmarks Inspired by Filipino FabricsSunset Branch Library · SF West SideFreeDetails →Ortega Branch Library
FreeSAT, NOV 28Watercolor Tape PaintingOrtega Branch Library · SF West SideFreeDetails →West Portal Branch Library
FreeTUE, DEC 1Painting Tropical Fruit Friends with WatercolorWest Portal Branch Library · SF West SideFreeDetails →San Francisco Main Library
SAT, DEC 5Drawing from Film: Night of the HunterSan Francisco Main Library · SF Downtown & WaterfrontDrop-in · no price listedDetails →Chabot Space & Science Center
$45 · adults 21+THU, DEC 17Paint & Sip: Winter Solstice Solar SkiesChabot Space & Science Center · Oakland & East Bay$45 · adults 21+Details →San Francisco Center for the Book
$450SAT, DEC 19The Ideal SketchbookSan Francisco Center for the Book · SF Mission & South$450Details →San Francisco Main Library
SAT, DEC 19Painting Parol Christmas CardsSan Francisco Main Library · SF Downtown & WaterfrontReservations required · no price listedDetails →
$45FRI, OCT 23Queer Sober Sip 'n' PaintWaveform Ceramics · Oakland & East Bay$45Details →Sebastopol Center for the Arts$20 p/sessionMONDAYS · 6:00 PMLife Drawing Meet-UpSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$20 p/sessionDetails →Workshop SF$58MON, OCT 26Chill Sketching: Learn to Sketch What You SeeWorkshop SF · SF West Side$58Details →Yerba Buena Center for the ArtsWED, NOV 4Gallery Tour & Sketching Activity: Dread Scott & Rael San FratelloYerba Buena Center for the Arts · SF Downtown & WaterfrontNo price listedDetails →Sebastopol Center for the ArtsWED, NOV 4Introduction to Drawing Portraits From PhotosSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$150.00 + $15.00 Materials Fee = $165.00Details →Sebastopol Center for the ArtsTHU, NOV 5Art as Self Discovery: Mixed Media ArtSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North BayAttendance: $275.00 + $12.00 Materials Fee = $287.00Details →Sebastopol Center for the ArtsSAT, NOV 7Quiet Light: Watercolor BasicsSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$170.00 · all materials providedDetails →Richmond Art CenterSAT, NOV 7Making History: Figure Drawing in the GalleriesRichmond Art Center · Oakland & East BayFREE | REGISTRATION REQUESTEDDetails →Sebastopol Center for the Arts$130.00SAT, NOV 7Returning to the First MarkSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$130.00Details →SFMOMASUN, NOV 8Family Studio: Lines That MoveSFMOMA · SF Downtown & WaterfrontFree · no museum admission requiredDetails →Sebastopol Center for the ArtsSUN, NOV 8Still Life in AcrylicSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$55.00 + $12.00 Materials Fee = $67.00 Attendance PriceDetails →Sebastopol Center for the ArtsSUN, NOV 8Winter Botanicals: 2 Session Watercolor WorkshopSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$110.00 + $15.00 Materials Fee = $125.00Details →Excelsior Branch LibraryMON, NOV 9WatercolorExcelsior Branch Library · SF Mission & SouthDrop-in · no price listedDetails →Sebastopol Center for the Arts$45.00TUE, NOV 10Advanced Colored Pencil with NinaSebastopol Center for the Arts · Marin & North Bay$45.00Details →Sharon Art StudioTUE, NOV 10Graphic Medicine: Comics as HealthcareSharon Art Studio · SF West Side$75 members / $100 non-membersDetails →San José Museum of ArtFreeFRI, NOV 13Opening Celebration: Irving Norman: Fight for LifeSan José Museum of Art · South BayFreeDetails →San Francisco Main LibrarySAT, NOV 14Drawn Together: A Drawing Club for EveryoneSan Francisco Main Library · SF Downtown & WaterfrontDrop-in · no price listedDetails →Sunset Branch LibraryFreeSAT, NOV 21Painting Bookmarks Inspired by Filipino FabricsSunset Branch Library · SF West SideFreeDetails →Ortega Branch LibraryFreeSAT, NOV 28Watercolor Tape PaintingOrtega Branch Library · SF West SideFreeDetails →West Portal Branch LibraryFreeTUE, DEC 1Painting Tropical Fruit Friends with WatercolorWest Portal Branch Library · SF West SideFreeDetails →San Francisco Main LibrarySAT, DEC 5Drawing from Film: Night of the HunterSan Francisco Main Library · SF Downtown & WaterfrontDrop-in · no price listedDetails →Chabot Space & Science Center$45 · adults 21+THU, DEC 17Paint & Sip: Winter Solstice Solar SkiesChabot Space & Science Center · Oakland & East Bay$45 · adults 21+Details →San Francisco Center for the Book$450SAT, DEC 19The Ideal SketchbookSan Francisco Center for the Book · SF Mission & South$450Details →San Francisco Main LibrarySAT, DEC 19Painting Parol Christmas CardsSan Francisco Main Library · SF Downtown & WaterfrontReservations required · no price listedDetails →How this page is put together
Every listing here was read off the studio's own page by a person: the date, the price as printed, and whether a session is a one-off, a term or something you book for any day. Where a studio keeps its dates behind a booking system we say so on the card rather than inventing one, and where it publishes no price we say that too. Nothing on this page came from an aggregator.
Recurring courses show their next real occurrence rather than the date they were first entered, worked out in Pacific time so a 6:30pm class stays 6:30pm across the clock changes.
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