Sketch at the Gardens on El Paseo, an indoor/outdoor shopping district with interesting plantings, stores and restaurants and holiday shoppers. Step outside onto El Paseo for street side drawing. Lots to draw. Free parking nearby. Meet at the main entrance to Pottery Barn at 6 PM.
Come sketch at a community mural painting project near the Palm Springs Art Museum. The Palm Springs Blue Zone Project is sponsoring this mural painting project to transform concrete walls into murals of desert flowers. Community members will be painting number coded murals. This will be a great opportunity to practice drawing people in action. […]
Note date change: Now on Thursday, October, 22, 2026. Come sketch at Civic Center Park in Palm Desert. We will be in the area near the intersection of San Pablo and Fred Waring. Meet on the bridge over the ponds by the amphitheater. There is plenty to draw in the park, with walking paths, structures, […]
Sketch to capture the iconic mid-century architecture of the Palm Springs Visitor Center. Located at the bottom of the Tram Road and set against the backdrop of canyons and mountains, the Visitor Center offers lots to draw. Meet under the shade structures by the parking lot at 1 pm. A stool is recommended so you […]
This four-acre garden features 14 large-scale works by modern and contemporary sculptors including Donald Judd, Gio Pomodoro, Jesús Bautista Moroles, Dan Namingha, and Betty Gold, sited among more than 60 native and drought-tolerant plants and winding water features. It is adjacent to the Artist Council Art Center where there is parking. There are some benches, […]
Come draw at Andreas Canyon in Indian Canyons. Andreas Canyon is an easy one mile trail that winds through a California Fan Palm oasis around Andreas Creek. Within a short walk from the parking lot you can find towering palms, rock formations, and flowing water. There are picnic tables scattered through the area as well […]
Come sketch at the entrance to the Old Las Palmas neighborhood in Palm Springs. Meet at the free public parking lot on the corner of W Chino Dr. and Belardo. This neighborhood is full of estates, many of them are surrounded by walls and elegant gates. Be prepared to walk a little to find something to […]
Come sketch the world famous Cabazon dinosaurs, a roadside attraction featuring two enormous steel-and-concrete dinosaurs, a 150-foot-long brontosaurus and a 65-foot-tall tyrannosaurus rex set against the backdrop of the mountains. The two large dinosaurs are free to view while the nearby Dinosaur Museum houses many more dinosaurs with an admission of $11 – $15. Meet […]