Readers pick The Drawing Studio for the 5th year in a row, as Best Place to take an Art Class. Way to go! Read more here.

“Small Wonders”, TDS holiday fundraiser is coming up. A great way to show and sell your small scale artwork. Featured painting above: Cynthia Miller. Find out more here.

Paint and collage botanicals in Linda Cato’s “Looking at Plants”  an investigation of the exquisite aesthetic of the plant world. Begins 10/17.

“Travel Sketchbook” with Pat Dolan is taking a waiting list. Begins 10/16. Learn how to create simple travel sketches and draw on the move.

“Composition Secrets from the Masters” a one day workshop with Christy Olsen. Explore disegno secrets, and apply them to your own artwork (10/19).

Also beginning on 10/18, Joe Marshall’s “Woodblock Weekend”, an intensive in woodblock printmaking.

In the Gallery: “Seeing the Santa Ritas”, an ongoing multi-media exhibit in the Gallery of artwork inspired by the land around the Santa Rita mountains, until October 26. Plein air oil sketch on site featured above by Betina Fink.

Be a Master (or at least paint like one). Learn the basics of classical oil painting in Intro to Oil (starts 10/17) and Intermediate Oil (starts 10/19). Master Copy of Rembrandt’s “Saskia” featured above by first year oil painter, Lourdes Foster.

Get “Off the Wall” with Katrina Lasko’s workshop, making artwork that goes on and off the wall (10/18). Featured above “My Brother’s Boat” by Katrina.

James Turrell Brings Light to LACMA a moving exhibit up until the spring. Feast your eyes and soul, a recommended treat if you are in the Los Angeles area.