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Apple Stores Celebrating ‘The Big Draw’ Annual Drawing Festival With Free Art Sessions Through October

Apple Stores Celebrating ‘The Big Draw’ Annual Drawing Festival With Free Art Sessions Through October

Every Apple Store worldwide will be celebrating The Big Draw, which is said to be the world’s largest annual drawing festival, by offering hand-on art sessions with the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. Sessions are available October 1–31. Free registration is available on Apple’s website.

Participants attending 60 to 90 minute long Today at Apple sessions will use the new Adobe Fresco app on an iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil to draw colorful faces and objects, create an abstract painting, and more.

The Big Draw sessions include:

  • Art Lab for Kids: Make Your Own Emoji: Kids will learn fun ways to create their own emoji. We’ll show them how to draw colorful faces and objects. They’ll get hands-on using the Adobe Fresco app on iPad with Apple Pencil to draw an emoji to take home. Devices will be provided.
  • Art Walk: Discovering Color: Collect the colors you observe on your walk to capture your own color palette. Using the Adobe Fresco app on iPad Pro with Apple Pencil, you’ll combine them to create an abstract painting to take home. Devices will be provided. Recommended for all skill levels.
  • Art Walk: Drawing from Observation: Transform the way you observe and sketch the world around you. We’ll show you how being mindful of people, objects, or places in your surroundings will help you add interesting details to your drawings using the Adobe Fresco app on iPad Pro with Apple Pencil. Devices will be provided. Recommended for all skill levels.

Special artist-led sessions will also be held at Apple Store flagship locations, including Apple Union Square in San Francisco and Apple Fifth Avenue in New York City.