On Monday 9 November 2026, Downtown Sketchers met at the Victoria Building in Liverpool. Redbrick architecture, interior arches, museum objects and studies after paintings filled the sketchbooks. At the end we brought the drawings together for our usual throwdown.
Designed by Alfred Waterhouse and opened in 1892, the Victoria Building was the University of Liverpool’s original main building. It has housed the Victoria Gallery & Museum since 2008. Its clock tower, terracotta details and interior spaces offer plenty to draw. Building history.
Mark C. Grant · Watercolour · Watercolour urban sketch of Brownlow Hill and the Victoria Building, LiverpoolSketchbooks gathered on a table after the Downtown Sketchers Monday meetup at the Victoria Building, LiverpoolBlack-and-white photograph of a sculpted head at the Victoria Building, LiverpoolPen drawing of the Victoria Building clock tower and redbrick facade, LiverpoolPencil study of an object in a sketchbook at the Victoria Building, LiverpoolLight pencil figure study from our Victoria Building meetup, LiverpoolColoured drawing of a sculpted head, made during our Victoria Building visit in LiverpoolColour study of a striped object from our Victoria Building sketching visit, LiverpoolPen sketch of interior arches and architectural details at the Victoria Building, LiverpoolSketchbook study after River Scene at Night by Elias Childe, at the Victoria Gallery and Museum, LiverpoolSketchbook pages with figure, sculpture and river studies from the Victoria Building, LiverpoolArchitectural sketch of a building corner from our Liverpool urban sketching meetupWatercolour of redbrick university buildings, a tall chimney and autumn trees in LiverpoolPencil drawing of an arched interior during the Victoria Building meetup, LiverpoolCafe interior during our Victoria Building visit in LiverpoolThe Victoria Building seen from Brownlow Hill, Liverpool
