Downtown Sketchers
On Monday 2 November 2026 we sketched at the Ship & Mitre on Dale Street. The pub lettering turns up in several sketchbooks. Others picked out a potted plant, the curve of a window or the figures around a table. At the end we laid the books out together for the throwdown. The Ship & […]
On Monday 26 October 2026 we met at The Halyard on Duke Street, Liverpool. The patterns of the hotel carpet frame our Monday throwdown. Among the open books are drawings of shopfronts on Duke Street, plants around the room and views through the windows. The hotel stands on the footprint of eighteenth-century rope-making warehouses, part […]
On Monday 19 October 2026 we met at Turtle Bay on Hanover Street, Liverpool. At Turtle Bay the sketchbooks filled with colour. Some pages follow the shopfronts along Hanover Street. Others pick out lettering, palm trees and the shapes of tables inside. The Hanover Street restaurant opened in 2016 as Turtle Bay’s second Liverpool venue. […]
On Monday 12 October 2026 we met at The Egg Café on Newington, Liverpool. The café windows appear again and again in this week’s books. Some sketchers drew the panes in outline, while others set the dark frames against patches of colour. The throwdown brings those different views together. The Egg shares its Newington premises […]
A Creative Morning at Miles Coffee by Liverpool’s Iconic Cathedral On March 24, 2025, our Downtown Sketchers family gathered for a vibrant meet-up at Miles Coffee – perfectly nestled beside the magnificent Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ, the biggest Catholic cathedral in the UK. The crisp spring air, combined with the aroma of freshly brewed […]
On the 17th of March 2025, St Patrick’s Day, the Downtown Sketchers visited a new location,Yates on Queens Square. Here are the images from that urban sketching meetup:
On the 10th of march 2025 the Downtown Sketchers, urban sketching group, had a return to the historic Adelphi Hotel.
On the 3rd of March 2025 the Downtown Sketchers had a return to a fav location, The Leaf Cafe on Bold street for some urban sketching.
On the 24th of February the Downtown Sketchers visited a new location, The Halyard Hotel.
On the 17th of February the Downtown Sketchers returned to my favourite urban sketching haunt, the Royal Liver Building.