Downtown SketchersA weekly Monday urban sketch meet up with Downtown Sketchers in Liverpool
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 […]
Liverpool urban sketches from the Holiday Inn on 5 October 2026: watercolour, ink and pencil views of Lime Street station, with sketchbooks and hands at work.
After meeting at Miles Coffee in Liverpool Science Park on Monday 28 September 2026, we headed to the Metropolitan Cathedral. Sketchbooks record the crown and broad steps outside, street views around Mount Pleasant, and the coloured light within.
On Monday 21 September 2026 we met at Lovelocks on Old Haymarket, Liverpool. Bicycles, lamps and the view through the café windows appear alongside studies of nearby buildings and the Queensway Tunnel monuments.
Our Monday 14 September 2026 meetup took us to Red Brick Market on Stanhope Street, Liverpool. The drawings move between café tables, market displays, signs and the surrounding buildings. Some focus on one object; others take in a whole corner of the interior.
On Monday 7 September 2026 we settled in at The Botanist in Chavasse Park, Liverpool. The collection includes sketchbooks in use, views of the building and its interior, and the artwork brought together for our end-of-session throwdown.
On Bank Holiday Monday 31 August 2026 we met at Cose Buone on Dale Street, Liverpool. The Municipal Hotel across the street provided a recurring subject, alongside window views, lamps and details around the café tables.
On Monday 24 August 2026 we collected coffees from Rise and sketched around Exchange Flags behind Liverpool Town Hall. The square, passages, stone details and café tables offered a range of subjects, from broad watercolour views to close pencil studies.