On Monday 15 June 2026, we met at The Bagelry on Nelson Street and sketched around Liverpool Chinatown. The Chinese arch, stone lions, shopfronts and cafe details fill the pages before the sketchbooks come together on a bench for the throwdown.
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A weekly Monday urban sketch meet up with Downtown Sketchers in Liverpool
On Monday 8 June 2026, browns on Paradise Street was our meeting place for sketches around Liverpool ONE. Outside, we drew street trees, modern facades and people passing through; inside, bar bottles, lamps and cafe tables supplied smaller studies.
On Monday 1 June 2026, we met at Key Lime Coffee on Lime Street. The station roof, North Western Hotel, trains and nearby architectural details appear across the sketchbooks, alongside drawings made inside the cafe.
On Thursday 28 May 2026, our New Brighton day trip took us to the Floral Pavilion and the seafront. Sketches look across the Mersey towards Liverpool, along the promenade and at the buildings, railings and fairground details nearby.
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The Bluecoat — 25 May 2026
On Monday 25 May 2026, at the Bluecoat on School Lane, our sketchbooks filled with courtyard doorways, trees, paving, flowers and rooflines. The collection includes close studies of leaves and stems as well as wider views through the garden.
On Monday 18 May 2026, we met at Albert’s Schloss on Bold Street. Some sketchers worked on the bar, fireplace, lamps and lettering inside, while others drew along Bold Street or towards the Lyceum. Photographs of hands at work accompany the finished sketchbook studies.
On Monday 11 May 2026, the Shakespeare in Williamson Square was our meeting place. The Playhouse theatre and St John’s Beacon were popular subjects, alongside the pub, trees and views from cafe tables across the square.
On Monday 4 May 2026, we met at Artefact on Roscoe Street. Sketches take in its frontage and interior, the surrounding streets and St Luke’s Church, with studies of the Christmas Truce sculpture and small objects inside the cafe.
On Thursday 30 April 2026, our day trip took us across the Mersey to Make Hamilton Studios and then out into Hamilton Square, Birkenhead. The town hall, monuments, lamps and surrounding buildings supplied subjects for pencil, ink and watercolour studies.
On Monday 27 April 2026, we met at Kimos on Mount Pleasant. Some stayed inside to draw chairs, decorative objects and people; others worked in Roscoe Gardens or studied the buildings nearby.