Urban Sketching Club

Bring your pencils and sketchbooks outside come out to draw at our Urban Sketching Club! Each month we will be exploring a different location in Brighton.

This is a relaxed, untutored session that is free to attend and everybody is welcome to come and draw with us, regardless of ability or past experience. The monthly sketching club provides is a good opportunity to meet and draw with a group of likeminded artists while drawing urban environments and the people in them. You do not have to book for this session - it is totally fine to just turn up and join in!

We will meet up at 10am and draw in the area until 12.30pm; you are welcome to arrive late, leave early, or stick around for longer!

Meeting points

Oct 12th - Preston Park Rockery (meet by the pond) Brighton BN1 6DQ
(Wet weather option The Rotunda Cafe – Preston Park, The Rose Garden, Preston Rd, Brighton BN1 6HN)

Nov 9th - The Open Market, Marshalls Row, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 4JU

Dec 14th - The Booth Museum, 194 Dyke Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 5AA

Jan 11th - Brighton Train Station, Queens Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 3XP

Feb 8th - St Peter’s Church + Valley Garden, York Pl, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 4GU - meet outside St. Peters Church (south side)
(Wet weather option) Moksha Cafe, 4-5 York Pl, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 4GU

March 8th - Trafalgar Arches – meet outside Trading Post coffee shop, 109 Stroudley Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 4DJ
(Wet weather option) Trading Post coffee shop

April 12th - Preston Park Rotunda & Rose Garden – meet outside Rotunda cafe, Preston Park, The Rose Garden, Preston Rd, Brighton BN1 6HN
(Wet weather option) Inside the Rotunda Cafe

May 10th - Pavilion Gardens - meet on the main lawn near the Pavilion Garden Cafe, Royal Pavilion Grounds, New Rd, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 1UG
(Wet weather option) Meanwhile Cafe, 17 Jubilee St, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN1 1GE

June 14th - Dyke Road Park - meet outside Dyke Road Park cafe, Tea Chalet, Dyke Rd, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 6EH
(Wet weather option) as above, but bring a brolly in case we are outside!

July 12th - St Ann’s Well Garden - meet outside the Garden Cafe, Somerhill Rd, Brighton and Hove, Hove BN3 1RP
(Wet weather option) Inside the Garden Cafe

Aug 9th - Queens Park, 1 West Dr, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0QU
(Wet weather option) Starfish & Coffee cafe, 32 Egremont Pl, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0GA

What You Need to Bring

Bring your own materials - some basic kit is provided as a back-up if you don’t have anything. You are welcome to use any materials you like. Feel free to bring folding chairs or easels if you need them.

Supporting the sessions

The sessions are free to attend and are funded by the Draw Patreon. If you like coming along and want to support the sessions to continue, why not become a supporter by signing up to the Draw Patreon from just £3.60 per month. You’ll get the in-person concessionary rate, plus Patreons get tiered access to a wealth of resources including our extensive artist’s photo reference library, live online life drawing & portrait drawing classes, online recorded courses and much more. Whether you are a Patreon supporter or not, you can post your drawings on the Draw community Facebook group and tag @draw_brighton and #drawbrighton on Instagram.