Sunday 15th December 2024 – 11:00 – 15:30 Hosted by: Isabel Carmona and Dean Ashton. In December we will embrace the Christmas spirit and sketch in and around the Tower Bridge area. The ‘Winter by the River‘ Christmas market will light up Queen’s Walk along the south bank, starting from the iconic Tower Bridge, past …
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Saturday 09 November 2024 – 11:00 – 15:30 Hosted by: Dean Ashton and Sasala Wickramasinghe In November we head east to Bethnal Green and visit the Young V&A (formerly the V&A Museum of Childhood). The mission of the museum is stated as “To enable everyone, especially the young, to explore and enjoy the designed world, …
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Hosted by Adam Topor and Akira Yamanaka We welcome you to the sketch walk at Alexandra Palace; a famous venue for sports, and music events and a place holding a part of British TV history. The large BBC tower on its rooftop is where the first high-definition public television service began back in 1936. Then …
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Join us on 15 Sept 2024 in Kingston upon Thames. Hosted by John Swanson and Theresa Abbott
Sunday 08 September 2024 – Hosted by Helen Hayhoe and Sam Mills This month is a collaboration between the Thames Festival Trust and Urban Sketchers London, hosted by the Chiswick Pier Trust. Working to engage people with the River Thames (chiswickpier.org.uk) One of the aims of the collaboration is to engage people with the riverside, …
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Let’s Draw Postman’s Park on Saturday 10th August 2024 Postman’s Park opened in 1880 on the former churchyard and burial ground of St Botolph’s Aldersgate church. Over the next 20 years, it expanded to include the adjacent burial grounds of Christ Church Greyfriars and St Leonard, Foster Lane, along with the site of demolished housing. In 1900, …
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July is a busy month on the USk London calender! We have a bonus sketch walk planned in collaboration with Pushing Your Sketching Boundaries, hosted by Isabel Carmona and Sasala Wickramasinghe We are going to meet near Paddington Station as there is a large group coming from Newbury where the Pushing Your Sketching Boundaries summer …
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In July, we head to North East London and explore Hackney. As a bonus, we have scheduled two sketchwalks – Saturday 13th July, and Sunday 28th July. Fingers crossed the weather remembers it’s Summer… Saturday 13th July 2024 – hosted by Martin Stone and Dean Ashton Sunday 28th July 2024 – hosted by Alison Gardiner …
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Let’s Draw Westminster and St Thomas on Saturday 15th June 2024 In June, our sketchwalk takes us to the serene and reflective National Covid Memorial Wall, located across the River Thames from the Houses of Parliament. On June 15th, witness the grandeur of the King’s official birthday celebration and Trooping the Colour fly-by, as tourists …
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Beyond the bustling heart of London, nestled in the leafy embrace of Kensington, lies Brompton Cemetery. A canvas not of brick and mortar, but of moss-kissed headstones, towering cedars, and the ghosts of stories whispered on the wind. Here, mortality meets artistry, inviting urban sketchers to capture the melancholic beauty, the intricate details, and the …
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