Art Groups London

Sketchbook: Buckingham Palace

Let’s sketch BUCKINGHAM PALACE!! This is it, the grand daddy herself, the beating heart of the Empire, the former silkworm farm turned tourist mecca. Bucky Bucky Pal Pal. what3words address to help you find this specific location. Tap to see exactly where it is: https://w3w.co/wiser.bugs.nurses Let’s meet in front of the Victoria Monument out the front of the Palace at 11am, I'll wait for a bit for any stragglers and then we can all meet again at the same spot at 13.00 and compare sketches afterwards! This area can get busy as all hell with all manner of horses and processions so if plans change or something mad happens on the day ill try and let you know! Nearest Tube Stop: Victoria/ Charing Cross/ Hyde Park Corner Completely free of charge, no need to sign up, bring a friend. Feel free to drop in for the whole two hours or just short while if you'd prefer. Look for the tall ginger fella sketching away as the central meetup spot, but feel free to roam as far and wide as you like and sketch anything you damn well please! Please bring your own sketchbooks and pens/pencils. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- About Sketchbook London Every week we will choose a location around the magnificent city of London and draw people, buildings, pigeons, bins, anything you want.... No payment, no pressure, no need to sign up, just show up and draw for a couple of hours. All levels, abilities and professions welcome, bring a friend! Zero pressure to interact, network, impress in any way, this is just a way to get out and about and appreciate the joy of urban sketching and all the weird and wonderful creatures that inhabit this thriving metropolis. I am a storyboard artist working in animation and I am happy to discuss sketching techniques or give feedback on any work but this is by no means an exclusive event for artists, all are welcome :) \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ## Sketchbook London Meetup Code of Conduct **Everyone is welcome.** We aim to provide a friendly, inclusive and respectful space to sketch, learn and meet others. By attending, you agree to: * Treat all attendees, venue staff and members of the public with courtesy and respect. * Not engage in harassment, discrimination, bullying, hate speech, intimidation, unwanted sexual attention, aggressive behaviour, or any conduct that makes another person feel unsafe or unwelcome. * Respect personal boundaries, consent, privacy and the venue’s rules. * Follow reasonable safety instructions from the organiser and venue staff. * Take reasonable care of your own belongings, equipment and personal safety. * Raise concerns with the organiser promptly, so that they can be addressed where reasonably possible. The organiser may ask anyone who breaches this code to stop the behaviour, leave the event, or be excluded from future meetups. Serious threats, violence or unlawful conduct may be reported to venue security or the police

Autism/ADHD Women’s: Let's Get Crafty ✨ @The People's Letters

**PLEASE NOTE:** The location is: **The People's Letters Bookshop** Address: **395 Cambridge Heath Rd, Cambridge Heath, London E2 9RA** ✨Hi all, Let's Get Crafty is back! ✨ Join us for an afternoon of arts and craft at The People's Letters Bookshop. We will provide yarn, needles, hooks, clay, colouring pencils and books, origami paper, etc, or you can buy a colouring book from the store. You're also welcome to bring your own projects along. The bookstore provides a separate and private space for us which is perfect for us auties and ND folk. The store also provides free hot drinks. Accessibility: the store has an accessible entrance and toilet. The People's Letters is a worker-led, cooperatively run bookstore and community event space in East London. Help support what they do: [https://peoplesletters.org/support](https://peoplesletters.org/support) [https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/VyYX6pPn](https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/VyYX6pPn) Support us: Please support us on Kofi so we can keep providing more free events in the future! [https://ko-fi.com/neurodissidentcafe](https://ko-fi.com/neurodissidentcafe) *Please only RSVP if you can make it.* If you cannot make it anymore, please be sure to update your RVSP so we can adapt accordingly. Please do not come if you have not RSVPed.

Beginners Henna Workshop ✨

Art Appreciation Summer Special - Five Great pictures at the National Gallery

Come with us to the National Gallery where we'll be learning about **Five Famous Pictures** hanging in this huge gallery. Meet at the Living Room Soho at 14.45.

Culture & Cocktails: Portrait Award @National Portrait Gallery

Café sketching session (+ Movie hangout) ☕✏️🎬

Get ready to bring your sketchbook and art supplies for a chilled café sketching session! There'll also be a movie hangout afterwards! You're free to just attend the sketching session or just the movie hangout. If you'd like to come to the movie hangout, scroll down for more info. No matter your skill level lets grab a coffee and unleash our creativity into our sketchbooks. There's no formal guidance, you'll be free to get on with your own drawings/personal art projects while being able to connect with other local artists. You're welcome to join in on the group conversations or quietly get on with your art studies whatever your preference. A few basic drawing supplies (pencils, colouring pencils, erasers etc) will be provided but please bring your own sketchbook / tablet / paper / something to draw on! After the sketching session at approx 4:15pm, we will make our way to Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square for 5:30pm to see the 90s romcom ***10 Things I Hate About You***. The film starts promptly at 5:45pm - approx 7:30pm. *I've booked seat C13 so make sure you book a seat in or around row C!* *[Link to buy your ticket](https://princecharlescinema.com/prince-charles-cinema/booknow/31627087/)* Hope to see you there 👋 (Also there's no attendee limit so please feel free to join even if there is a waitlist / RSVPs are full!)

Art Appreciation Summer Special '26 - Art Class!

Now is the chance to come and try your hand at some art! We'll have a relaxed and non-threatening time to do some creative work together. We'll provide paper and pencils and some limited supplies of paint, bring your own materials if you want . *For more information about the week's activities:* https://www.living-room.club/summer-26-art

Art Appreciation Summer Special '26 - Five Paintings at the Tate Modern

For our final event for this year's **Art Appreciation Summer Special ' 26** we'll be going on a relaxed visit to the Tate Modern to view just **Five Great Paintings** together. If you love art but are exhausted by huge galleries come and see just a few with us! Meet outside the Turbine Hall at 14.00.

Spanish Drawing Meetup✏️🎨- Club Londinense de Dibujo

\*\*MEETUP EN HAMPSTEAD HEATH, POR FAVOR REVISAR UBICACIÓN\*\* Nos encontraremos en el Bandstand de Parliament Hill y luego caminaremos a un espacio más adentro del parque. Puedes usar what3words: Parliament Hill Bandstand: ///snacks.lucky.hiding Punto designado para el picnic: ///pocket.notes.pouch ¿Hablas español? 🇪🇸 🇲🇽 🇨🇴 🇦🇷 ¿Vives en Londres o alrededores? 🇬🇧 🏙¿Te gusta dibujar? 🎨 Ven y dibuja con nosotros. No hace falta que tengas experiencia o vocación artística. Todos los niveles de habilidad son bienvenidos, pero sí esperamos que hables español. La primera mitad del evento (90 min más o menos) dibujaremos, y al terminar compartiremos lo que hayamos hecho, dejando el resto de tiempo para socializar y conectar. Este es un meetup para conocer y conectar con hispanohablantes que gustan de expresarse y relajarse dibujando o coloreando en un espacio relajado.✨ Ofrecemos material básico para que puedas dibujar pero te alentamos a traer material con el que te sientas más a gusto. Hay un café en el espacio donde puedes comprar alguna bebida o snack.

Let’s take a Trip to London to see the Wallace Collection

The Wallace Collection is a national museum housing unsurpassed masterpieces of painting, sculpture, furniture, arms and armour, and porcelain. It displays the art collections brought together by the first four marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the likely illegitimate son of the 4th Marquess. It was bequeathed to the British nation by Lady Wallace, Sir Richard’s widow, in 1897. Among the Collection’s treasures are an outstanding array of 18th-century French art, many important 17th and 19th-century paintings, medieval and Renaissance works of art and one of the finest collections of princely arms and armour in Britain. The Wallace Collection is displayed at Hertford House, formerly the principal London residence of the marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace. It was opened to the public as a museum in 1900. To learn more visit - https://www.wallacecollection.org/explore/collection/history-collection/ If we catch the train about 10.30 there is a free talk at 1.00 pm and a guided tour 2.30pm. From there we can decide what watering hole we might like to frequent!! Travel arrangements nearer the time.

Folklore Inspired Creative Session

**Do you ever feel the pull to be creative, but don’t know how to start, or even what you want to make?** **Do you ever get a flash of inspiration, but never have the time or energy to follow it through?** **Do you worry that you need to learn creative skills before you have the 'right' to make art?** **If you answered yes to any of the above, then this event is for you!** As children, we create all the time. We sing, draw and write as part of our normal lessons. We make sandcastles, secret dens, friendship bracelets, invent ball games and make up elaborate storylines for dolls and action figures. We don’t fear failure because the point isn’t to succeed, but to express ourselves and have fun. In fact there’s a whole branch of folklore called childlore! But as adults, it can become hard to connect with that creative instinct, whether that’s due to time, energy, cost or self-doubt. So for this event, we’ll be taking time and space to connect with what inspires us and flex our creativity just for the fun of it. Skill and experience levels don’t matter (although those who are skilled or experienced are welcome!)-what matters is remembering what creative inspiration feels like to you personally, and pursuing it to create something authentic to you. To do this, we’ll be emulating artists across millennia in using folklore as inspiration. A collection of folklore genres will be supplied, each containing a collection of prompts, and you will be picking a piece of folklore that speaks to you on that day and creating a piece of art based on your own interpretation of your prompt. This art can be anything, from poetry to sketching, sewing to architecture, make up, set design, tattoo art, songwriting, fashion, game design or event planning-whatever your prompt inspires you to create! You can choose to do several pieces or spend the whole session on one. Paper and pencils will be provided, but please feel free to bring other materials so long as they are not disruptive to the people or environment around us (eg no liquid paints, musical instruments, etc). Please note: this is not a technical lesson! No specific creative skills will be taught, as the aim is connecting with your own personal creative process. But you are welcome to take your pieces home with you to hone your skills. If there are specific areas of folklore that you would like to see prompts for, we would love to include them! Please feel free to message Kathy up to a week ahead with your ideas :) (This is a free event, so we ask that you please keep RSVPs updated to ensure that as many people as possible who want to come are able to. Cancellations with less than three days’ notice may be removed from the group to prevent wasted spaces in future. Many thanks for your understanding!)

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