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Urban Sketching.

Find your people.
Bring a sketchbook.

A world of local groups, linked to their own pages. Find a place, open a pin and see who is drawing there.

594 mapped locations · 548 direct group links. From the official Urban Sketchers chapter map, checked 23 October 2026. Several chapters have more than one location.

Pins indicate approximate areas, not meeting points. Check a group’s current page for activity, dates and access details. Where the source supplies no group website, we link back to the official directory. This independent publication is not affiliated with Urban Sketchers.

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Select a numbered cluster to zoom in. Choose a pin for the group link. Search filters both the pins and the directory; the view buttons move the map.

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594 locations in the directory

Before the first sketchwalk.

Read the current meeting notice, bring a manageable kit and give yourself permission to be new.

A first-outing guide

The source directory can contain old or incomplete links. A listing here is not an endorsement or a check of current meetings. Consult the original map for its latest version. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors; report a basemap issue.

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