About us
SF Sketchers is an umbrella group, listing sketching events throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Meetups are free and open to everyone, regardless of experience or skill.
We post for a wide range of groups, mostly following the UrbanSketchers.org model, but also including portrait parties, nature journaling and other kinds of sketching activities. In a typical meetup people get together briefly at the beginning, spread out to sketch in the area and meet up again at the end to share sketches and chat. There is a "no criticism" rule and people tend to be kind to each other.
We are sponsored by Arch Art Supplies, one of the vanishingly few independent art supply stores left in the Bay Area. They specialize in supplies that sketchers use, from old standards to cool new stuff from all over the world. Give them a visit!
Because our Meetup fees are paid by Arch, all events listed on the site are free. However we send out a quarterly newsletter listing classes and other fee-based events led by members.
Looking forward to sketching with you!
Upcoming events
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Dock of the Bay Sketching
72 Liberty Dock, 72 Liberty Dock, Sausalito, CA 94965, USA, Sausalito, CA, USBack by popular demand, our next Marin Sketchers Meet Up takes us again to Sausalito to draw some wonderfully quirky and colorful houseboats on Saturday, October 24th at 10:00am.
Location:
The entrance to the dock is next to 72 Liberty Dock, which is off Gate 5 Rd., off Bridgeway. Here's a map. Let's meet up at 10:00am and throw down sketches at noon. If you are traveling by car, there should be parking at 3030 Bridgeway. Here's a map.Bring:
• your preferred paper, sketchbook, color media and drawing materials
• there are a few benches but bring your small chair for maximum comfortAlso:
• There's a Mollie Stone's Market nearby at 100 Harbor Dr., if you want to grab a coffee, tea or snack before or after sketching.
• After our event post your favorite drawing on our MeetUp page. Also post and tag your sketches #MarinSketchers on Instagram.
• Find more info at MarinSketchers.com
• Call Bill at 415.846.1655, if you need any assistance.10 attendees
Mills College in Oakland
Mills College at Northeastern University, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94613, USA, Oakland, CA, USWe will meet at 10:30 in front of the Art Museum at the end of Kapiolani Drive on campus. And return to the museum at 12:15 for a thowdown of our sketches. The campus has many unusual buildings, including Mills
Hall built in the 1870s. The museum plaza itself presents
several vistas onto campus with many mature trees, a creek and a nature trail. There is also covered areas for shade or rain. There is a restroom nearby.Inside the museum, the current exhibition is "The Data on Hand",
described as artworks "combining craft materials and practices with
data information on climate change". Admission is free and opens at 11 am.Directions: The art museum's page provides the most accurate
driving directions at mcam.oakland.northeastern.edu/visit/
Bicyclists can load their vehicle on the bike rack and take AC
Transit bus # 57 eastbound directly to the main gate next to the
stoplight at MacArthur Blvd. Both drivers and non-drivers need
to show a photo ID to the security guard at the gate. I've always
passed muster by telling them I'm going to the art museum.8 attendees
Past events
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![[Oct 18] Nature Journaling @Palace of Fine Arts](https://secure.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/4/8/6/c/highres_536598540.jpeg)
