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!
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Sketch Dog Surfing & Soul Grind Coffee (Pacifica)
Taco Bell, 5200 CA-1, Pacifica,CA94044, Pacifica, CA, USSketching the World Dog Surfing Championships!
📍 10:00-10:29 am. Meet at the world famous Taco Bell Cantina
🌊 10:30 am. Short walk together over to Pacifica State Beach
🐕 Roam freely. Sketch the doggos.
☕ 12:00 noon. Walk over to Soul Grind.
🎨 Sketch the cafe. Or pull up a chair and just relax.
📓 01:00 pm. We wrap things up with a show & tell, throwdown.Yes, it's exactly what it sounds like. Dogs. Surfboards. Pure untamed delight in the best way. We’ll sketch out on the beach for a bit, then grab coffee to reset.
- KQED article of the 2025 event
- Official website of Surf Dog Championships
This is organized by the Cafe Art Circle meetup under SF Sketchers. We explore coffee and tea shops around the Bay Area, using sketching as a way to experience the atmosphere of each place and its neighborhood.
All levels welcome. Bring whatever art supplies you like to sketch with.
Message Jimmy if you need help finding the group.
Photo from 2022 Dog Surfing World Championship, Pacifica CA, 6 August 2022. Photo by Jack Owicki.
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