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 Olivia Coffee (Cafe Art Circle - East Bay)
Olivia Coffee + Flowers, 371 30th St., Oakland, CA, USCafe Sketching at Olivia Coffee & Flowers in Oakland.
📍 1:00pm meet inside. Look for us with sketchbooks.
🎨 Bring your own art supplies. Roam freely. Sketch what you see.
☕ Pull up a chair anytime to draw with us and talk art.
📓 2:45pm. We wrap things up with a show & tell throwdown.We’re heading to Oakland’s Pill Hill neighborhood to sketch at Olivia Coffee & Flowers, a spot with distinctly South Korean coffee influence with espresso, pour overs, matcha, and creative specialty drinks. Flowers arrangements add another layer color and pop to the place.
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 skill levels welcome.
For folks really into coffee culture and talking beans/roasters, the East Bay Coffee Enthusiasts will have a coffee talk event linked here starting at 10:30am earlier that same day.
Message Jimmy or post on the group board if you need help finding us.
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Past events
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