Let's meet and sketch at Italian Day Festival on The Drive! 📍Grandview Park and on the northwest corner of Commercial Drive & Charles Street https://maps.app.goo.gl/C2Ez2mg2LLDUv9Kk9 June 8, 2025 (Sun) Meetup 🕐 1 pm Sketch Throwdown 🕐 3:30 pm *We will update closer to the date if anything changes.   After TWO YEARS, let's sketch together again at this beautiful street festival! Italian Day will stretch out over 14 blocks and provide us with lots of “schizzo” (in Italian) or sketch opportunities. The Drive will come alive with piazza style animated zones, live music, food vendors, patio areas, fun activities and more. If the crowds are too much, just slip into one of the many cafes or eateries along the street. You can also find old houses and pretty gardens, off on the side streets. How to Get There: There will be NO transit service along “the Drive,” so, you will need to - - walk uphill from Clark Drive (#22 Knight bus), - South from either Hastings Street #14 Hastin...

  Let's meet and sketch at the vibrant River Market at New Westminster! 📍Outside Tres Galli Gelato Cafe https://maps.app.goo.gl/fRkRJHwmP8N6dCSE9 May 24, 2025 (Sat) Meetup 🕐 12 noon Sketch Throwdown 🕐 2:30 pm *We will update closer to the date if anything changes.  THE RIVER MARKET is located one block south of the New Westminster Skytrain station and is an ideal indoor location to spread out from. There are multiple sketching themes to choose from - the broad pedestrian promenade with the Fraser River, the tugboats or even the 1930s Samson V sternwheeler boat also close by. Behind the market are the railway tracks where you might see graffiti-decorated freight cars. There is also a large construction site with several tall high rise buildings going up. Finally, there are all kinds of people to sketch, all over the place. How to Get There: Skytrain - Exit from the east side of New Westminster station to ground level on 8th Street. Walk south on 8th Street for half a block, ...