The final Sketchmob of 2013 happens on Friday 6th December at the traditional seasonal venue of the V&A. Bring your drawing kit and any significant others for an interlude of sketching among some fine people. Meet up at 6:30 in the first gallery on your right (Medieval) as you enter from  Cromwell Road. We will select the 2 or 3 galleries to draw in on the night (The Theatre Gallery is likely to be one with its great costumes and memorabilia, or…

You will find us on the South side of Soho Square at 6.45. We will sketch through Old Compton Street and the districts of once ill-repute. Bring a sketchbook and favourite drawing materials. Post sketch meet up around 8.45 to 9.00 to look at sketches and take pictures outside the Coach and Horses Pub 29 Greek Street. Then an optional drink. See you there.

The Chelsea Fringe at The Geffrye Museum 136 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London E28EA Saturday 17th May 12:00 -1:15 We will be Sketchmobbing in the grounds of The Geffrye Museum as part of The Chelsea Fringe; an alternative gardening festival that pops up all over London and further afield at this time of year. With access to the fantastic gardens and giant plant filled tea bowl installations of The Chelsea Fringe it promises to be a great trip out. The Geffrye…

Trinity Buoy Wharf is a vibrant mix of futurism and rare industrial history.  The Thameside location where all the buoys and markers for the River Thames were once made and repaired, it is now home of container city; an installation of shipping containers; repurposed into artists' studios, offices and a riverside café. It is also the location of the lighthouse (and it is still here) where Victorian scientist Michael Faraday, experimented with the conduction of electricity in 1863. The ENO make all…

Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road, South Kensington, SW7 2RL Our seasonal end of year drawing session at the worlds greatest design museum. Meet between 6:30 – 6:45 at the right of the main reception desk, main entrance, Cromwell Road. Have a sketchbook in your hand so we know you are with us. Ian Wale will be leading the session. Drawing review at 8:45 then on for a quick drink at the Bunch of Grapes pub, 207 Cromwell Road. Bring…

18.50  Meet in Turbine Hall draw in the galleries. 20.50  Review sketches back at the Turbine Hall 21:00  Retire to The Founder’s Arms, SE19 9JH for refreshment Friday late at Britain's national gallery of international modern art. Set within Giles Gilbert Scott’s original Bankside Power Station; experience the scale and spectacle of the old building’s transformation into the most-visited modern art gallery in the world. Sketch the fantastic nocturnal views of St Paul’s Cathedral, inspirational interiors and unsuspecting visitors. No previous experience…

The Southbank – Festival Hall, SE1 8XX Tuesday 17th March - St Patrick’s Day 18.30  Meet outside the river entrance to Festival Hall    18.40  Sketch… 20.40  Meet back inside Festival Hall for a review of drawings and a well-deserved Guinness at the bar   Drawing on the Southbank at early evening is the sketcher’s dream gig... Wander along the fabulous nocturnal river and you are in sight of the icons of London: Parliament; The London Eye; Waterloo Bridge; The National Film…

12:30  Meet outside Fatboys Diner, then draw 15:00  Review sketches outside Fatboys 15:20  Retire locally for refreshments Our return to Trinity Buoy Wharf offers the rare opportunity  to draw on the northern bank of the Thames. The fabulous views across the river towards Greenwich take in the Millenium Dome, the City and Canary Wharf. The vibe at Trinity Buoy creeps up slowly on you the more you draw - the layered histories of the Michael Faraday workshop - birthplace of…

Enjoy a lazy Sunday in Hyde Park. The Serpentine Summer Pavilion is a fantastic location for sketching people, interiors, light and shade, and abstract architectural forms, all in the great setting of Hyde Park. Enjoy the late strains of Summer among other sketchers -all welcome, all free. Meet outside the Serpentine Gallery at 12:30 Draw until 2:30 then review the sketches. Retire for refreshments. © Copyright David Hawgood and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence

18.45 Meet at Hintze Hall 20.45 Review sketches at central cafe Late Nights at the Natural History Museum are phenomenal. Make the best of this opportunity to exercise your drawing skills and rediscover its magnificent halls. Draw an unparalleled collection of natural history specimens from the world over. This museum offers a unique and varied visual feast, from ornate galleries to the contemporary architecture of the Darwin Centre. Meet underneath the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the main hall between 18:30-18:45pm. All…

Victoria & Albert Museum Cromwell Road, South Kensington SW7 2RL Friday 27th November 2015 6:40 - 8:45 Meet for the traditional pre-Christmas, final SKETCHMOB of 2015 at the V&A. One of the finest museums in the world, generation after generation of designers have made the V&A their place for sourcing new  forms and ideas. As well as being an extraordinary building it has monumental Fashion, Jewellery, Armoury, Sculpture, Glass, Textiles, and Ceramics galleries.  Plus the late Friday mix of art…

  St Bartholomew the Great West Smithfield, City of London, EC19DS www.greatstbarts.com Sat Feb. 13th 2016 10:55 Meet at the church entrance for group discount (£3.50 per person) 11:00 - 1:15 Draw Founded in 1123, austerely beautiful and hidden in the middle of Smithfield, Great St Bart’s is one of London's oldest surviving churches. With sumptuous interior decorations and beautifully formed romanesque vaulted ceilings, it has appeared in Fours Weddings and a Funeral, Shakespeare In Love, Sherlock Holmes,Jude, The Golden Age, Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves and a…

  Hunterian Museum Saturday April 9th 11:00-1:00 The Royal College of Surgeons of England 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PE   The Hunterian Museum is a sketchers paradise, boasting unrivalled collections of human and non-human anatomical and pathological specimens, models, instruments, painting and sculptures that reveal the art and science of surgery from the 17th century to the present day. Part of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (who originate from the time of ‘barber surgeons’ – who…

    © Photograph: Phychem Shhh………Paddington Station Friday April 22 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. SKETCHMOB have previously been forbidden to sketch at Paddington station so we will keep this meeting our little secret. The magnificent Paddington Station, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel is known for its three splendid wrought iron spans that combine engineering bravura with lean decorative finesse. From our location we will be sketching the hustle of the evening commute, and in addition we will have the spectacle…

    Strand on the green  is an outrageously picturesque part of London. The towpath where we will be drawing ( featured with The Beatles in their film Help) runs along the bank of the river, overlooked by industrial buildings that formerly included malt-houses, repair yards, barge-builders and wharves. From here we have unbroken views across the river between the railway bridge downstream and Kew Bridge up. Assemble and meet the group leader outside The City Barge pub( W4 3PH) at 1:00pm. There will…