Urban Sketching in Brixton
Join the Brixton Society at our urban sketching session and hear about the history of local landmarks while we draw.
Urban Sketching in Brixton
Join the Brixton Society at our urban sketching session and hear about the history of local landmarks while we draw.
Sunday 7th June
11:00 - 12:30
Free
Urban sketching invites us to slow down and look closely at the city we share. In Brixton — a place shaped by many voices and histories — we will gather to draw the streets, buildings, and everyday moments that make this neighbourhood unique. By sketching together, participants will connect with place and with each other, observing the details that are often overlooked in the rush of city life and hear about the history of some of these buildings. This small act of creative attention reflects the spirit of the London Festival of Architecture: celebrating lived experience and reclaiming public space.
No experience required, we will sketch at several locations in central Brixton and practice skills including perspective.
Location
Brixton Station Road
The bottom of the steps to the Recreation Centre,
Brixton Station Road
SW98QQ
A member of the Brixton Society will be waiting for you at the bottom of the steps to the Brixton Rec from 10:50am.
Nearest station:
Brixton Underground Station and Brixton Overground Station
Level access, with some step(s)
This event lasts 90 minutes, if the weather is fine we will be outside. You may like to sit on the steps of Brixton Rec for the the first sketch, or stand. The second sketching point is standing only with public toilets nearby. The third stop provides some limited outdoor seating. Each sketching session is approximately 20 minutes and the route itself is 250ms which includes public realm, pavement and crossing some roads. If the weather is wet we have an alternative undercover route, stop 2 will be near public toilets.
Parking is limited in Brixton and we recommend that where possible you travel to the event by public transport, on foot, cycling or wheeling. Brixton train station, Brixton tube and a variety of bus stops are all within a short walk.
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