Brunch that turned into afternoon tea today @mrtulkcafe - a planning (plotting?!) meeting with @alissaduke1 @jodiwileyart and @lunchsketch . Fun to see how we can all be in the same place, looking at the same things, and interpret them so differently. Scroll right to see the rest of the room and Angela to my right. Apologies for the super blubbery lippy effect all 😆 #urbansketchers #sketchbook #melbourneurbansketchers #watercoloursketch #bockingford #accordionsketchbook #cafesketch #blarneybooksandart ...

View from Rustica, 402 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy today over lunch. Well, after lunch too as I stayed long after the others to finish my sketch. I fluffed around as usual and I suspect I'll feel better about this in hindsight. Maybe I kept going too long, but I wasn't happy with it during earlier stages either. I figure I'm just warming up for the year and I might just add a little light around the Polly sign somehow to give it a lift. Anyway, many thanks to my excellent fellow sketchers, and to the very patient staff at Rustica! We'll be back! #brunswickstreetsketchography #brunswickstreetfitzroy #sketchbook #hahnemühle #usk #urbansketchers #melbourneurbansketchers #melbourne #victorianarchitecture #archisketch #sketch ...

After lunch outside the State Library of Victoria where Apple and I accidentally found ourselves in the middle of preparations for one of the regular climate action protests. What a wonder place for #urbansketchers as we had so many models around us waiting for their turn to march down Swanston Street. For a while there was a line of relaxed looking police standing along the edge of the building, incidentally where people seemed to be parking their prams. It was a convivial atmosphere and a purple haired young man came up to tell us all about next week's protest against religious discrimination bills. If you want the details just scroll to the next picture where I added the flyer. It's moments like this that I'm proud of my city and it's people. I'm so glad we have a right to peaceful protest. #melbourneurbansketchers #usk #sketchbook #climatechange #climatechangeprotest #statelibraryofvictoria #melbourne #sketch #hahnemühle #watercolorsketch #protest #protesters ...

I was running late for the group photo with the #melbourneurbansketchers today so forgot to photograph this on site @melbournecentral . We had to move our sketchmeet indoors because of the forecast lousy air from bushfire smoke, but it wasn't too bad in the end. We were on the first floor looking across at the shot tower and down at the stalls below. To our right an elderly gentleman was serenading us with what I imagine, as a completely tone deaf person, to be honky tonk on a bright pink and orange piano. It was a terrific way to start the weekend although I spent far too long on this. Afterwards we trundled across to the food hall for lunch together and once again I started drawing too late, so if anyone can recognise themselves from that sketch I'd be surprised! #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketchersaustralia #melbourne #melbournecentral #cityofmelbourne #sketchbook #sketch #watercolour #danielsmithwatercolor #hahnemühle ...