Salisbury Sketchers

Salisbury sketchers group pic

Salisbury Sketchers are a branch of the Salisbury Group of Artists who meet once a month on a Sunday afternoon throughout the summer, to draw and paint at local Salisbury venues or nearby locations. There is no extra charge for these events and friends are welcome to accompany members. No specific skills are needed for these enjoyable and sociable afternoons.

If you are interested in joining please contact Loraine by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone 07496 894568

Sunday, February 15th
St.Thomas’s Church, Salisbury

Sunday, March 22nd
The Secret Garden, Bourne Hill, Salisbury

Sunday, April 19th
Breamore Estate, Breamore

Sunday, May 17th
The Close, Salisbury

Wednesday, June 17th
Cranborne Manor, Dorset

Sunday, June 28th
Old Sarum, Salisbury

Sunday, July 19th
Wardour Castle, Tisbury

Sunday, August 16th
River Avon bankside, Salisbury

Sunday, September 20th
Heale Garden

Sunday, October 11th
The Maltings, Salisbury

Sunday sketching events normally begin at 2.00 pm, but times may vary so these will be posted in the SGA bulletin.

Full details about the locations will be available nearer the time on the website.

Contact Loraine for further information: email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Visit to Salisbury Museum on Sunday, January 18th, to view the Open Landscape Exhibition.

This event was well attended and thanks to all that came along. I think that the general opinion was that the artworks on view where quite different from the conventional landscapes many of us might have expected, with a variety of mediums employed. varying from ceramics, pottery, wire work, watercolour on aluminium, needlework pins, photography, to name but a few. So much food for thought.
We followed the viewing with tea and friendly chat in the museum’s cafe. It was an enjoyable end to the afternoon.

I was looking forward to our last outdoor sketching meeting, envisaging wonderful Autumn colours in the trees along the river bank.

Sadly, the afternoon was wet and windy and pretty dismal and I doubted anybody would come along to sketch, so I was very pleased indeed when two stalwart members arrived in wet weather gear to join me.

The Waitrose cafe outside seating area provided a good space for them to draw the exotic plants there, whilst I kept dry under a nearby bridge to draw the bank opposite.

After a while the dampness in the air seeped into our bones, so we welcomed tea and cake and arty chats in the warm interior of the cafe.

A happy ending to our 2025 year of sketching.