Events

Come join Cardiff's illustrator meet-up for a relaxed social with drawing and chats - bring your sketch book and favourite tools. Book below or via our Eventbrite.   Come join Cardiff's illustrator meet-up 'Illustration Club' for a relaxed social with drawing and chats - bring your sketch book and favourite tools. Looking forward to seeing […]

The time has come to grab your sketchbooks and come along to Oxford's first illustration meet-up! Book below or via our Eventbrite.   The time has come to grab your sketchbooks and come along to RAD’s first illustration meet-up! Expect fun drawing prompts and games that will help you get to know your fellow Oxford […]

Join us for an exciting collaboration between PIP (Put into Practice) and Shake Fair 'Some kinda Art Fair'! Book below or via our Eventbrite. Calling all illustrators in the Bristol area! PIP is your quarterly get-together filled with enriching experiences. From engaging panel discussions to creative drink & draws, insightful workshops, and opportunities to connect […]

Another fun evening focused on connecting you to the creative community of Preston and the surrounding area. Book below or via our Eventbrite. We are back after our summer break! 'Hand Drawn & Quartered' invite you to meet your fellow illustrators and enjoy another fantastic Life Drawing session with our favourite model Ruby. This time […]

It’s officially spooky season, and what better way to celebrate than by drawing all things autumnal at our Oxford illustrator meet-up. Book below or via our Eventbrite. It’s officially spooky season, and what better way to celebrate than by drawing all things autumnal. There’ll be fun drawing prompts and physical drawing references. Bring your favourite […]

We’re excited to relaunch the AOI meet-up for illustrators in Manchester with a super friendly social. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Manchester we’re back! Let’s draw in the good times together. Whether you’re new to illustration or you’re a seasoned pro, we welcome you to Drawn In. We’re excited to relaunch the AOI meet-up […]

Welcome back to Illustration Club, now in collaboration with Cardiff Umbrella, this months October event is titled “zomzines” where we will be holding a themed illustration night on our own special inktober while creating our own zines. Book your ticket here! Free with option for Donation. In usual association with the AOI, supporting illustrators everywhere. […]

Discover the power of illustration within inclusive and accessible sex education with the creator of Everybody's Invited. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Join us for an evening of learning, laughter and lube! with Phoebe, the creator of Everybody's Invited, for their talk on the power of illustration within education and the value of an […]

Preston's illustrator meet-up hosts a Q&A with Shawn Sharpe about his journey from Illustration to Street Art and Murals + drawing activity. Book below or via our Eventbrite.   Go BIG or Go Home!   Hand Drawn & Quartered host a Q&A with special guest Shawn Sharpe who will talk about his journey from Illustration […]

Come join Cardiff's illustrator meet-up for a relaxed social with drawing and chats - bring your sketch book and favourite pencil. Book your spot below or via our eventbrite. Come join Cardiff's illustrator meet-up 'Illustration Club' for a relaxed social with drawing and chats - bring your sketch book and favourite pencil. Looking forward to […]

Bristol Illustrators, escape the hectic-ness of Christmas with us at our "Bah Humbug" Meetup! Book below or via our Eventbrite. As illustrators, we've been working towards Christmas for months now. Tired of the same old seasonal cheer? This gathering is your refuge! Join us for an evening of unapologetic unwinding and escape-from-Christmas crafts. What to […]

A fun evening focused on connecting you to the creative community of Preston and the surrounding area, featuring 'The Postmen' + more. Book below or via our Eventbrite. It's Christmas! Hand Drawn & Quartered is teaming up with UCLan's School of Arts for a Christmas Bash on Dec 6th, featuring 'The Postmen' performing a live […]

Join us for an evening of festive fun in the cosy Playroom - at The Playhouse Bar in Norwich. It's the perfect way to celebrate the season with your fellow illustrators and get to know your creative community! Free meet up, just RSVP here. Please bring your favourite sketchbooks and your trusty drawing materials because […]

Grab some coffee and cake while you get to know fellow local illustrators. Book below or via our Eventbrite.   Grab some coffee and cake while you get to know fellow local illustrators. Sketch and doodle in this artistic social, followed by a free stroll around the inspiring artwork of the Burrell Collection. Please bring […]

Join us for Flock's first social meetup for 2024! An opportunity to get to know other illustrators in Brighton! Book below or via our Eventbrite. Join us for a social meet and greet to kick off the new year and dust off those January blues! Meet other illustrators in Brighton, have a drink, have a […]

Our Preston illustrator meet-up hosts an online talk + Q&A with illustrator Gemma Correll to hear about her experience of writing a new book. Book below or via our Eventbrite. We are kicking off the New Year and our very first Hand Drawn & Quartered meetup with special guest, the amazing Gemma Correll. Gemma will […]

Kick off 2024 with a relaxed drink & draw with your fellow Cardiff-based illustrators. Book below or via our Eventbrite.   HAPPY NEW YEAR! Illustration Club is back with a drink and draw to kick off 2024. We want to welcome you all back and get going to have an amazing year. Please bring along […]

We kick off 2024 relaunching the Sheffield meet-up for illustrators. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Following on from the vibrant meet up at Sheffield's Alder Bar (March 2023) we return to the same venue to re-launch illustrator meet-ups in Sheffield. Come along for a chance to chat, bounce ideas, seek and share solutions with […]

At our first meet-up in 2024, we’ll be drawing in the conversation about earning a living as an illustrator in Manchester! Book below or via our Eventbrite.   In true Manc spirit, we’ll be keeping it real by sharing four stories by local illustrators who are building careers in the city. Louise French, Jordan Yates, […]

Sketchy Brekky is a drawing salon with a featured guest illustrator - part workshop and part drink & draw, but with coffee, in London. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Introducing a new morning meet-up series with 'Blend' - our London meet-up for illustrators. 'Sketchy Brekky' is a drawing salon with a featured guest illustrator […]

Come join us for a fun-filled evening in Preston with the incredible artist Jonny Hannah, where we'll celebrate the beauty of hand-drawn art. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Looking for something different this Valentines Day? Then Hand Drawn & Quartered Meetup with special guest, the brilliant Jonny Hannah will bring you the illustration LOVE. […]

Meet and chat with your fellow illustrators in this relaxed drink and draw session with fun drawing prompts. Book your ticket below or via Eventbrite. Thanks to each and every one for coming along to the January event. It was great to meet you all. 43 illustrators in one room was a brilliant first session […]

Get ready to unleash your artistic talents at the most paws-itively delightful Bristol Illustrators Meetup! Join us at Kit Form (under Jamaica Street Studios, Stokes Croft) for a guided session of dog drawing. Book via our Eventbrite. What to Expect: Live Dog Models: Capture the essence of various dogs in person, with different breeds and […]

Join us for our new monthly get together of BREW – the illustration meetup for Leeds. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Join us for our new monthly get together of BREW – the illustration meetup for Leeds.   On the first Wednesday of every month we’ll be meeting up at Water Lane Boathouse. Join […]

Join other illustrators for an informal panel discussion and break-out groups on the theme of “Life as an Illustrator”. Free! Book below or via our Eventbrite.   Come along for a chance to chat, share experiences and inspirations. As this is our first meet up, we'll open up the floor to find out what everyone […]

Attention Brummie illustrators! Bring your sketchbooks, pens and pencils for a relaxed evening of still life drawing with Picnic. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Attention Brummie illustrators!   Bring your sketchbooks, pens and pencils for a relaxed evening of still life drawing with Picnic! We are back with our first social of the year […]

Come and join us for a FREE Newcastle illustrators Meetup and bring your favourite drawing materials for drink & draw fun. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Hello! Come and join us for a FREE Newcastle illustrators Meetup!   This event will be a FREE Drink & Draw (and plenty of pizza) at the lush Gingerinos pizza […]

Bring your own object for a fun, collaborative, still life drink and draw at Cardiff's illustrator meet-up. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Illustration Club   This month’s Cardiff illustrator meet up will be at Cardiff Umbrella Club continuing our new collaboration. Bring your own object for a fun, collaborative still life drink and draw. […]

Join us for our monthly get together of BREW – the illustration meetup for Leeds. Book below or via our Eventbrite.   Join us for our monthly get together of BREW – the illustration meetup for Leeds.   On the first Wednesday of every month we’ll be meeting up at Water Lane Boathouse. We’ll have […]

Meet and draw with other Glasgow illustrators on a sketch crawl at the Riverside Museum (aka The Transport Museum). Book below or via our eventbrite. Join Glasgow's illustrator meet-up group for an exciting sketch crawl at the Riverside Museum (aka The Transport Museum) led by illustrator Tita Berredo. Playing with visual references and imagination, Tita […]

Sketchy Brekky is a drawing salon with a featured guest illustrator - part workshop and part drink & draw, but with coffee, in London. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Bring your scissors and Pritt sticks and join us for a cuppa! We’ve invited Tracey English, a surface pattern artist working in collage, to be […]

York's illustrator meet up - join Drawvik for a relaxed social evening of chatting and drawing. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Drink & Drawvik   Join Drawvik for a relaxed social evening of chatting and drawing. Bring your own materials (dry only please) and a favourite object to draw! Everyone is welcome, we're here […]

3 illustrators share their experiences on in-house illustration, surface design, book publishing, freelancing, and illustration for children. Book below or via our Eventbrite. This month we’ll be doing our first ‘Illustrator Insights’ session - 3 members of the group will talk briefly about their work, their experiences either professionally or in finding work, and show […]

Join us for our monthly get together of BREW – the illustration meetup for Leeds. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Join us for our monthly get together of BREW – the illustration meetup for Leeds.   On the first Wednesday of every month we’ll be meeting up at Water Lane Boathouse. We’ll have a […]

Meet and draw with fellow illustrators for a visual exploration of the museum's diverse exhibitions. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Explore and Draw / Norwich illustrators Meet-up / CrissCross   Don't miss this chance to mingle with fellow illustrators, immerse yourself in creativity, and soak in the vibrant atmosphere of the Sainsbury Centre Museum. […]

Walk, talk & draw with us around Pendennis Point, then join us for a chat in the Princess Pavillion cafe. Open to all illustrators. Book below or via our Evenbrite. Illustrators of all types and experience levels... Step away from your laptops! And come and meet some of your fellow art nerds to: Talk shop […]

May’s meet-up is a fun ‘Sketch Social’ with shared drawing activities. Chat, draw, and have a bite to eat with fellow illustrators. Book below or via our Eventbrite. May’s meet-up is a fun ‘Sketch Social’ with shared drawing activities. Chat, draw, and have a bite to eat with fellow illustrators.   All illustrators welcome, whether […]

We invite a panel of some the best known muralists in the area to help us learn about the wondrous world of mural making. Book below or via our Eventbrite. This month Illustration Club (Cardiff illustrator meet-up) are holding a panel with some of the best known muralists, who are also illustrators, to give us […]

Kent Illustrators is the Canterbury-based AOI meet-up group welcoming all illustrators from across Kent. Book below or via our Eventbrite. We’re excited to announce the very first Kent Illustrators (KI) meet-up at Rock Paper Scissors, Canterbury. This meet-up is a chance to introduce yourselves, meet and mingle with fellow Kent-based illustrators. We would like to […]

Join us for a fun, collaborative evening of drawing and chatting, whilst playing the old parlour game of Exquisite Corpse! Book below or via our Eventbrite. Please bring your favourite mark-making tools and if you fancy it, feel free to bring along a sketchbook or a piece of work to share. The game is completely […]

Join us for our monthly get together of BREW – the illustration meetup for Leeds. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Join us for our monthly get together of BREW – the illustration meetup for Leeds.   On the first Wednesday of every month we’ll be meeting up at Water Lane Boathouse. We’ll have a […]

Attention Brummie illustrators! Take a break from the wonderful Birmingham Design Festival to meet up with your fellow illustrators. Book below or via our Eventbrite. New meetup klaxon!   Our next meetup for illustrators will be during the wonderful Birmingham Design Festival. Find some time amongst the chock-a-block festival schedule to meet fellow illustrators at […]

Calling all Bristol illustrators! Join us for a day of sketching and socialising in the beautiful Ashton Court Estate, themed around drawing nature. Book below or via our Eventbrite. Supported by The Association of Illustrators, our Bristol meet-up group, Pip, is the perfect way to connect with fellow illustrators. At our summer event we’ll be […]

Join in for our free monthly get together of BREW – the AOI illustration meet up in Leeds.

A rare and valuable opportunity for an insight into the working lives of three Sheffield-based illustrators.

Join Glasgow’s illustrator meet-up group, Illo-G, for in an inspiring and relaxing Sketch Crawl at Glasgow Botanic Gardens.

Join fellow illustrators for a free guided walk and draw, ending with a picnic in the lovely museum gardens

Blend Illo & Yo Illo invite you to join them for a free picnic lunch in the park.

A free sketching session for all Kent-based illustrators in Westgate Gardens.

Come join Cardiff's illustrator meet-up 'Illustration Club' this month and create your own sock puppet

A fun social sketch session with fellow Sheffield-based illustrators.

Join Falmouth's second AOI social meet up, free and open to all illustrators!

Come along to a relaxed walk and talk hosted by Illustration Club with local reportage illustrator, Dan Peterson.

An opportunity to co-work in a relaxed and friendly creative space, in Manchester city centre, and meet and chat to other illustrators.