Strathcona is one of this city's earliest neighbourhoods. It features beautifully restored row houses, overflowing flower gardens, and welcoming front porches. Strathcona grew out of the collection of shacks and small buildings that surrounded the Hastings Mill site, and has a unique mix of people, history, land use, and architecture. It is a neighbourhood of houses, apartment buildings, and rooming houses where neighbours walk to the corner store, do tai chi in the parks or stroll in the community garden. It is a community that has managed to survive, and thrive, despite constant pressure for change.

The PIBC South Coast Chapter Sketch Club holds FREE monthly meet ups where all planners of all sketching skill levels are invited to meet and sketch our surroundings.

We structure our meet ups loosely, with prompts given to those who would like to use them and opportunities for impromptu tutorials and skill sharing between attendees. Whether this is your first time sketching since elementary school, or you are a seasoned daily doodler, you will surely benefit from an evening of sketching with other planners.

Bring your own paper and drawing utensils. As always, NO DRAWING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Hope to see you there!