Sketch Crawl character Guy
Sketch Crawl character Dolly

Register

Sketcher

Ends October 23, 2026.

Registration for Sketchers.

Open to all levels! No experience necessary. Registration ensures your spot for the Sketch Crawl 2026 with the benefits listed below. Registration is limited.

Bring your art supplies for a day filled with opportunities for sketching from direct observation.

  • Lunch

Student

Ends October 23, 2026.

Registration for Student Sketchers.

Open to all levels! No experience necessary. Registration ensures your spot for the Sketch Crawl 2026 with the benefits listed below. Registration is limited. Must have a valid student I.D. This level is also open to educators with a valid educator I.D. but not eligible for sponsorship.

Bring your art supplies for a day filled with opportunities for sketching from direct observation!

  • Lunch

About

The Reading Drawing Guild invites you to the second annual Reading Sketch Crawl! A day full of sketching opportunities in Berks County, in the borough of West Reading. Sketch Crawl events happen in other cities but this is the second for the city of Reading and a first for West Reading. With a variety of locations to choose from, you won’t be lacking in interesting subjects for your urban sketching.

Bring your preferred drawing supplies and crawl into the world of urban sketching!

Location

West Reading has been selected for the location in 2026! Learn more about West Reading.

Reading Sketch Crawl 2026 location - Wyomissing Public Library
Reading Sketch Crawl 2026 location - Dean's Way
Reading Sketch Crawl 2026 location - Reading Hospital
Reading Sketch Crawl 2026 location - Penn Avenue
Reading Sketch Crawl 2026 location - The Knitting Mills

Schedule

  • 10am Sketch Crawl Opens; Sketcher Check-In.

    Proceed to sketch route after check-in.

  • 10:30am Sketch Crawl (morning)

Wyomissing Public Library (45 minutes)

Walk (15 minutes – 0.7 miles)

Reading Hospital – 6th Ave Entrance (45 minutes)

Walk (11 minutes – 0.5 miles)

Dean’s Way (45 minutes)

  • 1:30 Lunch

  • 2:30 Sketch Crawl (afternoon)

Penn Avenue (45 minutes)

Walk (7 minutes – 0.3 miles)

The Knitting Mills (45 minutes)

  • 4:45 Sketch Crawl meetup

  • 5:00 Sketch Crawl Closes

Map

Coming soon! Click the map image for an interactive PDF with the locations for the Sketch Crawl. If you click on the location names at the bottom, they will link to their location on Google maps.

Support

We are excited to offer multiple levels of support for those interested in supporting the Reading Sketch Crawl 2026. Click the different options below for more details.

Doodle

$100

Masterpiece

$1000

Lunch Sponsor

Food & Drinks

Volunteer

$0

FAQs

Reading Drawing Guild (RDG) is a group for artists of all abilities to sketch by direct observation. Since 2021, we’ve been coming together for monthly sketch sessions, drawing challenges, and more at locations around Berks County & beyond! Join us on Facebook.

An all-day sketching event where people of all abilities get together to sketch by direct observation around a set location.

TBA. More information to come once the location is announced.

Lunch is being provided by a local food vendor. TBA.

Any art supplies you would like to use. Supplies are not provided. Something to sit on is strongly encouraged, but not necessary. Other recommended items to bring: sun protection (hat and/or sunglasses), bug spray; chair, cushion or blanket: water or something to drink. Please keep in mind that bathrooms may not always be available in this outdoor setting.

In the case of rain or extreme weather, the event will be held on Sunday, November 1, 2025.

Shop

Sizes: S–2XL
Color: Off-white

Size: 3″ x 1.5″ inches
Color: White vinyl

Location

The location for 2026 is the borough of West Reading! This vibrant main street provides big city fun with a small town feel. Learn more about West Reading.

Sketch Crawl 2026 location - West Reading, PA

Reading Drawing Guild

Reading Drawing Guild (RDG) is a group for artists of all abilities to sketch by direct observation. Since 2021, we’ve been coming together for monthly sketch sessions, drawing challenges, and more at locations around Berks County & beyond.

Sketch Session at the Reading Public Library
Sketch Session at the top of a parking garage in the city of Reading, Pa
Sketch Session at the Reading Public Museum
Sketch Session at Crave Cafe

Diane Faye

Your event host is Diane Faye, a graphic designer and artist living & working in Pennsylvania. She’s an avid sketcher and hosts monthly sketch sessions through the The Reading Drawing Guild and now the Reading Sketch Crawl. She enjoys sketching on her travels and her favorite pencil is the Palomino edition by Blackwing.

Diane is an in-house graphic designer. She has a B.F.A. from Kutztown University and was certified in Commercial Art at the Berks Career & Technology Center.

Diane Faye sketchbook artist

Sponsors

Supported by the following generous sponsors:

F&Co script logo

Faye & Co.

Kimberton Whole Foods

Kimberton Whole Foods