Sketching Sydney

April 14, 2026 |

I’ve lived in Sydney all my life and love it. But my appreciation for this wonderful city increased when I started sketching it!

All my sketches of Sydney can be found here (in reverse date order) but in this page I’m sharing links to my favourite spots to sketch and more!



Sydney City (Downtown)

I frequently visit Sydney City (the downtown to sketch) so here are links to my favourite parts of the City to sketch.

Sydney City General – The Rocks  – Sydney Harbour – Cockatoo Island – George St – Darling Harbour – Macquarie St – Martin Place

 


Individual Buildings or Places

There is no doubt that the building I have sketched the most is the Sydney Opera House – I love experimenting with it’s fun shapes. But there are many other buildings and places that I sketch frequently.

Luna Park – Hyde Park Barracks – Queen Victoria Building – St James Church  – St Marys Cathedral – Sydney Town Hall – Sydney Opera House – Sydney Harbour Bridge – Hyde Park – Royal Botanic Garden Sydney 

 


Sketching Locally

I have an everyday practice to go out most mornings get a coffee and do a sketch in my local area. So these links will take you to articles filled with sketches from the areas in Sydney where I’ve lived or worked over the past 10 years.

Local Houses – Local Cafe – Lindfield – Crows Nest – Ryde – Mosman – Lane Cove National Park

 


Greater Sydney: Surrounding Areas

Blue Mountains– Central Coast

 


Sketches by Suburb

This index was fun to put together! I have sketches in many suburbs of Sydney but there are lots yet to explore.

Some of these suburbs only include one blog article – but the most sketched ones are in bold.

Alexandria –  Annandale – Artarmon – Ashfield  – Auburn

Balmain – Balmoral   – Bayview –  Beecroft – Bella Vista  – Birchgrove – Birkenhead Point –  Bobbin Head – Bondi

Cabramatta – Chatswood  – Cheltenham – Clovelly –  Concord/Concord West  – Cronulla – Crows Nest – Curl Curl

Darling Harbour – Darlinghurst – Dee Why

Epping – Ermington

Galston  – Gladesville – Glebe –  Glenhaven – Greenwich 

Harris Park – Homebush –  Hunters Hill

Kenthurst –  Killara – Kirribilli – Kurnell 

Lane Cove  – Leichhardt  – Lindfield 

Manly – Marrickville –  Marsfield –  Merrylands – Millers Point –  Milsons Point –  Mosman

Neutral Bay –  Newtown – North Head – North Sydney 

Paddington  – Palm Beach – Parramatta –  Petersham  – Pymble – Pyrmont

Redfern – Rhodes –  Rookwood – Rozelle  – Ryde

South Head – St Leonards – Summer Hill – Surry Hills 

Turramurra 

Ultimo

Wahroonga  – Watsons Bay  – Whale Beach – Willoughby  – Woolwich