Every week in Melbourne, artist Helen Wilding and her friends sit by the roadside, sketching Brunswick Street in Fitzroy. Wilding has been drawing this street for seven years, capturing its cafes, shops, homes, and market life with precise detail. She focuses on everything from shop signs to fading murals, but excludes graffiti she calls vandalism. Wilding's folded, accordion-style sketches reveal a lively street despite occasional interruptions, like fire trucks and trams blocking her view. Wilding, an introvert and librarian, says, "There’s heaps of things in these drawings that are wrong, but they get lost in the details." Her project inspires a small community of sketchers nearby, including Alf Green, 85, who travels over an hour to join weekly sessions. The group meets at lunchtime to share food and their latest sketches. Each line drawing takes Wilding four to six hours, sometimes spread over weeks, before she paints them in bright, expressive colors at home. Her art documents Brunswick Street’s evolving face, including Covid lockdown closures and social distancing signs. For example, she captured a beloved plant nursery before it was replaced by apartments. “The street may change, but Wilding and her friends will be back next week,” the artist says. “It doesn’t sound much, saying I’m going to draw an entire street. But it’s a long project. It could take me 10 more years.” Follow her journey on her website.