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July 1, 2022
We proudly present our Young Artists Exhibition 2022
We are delighted to be celebrating our talented young students and their beautiful artwork, especially after we've been unable to host a physical exhibition for the last couple of …June 22, 2022Summer School tutors share their favourite art materials
Art Shops: A treasure trove of materials, a delight to peruse, but sometimes a minefield - there is so much choice! Fear not, our tutors are here to help …June 8, 2022Drawing Year Alumnus Geraint Ross Evans: Artist-in-Residence at BBC Radio 6 Music Festival
Geraint Ross Evans is an alumnus of The Drawing Year and a tutor at the School on our public courses and Young Artists programme. Here he tells us about …May 31, 2022Drawing and teaching in the Caribbean: Artist Residency in Antigua
At the end of 2021, two Royal Drawing School artists, Cherry Pickles and Oliver Macdonald Oulds spent three months in Antigua. Supported by the Halo Foundation and the Jumby …May 24, 2022Retired teachers, IT Trainers, Editors: Meet our Public Programme Students
Students on our public courses range from complete beginners to experienced artists and creative professionals. Here we meet some of the interesting, diverse characters who choose to come and …March 29, 2022Spring/Summer Exhibitions: Our top picks
Take a look at our pick of exhibitions taking place this Spring and Summer, matched with some of our upcoming courses. We've also included a beautiful online collaborative exhibition …March 23, 2022Drawing and Sculpting from Home: Capturing Movement
Does an action pose caught mid-movement just look frozen, or alive? This Easter Holiday, we are pleased to be offering some in-studio sculpture as part of an intensive five-day …March 8, 2022Our top talks with female artists, authors and curators for International Women's Day
To mark International Women's Day on 8th March, we've rounded up some of our favourite talks from our Wednesday evening series, featuring talented and inspiring female artists, art historians, …Dec. 16, 2021Drawing from Home: Young Artists Christmas Still Life
These drawing exercises are taken from our recent Printing Festive Feasts course, taught by Matilda Ellis. Your Young Artist can choose to work from the still life photo within …Dec. 15, 2021Drawing from Home: Festive Life Drawing Poses
We have put together a selection of life drawing poses from our Festive Drink and Draw, with guidelines from tutor Jake Garfield. Draw from photos of our wonderful model …Dec. 14, 2021Drawing from Home: Human anatomy- from drawing to construction and back again
Take some time this festive holiday to try this drawing exercise, designed by our faculty member Tara Versey. Explore a scaled down skeletal structure of human anatomy in space …Dec. 13, 2021Winter Exhibitions: Our top picks for your holiday art fix
We’ve put together an uplifting selection of exhibitions taking place this Winter throughout the UK, and paired them with some of our upcoming online, in-studio and out-of-house courses...