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Oct. 22, 2024RDS Recommends with Mark Cazalet
Mark Cazalet is a mixed media artist living and working in London and Suffolk. He trained at Chelsea and Falmouth School of Art, after which he held two postgraduate …
Oct. 8, 2024RDS Recommends with Shanti Panchal
Shanti Panchal is an acclaimed artist known for his evocative watercolour paintings that blend autobiographical elements with meditative spaces. Born in India, he moved to London on a British …
Sept. 25, 2024RDS Recommends with Arjuna Gunarathne
Arjuna Gunarathne was born in Sri Lanka in 1976 and currently lives and works in London. His artistic practice marries Eastern and Western traditions to present unique works focussing …
Sept. 24, 2024Top Autumn Exhibitions 2024
Autumn brings a flurry of fantastic exhibitions, many of which have drawing at their heart, including Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael at the RA and Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at …
Sept. 14, 2024RDS Recommends with Elizabeth McCarten
Elizabeth McCarten is a painter of Anglo/Portuguese descent with a strong interest in light and space. Her recommendations take us from Portugal to London, revealing how her personal inspirations …
Sept. 11, 2024RDS Recommends with Jake Garfield
Jake Garfield is a London-based artist working across printmaking, drawing and painting. His practice draws on art-historical and pop-cultural references to reflect on the nature of artifice, selfhood and …
Aug. 20, 2024Artist Opportunities
Highlighting another set of exciting opportunities out there for artists. We have compiled a list of competitions, prizes and awards that you can enter this August and September:
July 10, 2024RDS Recommends with Hira Gedikoglu
Hira Gedikoglu is an artist living and working in London. She graduated from The Drawing Year in 2019 and also teaches on our Young Artists programme. Here she tells …
June 20, 2024Drawn Together | Supporting Emerging Artists
Drawn Together: Royal Drawing School Summer Show 2024 is now open!
June 4, 2024Artist Opportunities
There are so many exciting opportunities out there for artists at the moment. We have compiled a list of competitions, prizes and awards that you can enter this June …
May 28, 2024RDS Recommends with Nikki Gardham
Nikki Gardham is a painter, born in Essex, now living and working in London. She graduated from The Drawing Year in 2013 and now teaches on our Public Programme …
May 9, 2024RDS Recommends with Oliver Macdonald Oulds
Oliver Macdonald Oulds, artist, RDS tutor and Drawing Year alumnus, shares where he gets his inspiration, and recommends what to see, watch, listen and read about: