Louise Wilde
- Alumni, 2011
Biography
Since graduating from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Animation Direction, Louise has worked on numerous animated projects, directed several short films, undertaken a PGCE and completed The Drawing Year programme at the Royal Drawing School. Alongside her own practice in fine art and animation she is an art workshop tutor and has taught at the Royal College of Art, The National Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery and The British Museum, amongst others. She also teaches animation on The Foundation Year and at Drawing School Central and runs 2D drawn animation workshops at Hampstead School of Art.
On drawing
As a practising artist I strongly believe that observational drawing plays a vital role in the creative process and is a fundamental tool. The concept that 'to learn to draw, you have to learn to see' is something I feel very strongly about, and I embed this approach into my practice. My particular interest as an observational artist lies within the animate form – in attempting to capture motion, movement, gesture and expression, through drawn marks. I am fascinated by the possibilities of a moving image captured within one single frame – a frozen point in time which carries the weight of a drama played out or about to be played out.
