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If only one could draw! I can't. That's why I keep on drawing. Alberto Giacometti

Our courses are taught by a drawing faculty of over 75 distinguished practising artists

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Dec. 14, 2020

Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2020

Alumni of the Drawing Year, including Gideon Summerfield and Jennifer McRae, are currently exhibiting in The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition. Here they discuss the works that were selected.
Nov. 16, 2020

Sky Portrait Artist of the Year: RDS Alumni selected to compete

This summer Tom Scotcher (Drawing Year 2017), Katy Papineau (Drawing Year 2019) and Ali Farley (Drawing Year 2020) were selected to compete in Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2020. ...
Nov. 2, 2020

Drawing Year alumni selected for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020

Nancy Haslam Chance and Holly Mills tell us about their practices, how their work has been affected by lockdown and what is coming up for them in the not so ...