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Dec. 1, 2021Student experience: what is it like to study on the Online Drawing Development Year?
What is it like taking on an intensive, postgraduate level practical drawing course that is entirely remote? Here our current pilot year students share their thoughts… -
Sept. 22, 2021Deanio X: Sir Denis Mahon Award 2021
Deanio X (Drawing Year 2019) is the recipient of the Sir Denis Mahon Award 2021. Presented to one outgoing Drawing Year student annually, the award allows them to continue …
Sept. 13, 2021Graphic Narratives: bring drawing and text together
The graphic novel and the comic book hold a unique position in the art world, straddling the boundaries between image and text. The School runs a number of studio-based …
Aug. 25, 2021Autumn 2021 Exhibitions: Our Top Picks
We've paired some of the best current and upcoming exhibitions with some of our Autumn Term courses - draw inspiration from both the contemporary artists of today and the …
June 7, 2021Student Focus: Mohammad Barrangi
Born in Iran and currently living in the UK, Mohammad Barrangi joined The Drawing Year in 2019 after a chance encounter with an alumna of the course...
May 17, 2021Self-Portrait Prize 2021: Alumni Success
The Self-Portrait Prize is a biennial art prize in association with the Ruth Borchard Collection that promotes and celebrates the practice of self-portraiture. Here nine Drawing Year alumni who …
April 21, 2021Exhibitions We Can't Wait to Visit...
Over the last year we have all missed being able to wander around a gallery or museum; to be transported to a different place, have our imaginations ignited and …
March 29, 2021How The Drawing Year has Adapted During the Pandemic
Students studying on The Drawing Year 2020 were in their second term of studio-based tuition when the pandemic hit and whilst the programme had to adapt, so did the …
March 24, 2021Kathryn Maple wins First Prize in the John Moores Painting Prize
Kathryn Maple (Drawing Year 2013) has been awarded First Prize in the John Moores Painting Prize 2020, for her painting The Common, which is among 67 paintings on display …
Dec. 14, 2020Sunday 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, 2020Sky 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 …
Nov. 2, 2020Drawing Year alumni selected for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2020