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Young Artists tutor Paul Fenner wants young artists to explore their surroundings using the power of memory and drawing.

Drawing: Composition and Colour tutor, Will Topley introduces us to the Claude Glass and explains how it simplifies the tonal range and break downs an observable scene into manageable …

Irene Montemurro is the recipient of the Denis Mahon Award 2020. Presented to one outgoing Drawing Year student annually, the award allows them to continue their practice, providing them …

Clare Newbolt, who is teaching Drawing Landscapes, Gardens and Natural Forms, asks us to embed our changing sensibilities in the natural forms we are drawing.

Here Sarah Lightman, guest tutor for Summer Term Online (Drawing Graphic Narratives), discusses diary drawing and how we might use it to tell our personal day-to-day experiences.

The Studio Room in Colour tutors Mark Cazalet and Andy Pankhurst introduce two exercises that ask us to attune our eye to all aspects of colour.

In this exercise Drawing and Human Anatomy tutor Tara Versey encourages us to become familiar with the human body, and how it occupies space before we draw it. The …

Here Ann Dowker, Drawing from The National Gallery tutor, introduces the idea of Ekphrasis - the dramatic, vivid and imaginative description of a work of art; a painting to …

Drawing and Mindfulness tutors Helen Burgess and Ethan Pollock offer a drawing exercise and a short meditation that ask us to be still and notice the aspects of our …

The Artist Support Pledge is an online movement that aims to support artists financially during the coronavirus crisis.

Taken from the recent publication by the Royal Drawing School, Ways of Drawing, Flatness and Depth is an exercise designed by faculty member Thomas Newbolt that focuses on drawing …

Taken from the recent publication by the Royal Drawing School, Ways of Drawing, The Air around a Figure, is an exercise designed by faculty member Constanza Dessain that asks …