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One year postgraduate-level course | No fees | Free studio space
Overview
The Drawing Year is a full scholarship postgraduate-level course offering up to thirty students the opportunity to focus on drawing from observation for one year. There are no tuition fees for The Drawing Year – all students are awarded a full scholarship and receive a free studio space.
Courses at the Royal Drawing School are divided into three main areas: Drawing in the Studio, Drawing from Art and Drawing London. The programme is full time and made up of three taught ten-week terms, and a final self-directed studio term culminating in an end of year show and open studios. As well as taught classes every week, students attend a Wednesday Core Programme day, evening forums and lectures, alongside personal studio practice days.
Our Shoreditch campus is located in a converted warehouse at the heart of East London’s art, design and fashion scene. There are two spacious, well-lit drawing studios on the top floor, a fully-equipped intaglio print studio, a reference art library, and a ground floor multipurpose studios and large exhibitions space. Individual studios for Drawing Year students are situated at Space Studios in Hackney, a short journey from the Royal Drawing School.
Applicants for The Drawing Year will usually have completed a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art or a related subject, but this is not essential. Places are awarded based on portfolio and interview. Applicants are expected to show a strong portfolio of work demonstrating a commitment to drawing and a level of artistic professionalism appropriate for study at postgraduate level.
Pia Bramley is one of our Drawing Year 2014 alumni. Now a professional illustrator, she has just published a set of drawings documenting the experience of becoming a parent ...
Gabriela Adach's work is often of a personal nature and she tries to capture feelings as they evolve during the process of artmaking. She completed the Drawing Year in ...
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 ...
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...