Drawing Year alumnus Jonathan Farr is the 2013-14 Sir Denis Mahon Scholar. He graduated with a BA in Sculpture from the Slade in 1997, and then lived and worked as an English language teacher, magazine illustrator and children’s book author and illustrator in Barcelona and Mexico City until 2009 before applying to The Prince’s Drawing School’s Drawing Year … Continue reading
Printmaker and painter Sam Marshall was a Drawing Year student from 2006-7. In the run-up to the Drawing Year 2014-15 application deadline we share her story about studying at The Prince’s Drawing School and how it affected her practice in the long-term… I studied Fine Art in the 1990’s before coming to The Prince’s Drawing … Continue reading
In the run up to this year’s application deadline for our New Fine Art Foundation Course on 14th February, we asked Isabeau, one of our current cohort, to tell us about her experience of studying on the course, and share some of the work she’s made this year… Before enrolling on the New Fine Art … Continue reading
Drawing Year student Kristian Fletcher recently received the student award at one of the most hotly contested competitions for contemporary artists, the Jerwood Drawing Prize. Kristian graduated from the University of the West of England in 2012 with a BA in drawing. Prior to this he had worked as a scaffolder in London. He joined … Continue reading
Marcus Cornish teaches sculpture and drawing at The Prince’s Drawing School and is the tutor of our class ‘Sculpting the Equine Head’ which currently runs on Tuesdays at Kensington Palace Studios. What do you enjoy about teaching at The Prince’s Drawing School? The students. It’s a really nice atmosphere and there’s a sense of community … Continue reading
Michael Chance has just begun his third term of The Drawing Year postgraduate programme here at The Prince’s Drawing School. The Drawing Year is a one year MA Level programme with a full scholarship for all students, focused on drawing from observation. We asked Michael about his experiences of the course so far and his … Continue reading
Poppy Chancellor graduated from The Drawing Year in 2010, and is now a successful freelance illustrator and paper-cut artist. We asked Poppy to cast her mind back a few years to her experience of being on The Drawing Year, and tell us what it was like… Hello, Poppy. Can you remember why you decided to apply … Continue reading
The Oxford undergraduate contemplates the war poets Susan Wilson is the tutor of our regular class ‘Drawing the Body Clothed’ which currently runs on Mondays at our Shoreditch studio. Susan grew up in the mountain foothills of New Zealand’s South Island and hitch-hiked around Spain, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador in buses and trucks as a … Continue reading
Will was one of three Drawing Year Alumni who exhibited recently at the School’s ‘Pretty Gritty City‘ show. How long ago did you complete The Drawing Year, and how has it influenced your work? I completed The Drawing Year in 2008. This was a key part of my education; despite having gone to art school with aspirations … Continue reading
Ramone, 16, has been attending The Prince’s Drawings Clubs for three years. After attending Haringey Drawing Club, he progressed to the 15+ Drawing Club. His work was recently exhibited at the The Prince’s Drawing Club Exhibition at Bruce Castle Museum. Rooftop drawing by Ramone What would your life be like if drawing was taken away … Continue reading
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