The Majestic Drawing School

I found out yesterday that I tin straight off tell I'm an ex-student of the Royal Drawing School - then I promptly revised my bio pages! (see About the Artist and About Katherine Tyrrell)

The Prince's Drawing School, which was founded past times the Prince of Wales inwards 2000, has been granted Royal condition past times the Queen. Its novel logo retains the Prince of Wales feathers to announce his elbow grease behind together with involvement inwards the School.

Six other arts educational establishments convey every bit good been granted majestic condition together with this novel grade of recognition puts the Drawing School on a par with the Royal College of Art, Royal College of Music, Royal Ballet School, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art together with the Royal School of Needlework.

Royal Drawing School website - the Courses Page
The schoolhouse was create to learn with a build novel website (which I rather like), with a build novel logo!

About the Royal Drawing School


The Royal Drawing School was formerly known every bit the Prince's Drawing School together with was housed inwards a sometime warehouse type edifice inwards Charlotte Street on the borders of Shoreditch together with trendy 'White Cube' Hoxton. I used to trek along inwards the eve to produce my "drawing a head" cast with James Lloyd together with to attend diverse lectures.
Studio iv at the Princes Drawing School is on the altitude flooring of an old commercial edifice inwards Charlotte Street on the Shoreditch/Hoxton borders. The altitude flooring sits to a higher house its neighbours together with consequently nosotros convey first-class low-cal inwards the summertime months and, naturally, it every bit good changes every bit the session passes!
Drawing Class eighth June (2006)
a drawing done inwards 2006

Some features of the Drawing School

The Royal Drawing School is an independent, not-for-profit resources that aims to heighten the criterion together with profile of drawing through teaching together with practice. We are ane of solely a few institutions inwards the basis offering in-depth, lineament tuition inwards drawing from observation.
One of the things I've e'er liked virtually the School is it's non "exclusive" - its aim has e'er been to expand opportunities for drawing.

The schoolhouse has expanded enormously - together with internationally - from when I was deal classes inwards Charlotte Street. I really reluctantly had to surrender every bit my tenosynovitis is non fond of intensive drawing inwards concentrated bouts.
  • The schoolhouse is an independent charity together with consequently is able to build bursaries available together with offering classes at discounted fees.
  • its premier Course is the The Drawing Year which is a ane twelvemonth postgraduate MA Course

    The Drawing Year is a total scholarship MA-level course of instruction offering upwards to 30 students the chance to focus on drawing from observation for ane academic year. There are no tuition fees for The Drawing Year – all students are awarded a total scholarship together with have a gratuitous studio infinite inwards the iconic Tea Building inwards Shoreditch.
  • it runs a Kathryn Maple wins Dominicus Times Watercolour Competition 2014)
  • it has a broad make of public courses which are run every bit both daytime together with eve courses.
    Their 3 primary programmes are based at the Royal Drawing School Shoreditch, Drawing School Central inwards Oxford Street, together with Royal Drawing School West inwards South Kensington. I'd really much recommend people reviewing their portfolio of courses every bit at that spot is something at that spot for everyone.
  • it every bit good has a make of Saturday Courses together with Programmes for Schools.
  • The Royal Drawing School is developing international collaborations. 
In 2014 the Royal Drawing School began edifice partnerships with some of the United States’ most renowned fine art schools. Together, nosotros are developing residencies, workshops together with telephone commutation programmes to produce goodness fine art students on both sides of the Atlantic for whom drawing is cardinal to their work. Currently, our partner fine art schools are:
The Arts Students League of New York
The New York Academy of Art
The New York Studio School
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
The Yale University School of Art


You can find out to a greater extent than virtually the schoolhouse together with its tutors together with courses on its website http://royaldrawingschool.org

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