Royal Drawing School Exhibition

All the work in the show is online, but I wanted to see it "for real" before looking at it on screen.

Exhibition overview, with sparse yet rich landscapes by Bobbye Fermie in the foreground -

The first thing that struck us was the frequent use of oil pastel (that difficult medium!), in combination with other media -

Christabel Forbes

 These small "polaroids" of a cemetery balance light and dark so well -

Lottie Stoddart

Another interesting use of dark and light -

Firle by Tim Patrick

 The layout on the page -

Quarry Woods, Kate Kirk

 These were large works, and although the subject matter is a bit ...dark? non-descript? ... I'd be very very happy to be able to produce - to be able to concentrate on, and bring to a finish - work like this; stunning ...

Geraint Evans

I'd also be very very happy to eventually make long landscapes with pen and ink -

Bobbye Fermie

 Compelling composition of birds in museum cases, "Horniman's Bird" by Bobbye Fermie -

Sketchbooks on display, some on tablets -

 Not just this year's exhibition, but those from previous years, are online ... do go have a browse, but make sure you click past the thumbnails...