Best of The Drawing Year 2026

Event date 16–20 NOV
Event location LONDON

This is a selling exhibition that showcases a selection of works of graduating students of The Drawing Year 2026. It features highlights from the The Drawing Year 2026 End of Year Exhibition. The expanded show of over 400 drawings, will take place at the Royal Drawing School in Shoreditch from 2 December 2026.

Artwork can be viewed online at art.royaldrawingschool.org.

The Drawing Year is the only full-scholarship postgraduate-level course dedicated to drawing from observation in the UK. The course comes with a free studio space and London living grants to ensure the course is open to everyone, regardless of background or circumstance.

The artists exhibiting at Christie’s includes Anna Avery, Temitayo Bandele, Emily Blundell Owers, Evie Bulloch, Alice J Calvert, Selin Charlton, Yuan Chen, Matthew Clara, Emily Crumby, Matt Graysmith, Elliot Hewgill, Nola James, Jazmin Key, Joline Kwakkenbos, Kirsty Lackie, Rhian Lloyd, Ollie Marr, Cameron Mowat, Cerena Parkinson, Florence Postgate, Matilda Smyth, Thomas Soyemi, James Stacey, Dan Tanio, Dominic Walker, William Wyndham, Esranur Yagiz, Lâl Yılmaz, Eva Yurková.

Highlights

Exhibition

Join us at Christie’s London to view the artworks. For sale enquiries please contact drawingsales@royaldrawingschool.org

Location
Christie’s London
8 King Street
London, SW1Y 6QT

Viewing
16 November, 9am — 5pm
17 November, 9am — 5pm
18 November, 9am — 5pm
19 November, 9am — 5pm
20 November, 9am — 5pm

About the Royal Drawing School

The Royal Drawing School is the independent, artist-led and not-for-profit home of observational drawing. We exist to ensure artists and creatives everywhere can access world-leading skills-based drawing tuition regardless of background, age or circumstances; to bring new audiences to drawing; to champion our practice for this generation and the next.

We teach everyone, from beginners to practising artists. Our programmes include our world renowned, full-scholarship, postgraduate-level Drawing Year; our ambitious public courses; and our programme for young artists. Our courses take place in our studios, outdoors, in galleries and online.

We are based in East London but work with and support artists everywhere. The Royal Drawing School was founded in 2000 by HM King Charles III and artist Catherine Goodman CBE LVO.

Find out more

Title [sentence case]