Drawing Dialogues | Chantal Joffe RA, Ishbel Myerscough and Ali Smith CBE

The Royal Drawing School is the place the learn to draw. O﻿ur new Digital Studio courses are broadcast live from our studios, allowing students to join our community in real time, via live-stream technology, from wherever you are.  Experience our tutor-guided lunchtime and evening drawing sessions, broadcast from our studios in London, using specialist filming equipment and allowing perspectives only possible online.

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Artists Chantal Joffe RA, Ishbel Myerscough & novelist Ali Smith CBE discuss observational drawing, portraiture and storytelling.

Celebrated painters Chantal Joffe RA and Ishbel Myerscough are joined by award-winning novelist Ali Smith CBE for a conversation about portraiture, observation and the emotional truths revealed through drawing.This conversation is part of our 25th anniversary series of conversations with leading artists and creatives exploring how drawing shapes creative practice across disciplines.Join some of the world’s most visionary artists, designers, writers and thinkers as they reflect on the role of drawing in their work, from painting, performance and design to storytelling, architecture and science.This conversation will be live-streamed on YouTube. If you have any questions about the event, please contact digitalstudio@royaldrawingschool.org <h3>Speakers</h3>Ali Smith CBEAli Smith is the author of many works of fiction, including, most recently, Companion Piece, the "Seasonal Quartet," Public library and other stories, and How to be both, which won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the Goldsmiths Prize, and the Costa Novel Award. Her work has four times been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Most recently, she won the George Orwell Prize for Political Fiction for Summer. Born in Inverness, Scotland, she lives in Cambridge, England.Chantal JoffeChantal Joffe brings a combination of insight and integrity, as well as psychological and emotional force, to the genre of figurative art. Born in 1969, Joffe lives and works in London. She holds an MA from the Royal College of Art and was awarded the Royal Academy Wollaston Prize in 2006. Joffe has exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including The Fitzwilliam Museum,Cambridge, UK (2023–2024); The Modern, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (2022); and Koohouse Museum, Yangpyong, Korea (2022); among others. Joffe has created a major public work for the Elizabeth line in London titled ‘A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel’, on view at Whitechapel Elizabeth line station.Ishbel MyerscoughIshbel Myerscough is a British artist renowned for her highly detailed and deeply observed portraits, exploring themes of youth, parenthood, desire, and loss. She studied at Glasgow School of Art (1987-91) and the Slade Schools of Art (1993-95). Her work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, Turner Contemporary, and the Royal Academy. In 2024, she featured in Hayward Gallery’s touring exhibition ‘Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood’.

The Royal Drawing School's 25th anniversary exhibition and events are generously supported by Ralph Lauren, a valued partner of the School for over six years, helping to make high-quality drawing tuition accessible to all.

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