ETC Artist Talk: Emma Carlisle

To kick off our new term of ETC artist talks Draw’s Jake Spicer will be chatting to Emma Carlisle. The event is free and everybody is welcome, so please feel free to share this link as widely as you would like.  

About Emma Carlisle 

Emma Carlisle is a highly acclaimed illustrator and artist, living in Plymouth, UK. She graduated in 2011 from University of Plymouth with a First Class Hons in Illustration, and in 2014 from the Cambridge School of Art with an MA in Children's Book Illustration. In 2022, Emma's book What Do You See When You Look At A Tree? was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Prize. In 2015, her first book Lion Practice was nominated for the Kate Greenaway and the Klaus Flugge Prize.   

In 2018, Emma returned to location drawing - developing new work exploring colour, experimental mark-making, and the landscape.  This new direction saw her work branch into several different outlets including large abstract canvases as well as quick expressive observational studies.   Since 2020, Emma has run a successful Patreon where she shares her tips and advice about her own practice as well as encouraging others to develop their own unique visual language. 

How to join

If you'd like to join the online talk via Zoom you just need to book a ticket here or click on this link HERE - your image will not be visible on screen and you will be able to type questions for our guest artist.

Past ETC talks

You can find all of our past interviews on our YouTube channel HERE. Thank you to our Patreon supporters for providing the support and funding for these free talks!

 Supporting the sessions

Draw's ETC programme of artist talks are free to attend and are funded by the Draw Patreon, with the artists paid for taking part. If you enjoy these talks, and would like to support them to continue, why not become a supporter by signing up to the Draw Patreon from just £3.60 per month. You’ll get the in-person concessionary rate, plus Patreons get tiered access to a wealth of resources including our extensive artist’s photo reference library, live online life drawing & portrait drawing classes, online recorded courses and much more.