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A short video tour of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition.
A short video tour of the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize exhibition. My silverpoint drawing, ‘Displaced Portrait No19 (Dezember 1919)’, has been selected for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Here is a brief video tour of the exhibition (please […]
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I’ve been awarded the RBSA Portrait Prize
I’ve been awarded the First Prize in the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Portrait Prize exhibition (sponsored by the GMC Trust). I couldn’t make along to the opening because of the train strike, and I missed the telephone call to […]
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Talk about Drawing
I did a Zoom talk about Drawing last week. It’s been uploaded to YouTube. It was part of a series of online talks for Draw Brighton’s ‘ETC’ series of talks/conversations with the Artist and writer Jake Spicer. I’ve watched it […]
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Creative Block
I’ve been in the grip of what is often called ‘Creative Block’ for a long time. It’s miserable and it’s boring. In spite of it, I continue to draw and I continue to teach Drawing and to believe in Drawing […]
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Drawing selected for the Turner Contemporary Open
I’m very pleased to find that my drawing, ‘Displaced Portrait No15 (woman with baby)’ will be included in the Turner Contemporary Open exhibition later this year. This piece is one of an ongoing series of silverpoint drawings based on souvenir and identity […]
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My drawing on the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize long list
One of my drawings has made it through to the second stage of the selection process for the 2021 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. ‘Displaced Portrait No16 (woman from Brünn/Brno, 1942)’ is one of an ongoing series of silverpoint drawings based on […]
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Drawings that die.
I’ve killed a drawing that I’ve been working on for years. This sort of thing happens a lot with me. Here is a short video about this drawing (click the link below to my youtube video to watch a short […]
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Talking about Drawing
I’ve made some short videos about my work for my YouTube channel (“Roy Eastland – Drawing”). These are unscripted short films of me showing some work in my studio space at home and talking about my ideas. If you’re interested […]
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Empire Day drawing exhibited in New York
My silverpoint drawing, ‘Empire Day’, is about to be on show in an exhibition in New York. The exhibition is called ‘The Seventh View’ and has been organised in partnership between the ING Discerning Eye and the C24 Gallery in […]
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Margate NOW 2019: ‘Displaced Portraits’
I’ve recently had a solo show as part of the ‘Margate NOW 2019’ art festival. My exhibtion was called ‘Displaced Portraits’ and consisted of thirty-three, mostly metalpoint, drawings. I’ve always been a little unbelieving of artists who can easily say […]
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Displaced Portraits
I presently have a drawing on show in the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. It’s one of a slowly emerging series of works under the title: ‘Displaced Portraits’. ‘Displaced Portraits’ is an ongoing series of silverpoint drawings based on people […]
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Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize at the Royal Drawing School
There is still time to see the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize at its present venue at the Royal Drawing School in Shoreditch, London, before it ends on the 21st February. The exhibition will then move on to Drawing Projects […]