The Drawing Show 2022

"Drawing is a vital part of every creative process. It can be one of the most direct forms of human communication, enabling artists through looking and seeing to explore and understand the world around them."
(David Hockney)

Artists sketch books are fascinating to browse through. They are visual diaries which allow us to see the world through the artists eyes and understand their processes. Notes and studies become a library of information for future paintings. In today’s world of advanced technology there are many artists for whom traditional drawing and sketching remains a vital discipline and part of their creative journey.

We believe it is time for us to look again at how images are made, and to place a greater value and focus on drawing and draughtsmanship.

This virtual exhibition includes drawings and sketches by John Bellany, James Cowie, Robert Colquhoun, Joan Eardley, J.D. Fergusson, Annie French, Terry Frost, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Josef Herman, George Leslie Hunter, Jessie M. King, Jack Knox, Peter Lanyon, William McCance, Margot Sandeman, Lara Scouller, Tom H. Shanks, Keith Vaughan, Alison Watt, Alma Wolfson and many more.

Please enjoy browsing the show on our website.

  • A street market with colourful stalls and a cart

    Joan Eardley RSA

    Street Market

  • Woman at a market selling goods

    George Leslie Hunter

    Woman at a Market

  • Figures on a set design

    Robert Colquhoun

    Three Figures with Dog, c 1954

  • Garden scene with trees and benches

    James Cowie RSA

    Garden Scene

  • Pregnant figure lying nude on a couch

    Peter Lanyon

    Pregnant Nude on Couch

  • Figure in a room

    Jessie M. King

    The Coffer for Which Men Would Give Their Sons

  • Fishing nets drying on poles

    Joan Eardley RSA

    Fishing Nets

  • Portrait of Anne Estelle Rice

    John Duncan Fergusson

    Anne Estelle Rice the artist's great friend

  • View of out buildings through trees at Culzean Castle

    Tom H. Shanks RSW RGI PAI

    Out Houses Culzean

  • Kitchen utensils

    Alma Wolfson

    Batterie de Cuisine (Kitchen Tools)

  • Figures in rocks on a shoreline

    Jessie M. King

    He Kissed the Closed Eyelids

  • Bottom part of a glacier where it melts into a pool

    Wilhelmina Barns-Graham CBE

    Glacier Embrace 2, 1986

  • Head study of a dog

    Whyn Lewis

    Whippet

  • Drawing of a schoolboy in a jumper

    Joan Eardley RSA

    Schoolboy (Samson Boy)

  • Figures in a rocky landscape

    Jessie M. King

    Girl in a Short Tunic

  • View of loch and mountains in west Scotland

    Tom H. Shanks RSW RGI PAI

    Loch Hourne

  • Woman at her work

    Annie French

    The Pious Maid

  • Dog with its ball

    Helen Fay

    Izzy with her ball

  • Brightly colourful buildings in Wexford, Ireland

    Alma Wolfson

    Harbour Street, Wexford

  • Figures working in a field

    Josef Herman

    Farm Workers

  • Building through a landscape in Antibes, France

    John Duncan Fergusson

    La Mosque, Antibes, Evening

  • still life of kitchen utensils

    Alma Wolfson

    Kitchen Table

  • Farm buildings in a landscape

    Joan Eardley RSA

    Farm Buildings

  • Terry Frost RA

    Untitled

  • Standing figure with arm out

    Keith Vaughan

    Figure Study

  • Mother and child by a table

    Pierre Bonnard

    Mere et Enfant at a table

  • Still life of various objects and a figurine

    James Cowie

    Still Life with Figurine

    Sold

  • study of a girl

    Joan Eardley RSA

    Blonde Girl

  • Figure drawing

    Roger Hilton CBE

    Nude Study

  • A group of figures sitting together

    Joan Eardley RSA

    Group of Figures

  • Horse at a horse show

    Alma Wolfson

    Waiting, Heavy Horse Show

  • Urban scene of a gas lamp and tenement

    Joan Eardley RSA

    Tenement with gas lamp

  • A blue lobster

    Lara Scouller

    Blue Lobster, Crail

  • Figure holding a compass, looking out at the viewer

    Sandra Collins

    Let's not get lost in time

  • Horse at a horse show

    Alma Wolfson

    Cart Horse

  • Tall ships festival at Greenock with funfair rides and big wheel

    Alma Wolfson

    Tall Ships Festival, Greenock II

  • A crane

    Lara Scouller

    Crane

  • potted plants on a table

    Alma Wolfson

    Potted Plants

  • Female figure standing in an interior space

    Walter R. Sickert

    Figure in Interior

  • A chicken

    William Crosbie

    Chicken

  • Woman under an archway

    John Bellany CBE RA

    Woman

  • Mother holding a child

    Josef Herman

    Mexican family (woman & child)

  • Man bending slightly forward holding his back

    Peter Howson OBE

    Sore Back (Old Man Standing)

  • A yellow car up on bricks with no tyres

    Jack Knox RSA RSW RGI HFRIAS D.Litt

    American Classic

  • An Edinburgh close with buildings

    James Little

    Plainstones Close, Edinburgh

  • Study of a nude figure

    Bernard Meninsky

    Standing Nude

  • Buildings through a landscape with a river in the foreground

    James Paterson PPRSW RSA

    Gartocharn, 1930

  • Male figure with his head resting on one hand

    Alison Watt OBE FRSE RSA

    Study

  • Female figure sitting

    Sholto Johnston Douglas

    Seated Woman 2

  • Bird in the branches of a magnolia tree

    Elyse Lord

    Bird in Magnolia

  • Female figure resting against a cushion

    William McCance

    Seated Figure, 1930

  • Group of figures sitting

    Barry McGlashan

    Waking Group, 1999

  • Portraits of various cats

    William McCance

    Mac with Mu'Chi

  • Fishing boats in a harbour

    William Sinclair

    Fishing Boat, BA284, Albert Harbour, Greenock

  • Figures moving together

    Kane Mclay

    Stalk

  • Fishing boats in a harbour

    William Sinclair

    Three Blue Boats, East India Harbour

  • Figures in a landscape with sheep

    Margot Sandeman SSA

    Sheep moving sadly over a Mountain Pass - A Poet's Dream, 1974

  • A plant in a tub in a garden

    Jack Knox RSA RSW RGI HFRIAS D.Litt

    Palm in a tub, c. 1980's

  • A tortoise

    Elizabeth Cope

    Galapagos Tortoise

  • Woman wearing a headband

    Robert Burns

    Head of a Woman

  • A city scene of Venice, Italy

    Adrian Wiszniewski RSA RSW RGI

    Venice

  • Annie French

    Annie French - Album cover

  • Annie French

    Page from Annie French album

  • Annie French

    Page from Annie French album

  • Figure lying outdoors with sheep nearby

    Margot Sandeman SSA

    The Poets Dream, 1974

  • A figure moving

    Kane Mclay

    Forage

  • A garden scene from the story of Bluebeard

    Iona Roberts

    Bluebeard's Castle, The Garden

  • A view over the suburbs of Glasgow

    Iona Roberts

    Doorstep Philosophy

  • Small studies of figures in different poses

    George B. Innes

    Sitting Figures I

  • The rail bridge over The Forth river, Scotland

    Freddy Theys

    The Forth Rail Bridge

  • Trees in a landscape

    Sholto Johnston Douglas

    Trees in a Landscape

  • Preparatory drawing for a piece of sculpture

    Dennis Westwood

    Study for sculpture - Arabesque

  • A city scene of Padua, Italy

    Adrian Wiszniewski RSA RSW RGI

    Padova

  • Pollarded trees in a street

    Philip Reeves RSA PPRSW RGI RE

    Trees

  • Preparatory drawing for a piece of sculpture

    Dennis Westwood

    Study for sculpture - In between

  • Figure in a black vest

    Scott McMurdo

    Portrait in black vest

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