From King Charles to Tim Burton: These stars are talented draftsman

“Intimate like a handwriting”, “An abstract diary”, “A world of endless possibilities” – Prominent artists from David Hockney to Tracey Emin describe the feeling that she comes over when drawing. Even the Briton Jony Ive, until 2019 chief designer at Apple and in charge in the design of iPhone, iPad and MacBook, praises the ancient art of drawing by hand on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Royal Drawing School.

It was just inventions such as the computer and later the iPad, the hobby artist King Charles – Damals still prince of Wales – and the painter Catherine Goodman prompted the Drawing School in London in summer 2000. Both were worried about the future of drawing, for which there was hardly any time in school curricula and that was replaced as a hobby of modern technologies and time intermediate such as computer games.

What started in a room under the roof with an artist – Goodman – and a handful of students 25 years ago is now a renowned art school under the aegis of King Charles’ charity The King’s Foundation. The school can boast of being the only facility worldwide that is dedicated exclusively to the observant. She has long been wearing the “Royal” seal of approval, teaching 350 courses a year for each level from beginners to professionals and has 1000 students a week. Above all, the “Drawing Year”, a-free master program for selected art graduates, enjoys an excellent reputation in the art scene.

For the anniversary of the school in the Ostlondon district of Shoreditch, graduates and celebrities from all areas of art and design now emerged their best drawings. Until July 26th, visitors in the exhibition “The Power of Drawing” can on the craft artists from sculptor Antony Gormley to Cartoonist Quentin Blake and – if you want to take David Hockney with the word – very, very, very, very deeply looked into the soul.