Room 90: Prints & Drawings
The Julie and Robert Breckman Gallery contains changing displays of prints and drawings. A recent display, ‘Off the…
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Room 88a: Watercolours & drawings
The V&A has acquired thousands of watercolours, drawings and illustrations since its foundation. A selection, rotat…
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What is drawing?
The term drawing is applied to works that vary greatly in technique. It has been understood in different ways at di…
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Drawing in the workshop and academy
During the 14th century drawing classes took place mainly in the master’s workshop. However, as artists grew in sta…
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Talking about drawing
Many creative people have stressed the importance of drawing for their work in other media. These quotations give a…
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Drawings from the V&A's collection
Approximately 100,000 drawings made in Europe and the USA can be seen in the V&A's collection.
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Caring for drawings
Both the support and the media used in drawing can be vulnerable. Different supports and different media are vulner…
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Three watercolours from the ‘Paper Museum’ of Cassiano dal Pozzo
Three watercolours from the ‘Paper Museum’ of Cassiano dal Pozzo.
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Drawings for the sculpture of 'America'
These three drawings by John Bell (1812-1895) are designs for a sculpture representing America, made for one corner…
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Study Room resource: Constable
These Study Room Resources contain samples of John Constable's sketches and paintings. Ranked with Turner as one of…
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Design for a cartouche by Il Poccetti, 1607-12
Drawing by Poccetti - cartouche for the Medici family. This drawing in pen and ink and wash with charcoal on blue p…
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Fashion drawing & illustration
Hub page for information about fashion drawing and illustration.
Drawing techniques: drawing frames & perspective machines
The problem of representing the real three-dimensional world in two dimensions is one that has engaged artists for centuries.
'Newfoundland' by Sarah Woodfine, 2005
Sarah Woodfine trained as a sculptor, and this is evident in her approach to landscape, architecture and optical illusion, which are recurrent themes in her drawings.
Drawing techniques: camera lucida & Varley graphic telescope
The camera lucida was patented by Dr William Hyde Wollaston (1766-1828) in 1807. It is a four-sided prism mounted on an adjustable stand.
Siân Bowen
Siân Bowen is an artist whose primary medium is drawing, in the broadest definition of that term...
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Buy nowEvent - Designing Extravagance: decorating the Italian Renaissance Palace
Thu 07 June 2012 13:00
GALLERY TALK: During the Renaissance, Italians built some of the most extravagant buildings in Europe. Learn how these places were created and study the the V&A's collection of Engraved Ornament and master drawings.
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