Frederic, Lord Leighton exhibition at Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery

If you live in or near Bristol you currently have a chance to see an exhibition by the Victorian “history” painter Frederic, Lord Leighton at the City Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition contains a broad selection of drawings from his career from early nature studies to the later chalk studies on tinted paper that [...]

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RICHARD YOUNG

As well as being a professional artist Richard Young is also a scientist with a phd in Physics and works at Bristol University. He does well to drive to the class from, I believe,  Frenchay in Bristol, fighting his way through Bristol’s rush hour traffic. Then, at the end of the evening he drives back to [...]

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Life Drawings By Ben Wilson

Well, the weather here in Bristol seems to be slightly less torrential.  I hope I don’t get half- drowned unloading my stuff in the car park again.  In advance of tonight’s life drawing class here are some drawings by Ben Wilson, of which he has this to say.
   
“This is my first term attending Will’s life class [...]

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