- DRAWING IN A WIDER SCOPE –
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There is a new drawing blog from Department of Art’s Painting and Drawing within the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. This new blog brings together information within the field of drawing along with some elements of the theory of drawing.

There are a variety of drawing experiments and tools on the web designed to impress you [Fractal 4D, String Spinner], amuse you [Line Rider, Wordle] or assist you in your daily business tasks [Imagination Cubed, E2Vector]. Find out more about some of these by clicking on the title – get drawing, collaborating and displaying your work to the world.

DRAWING OUT is a trans-disciplinary conference. It explores drawing across the boundaries of disciplines. It addresses drawing as a way of thinking and communicating in the twenty-first century. Whoever we are, drawing is part of our everyday and professional lives. This event takes place in Melbourne Austrailia from 7th to 9th April 2010.

The University of Edinburgh’s Talbot Rice Gallery’s opening exhibition for 2010 is a first for the UK; an exhibition of art to instruct, a project of rich, diverse imagery and unusual juxtaposition. In 2004 Talbot Rice presented the exhibition Object Lessons where the use of the object in teaching and research was explored. Drawing for Instruction can be viewed almost as a sister project with the thinking process of drawing as our subject.

The Burton Art Gallery and Museum in North Devon is hosting a Drawing Symposium called ‘Why is Drawing Important?’ Run in conjunction with Petroc School of Art, it explores why it is important to celebrate drawing. It coincides with the ‘Jerwood Drawing Prize 2009′ exhibition which is on display at the Burton Art Gallery from 4th March to the 9th April 2010.

Drawing Spaces is a project space located in Lisbon that seeks to promote investigative practices related to drawing. This project supports collaborations between artists & researchers from Portugal and abroad. The event entitled ‘The draughtswomen/men draw one another’ takes place during February 2010.

Drawn from the two foremost collections in the field, this major exhibition features 100 exquisite drawings by Italian Renaissance artists including Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Verrocchio. This exhibition is a unique opportunity to discover the evolution of drawing which laid the foundations of the High Renaissance style of Michelangelo and Raphael.

Discover how MA Drawing students from Norwich Univeristy College of Arts in the UK responded to the paintings of the Cotman family spearheaded by the Great British Art Debate. The collection of students drawings are currently being exhibited at the Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery.