Create your own drawings

Be inspired by the Renaissance masters on display! We encourage you to draw in the Gallery.  

Feel free to make use of the paper, pencils, clipboards and stools provided or bring your own drawing materials (pencils only).

We would love to see your creations. Snap your drawing and tag us on social media @royalcollectiontrust

Artists in Residence

We have launched our first artist residency at The King’s Gallery, London, organised in partnership with the Royal Drawing School. 

Three Artists in Residence will be drawing in the Gallery on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays throughout the duration of the exhibition Drawing the Italian Renaissance . 

A selection of the artist's drawings will be displayed in the Gallery’s Millar Learning Room as part of an evolving display for you to enjoy throughout the exhibition’s run.

Meet the artists

The artists are all graduates of The Drawing Year, the Royal Drawing School’s full-scholarship postgraduate level course.

Jesse Ajilore

Computer game design graduate Jesse Ajilore, 25, from Lewisham, south-east London, completed The Drawing Year in 2023 and now mentors young people with special education needs (SEN) with art classes, among other subjects, in a primary school alongside his work as a fine artist. 

With a background in designing characters for gaming and creating imagined worlds, he has set himself the challenge of creating large studies with multiple figures interacting with each other for his first artist residency. 

You will also hear from Jesse on the exhibition’s complimentary multimedia guide.

Joshua Pell

Joshua Pell, 29, from Beverley in East Yorkshire, studied illustration before turning to drawing urban and industrial landscapes around Hull and Leeds. It was a tutor during his undergraduate course who encouraged him to apply to the Royal Drawing School, from which he graduated in 2023. 

Sara Lee Roberts

Sara Lee Roberts, from Camden, London, is eager for the chance to show that historic drawings can still be relevant and inspiring today. Having previously worked as a painting conservator, she completed The Drawing Year in 2008 and has gone on to have solo exhibitions, lead multiple courses in fine art and write a book on reinterpreting the work of Old Masters for today, something she is passionate about.