Master studies

Introduction

Sometimes trying to draw in a busy gallery can feel like an afternoon on the dodgems. However, the detailed observation needed to make a study like this can change how you look at artworks and what you see. Worth having a go.

Pencil drawing of George Stubbs’ painting ‘Whistlejacket’ made in the National Gallery.
Digital study of Turner’s ‘Dutch Boats in a Storm’ drawn on an ipad in the National Gallery.
Digital study of ‘The Red Boy’ by Thomas Lawrence. I drew it using an ipad at the National Gallery in London.
Ipad drawing of Velasquez’ ‘Rokeby Venus’ in the National Gallery, London.
Watercolour copy of Rembrandt’s ‘Portrait of Margaretha de Geer’ in the National Gallery.