Our great friend and fellow artist Ivor Kamlish died on Wednesday 30th October at the age of 88. Read our tribute to Ivor who died on 30th October 2019.
Ivor Kamlish’ work
Studied at Leeds College of Art and at the Central School of Arts & Crafts in London, where he specialised in graphics and exhibition design. His teachers included Maurice de Saumarez, Keith Vaughan, Paul Hogarth, Herbert Spencer and Anthony Froshaug. After National Service, he joined Carter & Co in Poole, Dorset, designing ceramic and mosaic murals, as well as being responsible for the companies corporate print. In 1963 he started his own design practice, which continues to this day. His work has been exhibited in London and abroad.
Ivor at the Drawing London Exhibition at the Barbican Gallery November 2018
On 31st October 2019, Bill Aldridge wrote:
Our great friend and fellow artist Ivor Kamlish died on Wednesday 30th October at the age of 88.
Ivor was a co-founder of this group. His drawing skills were a great asset and complement to our group, and when he took up the iPad and his stylus replaced his pen, he became wonderfully skilled in creating iPad drawings. Those of you who have been lucky enough to be entertained in Ivor and Marian’s lovely, bright and airy flat by Regents Park will recall the walls covered with Ivor’s drawings – street scenes from just about every cafe in Europe, it seemed!
Ivor studied at Leeds College of Art and at the Central School of Arts & Crafts in London, specialising in graphics and exhibition design. His teachers included Maurice de Saumarez, Keith Vaughan, Paul Hogarth, Herbert Spencer and Anthony Froshaug. In 1963 he started his own design practice, which continues to this day.
His design skills proved very helpful for the poster and flyer for our first group exhibition in St John’s Smith Square. Some of Ivor’s murals still exist, and some of the books he designed and edited are still in print.
Ivor was a great friend, with boundless energy and enthusiasm. Every October, he would go to the Frieze Art Fair in Regents Park. He was there again this year, attending all four days even though he had to use a wheelchair.
He will be missed by everyone in the Drawing London Group.
A Photo Tribute from Marcus Oliver
Typical sense of fun, this time a huge armchair at London Zoo!
Ivor and Jean hamming it up in real-time torrential rain against a serenely sunny backdrop at a King’s Place sketch venue.
Marian entertains a group of Drawing London members at her and Ivor’s delightful Regent’s Park flat.Ivor’s Studio
Can I just add what a pleasure and honour it was to sketch in Ivor’s company. He was irrepressibly enthusiastic about everything. A delight to experience! His artistic knowledge was really deep. He could talk with authority on so many different topics. I only wish I had listened more.
Ivor’s sketches with Drawing London from 2003 to 2019
Click on any of the images below to see an enlargement
September 2003: Horseguards Parade (Ivor Kamlish)
April 2004 : Trafalgar Square(Ivor Kamlish)
January 2005: Covent Garden ( Ivor Kamlish)
January 2006: Somerset House Ice Rink Ivor Kamlish
Find out more about a typical day out with Drawing London. This 3-minute video was shot in May 2019 when we met in Chelsea during ‘Chelsea in Bloom’ festival.
The video can also be viewed on YouTube – search for ‘Drawing London Group’ ,
Private View Tuesday 4 June 6 – 8.30pm June 5 – 16 Open Monday – Sunday 11am – 6pm
Stuart is also exhibiting work in his studio as part of Worthing Artists Open Houses 15/16 June, 22/23 June and 29/30 June The exhibition is based on Stuart’s new seascapes.
This page is for images of drawings and paintings made by the members of our group at each of our meeting places during the year 2019. Roll your mouse over the thumbnail images to find out the month, location and author of each one. Or click on an image to see an enlargement and then view all of the enlarged images one by one
Jan 2019: Perseus with the Head of Medusa (Marian Wilcocks)
Jan 2019:The Cast Gallery, V&A (Sue Smith)
Feb 2019: The Staircase at 2 Temple Place (Sue Smith)
Feb 2019: Temple Church (Sue Smith)
Feb 2019:Temple Church (Wendy Winfield)
Feb 2019: Over the Thames from Temple Garden (Jessica Saraga)
Feb 2019: Middle Temple Lane (Linda Mallett)
Mar 2019: Greenwich – Naval College (Chris Great)
Mar 2019: Greenwich Power Station (Chris Great)
March 2019: Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich (Jenny Furey)
Mar 2019: Trafalgar Inn, Greenwich (Wendy Winfield)
Mar 2019: Power Maze (Bill Aldridge)
April 2019: Tower Bridge (Marion Wilcocks)
April 2019: Tower Bridge Engine Room (Chris Great)
Apr 2019: Tower Hill (Bill Aldridge)
April 2019: St Katharine’s Dock (Ivor Kamlish)
Apr 2019: Ship Inn (John Crane)
April 2019: Tower of London (Linda Mallett)
May 2019: Eating out at Gallery Mews (Sue Smith)
May 2019: The Sea, The Sea – fish restaurant (Sue Smith)
June 2019:Islington Canal basin (Jenny Furey)
June 2019: Islington (Sue Smith)
June 2019: Regents Canal (Linda Mallett)
June 2019: Camden Passage (Bill Aldridge)
June 2019: City Road Lock (Bill Aldridge)
July 2019. Hurlingham (Jessica Saraga)
July 2019: Hurlingham (Jessica Saraga)
July 2019: Hurlingham (Linda Mallett)
Aug 2019: Bermondsey Glassblowers (Linda Mallett)
Aug 2019: Croquet Hurlingham (Bill Aldridge)
Aug 2019: Glassblowers 1 (Marion Wilcocks)
Aug 2019: Glassblowers 2 (Marion Wilcocks)
Aug 2019: Glassblowers 3 (Marion Wilcocks)
Aug 2019: Glassblowers 1 (Chris Great)
Aug 2019: Glassblowers 2 (Chris Great)
Aug 2019: Bermondsey Glass Blowers (Jessica Saraga)
Aug 2019: Bermondsey Glass Blowers (Jessica Saraga)
The Drawing London Group are artist friends keen to explore the vibrant life and colour of London. We meet every month to sketch and paint in familiar and lesser-known areas of London such as Leadenhall Market, Covent Garden , Southbank and Greenwich.
In our upcoming exhibition, inspired by the title of our show (a quote from Ben Jonson’s ‘Bartholomew Fair’) we will be showing London Life depicted in a wide variety of media including watercolour, oil, iPad and pencil drawing.
Bill Aldridge introduces our show on London Live news
Our members’ work is often exhibited in Mall Galleries , Menier, Pallant Gallery , St Martin-in-the-Fields, Lloyd’s, Morden Hall and through our own group exhibitions, most recently at the UCLH Street Gallery. Our next show, just before Christmas 2018, is at Barbican Library. Entitled ‘Bartholomew Fayre – All of London is there’, we celebrate 400 years of that raucous celebration of London life, and our 18 years of painting joyfully together. Come and see our work 30 November – 22 December 2018 at Barbican Library EC2Y 8DS
Featured image: Dancing over All of London by Bill Aldridge
Saturday 7th April, 10:00 – 22:00 Sunday 8th April, 10:00 – 18:00
Steve has an abstract painting in a very brief, but interesting art show at Tate Modern during the second weekend in April.
The submission was open to all staff and volunteers working for Tate on all four sites and so the idea is to showcase the artistic talents hidden within the organisation. I’m sure it’s going to be a very varied and fascinating show.
This page is for images of drawings and paintings made by the members of our group at each of our meeting places during the year 2018. Roll your mouse over the thumbnail images to find out the month, location and author of each one. Or click on an image to see an enlargement and then view all of the enlarged images one by one.
Jan 2018:National Gallery (Ivor Kamlish)
Jan 2018: Trafalgar Square (Bill Alldridge)
Jan 2018: Trafalgar Square (Clare Weatherill)
Jan 2018: Trafalgar Square (Clare Weatherill)
Jan 2018: Trafalgar Square (Clare Weatherill)
Jan 2018: Trafalgar Square. (John Crane)
Jan 2018: Trafalgar Square (John Crane)
Jan 2018: Covent Garden (Linda Mallett)
Jan 2018: Cranes over horseguards parade (Chris Great)
Jan 2018: Thumbs up in Trafalgar Square. (Chris Great)
Feb 2018: Covent Garden (Marion Wilcocks)
Feb 2018: Covent Garden (Marion Wilcocks)
Feb 2018: St Pauls Covent Garden (Jenny Furey)
Mar 2018: Sloane Square (Ivor Kamlish)
Mar 2018: Sloane Square ( Bill Aldridge)
Mar 2018: Royal Hospital Chelsea(Marcus Oliver)
Mar 2018: Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chapel Gate (Marcus Oliver)
Mar 2018: Saatchi Gallery (Wendy Winfield)
Mar 2018: Sloane Square (Linda Mallett)
Apr 2018: Liverpool Street (Bill Aldridge)
Apr 2018: Liverpool Street (Ivor Kamlish)
Apr 2018: Liverpool Street Station (Marilyn Southey)
Apr 2018:Liverpool Street station (Jenny Furey)
April 2018: Liverpool St station (Linda Mallett)
May 2018: Former Royal Free Medical School for Women (Jenny Furey)
May 2018: Gandhi in Tavistock Square (Bill Aldridge)
May 2018: St George’s Garden (Jessica Saraga )
May 2018: St Pancras Church (John Crane )
May 2018: Marchmont Street (Marilyn Southey)
June 2018: Waterhouse Square (Bill Aldridge)
June 2018: Waterhouse Square (Stuart Stanley)
June 2018: Waterhouse Square (Jessica Saraga)
June 1018: Waterhouse Square (Ivor kamlish)
June 1018: Waterhouse Square (Ivor kamlish)
June 1018: Waterhouse Square (Jean Dollimore)
June 1018: Waterhouse Square (Ivor kamlish)
June 2018: Waterhouse Square (Marion Wilcocks)
June 2018: Leather Lane(Marion Wilcocks)
June 2018: Hat and Tun, Hatton Wall (Jenny Furey
Aug 2018: Exmouth Market (Bill Aldridge)
August 2018: Playground at Spa Fields (Jessica Saraga)
Aug 2018: Exmouth Market (Jessica Saraga)
Aug 2018:St James’ Walk, Clerkenwell (Jenny Furey)
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