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 2022
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Hospital Art Project
Index to the catalogue of Newham pictures
- Bill Aldridge
- Jean Dollimore
- Jenny Furey
- Chris Great
- Andrew Horrod
- Steve Lockett
- Linda Mallett
- Kathleen Morrison
- Marcus Oliver
- Jessica Saraga
- Carol Savage
- Sue Smith
- Marion Wilcocks
- Wendy Winfield
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Bill Aldridge
Meetings 2021
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 2021.
There were no meetings in January, February or March due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
We held two meetings in April with up to six people in each group. The south group went to Painshill and the north group to Kenwood. Then we held full meetings in May and June at Trinity Buoy Wharf and at the Olympic Site followed by meetings in July at Twickenham Riverside, August at St Katherine’s Dock, September at Southbank and October at Kings Cross.
Kathleen Morrison and Jesse Brown joined the group during summer 2021.
Several people participated in the third series of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week, March.
Judy Hillman
A true artist
Judy Hillman, 85, a stalwart and much loved member of the Drawing London sketching group, was taken ill while hanging an exhibition of her own work for the Primrose Hill Art Trail in her local library on Saturday, August 1. She was rushed by ambulance to the Royal Free Hospital but sadly died following the insertion of a stent.
Revealingly, in a recent recorded chat with a friend and photojournalist Mimi Feunzalida, on how Judy had found the Covid-19 lockdown, she said: ‘I don’t like to think of myself as an artist’.

She clearly did not enjoy the enforced seclusion as she happily recalled how in normal days she would work as a volunteer at her library, go into London, attend a lecture or take part in a life drawing class and then lunch at the Athenaeum Club once a week. She would also often have someone in for supper.

Judy continued: ‘I’ve been here in Primrose Hill 50 years. Yes, wow, that would be 1970! I didn’t raise a family. I was a journalist for years which I enjoyed so much and I never really had time to get involved with people. I was involved with the world.’
And so she was. Judy engaged avidly for over five decades in her chosen journalistic career, first with a trade magazine Public Works and Muckspreader, Woman, The Evening Standard, The Observer and The Guardian.
Her speciality at The Guardian was as planning correspondent and thanks to the paper’s archive service it is possible to still come across Judy’s output. In a memorable piece published in March 1970, called ‘London glamour masks fading quality of life’, she described how signs of ‘an urban malaise’ could be detected and ‘most Londoners know that the common place of life gets increasingly difficult and exhausting.
‘New families continue the exodus to a life beyond the green belt. More open space is nibbled off for roads. Planes bellow their way into Heathrow airport London. The crime rate has risen. Bad development proceeds apace.’
Artistry of another sort, a way with words.
Judy’s origins clearly contributed to this truly artistic person. Born in Seaford, on the Sussex coast, with an elder sister Rosalie, now 91, the girls were evacuated to Canada in 1940 on the Duchess of Richmond – the ship which followed was torpedoed.
If not a precise version of ‘Anne of Green Gables’, life was full of the great outdoors; they learned to ski and skate. They went to a small and, according to Rosalie, ‘very good’ school at Rockcliffe Park, a suburb of Ottawa. Summers were spent at a cottage – without toilet or running water — in Larrimac in Quebec. Rosalie’s daughter, Anthea, explains that Judy was actually researching a book on the evacuee experience and by the time of her passing had accumulated a lot of material.
But back they came to Sussex where father had survived both the battle of El Alamein in Egypt and the bombing of his solicitor’s office in Seaford. Mother had spent the war in the Wrens.
Both girls initially found life in England to be comparatively restricting. After attending Brighton and Hove High, Judy won a scholarship to Roedean School and eventually became Head Girl. From there she went to St Andrews University to read economics and moral philsosophy. Meanwhile older sister couldn’t wait and emigrated back to Canada to become a layout journalist, eventually moving to New York, for more magazine work and to marry her husband, Ian Michaelson-Yeates.
Judy quickly got into journalism too and in a significant move joined the Bow Group, a Conservative think tank launched by Geoffrey Howe MP in 1960.
Judy got on well with Geoffrey and Elspeth Howe, often making up a bridge four at their home. This led to her being invited to join them at their gorgeous villa in the south of France for several summer holidays during the ‘70s and ‘80s, and where there was more bridge while Geoffrey ‘worked’. Rosalie chuckles appreciatively as she remembers Labour’s Denis Healey’s description of a political attack by Howe ‘like being savaged by a dead sheep’.
Throughout her life Judy had the misfortune of suffering from a debilitating condition called Epstein-Barr. This was related to glandular fever and would keep coming back, on one occasion causing her to stop work for a year. She kept her struggles private and managed her energy output carefully, invariably turning up for Drawing London sketching events a little late but always managing to find the group with a cheery smile no matter how obscure the chosen venue.
Judy’s professional life focused on St Katherine’s Dock, London Docklands and Cardiff Bay and she authored three reports for the Royal Fine Arts Commission. By virtue of a friendship with one of the environment ministers Judy was co-opted onto the Royal Parks Review Group for a five year spell. Other obligations came from working with the London Advisory Committee of English Heritage and the urban parks advisory group of the Heritage Lottery Fund. She was a patron of Friends of Regents Park and Primrose Hill until her demise.
One of her early ‘splash’ stories for the Evening Standard came about following a taxi journey via the Hyde Park Corner Underpass. She noticed the vehicle was suddenly inundated with water from above and following enquiries with the driver and others she established that the River Fleet had been inadequately contained during construction and was causing mayhem.
Primrose Hill was a much loved locale for Judy, as she said in her interview with Mimi in June this year, ‘It’s terribly good here, as good as it gets. We’ve got local shops, we’ve got Camden, reasonable tube and bus connections. It’s wonderful!’

Judy was a very popular and highly valued member of Drawing London. She was indeed an accomplished artist and I remember with gratitude how she tried to encourage me to stick with a particular style of painting. After various attempts to reinvent myself her insistence, I now know, is absolutely correct! Thanks Judy.

Judy Hillman, journalist and artist, born September 9, 1934; died August 1, 2020
Marcus Oliver
*Judy is survived by her sister Rosalie Michaelson-Yeates, niece Anthea Stevens, nephews Tony and Julian, and two first cousins, one great-nephew and four great-nieces.
Judy’s sketches with Drawing London from 2008 to 2020
Meetings 2020
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 2020.
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Carol Savage joined the group at the end of 2019.
In March this year (2020), the Drawing London Group’s regular monthly meeting abruptly ceased with the lockdown. Not to be deterred, the group decided if we cannot have monthly meetings, then we will have weekly meetings instead! Using the magic of technology, we appear on screen, sometimes as many as 12 of us, clutching our coffee mugs and chatting about how to manage and stay sane during lockdown. After half an hour, we go off to paint whatever we can find, returning in the afternoon to show off our work. Lockdown has been kind to artists in many ways, giving us time and focus. Here are examples of work done during these interesting times!.
From July, the Zoom calls stopped and the northern and southern groups met in separate locations in July and August (Kenwood and Waterlow Park and Painshill Park)
But as the news that the pandemic was increasing, Bill wisely decided to suspend all Drawing London meetings until the end of the year.
A favourite on Facebook has been Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week, a four hour long programme following one of their prize winning portraitists painting a well known sitter. The art, the chat, and the challenge of making our own work has been popular amongst us. The first series started on 26 April with Akram Khan and ended on 21 June with Mary Beard. A second series began on 18 October with Annie McManus
Ivor Kamlish
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



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
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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 October 2007: London Zoo (Ivor Kamlish) April 2008: Lincolns Inn (Ivor Kamlish) June 2009: Hampstead (Ivor Kamlish) May 2010: Tree embankment gardens (Ivor Kamlish) May 2011: Festival Hall (Ivor Kamlish) September 2012: V and A (Ivor Kamlish) July 2013: Richmond Bridge (Ivor Kamlish,) June: 2014 London Zoo, Ivor Kamlish March 2015: Kew Steam Museum (Ivor Kamlish) Apr 2016: Limehouse Basin (Ivor Kamlish) Feb 2017: Design Museum (Ivor Kamlish) Apr 2018: Liverpool Street (Ivor Kamlish) April 2019: St Katharine’s Dock (Ivor Kamlish)
Drawing London Video
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’ ,
Meetings 2019
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) April 2019: St Katharine’s Dock (Jean Dollimore) 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) May 2019: Salon Sloan Pavilion Road Sloane Square (Stuart Stanley) 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) Aug 2019: Bermondsey (Jessica Saraga) Aug 2019 Looking Up (Bill Aldridge) Aug 2019: Bermonsey Street London The Shard (Stuart Stanley) Aug 2019: London Glass Blowing Workshop Bermondsey Street (Stuart Stanley) Sept 2019: St John’s Smith Square (Jenny Furey) Sept 2019: Smith Square (LInda Mallett) Sept 2019: Smith Square (Jessica Saraga) Sept 2019 Prorogued! (Bill Aldridge) Sept 2019: Smith Square(Wendy Winfield) Oct 2019: Little Venice (Jean Dollimore) Nov 2019: Southwark Cathedral (Steve Lockett) Nov 2019: Southwark Cathedral (Bill Aldridge) Nov 2019: Southwark Cathedral (Jean Dollimore) Nov 2019: Borough Market (Jenny Furey)
Barbican Library Nov 2018
“ALL OF LONDON LIFE IS THERE”
Drawing London Group
at the Barbican Library
Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS
Friday 30 November – Saturday 22 December 2018
Bill Aldridge introduces our show on London Live news
Demonstrations
- Sat 1 Dec 1-3pm: Open Sketchbooks Bill Aldridge
- Tues 4 Dec 1-3pm: Pencil Drawing Stuart Stanley
- Thurs 6 Dec 1-3pm: iPad Drawing Ivor Kamlish
- Sat 8 Dec 1-3pm: Watercolour Andrew Horrod
- Tues 11 Dec 1-3pm: Collage Jessica Saraga
- Thurs 13 Dec 1-3pm: Portraiture Marion Wilcocks
- Sat 15 Dec 1-3pm: Collage Jessica Saraga
- Tuesday 18 Dec 1-3pm: Portraiture Marion Wilcocks
- Thurs 20 Dec 1-3pm: iPad Drawing Ivor Kamlish
Our poster
List of works with prices
Download Drawing London at Barbican Library, 2018 Catalogue List
Catalogue of images of the work displayed in this exhibition
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Bil Aldridge
John Crane
Jean Dollimore
Jenny Furey
Chris Great
Judy Hillman
Ivor Kamlish
Linda Mallett
Marcus Oliver
Jessica Saraga
Sue Smith
Marilyn Southey
Stuart Stanley
Clare Weatherill
Marion Wilcocks
Les Williams
Wendy Winfield
Spare Works
See images of the spare works listed in the catalogue
Our members’ work
Meetings 2018
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.
Meetings 2017
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 2017. 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.
Jenny Furey joined us this year.
Meetings 2016
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 2016. 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.
Linda Mallett joined us this year.
Meetings 2015
Meetings 2014
Steve Locket and Sue Smith joined us this year
Meetings 2013
We met every month and Andrew Horrod joined us this year
Meetings 2012
Chris Great and Stuart Stanley joined the group in 2012.