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✎ Interviews & artworks by contemporary drawing artists ✎ New interviews weekly ✎ Sister to @drawingpapershow ✎ Ran by @colettelilley
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@talk.drawing is an Instagram account dedicated to interviews with contemporary drawing artists.
As a sister account to @drawingpapershow, it continues the conversation about drawing all year round.
Follow @talk.drawing to explore insightful interviews and exemplary works by contemporary drawing artists, beyond those affiliated with the Drawing (Paper) Show.
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15 Aug 2025
Part 1 of a @talk.drawing interview with Patrick Gabler @studio_patrick_gabler, an artist from Hamburg.
Tell us about yourself and your artist background?
I was born in Munich in 1967. Almost forty years ago, following a rather unsuccessful end to my school years, I began drawing regularly. I started in a preparatory course for a degree in graphic design, where I drew from the nude and worked on still lifes three to four times a week. During my graphic design studies, I continued to draw almost exclusively. I attended the life-drawing classes offered as part of the course, using them to create large-scale, narrative ink drawings. It was only years later, after completing my studies, that I began to move away from figurative and representational ideas. My drawings gradually became freer and more abstract.
Why do you draw?
Drawing calms and comforts me. There is a sense of comfort and belonging in doing something that others before me have done in such wonderful ways. Drawing speaks a different language, one that can be experienced physically and express emotions, yet remains quiet and understated at its core. When you enter a room filled with drawings, your perception of time changes. The immediacy of the line and the process of its creation remain open to you, even centuries after the drawing was made. It is an experience in itself. And in the same way, when you draw, your perception of time and of your own body begins to change.
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10 Nov 2026
Part 2 of a @talk.drawing interview with Sarah Leader @thecuriosmind, an artist from Liverpool, UK.
What medium/s do you choose to draw with and why?
I use either graphite pencils or fine line pens. Sometimes I use pen and ink because I love the fluidity of it but for more precise works like with the personal items I described before, I use pencil first. I build in pencil using different hardness levels, starting with a H outline and building up to a softer B for the darker shading. When working with pen I will do a quick light pencil outline and then build it in black pen, usually a 0.05 thickness. With pen I tend to work from one point outwards building bit by bit. For items that only reference written descriptions, I generally do an online search for similar models and draw from photography. For more recent work that is exploring transcription I draw from life. I also draw by eye and sometimes use a rubber!
Any advice for someone wanting to learn/start drawing or for drawing artists at the start of their career?
Gosh, advice. I would say just enjoy it. Play. Doodle. Explore materials (they don’t have to be fancy). Finding a space might be important to you and depending on how social you feel you might want to consider drawing sessions that are offered in your local area. Life drawing classes are a really good way to help train your eye and learn about drawing techniques. At times, I’ve been lucky to find mentorship through my work, and I’ve found being part of an artist network incredibly helpful.
Is there anything else you would like to say, share or promote?
Thank you for inviting me to this interview. I’m delighted to have been considered among so many talented artists that have featured on @talk.drawing.
More of my work can be viewed online at www.thecuriosmind.co.uk and on my instagram account. If you have any questions, please feel free to get in contact by sending me a direct message.
Thank you for reading and thank you to Sarah for sharing her experiences and drawing practice.
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05 Nov 2026
Part 1 of a @talk.drawing interview with Sarah Leader @thecuriosmind, an artist from Liverpool, UK.
Tell us about yourself and your artist background?
I completed a Fine Art BA at London Metropolitan University in 2008 where I became interested in semiotics and where my practice was conceptually focused on theories of palimpsest, culminating in process led paintings.
After studying, I found myself working for creative agencies in account management but returned to my art practice in 2020 taking a more flexible role in funeralcare and in 2023 I got a space at Arena Studios.
Most recently I completed an MA Art in Science programme where I researched the phenomena around cases of unidentified deceased persons in the UK, pre 2000, based on information available to the public. A subject matter that has become close to my heart. I am currently continuing a multidisciplinary practice in this field.
Why do you draw?
Simply, I love it! Diving deeper, drawing feels like an extension of my thoughts.
My drawing practice currently focuses on the importance of items that someone carries, often referred to as Secondary Identifiers within unidentified cases. From my funeralcare experience, I understand how important personal belongings are to a family. I initially sought to create some form of tribute to the unnamed but it’s a heavy weight to bear when these are still live cases with ethical implications, so my drawings and presentations of them are carefully considered. Drawing through research became an investigation of sorts. My practice has now evolved to look at the transcription of personal items, including how we talk, write about them, how they are pictured and the impression left in their absence.
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03 Nov 2026
I’m taking a little break from Talk.Drawing over half term and will be back on 3 November. Thank you for following along, I’m looking forward to sharing more conversations about drawing when I return.
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19 Oct 2026
Part 2 of a @talk.drawing interview with Juliette Losq @juliette_losq, an artist from London.
What medium/s do you choose to draw with and why?
I draw with watercolour, acrylic and shellac-based ink. All three lend themselves to working in layers, allowing me to build tone and colour gradually rather than making an image in a single pass. I can create very strong contrasts, but I can also make images that seem to emerge from the paper. I am interested in that movement between visibility and obscurity, and in the depth that can be created through transparent and semi-transparent layers.
Any advice for someone wanting to learn/start drawing or for drawing artists at the start of their career?
We all draw as children, so I think drawing is instinctive before it is learned. The UK school curriculum places a great deal of weight on observational drawing, which can make people decide early that they 'can't draw'. I would advise navigating around that idea. Collage can be drawing; print can be drawing; drawing can be spatial or three-dimensional. Find an approach that makes sense to you and develop it through practice rather than worrying about whether it fits a definition.
Is there anything else you would like to say, share or promote?
Winning the Jerwood Drawing Prize as an undergraduate introduced me to artists, galleries and academic networks around drawing, relationships I still value. I am showing in the 2026 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, and contributed a chapter to Drawing as Placemaking (Bloomsbury, 2026). Contributors gave a reading at Drawing Room on 2 October.
Thank you for reading and thank you to Juliette for sharing her experiences and drawing practice.
@talk.drawing is an Instagram account dedicated to sharing the work and practice of drawing artists.
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15 Oct 2026
Part 1 of a @talk.drawing interview with Juliette Losq @juliette_losq, an artist from London.
Tell us about yourself and your artist background?
I studied English Literature and History of Art at Cambridge, followed by History of Art at the Courtauld. I had always wanted to study art, but grew up at a time when it was not considered an academic pursuit and was encouraged away from it at school. I kept moving back towards it, however. After the Courtauld and several years working in insurance, I saved enough to return to art school, completing a BA in Fine Art at Wimbledon, followed by a postgraduate diploma at the Royal Academy Schools and, more recently, a practice-led PhD at AUB/UAL. My practice now moves between drawing, painting and installation.
Why do you draw?
Drawing has evolved as the way in which I am best able to achieve the results I want. As an undergraduate at Wimbledon I became interested in looking at and making etchings. From this I developed a drawing process that echoes the building up of an etching plate through successive layers of ink and resist. I work from the lightest tone of the paper, gradually building darker tones and detail layer upon layer. The process allows an image to emerge slowly, and gives me both a high level of detail and control over how much of the image is revealed or withheld.
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13 Oct 2026
Part 2 of a @talk.drawing interview with Caroline Wong @carolinewong_art, an artist from London, UK.
What medium/s do you choose to draw with and why?
I primarily draw with oil pastel on a painted surface or soft pastel on paper. Much of my earlier work (Hungry Women, Cats and Girls) was about women eating. For me, pastel could convey that immediacy and tactility because I was making the images with my hands, and most of the women in these works are likewise eating with their hands in this feral way. More recently I did a series about revenge called Happy Endings. These started off as paintings, but I felt they were too polite and proper. Drawing allowed me to add a more aggressive edge. There’s a lot of layering because I was ruminating while drawing. But overall, I feel the distinction between painting and drawing is always blurred in my work. I’m using line but in a mostly painterly, colourful way.
Any advice for someone wanting to learn/start drawing or for drawing artists at the start of their career?
There’s basically no fixed formula or definition for what drawing is. It’s important to learn the rules and study the masters, but ultimately you get to make your own rules.
Play to your strengths, know and amplify your ‘quirks’, and think more long-term about your art. Ultimately everything adds up to build a much broader, more complex picture of you and your journey.
Finally, don’t allow money or prestige to influence your vision. Stay true to why you are making art in the first place.
Is there anything else you would like to say, share or promote?
I’m currently making folding screens and drawings based on Chinese portraits of scholars.
In fact I have a screen on display at Ai. Gallery, London, in the group show ‘Spectral Kinship’ (on until 7 November)
Thank you for reading and thank you to Caroline for sharing her experiences and drawing practice.
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08 Oct 2026
Part 1 of a @talk.drawing interview with Caroline Wong @carolinewong_art, an artist from London, UK.
Tell us about yourself and your artist background?
I drew a lot when I was young. I guess it came naturally to me but I was extremely shy so resorted to drawing just to avoid being social! I studied art up to A-Level but then had to study something safe, conventional, and unfortunately not suitable for shy people. At the age of 30, I realised I had to go back to doing art as I felt that was my calling. So I started with some evening courses, which led to doing a Diploma in Contemporary Portraiture at the Art Academy London (unfortunately now closed), and finally a MFA at City and Guilds in London (2019-21). The MFA opened up a lot of opportunities so I was able to exhibit more and gain gallery representation. But I really try to keep commerce out of my practice.
Why do you draw?
Drawing always came to me a lot easier than words. It was always this kind of refuge. While I love paint for its lusciousness and the myriad ways of layering colours and textures, I always feel this call to go back to drawing or at least incorporate elements of it into my painting. As a lot of drawers have already stated, there’s something very immediate and direct about drawing. Painting can feel fussy and cumbersome at times because you’re constantly mixing colours, cleaning brushes, or waiting for layers to dry.
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06 Oct 2026
Part 2 of a @talk.drawing interview with Esther Rosenboom @estherrosenboom, an artist from Berlin, DEU.
What medium/s do you choose to draw with and why?
I draw with a pencil on paper. My pencils tend to be on the hard side – HB and sometimes B. The paper has to be particularly white and smooth for me. My technique involves building up layers of pencil hatching, whilst repeatedly removing any loose graphite. This only works on smooth paper. To construct the drawing, I also use a ruler, a set square and tracing paper. It’s a purely analogue process, which is important to me.
Any advice for someone wanting to learn/start drawing or for drawing artists at the start of their career?
Don’t be afraid of bad works. Right at the start, and also as a teenager, I was constantly drawing what I saw and filled books with sketches. That certainly doesn’t directly influence my drawings now, but it definitely helped me train my eyes and my imagination. I think that kind of intensity is important.
Thank you for reading and thank you to Esther for sharing her experiences and drawing practice.
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01 Oct 2026
Part 1 of a @talk.drawing interview with Esther Rosenboom @estherrosenboom, an artist from Berlin, DEU.
Tell us about yourself and your artist background?
I actually studied sculpture and then, in a sense, underwent a process of dematerialisation. At first, I drew sculptures that no longer existed, working from memory, and in doing so explored my intuitive approach to sculptural construction. The drawing then took on a life of its own. In its concreteness, a drawing can be much freer than a three-dimensional object; I find this ambiguity in the perception of a surface particularly fascinating. I am interested in the power of the human imagination – the idea that all the built objects with which we surround ourselves have their origin there, and that, at the same time, the imagined object possesses a special beauty. I find the in-between, the ambiguous and the abstract particularly beautiful.
Why do you draw?
I like the simplicity of drawing as a medium. There is something so fundamental about it, and anyone can picture the creative process. Of course, you develop your own technique, which isn’t immediately obvious, but at its core it’s so simple. At the same time, the material itself is so minimalist and pared-back, even though I like to work on very large formats. The world is already so cluttered. And it is precisely because paper is so fragile that it has a special value.
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29 Sep 2026
Part 2 of a @talk.drawing interview with Ian Chamberlain @ianchamberlainartist, an artist from Bristol.
What medium/s do you choose to draw with and why?
I work primarily with graphite drawing materials and copper plate etching, supported by film and photography as a way of gathering information to be used back in the studio. I value the immediacy and spontaneity of drawing on location, where I respond directly to what I see and experience. Etching then allows me to take those initial observations into the studio and develop them through a slower, more physical process. Reworking the plate through layering, burnishing and drypoint introduces density, tonal variation, chance and unexpected ‘happy accidents’. I am interested in the dialogue between the immediate drawing and the more sustained print, where memory, distance and the passage of time allow the image to evolve beyond the original observation.
Any advice for someone wanting to learn/start drawing or for drawing artists at the start of their career?
Ask yourself what role drawing plays in your practice, is it developmental, visual research or a final resolution? I felt more confident in my own practice when I could clearly define what I wanted to achieve with my drawing and where it could take me. I cannot understate the importance of resilience, talent and professionalism are vital but it is also important to be able to take the knocks, the highs and lows and believe in what you want to achieve.This element cannot be taught unfortunately.
Is there anything else you would like to say, share or promote?
I am currently developing a body of work ‘Architecture of Enquiry’.The work draws attention to humankind’s natural sense of curiosity and the desire to know more.
I will be exhibiting several works @jodrellbank 6th November 2026 – 21st February 2027 and will be having my first Solo exhibition @Eamesfineart 21st April 2027 - 9th May 2027.
Thank you for reading and thank you to Ian for sharing his experiences and drawing practice.
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24 Sep 2026
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