Go Slow is Lauren’s first solo exhibition. The overall mood for the exhibition is one of joy and curiosity with ‘go slow’ as a motto for slowing down and viewing the natural world with curiosity for all it’s intricacies. The exhibition is led by a new series of large scale prints and accompanied by Lauren’s exploration of pattern design for..

Pop Up Projects CIC are running a series of free literature and publishing courses for young people who identify as LGBTQ+, as part of their Rainbow Library Project. Participants will develop their creative skills while also providing support to the publication of books for children and young people that include LGBTQ+ identities and experiences.   “In a world where LGBTQ+..

Small World - Big Circus is the third solo exhibition of emerging artist Lucky Azad.  The exhibition will consist of a series of 20 prints portraying the pandemonium of the world’s affairs in a glorious array of ecstatic colour. Lucky has illustrated busy digital images in a style which he describes as ‘Hieronymus Bosch for the Simpsons generation’. Small World-..

The Illustrators’ Fair 2022 returns to its usual venue, the giant entrance hall at the Granary Building on Granary Square King’s Cross. Over 100 illustration stalls featured work raging from prints, products, books and more. Taking part: They want to hear from you if you would like to take part. But be quick! Even though this is one of the..

The Urban Sketchers London 10 Year Anniversary Celebration Weekend - a fitting way to mark a decade of drawing around the capital.  Urban Sketchers London began as a small group of like-minded people meeting from time time at a cafe or pub to draw together and discuss sketchbooks. Ten years on, Urban Sketchers London organise a lively programme of monthly..

Get to grips with drawing real and imagined faces in this three day course for adults hosted at London Metropolitan Archives. Whether you're drawing someone from life or creating a new character, getting their face 'just right' is essential. This in-person course combines demonstrations, life drawing, practical activities and illustrated lectures to give you the skills you need to create..

A special exhibition highlighting the humour of William Heath Robinson launches on 21st May at his eponymous museum in Pinner as part of their celebrations of his 150th birthday. The Humour of William Heath Robinson features a chronological cross- section of his ironic observations, including the comically convoluted contraptions that made him a household name. It charts the development of..

Discover some of the most compelling emerging talents in the field of contemporary drawing, displayed alongside highlights from The British Museum's collection dating back to the early 1500s. Emerging British artists are taking the medium of drawing in new directions – using innovative approaches, methods and media. This exhibition spans a wide range of techniques and practices, including drawings using..

Enter a world of possibility where the walls are blank canvases and the flick of a spray can inspire rebellion and revolution. About this event Street Art has been described as the most important artistic movement of the 21st Century, but it actually dates back to thousands of years ago. If you're a lover of art and culture then, yes,..

Gee Jay Arts is collaborating with the amazing Zentistic Gallery to deliver a fun Graffiti crossover with Kawaii illustrations and Fai Chun which is Cantonese for fun. Come along and join us for an East meets West art experience. You will explore Chinese and Japanese graffiti by creating your own personal response. Tickets £25 see website or click here for..

This is the first opportunity to see original linocut illustrations by St Albans-based illustrator-printmaker Jonathan Emmerson from a brand new natural history picture book 'Above, Below and Long Ago' (publication date: 13th October), as part of a group exhibition called 'Making an Impression'. The artists' inspirations, techniques and outcomes are diverse, with their common link being meeting through Digswell Arts..

The School of Illustration have partnered with The Art House in Sheffield to deliver a live 2 day masterclass in illustration for storytelling. You’ll explore the fundamentals of illustrating for a range of narrative commercial outcomes, from children’s picture books to graphic novels. You’ll learn about story structure, character design, composition and everything else you could possibly need to create fantastic final illustrations. You’ll..

AOI Patron Sir Quentin Blake is exhibiting a series of new works at Hastings Contemporary. “Since discovering the rewarding possibilities of drawing with the humble biro, I have spent the past few months creating a series of imaginary portraits using a range of techniques from academic shading to cross hatching. As the first Artist Patron of Hastings Contemporary, I thought..

This is the first art exhibition of the work of Don Mak to be held in the UK. Mak is an illustrator from Hong Kong who relocated to the UK in 2021. This exhibition showcases two sets of Mak's paintings: the first set is called "Once Upon a Hong Kong", an illustration series for the same-named picture book published in..

The Showroom presents Amp Envelope, the first solo exhibition in London by artist Adam Shield. Shield's new body of work opens up drawing and collage as a means of exploring interior worlds; with imagery encompassing references distilled from post-apocalyptic science fiction writing, dystopian dream projectors, seventeenth century alchemy and everyday encounters with political, societal and economic structures. For the third..

The 2022 V&A Illustration Awards winners, runners up and highly commended entries will feature in a display at the V&A from 20 July, alongside previous winners, to celebrate the awards’ 50th anniversary. Gallery 88a & 90, South Kensington Illustration by Gérard DuBois, winner of the Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year Prize and Book Illustration Winner. For more details click..

Illustrations by new AOI member Hannah Moshtael feature in the SCOPE 2022 Creative Showcase, Paisley. SCOPE is a contemporary, experimental and collaborative collective with a focus on improving the creative ecology of Renfrewshire. Scope Collective are hosting a public showcase of various creative outputs by creatives who live in, work in or for those who are in some way associated..

Small Fry's Maisy Summer and Sarah Wilson are offering a limited amount of portfolio reviews in September. They deliver personalised feedback via Loom which they'll pre-record and send to you to watch in your own time + action steps you can implement going forward. They will send this recording to you in early September. Please note: this is not a live call portfolio..

Celebrating Nature An exhibition celebrating all things botanical, shown through images of plant portraits, in various mediums, that aim to reflect the variety and wonder of our natural world. This celebration draws attention to the many ways nature evokes our senses – visually, through the beauty of flowers and leaves. Through the spectacular colours that can be seen every day..

MoCDA Digital Summer Show 2022 is a group show featuring 30 works by emerging creatives. Organised in collaboration with international art schools and universities, the exhibition celebrates the diversity and energy of talented artists from all over the world while promoting new perspectives on digital creativity. AOI Member Ly Leova is exhibiting as part of this group show, showcasing her final..

Based in Fife, Jill Calder has been working as an illustrator since 1993. She is also a calligrapher and a digital artist with a love of drawing, and a passion for bright colour. This exhibition gives you a glimpse into Jill’s world from her beginnings at art college in Cumbria in the late 1980s to her current collaboration with English..

Get in while you can! Visits for timed entry: 8 to 11 and 15 to 18 September 2022. Visit the derelict industrial site that will become the national centre for illustration, with installations by Laura Copsey & Philip Crewe and Sharpay Chenyuè Yuán. Restoring the 300-year-old former waterworks will create the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. The official opening will be..

illustradays, the first illustration festival in Greece, returns for its second edition bigger, more colorful and more creative, under the theme Beam of light. By choosing this theme, the team shares their intention to shed light onto the art community and their work, making this unique form of art even brighter. illustradays 2022: Beam of light will be held on the 9-18 of..

This September, the Pictoplasma Conference returns to Berlin to present an all-new selection of trailblazing, trendsetting character design and art. The conference will provide a platform for artists to share ideation processes and working methodologies in focused presentations. International creators and producers from illustration and animation, design and interactive, and urban and graphic arts will exchange strategies for the future..

Gibraltar, Our Sacred earth, Our Sense of Place Is an exhibition featuring the work of Shane Dalmedo, along with eight other artists from Gibraltar. Curated by Philippa Beale with an introduction by Matthew Collings.Dalmedo is exhibiting two works in mixed media, one which is a large child-size sculpture accompanied by her ‘house’, which she pulls along with her to her..

A workshop for creatives to nail down the dreaded About page with Small Fry Collective and Brand Warrior. When it comes to writing your About page, as creatives, it’s easy to shy away from it. Or fall asleep doing it! It’s time to change that in this productive and fun workshop. After all, your About page has the most amazing..

'Are you a junior animation professional looking for a way to specialise in storyboarding? Then this course is what you need Build up your portfolio and a set of skills that will significantly improve your chances to get hired as a storyboard artist on TV series, animated feature films and VFX live-action films' Application deadline: July 2, 2022 COURSE OUTLINE..

Join the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration's panel of illustrators and creative directors for an interactive deep dive into fashion illustration now. From this year’s London Fashion Week runway highlights to influential independent publishing and street style, you’ll hear how drawing is making an impact on the industry. In one evening, you’ll hear from award-winning illustrators Bil Donovan, Montana Forbes, Joanna..

Designer, painter and illustrator Janine Burrows applies her background in surface pattern and printed textiles to create expressive, textural depictions of British countryside and coast, using subtle colour and delicate detailing. The exhibition is a celebration of the vibrant county, Yorkshire, including works across different forms of media and a new limited edition screen print. With this new body of..

With never-before-seen artwork, this touring exhibition from the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration delves into the work of the author-illustrator behind some of the UK’s most influential children’s books and graphic novels. “ you have to be a mini actor. If the figure is to walk jauntily with its nose in the air, you have to imagine what that feels..

Watch out Bristol! Zinezilla returns to Strange Brew for ZINEZILLA 2: Zine Vs Kong, the second instalment of the illustration + zine fair run by students celebrating all things ziney and zillary. Originally launched during the pandemic to celebrate the work of UWE students, this year sees the fair open its arms to the wider illustration community, while continuing to..

Shake is back and it's a super-sized XL Art Fair. After a prolonged gap, due to lockdown restrictions, the bi-annual Bristol-based illustration fair returns and it's bigger than ever before. Launching in 2014, Shake encourages artists to get together, build community, share and sell their art. Join in the fun at their exciting new venue The Mount Without for a..

Explore Gainsborough’s ‘Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough holding a Theorbo’ with Karly Allen Combining mindfulness practice and guided drawing exercises, this session explores emergence and flux as aspects of the creative process. Gainsborough's portrait of his daughter is unfinished – as if perpetually in the state of becoming, just like the music she is playing. How can we harness this quality..

LICAF 2022 offers a re-energised format for the Festival this October and are on a mission to use comic art to change the world. The events include live draws, interviews, presentations, workshops, exhibitions, book launches and a chance to get up close to the best comic creators in the world. There will also be lots of free family fun with the..

The Dublin Comic Arts Festival is an ongoing series of small press comic book events in Dublin. After a successful return events in May and September, DCAF is bringing back a 2-day winter market to wrap up the year at the lovely Richmond Barracks in Inchicore. More details on their website.   Poster illustration by Conor Nolan

The Hold’s autumn exhibition, Picture Books For All, opens on Friday 21 October, and explores the history of Ipswich-based printers W.S. Cowell Ltd. A visually rich selection of books, prints, original artwork and journals will chart the local, national and international importance of W.S. Cowell. The free Suffolk Archives exhibition on Ipswich Waterfront will also look at where Cowell sits in the history of..

Learn all the essentials for kick-starting your children’s book illustration career in this packed one-day event, organised by the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. Join Orange Beak studio and guests, designer-illustrator Sharon King-Chai and Helen Weir, senior editor at Two Hoots. In a series of talks, they will share top-tips on how to develop your portfolio, approach publishers and boost..

  Join in for one day of print-based fun! Glasgow Print Fair is a one-day market celebrating all things print. Bringing together printmakers, designers, illustrators and artists, you’ll have the opportunity to browse and buy the works of exciting printmakers from around the UK and beyond. This is a friendly, fun and inclusive event. See full listing of 52 makers..

Interested in illustration but don’t know where to start? Get a fun and gentle introduction in this four-week course, organised by the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. You’ll be guided through a series of mini creative projects by award-winning illustrator Merlin Evans. Each session will explore a different technique, including drawing, character design, typography, printmaking and pop-up paper construction. By..

An exhibition of the original artwork by Michael Foreman for Michael Morpurgo’s delightful and moving World War One tale of memories of Flanders Fields. Fittingly, this show is launched in Armistice week and will be used as a fundraising event for the favoured charity, Farms for City Children. It is a charity that offers life changing experiences to disadvantaged inner..

An event presented by the Society of Authors. SoA Sustainability Chair and writer Piers Torday will chair this special #SoAatHome industry insider panel discussion as part of Sustainability Week, with sustainable publisher and farmer Daphne Astor (Hazel Press), and sustainable paper maker Mark Cropper (James Cropper Paper) . They will discuss the ethics and economics of producing a truly sustainable book and explore whether recent..

A talk presented by The Cartoon Museum. Michael Rosen didn’t really expect his tweets,  signed off with ill-constructed Latin phrases such as:                                Ego Lamborghini,                                Boris to become so popular. The twitter thread got longer and longer and the ‘likes’ increased from tens to hundreds and even thousands, especially when the unfortunate Gavin Williamson was subject of a letter..

An event presented by the Society of Authors. Join in for a live art class with Children’s author and illustrator, Ken Wilson-Max, as he takes you through timed exercises and discusses working practice and techniques as you draw. You will be able to share your illustrations as you go and comment in the chat box. You’re welcome to have your..

This exhibition features recent work by Butler including drawings from the war in Ukraine, from early 2022. "The first casualty when war comes is truth" Senator Hiram W Johnson. 1917 Over 100 years since Senator Hiram Johnson's statement about war and truth, and despite advances in technology, interconnectivity and accountability, society is still battling with the nature of truth - particularly when it..

A talk presented by The Cartoon Museum. Join historian and writer, Tim Clayton as he discusses James Gillray (1756-1815) - late Georgian Britain’s funniest, most inventive and most celebrated graphic satirist to celebrate the launch of the book: James Gillray: A Revolution in Satire. Gillray borrowed and wittily redeployed celebrated passages from William Shakespeare and John Milton to send up..

A symposium hosted by Camberwell and Chelsea Colleges of Arts (UAL, London), concerned with illustrative strategies that unearth, activate and reposition our relationships to the past. In-person and online tickets available. Do note that in-person tickets are strictly limited. About ‘Colouring In’: 'Colouring In is a collaborative research project by Dr Stephanie Black (Kingston School of Art) and Luise Vormittag (Camberwell College of Arts, UAL),..

Brighton Illustration Fair (BIF) is coming back to Wagner Hall in Brighton for their next market, featuring over 60+ exhibitors selling prints, books, zines, clothing, ceramics and more. Poster illustration by Tommy Brentnall More information and daily features can be found on their instagram page.

The Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery presents an exhibition of drawings by the London-based, internationally renowned illustrator and director, Jason Jameson. The exhibition, ‘The Robin and the Fir Tree,’ brings together a collection of 38 original illustrations from Jameson’s children’s book of the same title. This exhibition marks the first ever public showing of the complete set of The Robin and..

The Winchester Comics Fair brings together comics readers and creators for its first edition this 26th November 2022 at the Nutshell Theatre, Winchester. Free entry! More information on their Instagram.

'The subjects in the exhibition are the ones that get squeezed out of our relentless news cycle. These are stories found through deliberately slower reporting and I hope will stand the test of time.  Over 100 years since Senator Hiram Johnson’s statement about war and truth, and despite advances in technology, interconnectivity and accountability, society is still battling with the..

After two missed years, London Illustration Fair 2022 is back this winter in the iconic Bargehouse within Southbank’s OXO Tower Wharf. This is one of London’s largest artist-led illustration events, with three floors, ten rooms and acres of space to fill with beautiful artworks and illustrated wares. With hundreds of applications, the 70+ participants in this year’s fair have been selected..

A talk presented by The Cartoon Museum. Simon Postgate was growing up at the time of the making of many of his father Oliver Postgate's films for children's television. One of the best known was about a viking king called Noggin the Nog, first shown in black and white (1959) and later in colour (1982). Simon gives a talk with..

For one day only, King's Cross' Crossing will be transformed into a pop-up marketplace, selling a range of ‘freshly illustrated’ produce, including prints, cards, gift wrap, zines, homeware, badges, drawings and independent publishing. Join for a celebration of all things illustration and take the opportunity to buy directly from over 100 artists. The Illustrators’ Fair will take place on Saturday..

The D.I.Y. Art Market is a celebration of London’s independent publishers, and emerging/established artists, championing original/unique items, an art market for lovers of all that is D.I.Y. and self published. Showcasing a curated selection of over 60 artists, it’s a great place to discover a new wave of publishers/artists, all exhibiting and selling an eclectic range of original items. Items..

Since taking office, Boris has been the most cartooned politician in the history of our country. To celebrate - or mourn that fact depending on where you fall - The Cartoon Museum has collected a diverse selection of political cartoons detailing the different phases of his career and the wider societal impact on Britain over the last four years. From..

Fashion illustration is an exciting practice that is part of advertising, runway shows, new collection launches and brand collaborations. On this short course, you will explore these aspects of fashion illustration and learn how to use different techniques and tools to create striking fashion images. Guided by award-winning fashion illustrator Joanna Layla, you will learn how to successfully capture a..