Just get a sketchbook out: top UK artists lament decline of drawing classes - Article in The Guardian May 2021

The Observer, Dayla Alberge, 09/05/21

featured image:  British artist Sir Peter Blake says he tried to get Royal Academy Schools students to draw, without success. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/may/09/just-get-a-sketchbook-out-top-uk-artists-lament-decline-of-drawing-classes [accessed 18th may 2021]

Interesting read about the state of the UK art system and these stereotypes of if you can draw you must be an illustrator....

Late Period: Battle by Peter Blake, his largest single picture to date. Photograph: Peter Blake