The Drawing Project is a collaborative work involving sixteen artists and two paintings from the Ashmolean Museum: The Forest Fire by Piero di Cosimo and The Exposition of Moses by Nicholas Poussin. The aim was to produce drawings that worked collectively as well as individually.

The artists produced drawings which were then assembled to become full-scale representations of the original paintings. The four assembled collaborative representations are made of fifteen individually drawn sections. Each artist produced their drawings to scale using a variety of drawing and painting media, with some also working in collage.

During eight months, over sixty individual project drawings were produced and then assembled into four large drawings representing the original paintings. The finished assembled works are 1:1 representations of the original paintings; two in colour and two in black and white. Some of the artists have also produced additional work referencing the original paintings.

At the Ashmolean Museum, there’s a wonderful opportunity for both families and adults to attend a workshop inspired by the exhibition. Please see below for the dates.

Exhibition Opening
Thursday 12 February 6-8pm
Please join for drinks to celebrate the opening of this exhibition
Free event / no booking required

Meet the Artists
Monday 16 February 2-3.30pm & Saturday 28 February 2-3.30pm
Join the artists for a tea, talk and an informal tour of the exhibition
Free event / no booking required

Drawing workshops at The Ashmolean
Family workshop: Thursday 19 February 2-4pm
£17 for 1 adult & 2 children / Book Tickets online

Adult workshop: Wednesday 4 March 11am – 3pm
£27 per person / Book Tickets online

Free