West Coast Drawing

Benefits for the member artists

When highly talented people get together, a wonderful ferment occurs — interesting conversations, much laughter, ideas playing off each other.

Learn from experienced artists—attitudes, inspiration, ways of thinking about their art.
Receive encouragement and direction for their work.
Get help with technical problems.
Learn such things as how to write a show proposal and how to install a show, which they may need to know for their personal art careers.
Learn of exhibition opportunities and maybe get in a national show and win a prize. (It’s happened.)
Get picked up by a gallery. (It’s happened.)
Receive incentives to maintain high standards for their work because they exhibit with very talented people.

Time to give back and leave a legacy.
Maintain excitement about their work; recapture the joy; stimulate their intellect.
Mentor younger, newer artists—share their knowledge and insights about art.
Provide a role model.
Be around interesting people.

As West Coast Drawing members exhibit together, the art community learns that drawing is not just a preliminary to painting but legitimate art on its own.
As the community becomes more accepting of drawing as art, more galleries are willing to accept artists toiling in drawing media because the public is willing to purchase it.
Artists who like to draw find more joy in their work as it becomes more acceptable.

Membership juried by the existing members. Only the best accepted. Total members limited to 25.
Monthly (or thereabouts) meetings where we see important art events, hear speakers, or just enjoy a great exchange of ideas.
Annual exhibitions to show the art community just how good drawing can be and to educate the public about how good art doesn’t have to be painting.
Platinum Pencil Award given occasionally to members of the art community who have done distinguished work in advancing the art of drawing (Herbert Olds, Debra Babylon, Mark-Elliott Lugo.)