About

Our Ethos

Eye to Pencil is a studio for drawing together, we learn from each other to find common ground. A space for making, observing and collaborating, above all for discussing drawing as a skill and a tool for exchanging ideas. We focus on process more than the end result.

Our approach to drawing is to encourage you to use your own hand and develop versatility. We believe in learning through making and that this process constantly requires revision. It isn’t easy to 'explain' your drawings yet discussing and sharing observations is an important part of our studio activity. Looking at how generations of artists have dealt with the same challenges in the past is another form of learning integral to us.

We are based at 26 Exmouth Market, Clerkenwell, in Central London.

Director: Luci Eyers

Luci is a painter, she studied at the Slade and from ‘90s also worked in artists collectives on media art projects. From ‘98 she taught for 5 years in the Photography Department at UCA Rochester. In 2012 Luci participated in the inaugural year of the studio programme at Turps Art School and after was a mentor on their Correspondence Course.

She works predominantly in watercolour with images sourced from her imagination however looking at drawing in its widest sense has always been an important part of her practice. Drawing and a sense of line are core to her work.

Luci founded Eye to Pencil, she curates the programme and teaches in the studio.

Issey Kang

Issey is a multi media artist and curator who graduated Chelsea College of Arts in 2022. She is currently attending the Associates Studio Program funded by UAL and ACME. Predominantly her sculpture and drawing work explores ideas surrounding girlhood, internet folklore and ornamentalism past, present and future.

Alex Heard

Alex is an artist working with ceramics, installation and video. He recently finished his BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths. His work is interested in fictionalising and trivialising ideas around culture, wealth and bohemia.

He co-curated the young artist workshop series for the first year starting in Summer '22. 'The Underbelly' was a series of experimental drawing workshops he devised with artist Molly Andrews in 2023. He currently co-curates The Drawing Lab with Issey.

Tess Tomassini

Tess is an artist working in London. She studied Philosophy and Italian at the University of Edinburgh and finished her postgraduate at the Royal Drawing School in 2023.

Tess has worked with EtP since the beginning, with a keen interest as head of their Dante department.

Elyssa Sykes-Smith

Elyssa Sykes-Smith is an interprofessional artist working at the intersection of public art, architecture, performance, health and climate psychology research, and education. She holds an MFA (Distinction) from Architectural Association School of Architecture, London.

Elyssa assists with the administration of Eye to Pencil.