The Drawing Year Alumni, 2012. Born in Southampton in 1989, Paul Patrick Fenner graduated from The Drawing Year at The Prince's Drawing School (now the Royal Drawing School) in 2012, having previously studied Fine Art at Newcastle University. Drawing on memories of people and places, and ideas from literature and other sources, Paul’s paintings result from a process of improvisation and exploration, as well as a commitment to the imaginative primacy of drawing. Paul received the Richard Ford travel award in 2012 to Madrid, and the following year traveled to India to participate in the Royal Drawing School’s International Teaching and Art Residency.