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3. Can I sketch at the National Gallery?

You can sketch throughout the Gallery. At busy times, we may ask you to move on.

Please use a hand-held pad of paper with pencil, graphite stick or felt-tipped pens.

Please do not use messy materials such as pastels, wax crayons, charcoal and fountain pens.

You may bring your own stool for sketching. We may ask you to move on if we feel you're in the way of other visitors.

Copyists who wish to use paint or other oil/water-based media can ask for an application form from the Information Department.


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