Drawing Courses in London
At City Lit, we have a variety of drawing courses, delivered in our bright, modern studios for students to create and develop a body of drawing work. Supported by our team of experienced and expert tutors, we offer students both a practical guide and an informative insight, providing an opportunity for all levels to explore traditional and contemporary styles of drawing.
We have classes for everyone, whether you’re a complete beginner and you want an introduction to drawing; or you’re at an intermediate or higher level and you want classes that focus on developing advanced drawing skills such as mark making techniques, experimental approaches and use of colour, tone and shade within these disciplines.
Our courses are specially designed to offer you support in overcoming any frustrations, learning new skills and helping you achieve your personal creative goals.
We host exhibitions throughout the year at City Lit Gallery where our students showcase their amazing work.
To arrange a conversation with our drawing coordinator about your interests, options and courses available, please contact our Visual Arts team at visualarts@citylit.ac.uk
- Japanese Etiquette
Course start date: Sat 28 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaCome and experience the customs of Japan, and gain an insight into Japanese society. Open to all levels.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Drawing 2 Course start date: Mon 12 May 2025 (and 10 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrea VoiseyBuild your confidence in tackling more personal, complex drawings. Further explore observational drawing and visual language. Develop your drawing skills by working with different approaches and exploring a range of artists' drawing process.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Painting 2 Course start date: Mon 30 Jun 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tony HullBuilding on techniques and approaches covered in the Painting 1, this course enables you to work with more depth and a stronger emphasis on experimentation. This is suitable if you already have some experience in painting.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Screen acting: improversCourse start date: Mon 30 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gary GrantBuild your confidence and strengthen your camera technique in this improvers class. Work towards creating more truthful screen performances.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £299.00 Concession £209.00 - Massage: an introduction (access to Level 3) Course start date: Mon 30 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Hilary LyonsGain an insight into how massage can alleviate stress and promote relaxation and healing through touch. Learn the basic techniques and how you can perform this therapy on family and friends. Suitable for those at an interest level or wishing to progress to accredited ITEC courses.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £289.00 Concession £202.00 - 50 drawings in a day Course start date: Tue 1 Jul 2025 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mario Lautier VellaA high energy programme of directed and self-directed drawing projects, with rapid shifts in materials, scale, subject and focus. Strictly no discards - come ready to play, risk, invent and discuss. For those with some drawing experience.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Art history taster Course start date: Tue 1 Jul 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayCurious about art history? Join us for this taster session where we explore different ways into visual art and its histories from the ancient to the contemporary.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - German for opera lovers (intermediate and advanced) Course start date: Thu 9 Oct 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Katja ParmarThis is an intermediate to advanced German language course for lovers of German operas. Choose either an in-person course in the heart of London or live online sessions.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Public speaking (online)Course start date: Thu 3 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Allis MossWhatever your reasons for speaking publicly, allay your fears in this intensive online course by learning techniques for formal and impromptu speeches, introductions, discussion leading and public questioning, and boost your general confidence at the same time.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Retirement for beginners: volunteering - a world of opportunity Course start date: Sat 5 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jenny BardwellIf you are not sure how to find your ideal volunteering role, but want to pass on some of your hard-won skills, experience and knowledge, this course will give you some ideas and contacts for further exploration.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Combining voice and PilatesCourse start date: Sat 12 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate MontagueThis innovative and one-off workshop shows you how to integrate modified Pilates movements with voice training as a holistic approach to voice, starting at breath release and progressing into phonation and resonance. Through this combination you may begin to find a link between body and voice through the core muscles of support. A fun but intensive Saturday workshop in the college.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00 - Crystal Healing: taster workshop Course start date: Tue 15 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Oge OkohLearn how to start sensing energy in yourself and in others. Explore the chakras and practice using crystals to balance your energy centres.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Yoga retreat afternoon Course start date: Sat 26 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Madlyn Ray-JonesTreat yourself to an afternoon of yoga to move, restore, and deeply relax and create more ease in the body and the mind. Practice asanas, meditation, mindfulness, breathing practices, and Yoga Nidra. Everyone is welcome.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Writing and rewriting fairytales Course start date: Sun 27 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eleanor PennyOnce upon a time there was a City Lit workshop all about writing fairytales. The quest: to inspire writers to pen stories of love, fear, forests, revenge, dragons, witches, kings, queens, frogs and magic.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00 - Japanese calligraphy Course start date: Tue 29 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaDiscover the Japanese writing system and practise writing a few characters using a brush pen.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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