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
- Ancient Greek 5
Course start date: Mon 29 Sep 2025 (and 11 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Elena VaccaIn this advanced course, you will read and translate unadapted texts by ancient Greek authors to deepen your appreciation of their work.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - Latin 5 Course start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Judith RiceContinue to study Latin grammar and improve your skills at reading and translating Latin texts as well as exploring Roman culture and history.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Storytelling: tell your personal storyCourse start date: Sun 11 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John EastmanTell your own personal story to others, and in so doing gain some perspective on how past events have shaped your life and how they will affect your future, while at the same time inspiring and informing others about life choices. The course will take place in a safe environment in the college.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - Craft focus: grammar, syntax, and style for creative writers Course start date: Mon 12 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: William BradyGreat poetry and prose begin when the writer puts the right words in the right places. Learn how and why the rules and conventions of language matter in this new course, which combines creative writing with a review of essential points of grammar.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £90.00 - Early music ensemble Course start date: Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Layil BarrAn ensemble for musicians interested in learning the skills of playing consort music in different instrumental combinations (broken consort). It will be a journey exploring the variety of sound combinations in 17th century repertoire. Break week: 26 May 2025.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Keyboard harmony and performance workshopCourse start date: Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ricardo GosalboA practical workshop integrating keyboard harmony with piano performance skills. Taught in-person on a grand piano, this workshop is aimed at classical pianists with a music theory standard of grade 6+ and good sheet music reading skills. We shall deepen our understanding of musical works by studying the harmonic constructs that underpin them, tackle the technical challenges they present, and explore how harmonic analysis can inform our interpretative choices. Break week 27th October 2025.Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £258.00 - Writing for children: workshop Course start date: Thu 25 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Josh LaceyOn this ongoing workshop you will develop your work-in-progress with constructive feedback from tutor and classmates. You need to have completed a ‘Writing for children’ course before joining this class.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £105.00 - Advanced poetry workshop Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Fran LockDevelop your poetry, taking it in new directions and maturing your poetic voice. Various approaches and techniques will be explored, and new poetry can be workshopped. For experienced poets only.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00 - Latin 5 advanced: poetry group Course start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Justin MurrayIn this advanced course, you will read and translate unadapted texts by Latin authors to deepen your appreciation of their work and your knowledge of Roman culture, history and society.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - Writing for magazines Course start date: Wed 7 May 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Laura SilvermanGet inspired to write on this practical course for freelance journalists and bloggers. Learn to carry out research, interview people, pitch and publish stories, and build your presence on social media.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00 - TSUBOKI Japanese face massage Course start date: Sat 17 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Janet WhiteheadTSUBOKI is Japanese Face Massage that is a wonderfully relaxing yet energising treatment suitable for men or women who want to feel good on the inside and look good on the outside. Rejuvenate your face and reduce wrinkles! Learn Tsuboki Japanese facial massage techniques to use on friends and family.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - The 60 minute writer Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 10 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosie FioreFit creative writing into your busy day: a relaxed, informal rolling programme for writers of all levels of experience who enjoy being thrown new ideas and experimenting with poetry and prose.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00 - Emergency First Aid at Work: Qualsafe Level 3 Award (RQF) Course start date: Sun 18 May 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Suliman HoqueSave a life! Can you help if there is an accident at work or someone has chest pains? Gain a qualification in emergency first aid and learn to help someone until an ambulance arrives. Please bring photo ID.
Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Watercolour painting: mixed media techniques Course start date: Tue 20 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ruth BrisonWatercolour has a rich tradition - this course will explore the more experimental ways of using this pleasurable medium and will present new possibilities for producing exciting new work with mixed media. Make inventive combinations of media to draw from your own found imagery, photographs and sketches.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Textiles: experimental hand stitch Course start date: Tue 20 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Amarjeet NandhraA contemporary approach to hand stitching and embroidery exploring a variety of traditional stitches and techniques.
Create experimental and expressive samples using traditional and non-traditional materials.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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