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
- 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 - Acting Shakespeare (intensive)Course start date: Sun 29 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura BaggaleyA one-day workshop exploring scenes from two Shakespeare comedies, Twelfth Night and Two Gentlemen of Verona. Broaden and develop your acting skills in an intensive encounter with Shakespeare! - Experimental ceramics Course start date: Sun 29 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tana WestA chance to use different clays with the addition of oxides, fluxing agents and natural combustible materials. Fuse found objects in the kiln, make biscuit slips and investigate the textural possibilities of glazes.Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £479.00 Concession £389.00 - 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 - Return to Spanish (advanced)Course start date: Mon 30 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roser Martínez-SánchezIf you have learned Spanish in the past, but it has been a while, then come and join this lively course to refresh your advanced Spanish. You wil review, revise and practice in a course that is tailored to your needs. After attending this course, you will be able join a level 4 or 5 course in September.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Life drawing: focus on movement Course start date: Mon 30 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sam HannerThis exciting short course is an introduction to the figure in movement. You will learn how to make quick responses to the life model using a variety of 'ways of seeing' and different sketching techniques.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00 - Screen printing workshop Course start date: Mon 30 Jun 2025 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David HolahThis course is a creative and practical introduction to the screen-printing process, aimed at beginners and the curious. You will learn step by step how to make your own series of silk screen prints using a variety of techniques.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - 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 - Plump and Glow facial: taster workshopCourse start date: Tue 1 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Mark WoollardInterested in anti-ageing facials but don’t know where to begin? Why not try this general introduction? Learn about your skin type, the benefits of facial massage as well as basic facial techniques to use on yourself and your friends and family!Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Tuesday talks: Emily Kam KngwarrayCourse start date: Tue 1 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Arjmand AzizIn July 2025 a major solo exhibition of Emily Kam Kngwarray, considered to be one of Australia’s greatest artists, will be held at Tate Modern. This course aims to introduce British audiences to the oeuvre of this remarkable artist.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - 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 - Drawing: colour pastel techniques Course start date: Tue 1 Jul 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ro SylvesterExplore the versatility and rich colours of this beautiful drawing and painting medium. Through practical exercises, discover its potential to create a variety of surface effects and its suitability for sketching and outdoor colour work.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Flash photography with speedlight Course start date: Tue 1 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Ed GregoryLighten things up: join this practical course to learn the basics of using portable flash (speedlights) to enhance your images. Experiment creatively indoors and outdoors with different flash techniques, with a professional photographer on hand to guide you throughout.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Chair massage: taster workshopCourse start date: Tue 1 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Mark WoollardLearn a simple, safe and effective chair-based massage that will de-stress and relax you. This introductory routine includes shiatsu techniques and massage of the neck, shoulders, arms and back. On-Site massage is performed through clothes and is suitable for working on a chair at home.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Art in England transformed: the court of Charles ICourse start date: Wed 2 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Online
The art collection of King Charles I (1600-1649) was magnificent and hugely influential. Explore the artists, craftsmen, agents and connoisseurs who shaped one of the most important European art collections and learn about how objects and artists from across Europe made their way to London.
Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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