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
- BSL level 1
Course start date: Tue 4 Nov 2025 (and 7 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Antony RabinHave you always wanted to learn British Sign Language and communicate with Deaf people? Develop the skills you need to gain the level 1 BSL qualification, accredited by Signature. The fees for BSL level 1 courses include a year's subscription to Signworld.
You may wish to study BSL without the pressure of an exam, or just for fun. We can arrange for you to be taught without a formal final assessment and you will receive a certificate of attendance.Full fee £679.00 Senior fee £569.00 Concession £514.00 - Draw, paint, print Course start date: Wed 17 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mary WintourOn this experimental course, you will draw, paint and print in often unfamiliar ways in order to catch the unexpected. Through experimentation and reflection, you will collate a personal collection of work.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - Voice technique: beginnersCourse start date: Sat 1 Nov 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate MontagueImprove the quality of your voice and standard of speech; articulation and expressiveness. This course will be taught in the college, and is aimed primarily at student actors, however all are welcome.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £111.00 - Jewellery making: all levels Course start date: Sat 20 Sep 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kevin StevensonEver wanted to make your own jewellery? Try out jewellery-making, getting to grips with the basic processes and techniques for using metal to create simple yet beautiful earrings, rings, pendants and bracelets to your own
designs.Full fee £419.00 Senior fee £335.00 Concession £272.00 - Illustrating people and places Course start date: Sun 21 Sep 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Be inspired by the people of London and the architecture and environments they inhabit. This course explores drawing people and places, providing you with ample opportunity to observe London life, situations and scenarios that will inspire your work.
Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Ancient Greek dramaCourse start date: Tue 18 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Maria ContosHave a taste of exploring the ancient Athenian stage, and how they still speak to us about the challenges we face today.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Hand Massage & Reflexology: taster workshopCourse start date: Tue 28 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Feldenkrais: freeing your eyes, jaw and tongue Course start date: Sat 1 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Charlotte SeirbergLearn how to ease tension in your eyes, jaw and tongue. Re-educate your nervous system through gentle Feldenkrais movement sequences to help improve your vision, breathing, face tension, quality of voice and sleep pattern.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Pottery for beginners Course start date: Sat 1 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Emily Stapleton-JefferisExplore the exciting possibilities of clay using the most popular pottery techniques of hand-building and throwing. Simple surface decoration, glazing and firing will also be taught.Full fee £559.00 Senior fee £447.00 Concession £363.00 - Constructing the witch: how women became maleficentCourse start date: Sat 1 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ann JeffersThis study day will examine the question of the association of women with magic and witchcraft.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Remaking the Screen Vampire: from Nosferatu (1922) to Nosferatu (2024)Course start date: Sat 1 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul SuttonF. W. Murnau’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922) is acknowledged as one of the all-time greats of cinema, expressing as one critic describes it, the ‘poetry of fear’ and as one of the first feature length vampire films it’s influence, and legacy has been widely felt. Robert Eggers’ recent remake Nosferatu (2024), comes just over one hundred years after Murnau's film and marks one of the most recent instalments in a genre that continues to renew itself for each generation of film viewers. Exploring a range of key vampire films from across this century of cinema, this course will explore why the vampire film remains such a popular sub-genre of the horror film and it will consider why it continues to exercise such power over its spectators.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00 - Try it out: precious metal clay jewelleryCourse start date: Sat 1 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elizabeth PearsonWant to experience working with one of the most versatile and effective materials in jewellery making? Come and get to grips with precious metal clay, which handles like clay but turns into pure silver when fired.
Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Japonisme: Japanese influence on European art in the 19th century Course start date: Sat 1 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rachel SandersExplore how 19th century European artists from the Impressionists to Art Nouveau transformed their artistic language with the study of Japanese prints. - German beginners: an introduction Course start date: Sat 1 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Heiner SchenkeThe course aims to enable students to begin to communicate with some fluency in a range of everyday situations. This is the first part of the German beginners: module 1 course to allow you to join any beginners: module 1 courses straight afterwards ( for a discounted fee). The emphasis is on the practical use of German and the development of your speaking and listening skills.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Bodysnatching & Anatomy in London, c.1780-c.1845Course start date: Sat 1 Nov 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah WiseJoin Sarah Wise to explore the clandestine world of 'resurrection men,' the bodysnatchers who supplied human bodies to anatomy schools and the impact of the 1832 Anatomy Act on the trade.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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