Drawing

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

Courses available both in-person and online

Join us in the heart of London for in-person classes. Our modern campus in Covent Garden is easy to reach and buzzing with creativity. With modern purpose-built facilities and state-of-the-art equipment, it’s the perfect space to support your learning journey. Explore our facilities >

Prefer learning online? Our live online courses bring expert teaching to you, wherever you are.

Whether you choose to study in-person or online, all our courses are live, interactive, and taught by expert tutors. Wherever and however you want to learn, we’re here for you.

Courses available both in-person and online

We offer a range of long and short courses allowing you to choose between in-person and online learning.

Learn in the centre of London with our in-person courses. Our purpose-built facilities in Covent Garden mean we are ideally located and easy to get to. 

See our guide to online learning for more information about accessing our live online courses.

All our courses are live, interactive, and taught by expert tutors. No matter how you prefer to learn, we've got the class for you.

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  1. Printmaking into bookbinding
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Claire Hynds, Margo Van Rooyen
    Explore the three dimensional possibilities of print. This course will encourage you to develop your initial ideas through experiments with printmaking techniques and bookbinding structures to create an artist’s book. Some printmaking and/or bookbinding experience may be beneficial but not essential.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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  2. Jewellery: stone setting III
    Course start date:  Thu 23 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Rae Duncan
    Already explored some of the skills of mount-making and stone-setting but want to take your expertise to another level? Experience the more complicated techniques of mounting a variety of stone shapes, as well as practising your grasp of claw and collet settings. Integrate new stone-setting techniques with your existing knowledge to give the ultimate professional finish to your jewellery.
    Full fee £419.00 Senior fee £335.00 Concession £272.00
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  3. Gateway to English Language GCSE
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Are you excited by the English language? Do you need to test your abilities before attempting the qualification course? Do you want to give yourself more than a year to achieve the qualification? Then this Preparing for English Language GCSE is the course for you. It will get your ready you for the accreditation and familiarise you with its content, level and expectation.



    You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).



    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £105.00
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  4. Business administration: how to organise and manage with OneNote, MS Outlook and OneDrive (intermediate)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 28 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    How do you keep on top of your notes, to do list, tasks, meetings and ideas? Are you still using paper notebooks and post-it notes? Is there too much in your head cluttering your mind? This course will show how to use the digital notebook, OneNote, in conjunction with Outlook, and integrate both apps with OneDrive so you become an organised and self-managing administrator. You will learn how to take notes at any time and arrange them so you can always find what you are looking for. You will practise how to integrate Outlook and OneNote so you can organise meetings and share meeting notes and minutes easily and quickly, record the meetings, relate sections of the audio to tasks and action points for yourself and others, create to do lists, and link these tasks to tasks and emails in Outlook . In addition you will learn other useful tips on how to make the most of OneNote, for example to make calculations, translate text and edit text inside images. By the end of the course you will have clear idea of how to be organised digitally and have developed the necessary skills to put your ideas into practice.



    This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here

    Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £70.00
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  5. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  6. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £90.00 Concession £26.00
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  7. Exhibiting and presenting your photography
    Course start date:  Wed 6 May 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Shirley Read
    Exhibiting your photography will support you in developing new ways and methods in exhibition techniques. Working with a physical gallery space as a creative brief, you will have the opportunity to propose new solutions and ways of engaging an audience in phtotogrpahic displays. Discuss and learn the history of photography exhibitions with key references and contemporary photographers. Get expert guidance to every aspect of exhibiting, from how to approach galleries to budgeting, hanging and marketing - giving you real confidence to stage your own show.
    Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00
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  8. Woodblock and lino printmaking: experimental approaches
    Evening
    Course start date:  Fri 12 Jun 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Learn how to create multicolour or monochrome relief prints. You'll be encouraged to work from your own source imagery (sketches, magazine cuttings, photos etc) as an inspirational lead-in to producing relief prints to take home.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  9. Life drawing: focus on hands and feet
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 15 Jul 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This short course is aimed at those with some previous life drawing experience who would like to meet the unique challenge of drawing hands and feet. Explore how to make sense of their complex structure and form and to draw these parts of the anatomy convincingly. You'll never leave hands and feet out of your life drawings again!
    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00
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  10. Chinese 2 lower: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Fei Wang
    Continue improving your Chinese Mandarin on this lively live classroom-based course with the emphasis on speaking and listening. Suitable if you have been studying Chinese 2 lower: module 2 for a year and a half or have an equivalent level.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  11. Spanish 2 upper: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Elisabet Rodriguez
    Further improve your Spanish with the emphasis on listening, speaking, and acquiring a greater understanding of grammar. You should have completed 'Spanish 2 upper: module 2' or equivalent. Based on 'Aula Internacional A2 Plus, (Difusión Publishers).







    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  12. Spanish 3 upper: module 3
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Amaia Ibargüen

    Further improve your Spanish in this lively class, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills. You will also acquire a greater understanding of Spanish grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 3 upper: module 2' or equivalent. Based on Aula Internacional Plus 4, new edition, (Difusión Publishers).

    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.

    This is a non-accredited course. If you would like to take a further challenge and work towards a recognised qualification, you can enrol on our Spanish preparation for DELE B2 course which leads to a final exam. Click here for further details. 

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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  13. Irish Gaelic 2: module 3
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  William Brady
    Continue learning Irish in central London. Intended for learners who have studied Irish for approximately a year and a half, or who have an equivalent level, students will explore a variety of topics, using a variety of tenses, with a continuing emphasis on the spoken language.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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  14. Clarinet 3C
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  George Sleightholme
    If you have more than two years' experience (playing at around grade 3/4 standard), come and work on both technical and solo work, and enjoy some ensemble playing. Break weeks: 5th & 26th May 2025.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00
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  15. Italian 3 upper: module 2
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Evi Campetella
    Questi corsi ti daranno la possibilitá di migliorare le tue capacitá di comprensione ed espressione scritta ed orale e sono basati sull'uso di materiale audiovisivo, lettura, discussione e pratica grammaticale. É necessario aver completato il 'module 1' o equivalente. Il corso si basa sul libro Espresso 3 (Alma Edizioni).
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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