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
9 courses available
- Explore: drawing and mindfulness
Discover how mindfulness can support a sense of creativity and freedom when drawing. Learn how to engage sensory awareness and enliven your perception and presence of mind. A taster workshop, suitable for beginners to drawing, mindfulness, or both!
Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Drawing and mindfulness: introduction
Explore how mindfulness can enrich drawing and give you more creative freedom. This course offers a great introduction to mindful drawing or ways to explore it more deeply. A practical drawing course from observation, and the imagination.
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Fri 23 Oct 2026Clare Barton-HarveyFull fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 
Drawing and painting from the imaginationCultivate a range of methods for stimulating and connecting to what inspires you, and develop ways to express your imagination freely using a variety of media and approaches. In person (City Lit studios) OR on-line; please check your selection before enrolling.
Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00- Drawing and mindfulness: releasing the judging mind
Explore a range of perspectives and practical exercises for letting-go of the limiting effects of the judging mind, whilst connecting to drawing in refreshing and inspiring ways. The ideas and mindfulness skills are transferrable to all creative disciplines.
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Sat 14 Nov 2026Clare Barton-HarveyFull fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Introduction to art and creative thinking with Rod Judkins
Art is fundamentally about communicating ideas. If the idea is strong, the work of art is memorable.
This exciting, one day workshop, led by Rod Judkins (artist, tutor and author of ‘The art of Creative thinking’ and ‘Ideas are your only currency’) will explore methods to create ideas and concepts and combine them with the process of making.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Drawing and mindfulness: morning meditation
Join us and set up your day in a tranquil, reflective way with our 5-day Drawing and mindfulness: morning meditation course. Whether you want to do something nourishing before work or are setting up for a day of creative activity, the practices of drawing and mindfulness will help you begin each day with fresh eyes and mind. Suitable for all levels.
Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Drawing and mindfulness: modern and contemporary nature
Explore how mindfulness can enrich the process of drawing, as we discover a range of contemporary approaches to drawing from nature. This course offers a great introduction to mindful drawing, or a way to explore it more deeply in the context of this theme.
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Fri 26 Feb 2027Clare Barton-HarveyFull fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Drawing and mindfulness: the art of seeing
Explore drawing and mindfulness and how the two combined can support new ways of seeing and relating to drawing. ‘The true journey of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having fresh eyes’ Marcel Proust.
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Sat 20 Mar 2027Clare Barton-HarveyFull fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Drawing and mindfulness: ways into abstraction
Explore how mindfulness can enrich the process of drawing, as we encounter a range of approaches to making abstract drawings, with reference to artist’s work. This course offers a great introduction to mindful drawing or ways to explore it more deeply. A practical drawing course exploring the visual language of abstraction, with reference to colour, composition, tone and layering.
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Thu 3 Jun 2027Clare Barton-HarveyFull fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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