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In this hour-long online session, we'll be going back to fundamentals with artist Lizet Dingemans and model Joanna. The first and most important step to creating a likeness is to focus on *shapes*. You need to observe the patterns of light and dark that make up the subject you are drawing, and place the right shapes in the right place on your paper. This is harder than it sounds, but Lizet has a few tricks to help you.

To draw the figure effectively it's key to understand how the human body is structured. One way of doing this is to think of the head, rib cage, pelvis and limbs as simple three dimensional volumes - slightly distorted cubes, blocks, eggs and cylinders - and how they connect. To learn more, join Lizet Dingemans and draw three dynamic acrobatic poses of Emma. Materials: Charcoal on white paper.

When you draw a portrait, you don't just copy what you see. You make choices about how to simplify and represent your subject, especially when you're working from life. This means you have freedom in how to design your portrait. In this session, Luca Indraccolo talks about establishing tonal design in your drawings to give them coherence and impact. Materials: Graphite pencils 2B, B, HB, H on ivory Stonehenge paper A4. Putty rubber and pencil eraser

In this session, we'll learn about how to draw your viewer's eye through your drawing and guide them towards a focal point of your choosing by using the natural rhythms of the body and emphasizing some areas and leaving others loose. This is a single hour-long pose with tutor Lydia Cecil. Materials: 2B pencil on white paper.

Today we'll be trying a new technique to help us focus on seeing the light masses of your subject. Starting with a black background, Luca Indraccolo will draw a single hour-long portrait of Juno using light coloured pencils. If you've not tried it before, it'll be a mind-bending session, but very rewarding! Materials: Coloured pencils: black, dark grey, mid grey, light grey and white. Staedtler plastic eraser. Pencil eraser. Black A4 paper.

Drawing fabric takes real skill, and a knowledge of the underlying form. Join Lizet Dingemans and model Mauricia as we talk about the different folds that fabric and drapery can form, and learn how to draw them. Materials White pastel and charcoal on brown toned paper

There's a knack to drawing tattoos. On the one hand, they're often a key part of somebody's identity, so you need to get them right. On the other, you don't want to draw *too* much attention to them, over-render them, or distract from the form of the limbs they follow. Join us for this online session with Lizet Dingemans and model Sophie to learn more. Materials: Black pencil on white paper

To make your drawings truly three dimensional you need to understand how light travels across the form, and how you can think of the light and shade in terms of different value bands, ranging from the darkest darks to the lightest lights. We call this 'the classical order of light'. Materials: Black and white pastel pencil on grey paper.

Drawing hair can be exceptionally difficult. It's all too easy to try to draw each individual strand. Instead, you should focus on the large shapes. But you still need to portray the texture, judicious details and work on edges. Materials: Willow charcoal and white paper.

It's amazing what effects you can achieve with just a little bit of colour. Join tutor Luca Indraccolo and explore coloured pastel pencils in this hour-long drawing of model Irina. Materials: sanguine, sepia and chalk pastel pencils; soft charcoal pencil and putty rubber on dark blue paper.

You can learn a tremendous amount by copying other people's works. In this session, Lydia Cecil guides us through a mastercopy of Proust by the Swedish master Anders Zorn. Plus you'll get a mini art-historical lecture, with information about Zorn, his technique and work. It's a must-watch for anybody wanting to improve their drawing.

Draw or paint model Rosie in this hour-long figure drawing session with Lydia Cecil. In this session, we'll be working on a single pose using charcoal and chalk on toned paper (Lydia will be using packing paper). Lydia will be talking about how to group values and avoid over-modelling.

Draw or paint model Gypsy in this hour-long portrait drawing session with Lizet Dingemans. We'll be focussing on looking at overlaps and underlying forms, and will be using a sanguine polychromous pencil and white paper.

Take a look at overlapping volumes in the figure with Luca Indraccolo and model Shariff! One-hour figure drawing class. Luca uses: Blackwing Pearl pencil, Faber Castell B and HB clutch pencils, putty rubber, pencil eraser on Stonehenge ivory paper (23 x 30 cm).

Spend an hour with Lizet Dingemans as she draws model Zarima's portrait, with focus on the smiling expression! Materials: willow charcoal and charcoal pencil on white paper.

Lydia Cecil gives her take on Vitruvian Woman with the help of model Rosie in this hour-long figure drawing class. Materials: pencil on paper and compass for circle.

In this extra-special portrait class, Lizet Dingemans draws her beautiful cat Kimchi! 2 x 30 minute poses. Materials: willow charcoal on white paper.

Lizet Dingemans works with lost and found edges to create a focal point in this hour-long figure drawing class! Draw model Helen with willow charcoal on white paper.

FREE CLASS! Lizet Dingemans takes a closer look at planes of the face with the help of model Irina. Materials: willow charcoal and charcoal pencil on charcoal toned white paper.

Time for a fabric study! In this hour-long clothed figure class with Lizet Dingemans, we draw model Sowmya. Materials: black and white pencil on grey paper.

Join Lizet Dingemans for an hour-long costumed portrait with historical model Sarah-Jane! This session is inspired by some of Sargent's classic drawings. Materials: charcoal and charcoal pencil on white paper.

Join Lydia Cecil for an informative Bargue mastercopy, looking at drawing the back of the torso. Materials: Charcoal on white paper.

Harness the power of lights in this hour-long portrait drawing class with Lizet Dingemans! Draw model Melvyn using grey paper, white pastel pencil and charcoal pencil.

Join Lizet Dingemans for an introduction to back anatomy! In this hour-long figure drawing session, capture model Catie using black pencil on white paper.

In this episodic video series for beginners, learn all about the basics of watercolour painting. Watercolourist Jem Bowden demonstrates valuable methods and takes us through simple but effective landscape scenes.