Upcoming online sessions
We run regular, tutored online drawing sessions. They’re a great way to carve out a time to focus on your art each week. We run portrait drawing sessions every Sundays at 4 PM (UK Time) and figure drawing on Wednesdays at 8 PM (UK Time). A tutor joins us, does a demonstration and gives hints and tips. At the end of the session you can share your work with the group for feedback and we give you a link so you can download the photographs and continue working on your drawings.
Portrait sessions are free on the last Sunday of the month. Otherwise, sessions cost $6.50 each, or you can subscribe for only $12 a month. For a FREE taster session of your choosing, sign up below
“This is the best drawing instruction I’ve seen anywhere” – Miriam Danar
Sunday 17 August, 2025 at 4 PM (UK time)
Lydia Cecil creates a mastercopy of Eugène Delacroix’s portrait of Frédéric Chopin, using chalk and charcoal on tan-toned paper. As she works, she discusses Delacroix’s life and career, highlighting his bold use of colour, dynamic compositions, and central role in the Romantic movement. She also reflects on how his energetic brushwork and focus on emotion influenced generations of artists, from the Impressionists to the Symbolists, shaping the direction of modern European art.
This session will start in 2 days' time.
Wednesday 20 August, 2025 at 8 PM (UK time)
Draw or paint model Daniel in this hour-long figure drawing session with Lydia CecilLydia Cecil draws two 30-minute figure studies of model Daniel in this session, focusing on similar balancing back poses and how to capture the overall forms of the body. Using charcoal on white paper, she works broadly to establish structure and proportion before refining the pose with selective detail and tonal variation.
This session will start in 6 days' time.
Missed a session? Or want to find a session based on its subject matter, tutor or materials used? You can search our library of hundreds of portrait, figure, landscape and still lifes here
Take a look of our curated playlists, carefully selected for our library of hundreds of videos. Click here
Looking for a reference photo? Search our library of 1,200+ images by model type, pose and so on here
We have a number of 3d reference models too – you can view annotated, anatomical sculptures and real people in three dimensions. Go here
You can share your work from our sessions and reference libraries, and see other people’s too. Go here
Like what you’ve seen so far? Then subscribe from only $6.50 a month.
