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 3 PM (UTC) and figure drawing on Wednesdays at 7 PM (UTC). 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
Wednesday 16 July, 2025 at 7 PM (UTC)
In this session, Lydia Cecil draws a costumed figure of model Beth, concentrating on the challenge of capturing a variety of shapes and textures within the figure and clothing. Using simple materials—chalk and charcoal on toned paper—she explores how to unify the drawing through careful observation of edges, value shifts, and overall design.
This session will start in 2 days' time.
Sunday 20 July, 2025 at 3 PM (UTC)
Join Lydia Cecil as she creates a mastercopy of *Sharecropper* (1952) by Elizabeth Catlett, exploring the powerful lines and composition of this iconic portrait. Working in charcoal pencil on white paper, she reflects on Catlett’s life, activism, and her pioneering role in championing Black identity, female empowerment, and social justice through art. Catlett’s bold graphic style and commitment to accessible, politically engaged imagery helped shape the direction of 20th-century American printmaking and inspired generations of artists to use their work as a vehicle for change.
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
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