Key details

Date: 13 June - 25 July 2025
Sessions: Fridays: 12:30pm - 2:30pm
No. sessions: 6
Venue: Beeston Library, Beeston
For ages: 19+
Group size: 5 - 12
Cost: FREE - £42

About this course

Do you think you are not good at drawing? Not drawn for a very long time. If you’ve answered yes to these questions, then this course is for you. Come along and try some easy steps that can help you build confidence in drawing and have fun too!

Over the course, you will learn a variety of basic drawing techniques which are used for 2D and 3D purposes such as using the grid method, observational drawing and perspective drawing.

By the end of the course, you will:

Build confidence in basic drawing skills.
Create a variety of finished 2D outcomes.
Understand and be able to use a variety of media such as pen, pencil and colours.

Resources required by attendees:
A basic sketchbook/notepad or paper to draw onto, a pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, sharpener.

Suggested Reading for the course:
Art Handbooks: Basic Drawing Techniques by Richard Box

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
Tees Valley
West of England
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

Any questions?

Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:

By phone: 01623 677 200
By email: learning@inspireculture.org.uk

Drawing and Sketching for Beginners -1 - Beeston Library - Adult Learning