Information Updated February 2026
Why I Created This List of Online Life Drawing Classes
During lockdown nobody was holding in-person sessions, and I searched online to do some virtual life drawing practice as a way to improve my observational skills, and learn to focus on the key lines (and forget the detail) during the short poses.
In-person life drawing classes are invaluable, but if you’re not fortunate enough to have classes hosted in your local area, one of these online classes below could be a convenient option.
If you’re interested in sketching portraits, check out my post that includes a roundup of live portrait sketching events.
My Roundup of Online Life Drawing Sessions and Resources
The information below is split into three sections:
- Online Life Drawing Sessions hosted on Zoom
- Online Life Drawing Resources Hosted on YouTube or Vimeo
- Online Life Drawing Resources to Rent
1. Online Life Drawing Classes Hosted on Zoom
Queer Life Drawing
Information Updated: 19th January 2026
Life Drawing LGBTQIA+ models on Zoom. In 2025 QLD will be taken over by @emoryartmodel. Check Instagram for the schedule. (eta Spring 2025)
- Every other Sunday (3pm-5pm GMT) via Zoom featuring models from International Locations.
- https://www.callenmckeon.co.uk
- https://www.instagram.com/queerlifedrawing/
- Tickets £8.
- Different levels of donation based on your situation.
Contact ThisIsQueerLifeDrawing@Gmail.Com to receive a link to their Discord server.
Life Drawing (Atelier 3/4)
Information Updated: 19th January 2026
This Berlin based life drawing session is run by Yuka Tanaka and David Hedderman, and is a in-person session that’s also available to connect into via Zoom. You can visit their instagram page for upcoming events, and details of which day and time it’s being held. Or hop on over to their BookWhen.com for a full schedule and to purchase tickets.
- Every Saturday 4-6pm CET and/or Every Wednesday 8-10pm CET (Berlin Time)
- Short and long poses.
- 10 Euro / 7 Euro discounted (might be out of date)
- https://www.instagram.com/life_drawing_kreuzberg_berlin
- https://bookwhen.com/lifedrawingxbergberlin#focus=ev-snest-20260124160000
Life Figure Drawing
Information Updated: 19th January 2026
Life Drawing hosted by Judith Yaws of Asheville Drawing.
- Assorted 2 hour events which take place on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Times vary.
- 5 to 20 minute poses. Sessions are usually 2 hours, but one of her weekly events is 3 hours with 2 models.
- Twice a month 1.5 hours Portrait or Dressed sessions on a Sunday.
- https://www.lifefiguredrawing.com
- https://www.instagram.com/lifefiguredrawing
- Full List of Upcoming Events on Judith’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/JudithYaws
- Minimum donation $16, but $20 recommended. Tickets available through Tickettailor.com, with a link on their instagram.
London Drawing Group
Information Added: 6th February 2026
The London Drawing Group is a collective of three contemporary artists currently practising in London, they host a weekly series of online Life Drawing classes.
- Every Sunday 2pm – 3:30pm GMT
- https://www.instagram.com/londondrawinggroup/
- hello@londondrawinggroup.com
- Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/london-drawing-group-11407647443 suggested donation £20. Please be honest and pay what you can afford.
London Drawing
Information Updated: 19th January 2026
Tutor led life drawing online. They provide drawing chat, a supportive friendly crowd and national and international models.
- Every Tuesday 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm GMT
- Every Saturday 11:00 am – 1:00 pm GMT
- https://www.instagram.com/londondrawing/
- Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/life-drawing-online-london-drawing-1205259
- Rent an historical recording: https://londondrawing.com/recordings-of-past-classes/life-drawing/ €18.68/£16 for 30 days.
London Drawing also releases their recorded classes on Vimeo where you can rent individual videos for 30 days. Recording and release of video is left to each individual model’s discretion, so not all events are recorded.
Drawing Cabaret Couture
Information Updated: 19th January 2026
This is an online fashion gallery and independent life drawing company in London, founded by artist and set designer Matthew Lawrence and professional dancer and model Janet Mayer of J’adore La Vie (London’s high fashion cabaret). Sessions are in-person and zoom events.
- Every Thursday (11am-1pm)
- Tickets via eventbrite – £15 per class. OR the most affordable way of joining their classes is to sign up to their Patreon for a FREE trial to join all of their weekly online classes starting at just £20 per month.
- https://www.instagram.com/drawingcabaretcouture/
- https://www.drawingcabaretcouture.com
New Orleans Drawing Group
Information added: 19th January 2026
Hosted by Sandra Burshell, this weekly “Live Clothed Model” drawing on ZOOM consists of short poses (30 min), then 1 long (2.5 hr.) pose, 2 views. No Instruction. Monthly Guest Artists and Open Discussions following drawing session. Zoom link will be sent upon receipt of your fee/email.
- Every Thursday 4:45pm-7:45pm(Central)
- Tickets paid for via Venmo – $15 per class. Or Paypal: sandraburshell@gmail.com.
- New Orleans Drawing Group via Zoom
- New Orleans Drawing Group on Facebook
Life Drawing Barcelona Sessions
Information added: 2nd February 2026
Online and Studio Life Drawing Sessions. Long Pose Sessions one evening of the week, and Short Pose sessions three evenings a week. Hosted on Zoom with 4 camera angles.
- Every Sunday Long Poses 6pm-8pm CET. Long Pose Routine: 2 poses of 55 minutes, with a 10 minute break in-between
- Every Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday Short Poses 8pm-10pm CET. Short Pose routine: 3×1 min, 4×3 min, 5×5 min, 1×10 min, 10 min break, BREAK, 3×15 min.
- Online Zoom: 6€
- Life Drawing Barcelona website
- Life Drawing Barcelona Sessions on Instagram
- Life Drawing Barcelona on Instagram
- Booking done through AcuityScheduling. Visit their online calendar Sessions Page, to view the events and access the online booking feature.
Arts Alliance of Stratford
Information Added: 14th February 2026
The Arts Alliance is a nonprofit organisation that aims to builds community through art. They host in person and zoom sessions. All sessions are held on Wednesdays and alternate between short pose life drawing, and long pose life drawing sessions.
- Short Pose on Zoom: First and third Wednesdays of the month. 3:15pm – 6:00pm PST/6:15pm – 9:00pm EST – 1m, 2m, 5m, 10m and 20 minute poses.
- https://artsallianceofstratford.org/figure-drawing-zoom/
- Long Pose on Zoom: Second and fourth Wednesdays of the month 2:45pm-6:00pm PST/5:45pm-9:00pm. Begins with four 5m poses, and a single pose for the rest of the session.
- https://artsallianceofstratford.org/long-pose-figure-study-on-zoom/
- Members
$8, Non-Member$13 - https://www.instagram.com/artsallianceofstratford/
2. Online Life Drawing Resources Hosted on YouTube or Vimeo
Croquis Cafe
Information Updated: 19th January 2026
The Croquis Cafe is a video channel on Vimeo with weekly life drawing models recorded live and are free to access. They used to be over on YouTube but because of restrictions on content, they’ve moved their channel over to Vimeo. Each session is a collection of one, two, and five minute poses, and there’s a countdown clock so you can see how much time you have left.
They have a vast collection of male and female models, and I was glad to see they also have pregnant and plus-size models. I like drawing bigger forms with skin creases and folds, and I found a favourite on Croquis—a plus-size model called Keira Leilani.
I’ve been jumping around different sessions, and I can see this is going to be an invaluable online resource to hone my life drawing skills until the in-person sessions start up again.
The website for Croquis Cafe is called On Air Video.
Once a year their host an event called Figuary, which is the brainchild of the Croquis Cafe and Love Live Drawing. The concept is to provide artists with an intense month of figure drawing and drawing instruction.
Love Live Drawing
Love Life Drawing was created by Kenzo and his mum, Mayko, to help beginners struggling with life drawing, and they have free online tutorials and an active YouTube channel.
With my current passion for contour and blind contour drawings, their video tutorial about simplifying references caught my eye.
I had a go at a couple of the exercises in this video, and liked the concept of training the eye to look at line and tonal variances.
Between these two online resources, you have everything you need to build your life drawing skills—lots of model poses, and lots of skills tutorials.
A good starting point at Love Live Drawing is to take their free Beginners course, which consists of 10 video tutorials to walk you through the basics of figure drawing. Each lesson is covered in a video or text version.
This is a series of lessons designed to help you build a solid foundation of life drawing skills, with the end goal being expressive drawings in your own style. They go through a straightforward and doable drawing process and a set of exercises designed to help you develop skills.
Check out my post about 11 Steps to Great Gesture Drawing
3. Online Life Drawing Resources to Rent
Henley School of Art
Information Updated: 19th January 2026
They used to host online workshops and life drawing sessions run by JoJo Harris (@buffaloboo), and they always had fabulous models. Clapmutt is a fan fave! But at the moment it looks like they’re not hosting their weekly Life Drawing and Portrait Drawing Sessions any more.
Historical Zoom Sessions Available to Rent
But they do have their historical sessions are available as a replay. They’re available for rent £5. It’s a streamed rental, not a download. Once you purchase, you have 30 days within which to stream the video files. Once you click “play” on a video file, your access to this file will expire in 72 hours.
- https://www.thehenleyschoolofart.com
- https://www.instagram/henleyschoolofart/
- Recorded Life Drawing Sessions: https://www.thehenleyschoolofart.com/recorded-life-drawing-sessions
All the Young Nudes
Information Updated: 19th January 2026
This Life Drawing club was established in 2008 and is hosted by Joanna. Some historical replays are available, but it doesn’t look like they’re hosting any online life drawing events at the moment, just in-person.
- Replays can be access through CrowdCast https://www.crowdcast.io/alltheyoungnudes
- £7-£10
- https://www.atyn.co.uk
- https://www.instagram.com/atynudes/
Fat Life Drawing
Information Updated: 19th January 2026
Doesn’t look like there’s any upcoming sessions for Fat Life Drawing in 2026. But that could change. So check their Instagram for current information. They used to host paid life drawing sessions online, where the proceeds were donated to charity.
- https://www.instagram.com/fatlifedrawing/
Check out the listings at Event Bright for Figure Drawing classes: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/d/online/figure-drawing/
Removed from the List January 2026
Looks like these hosts are only hosting in-person events now, so I’ve removed them from the list above. But these are active links so that you can check their websites or Instagram accounts for updated information.
- Everybodys Life Drawing
- Life Drawing Manchester
- Thamesmead Life Drawing
- Brixton Life Drawing
If you host online life drawing classes - leave a comment below with the information so I can add your events to this listing.
how may I be notified by e-mail of Zoom figure-drawing sessions, please
Many of these hosts have a newsletter you can sign up for, and be notified of each of the zoom sessions.
I have a weekly figure drawing group on Zoom since April 2020 (which was live in-person for 15 years before. Is this site still active and can I send you info to post on it?
New Orleans Drawing Group
Facebook: New Orleans Drawing Group via Zoom-2023
WEBSITE: https://www.sandraburshell.com/page/29308/new-orleans-drawing-group-via-zoom
Thanks for sharing. I’ve checked out your website and added this to the list above.
I am a life drawing model who has exoerience working online.
Hi Roving Jay, I’m a middle rged online lifemodel with my own studio, looking for work or demo, thankyou🤫😊🙏
My name is Sri, and I am a professional male life model with over 15 years of experience. I stand 6’2″ tall with an athletic build and am comfortable with a wide range of artistic and professional shoots, including life drawing, photography, and body-based art projects.
I am currently available and open to new collaborations. Please feel free to contact me if you have any upcoming projects that require a reliable and experienced model.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you for all you have done and do for the artists, models and coordinators of the world as well as those that want to share this vibrant, ethical and community driven culture!
Some artists are looking for models to pose online via zoom. I’ve done a little of that and comfortable if you want to set up a time. Friday afternoons between 2:00pm to 4:00pm (Mountain Time) works well for me. If interested, please reach out at RTart1@yahoo Happy Drawing . . .