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Welcome to Life Drawing Academy!

In the Life Drawing Academy, you will learn how to draw realistic figures and portraits from life, memory, and imagination with the necessary knowledge of a human body's construction, proportions, and anatomy

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Online Course

Lifetime membership
One-time payment: $297 USD

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Personal Tutoring Online + Online Course

Lifetime membership
One-time payment: $997 USD

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What you will get

Life Drawing Academy

Online Course

  • Unlimited access to 52 life drawing video lessons
  • Lifetime membership
  • Unlimited support from the Academy tutors
  • Member access to the Life Drawing Academy Art community
  • Exclusive members-only newsletter and bonuses
  • Life Drawing Academy Diploma of Excellence

Personal Tutoring Online + Online Course

  • Everything in Online Course, plus:
  • Dedicated team of art tutors
  • Assessment of your current level of drawing skills
  • Unique curriculum tailored to your level of skills and goals
  • Up to 100 drawing tasks
  • Unlimited one-to-one personal coaching with detailed per-task instructions and feedback
  • By-task assessments and artwork critiques
  • Results-oriented guidance

How it works

Life Drawing Academy - Online Drawing Course

As a Life Drawing Academy student, you will get a lifetime membership and can study at your own pace; there are no deadlines, no time pressure. Upon enrollment, you will receive a Student Handbook that describes how to study in the course, what art materials are best to use, what assignments to do, how to benefit from the Life Drawing Academy Art Community, how to get personal support and tutoring from the Academy tutors, and how to apply for a Diploma of Excellence.

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As a course member, you will:

Life Drawing Academy

Online Course

  • Self-study life drawing by watching 52 "How to draw from life" video lessons and applying what you've learnt in practice
  • Do suggested life-drawing assignments or work on your own creative projects
  • Get constructive critique of your artworks and suggestions for improvement
  • Receive answers to your art-related questions
  • Be privileged to exhibit your artworks in the Academy's Students Gallery
  • Receive a diploma in your name after course completion
Life Drawing Academy

Personal Tutoring Online + Online Course

  • Get 52 video lessons and additional education materials
  • Get a dedicated team of art tutors who will provide one-to-one personal teaching for as long as you need it
  • Get an assessment of your drawing skills and a bespoke curriculum tailored to your skills and needs
  • Get up to 100 drawing tasks with detailed instructions on how to do them and the guidance on how to achieve the best results
  • Do tasks one by one and receive critiques of each assignment and advice for improvement
  • Get assessments of your drawing skills on an as-you-go basis
  • Exhibit your artworks in Academy's Students Gallery
  • Receive a diploma in your name after completing the course

Why is the Life Drawing Academy unique?

  • The Life Drawing Academy is the only place where you can get unlimited, one-to-one personal art tutoring for a very low one-time fee.
  • This is the only place where your drawing skills will be thoroughly assessed, and an individual custom-tailored art curriculum will be provided for improving your drawing skills and achieving your art goals.
  • In this Academy, you will learn from professional artists and art tutors who teach the same drawing techniques as taught in the best Russian art academies.
  • Here you can rely on unlimited personal support that includes artwork critiques and answers to your art questions by the Academy tutors. This support comes for a lifetime at no extra cost.
  • As an Academy student, you will receive a lifetime membership and can self-study at your own pace in the comfort of your home.
Life Drawing Academy

Is this course for me?

If you have some basic drawing skills and would like to learn how to draw realistic figures and portraits from life, this course is for you.

  • However, this art course is not suitable for minors. In some lessons, there are images of nude figures. If you are underage, please leave the site for now.
  • In this course, realistic drawing is based on constructive drawing principles, proportions, anatomy, and construction of a human body.
  • You will learn traditional, time-honored drawing techniques that take inspiration from the values of classical realistic art.

Academy tutors

Life Drawing Academy
In addition to teaching life drawing in the 52 video lessons, they also provide personal support and one-to-one tutoring to Academy students. Find out more about tutors here »

Alexander Ryzhkin

Life Drawing Academy tutor

"The know-how of figurative drawing will let an artist become comfortable with depicting portraits and figures, become more creative by transforming proportions, changing models' poses when drawing from imagination, and expressing emotions in portraits. This level of skills frees an artist to create whatever he wants in the way he intends."

Alexander - Life Drawing Academy

Support by the Academy tutors

Life Drawing Academy

As a Life Drawing Academy student, you can rely on personal support from the Academy tutors.

Personal support includes artwork critiques, answers to your art-related questions, and advice on how to improve your art skills.

This support is unlimited, provided via email, and comes at no extra charge for a lifetime.

One-to-one tutoring

As a Life Drawing Academy Correspondence Course student, you will receive a lifetime of one-to-one personal teaching from a dedicated team of art tutors.

The drawing curriculum will be custom-tailored to your level of skills, and you will go through up to 100 drawing tasks, step by step, under the guidance of academy tutors.

Students Gallery

Life Drawing Academy - Online Drawing Course

As a Life Drawing Academy member, you will have a unique opportunity to exhibit your works of art in the Academy's Students Gallery.

It is a great way to share your art, showcase your progress, and connect with fellow students and gallery visitors.

Life Drawing Academy video lessons are compatible with all devices

Life Drawing Academy
You can access Life Drawing Academy video lessons 24 hours a day, 365 days a year from any internet-connected device.
All video lessons are streamed online, and personal support and tutoring is provided via email.
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Life Drawing Academy
Diploma of Excellence

Upon completing the course, you will get a Life Drawing Academy Diploma of Excellence in your name. This diploma commemorates your achievement and confirms that you have been learning from accomplished art tutors and artists.

What our students say

"I have been an art student of Vladimir London and Natalie Richy for a few years now. It was one of the best decisions I ever made to take their personal coaching. I have learned so much about figurative drawing in such a short time, which saved me tens of thousands of dollars and years of my life. Thank you!"
Alex Brown
"I have known Vladimir and Natalie from the time I took their Anatomy Master Class. When I found out that the new art course, Life Drawing Academy, was coming, I was one of the first to get in. This course exceeds anything I have seen. I can tell you that in every video lesson they teach more about life drawing than I ever got from my entire art college experience. This Academy rocks!"
Richard M.
"I joined the academy a while back. I tell you, there is not a better place in the whole world to learn how to draw. The most wonderful thing that happened to me was having a wonderful teacher, Vladimir. I have been with him for a long time, and he keeps reminding me that I am doing great, don't hurry. He won't leave me. I don't have anything to worry about! He has taught me so much already. So, a very grateful thank you to Mr. London."
Annette Smith
"Thank you so much for all your hard work and help! You are always there when I need some advice or have a new painting and want honest feedback. Your support is simply invaluable. I know that I can rely on the Life Drawing Academy tutors at any time, and this makes me feel very special. I watch video lessons over and over again, and every time, there are new things to learn. I am proud to be a member of this academy."
Sue G.

Great value for money

When it comes to the Life Drawing Academy value, consider this:

Online Course

  • The real value of the online course is $5,148 (52 lessons at $99 each).
  • Above all, you will get an unlimited personal support from the Academy tutors (priceless).
  • The only fee you ever pay for the Life Drawing Academy Online Course is just $297 USD.

Personal Tutoring Online + Online Course

  • The real value of personal one-to-one tutoring is $9,900 (100 tasks at $99 each).
  • In addition, you will also receive all 52 video lessons ($5,148 value).
  • This makes the total value $15,048.
  • The only fee you ever pay is $997 USD

This is your unique chance to get a lifetime academy membership and a dedicated team of art teachers.
Such unlimited personal tutoring is not available anywhere else.

Enroll in the Life Drawing Academy now!


Online Course

Lifetime membership
One-time payment: $297 USD

ENROLL NOW

Personal Tutoring Online + Online Course

Lifetime membership
One-time payment: $997 USD

ENROLL NOW

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