Drink and Draw Class - Balham

A drawing class with a serving of liquid courage!



1.5 hours

Class size 1 to 30 (public classes), 5 to 50
  £18

Fancy a drawing class that’s anything but dull? Want to learn how to create art?
Join our beginner-friendly Drink & Draw class in Balham with our vibrant community and real-life artist! Enjoy a free beverage as you learn new skills, chat with fun people, and create drawings you’ll be proud of.
If you think you're bad at drawing, you should have signed up 10 minutes ago! Everyone can draw; you’ve just never been shown how. These classes are beginner-friendly and inclusive of all levels so you’ll feel right at home, even if you’re a bit nervous about being the ‘newbie’.
A lot of people come by themselves or bring a friend. There will be a place for you to sit and make friends, or get in the zone and focus.
This class takes place on the first Wednesday of every month from 7pm-8:30pm.
Each month, you’ll explore different techniques and create pieces that look like a professional drew them!
You’ll learn how to:
  • Shade
  • Measure
  • Create a masterpiece
Even if you’ve never drawn before, you'll leave with art you can be proud of.

Upcoming dates for Drink and Draw Class - Balham

Times are London time. Dates and prices as of 15 Oct 2026, 8:53pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

2 upcoming dates between 4 Nov 2026 and 3 Dec 2026.

  • Wed 4 Nov 2026, 7pm-8:30pm
  • Thu 3 Dec 2026, 7pm-8:30pm
What you'll get
  • All materials
  • A brilliant instructor
  • A free drink
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Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly.
What to bring
N/A
Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, birthday or hen do.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum, Xmas gift or gift for couples.

Location

Balham Bowls Club, 7-9 Ramsden Rd, London SW12 8QX

This venue is a short walk from Balham Tube Station

Drink and Draw Class - Balham location
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Recent reviews of Drink and Draw Class - Balham

  • 5/5 from Lee-Ann Coleman, attended Aug 2026: This class was a fun way to spend an evening. China was welcoming and warm and her initial demo was helpful.
  • 5/5 from Amelia Hursey, attended Aug 2026: It was a great class, really enjoyed China's teaching style and how it was fun, relaxed and as focused as you wanted it to be.
  • 5/5 from Nadia Ward, attended Aug 2026: Really great class out teacher China was friendly, welcoming and highly informative and helpful in terms of artistic direction. A great class really enjoyed and included in the cost of the class is a free drink well worth attending such fun.
  • 5/5 from Sarah Hegarty, attended Mar 2026: Great teacher, lovely atmosphere
  • 5/5 from Emma Howie, attended Feb 2026: Thoroughly enjoyable evening!! I'm a complete beginner but as we're a lot of others. Everyone was so friendly and China was such a great teacher
  • 5/5 from Emma Hutchins, attended Jan 2026: Great class and great teacher, just the right amount of support while we could still catch up as friends over drinks
  • 5/5 from Jeanelle Rodrigues, attended Jan 2026: Amazing class!
  • 4/5 from Nirav Bhatia, attended Nov 2025: Enjoyed the class! It’s a fun intro to drawing.
  • 5/5 from Daniella de Jesus, attended Oct 2025: Fun class! Definitely beginner friendly.
  • 5/5 from Colette Parham, attended Sep 2025: Really enjoyed this evening. Nice venue, great teacher and I ended up with a drawing which I am actually pretty proud of! This class was specifically about shading and I think she will address different aspects of drawing next time. I will definitely like to try again. Thank you China for a fun and rewarding evening.
  • 5/5 from Jan Staniforth, attended Jun 2025: Fantastic class, China had lots of tips to improve my artwork but she explained it and showed me instead of just doing it for me which enabled me to actually learn in a practical way. The class was a lot of fun as well
  • 5/5 from Jan Staniforth, attended May 2025: Great class, Luke was really friendly and helpful and there was no pressure which made it easy ti relax and enjoy the teaching
  • 5/5 from Kate Granville-Hamshar, attended Mar 2025: Great class. Relaxed enough to be enjoyable, serious enough to learn something.
  • 5/5 from Adam Czarny, attended Mar 2025: China was a great teacher and the whole night was very fun. Would highly recommend it.
  • 5/5 from Mike Irwin, attended Jan 2025: Nice setting and really nice atmosphere. It was the first time I’d been to any sort of drawing class or even drawn anything since school, but I felt very at ease and it was nice to be able to chat with people whilst drawing and sipping a drink. Very relaxed and supportive and also learned some skills to use.
  • 5/5 from Lois Burton, attended Nov 2024: Our teacher, China, was fabulous. Funny, encouraging and helpful and the hour and a half whizzed by.
  • 5/5 from Woubedle Alemayehu, attended Nov 2024: Loved the class. I learnt alot in just one class. The instructor was so so so nice. Met really great people as well. Great vibe.
  • 4/5 from June Battye, attended Nov 2024: I enjoyed the session. It wasn't quite what I expected in that the focus was on shading rather than drawing but I found it so interesting and helpful. For a large number of people China made time to give both encouragement and advice to each person. The venue was great and the room and layout was good. China was good at welcoming everyone and kept an energy in the room. A little noisy for me but acceptable.
  • 5/5 from Martyn Wright, attended Aug 2024: My first time at one of these events and I found it to be excellent. The teacher "China" was very welcoming and put me at my ease. She was good at explaining what she wanted us to do and how to get the best results. I will definitely make another booking and am looking forward to it.
  • 5/5 from Marissa, attended Jun 2024: Teacher was fun and made the process smoother. Good fun meeting others in attendance as well! Fantastic value for money and an evening well spent.
  • 5/5 from Rhys, attended Jun 2024: China created a fun and welcoming environment. She explains everything super clearly and made us all laugh and at ease. Fully recommend the experience!
Your teacher

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female Women-owned

I have always had an overwhelming love of drawing and anything creative and since the age of 3, when I drew my first almond shape and realised that looked like an eye, I knew this path was the road I wanted to take. Having been self taught for the majority of my career, I was missing the final pieces of the puzzle to full understand and reach a level of realism that I was looking for. After studying and Wimbledon College Of Art and training with some of the finest teachers on this planet, I finally had my missing pieces and I learnt how to see clearer, how to translate what was in front of me to the paper, and how to show other people how to do the same.
I have been sharing this skill for around 5 years now and teaching all kinds of ages. I have met many abilities and faced different obstacles as each persons journey is so unique. Finally I decided that this practice should be shared to everyone and drawing is not only therapeutic but fun! It can be a great source of relief and build amazing memories so I started hosting classes for businesses and creating team building experiences that people will never forget.

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