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TheSchoolRun.com closure date

As we informed you a few months ago, TheSchoolRun has had to make the difficult decision to close due to financial pressures and the company has now ceased trading. We had hoped to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.

As a result, we now have to permanently close TheSchoolRun.com. However, to give subscribers time to download any content they’d like to keep, we will keep the website open until 31st July 2025. After this date, the site will be taken down and there will be no further access to any resources. We strongly encourage you to download and save any resources you think you may want to use in the future.

In particular, we suggest downloading:

You should already have received 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep. If you haven’t received these, please contact us at [email protected] before 31st July 2025, and we will send them to you.

We are very sorry that there is no way to continue offering access to resources and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Best online drawing tutorials for children

Best online drawing tutorials for children
Does your child love to draw, doodle, paint and sketch? Help them learn new techniques and perfect their own versions of their favourite characters with a host of free draw-along videos from children's book illustrators and animation artists.

Draw with Rob

 

DRAW WITH ROB is a video series, a book series and even the Guinness World Record holder for the largest online art lesson, when 45,611 participants drew a whale with children's book illustrator Rob Biddulph in May 2020.

Art For Kids Hub

 

With over 4 million subscribers on YouTube, Art For Kids Hub offers all kinds of free art lessons for kids, including how to draw, painting and origami for children. Most of the art lessons are self-contained, so all you need to start drawing along with the Art For Kids Hub family is something to draw with, paper and colouring supplies.

Draw a Gruffalo with Axel Scheffler

 

Start with the horns and follow Axel Scheffler’s process from pencil to paint – you'll be drawing your very own Gruffalo in no time! You can also download and print colouring sheets featuring Axel's famous illustrations from his website.

Mice, dragons and other creatures with Emily Gravett

 

Emily Gravett writes and illustrates picture books in the UK. Learn to draw some of her furry and scaly characters in her YouTube videos, or try some activities like spot the difference, follow the trail or join the dots from her website.

Draw with Jim Field

 

You'll probably know lots of Jim Field's distinctive characters already: Monsieur Roscoe, Quick Quack Quentin, Cyril the squirrel or the animals from the billiant Oi! series written by Kes Grey. Look through the draw-along options on Jim's website.

DOODLE DO-IT! - Learn to Draw with Tom McLaughlin

 

Join author and illustrator Tom McLaughlin in a video series packed with helpful hints, tips and tricks for young doodlers. Whether you’re an experienced artist or just trying something new, why not have a go and Doodle Do-It?

Draw with Nick Sharratt

 

Try your hand at illustrator Nick Sharratt's distinctive style with loads of videos about drawing Jacqueline Wilson's characters, but also for drawing animals, buildings, vehicles, clothes, food, shops, space monsters and lots more.

Draw-A-Long-A-Lenton

 

A series of step-by-step draw-along videos with children's book illustrator and author Steven Lenton, featuring a range of characters from his own books and also those by Steven Butler, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Tracey Corderoy and many more. Will you try your hand at a shocktopus, a Yeti or a robot first?

Learn to draw with Quentin Blake

 

Watch master illustrator Quentin Blake draw Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and find out more about his creative partnership with Roald Dahl. You can download some of Quentin's intricate designs from his website to colour in, too.

Horrible Histories drawalong

 

Find out how to doodle a Rotten Roman with illustrator Martin Brown's Horrible Histories drawlong for BookTrust. Why not grab some paper and a pen and see how you get on?

Learn to draw with with Clara Vulliamy

 

Find out how author and illustrator Clara Vuilliamy creates her books, try some baking and craft activities inspired by her stories and learn drawing techniques with her YouTube videos.