3D design courses in London
Discover how working digitally can complement your creativity and strengthen your craft. We use various software in our courses including Adobe, Vectorworks, Rhino, and Sketch Up Pro. Our courses cover a range of subjects from Interior and Garden Design, to Textile Design, 3D Printing, and Jewellery Design.
Our tutors are qualified specialists and experts in their craft. As a City Lit student, you’ll benefit from their industry knowledge across different disciplines. We offer courses in our purpose built Design & Digital Lab in London as well as online.
We have courses to suit everyone. Choose from introductory and intermediate courses as well as advanced courses if you are experienced and you want to develop your professional practice.
We host exhibitions throughout the year at City Lit Gallery where our students showcase their amazing work.
- Cosplay propmakingCourse start date: Fri 2 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ro SylvesterDo you or someone you know enjoy dressing up? Whether it is for a Sci-Fi convention, a historical re-enactment, a local theatre production or just a fancy dress party you could be creating your own costume or prop whilst putting your own stamp on the design.
Hats, headdresses, masks, armour and hand held props will be explored using a variety of techniques. You will explore modelling techniques, casting, and fabric manipulation.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00 - SketchUp Pro: intermediate
Course start date: Wed 7 May 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonThis intensive course is designed for people who have either completed the SketchUp Pro for beginners course or have previous experience of the software. A great opportunity to review your skills and take them to a more advanced level. There will be the opportunity for you to consider your own projects during the course.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - SketchUp Pro for beginners Course start date: Thu 8 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonLearn to visualise and model interior spaces and 3D forms with this easy-to-use and intuitive program. It is a perfect addition to our interior and/or garden design courses. The software is very affordable and available for home use on a PC or Mac.Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Vectorworks for beginners Course start date: Sat 10 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonOn this fast paced course learn how to create engaging digital 2D and 3D images of your design ideas using the professional application Vectorworks. Vectorworks is very user-friendly, industry standard software that is ideal for architectural planning, interior design projects, 3D modeling and landscaping.Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Try it out: garden design Course start date: Tue 13 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alison WorsterGet a taste of how you can improve your outside spaces. You will complete a short exercise and experience our design studio. This course links directs to ‘Roof terrace and balcony design and planting’, code VF345.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Garden design: small spaces Course start date: Thu 29 May 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alison WorsterMake the most of your small garden and learn design and plant selection techniques tailored to your space. Discover how to understand your site and explore practical design solutions and tips on choosing the right materials and plants for your garden.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Learn to laser cut Course start date: Fri 6 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Suk Han LeeA short introductory course in laser cutting, ideal for beginners or anyone wishing to add innovation to his or her own creative projects. You will learn simple software techniques using Adobe Illustrator to convert your design ideas into a variety of laser cut samples and small personal projects.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Try it out: laser cutting Course start date: Sat 7 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Learn how to cut and etch paper with your own images, patterns or text. Learn some basic skills to personalise an existing template own using Adobe Illustrator. Send your file to be produced on our laser cutter and leave with your own design. Suitable for absolute beginners.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Garden design: container gardening Course start date: Wed 11 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alison WorsterPlanting in containers is a valuable addition to any outside space, no matter how large or small. Discover how to enhance your garden and experiment with design and planting for successful containers.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Start planting design for your garden Course start date: Tue 17 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alison WorsterExplore the principles of planting design using form, line and texture to create dynamic planting schemes. In weekly workshops, improve the breadth of your plant knowledge whilst developing the skills and techniques of garden designers. - Introduction to AutoCAD 2D Course start date: Sun 20 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonAutoCAD is an essential part of the work process for engineers, designers, architects and visualisers. This course will teach you to create 2D technical drawings on a Mac in one of the leading CAD design programmes.Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Sketchup Pro: fast track Course start date: Mon 21 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonLearn to visualise and model interior spaces and 3D forms on this fast track course. Skills in this user friendly and affordable software is invaluable for Interior designers, Garden designers and Set designers who wish to improve their presentations. The software works on both PC or Mac.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Design your own garden intensive Course start date: Mon 4 Aug 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alison WorsterTransform your garden and explore design and plant selection techniques tailored to your space. Discover how to improve your garden with professional, practical garden design solutions and tips to maximise the potential of your site. - Design your own garden Course start date: Fri 3 Oct 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alison WorsterDesign your own garden and turn your valuable outside space into a private sanctuary. On this online course you will discover how to create a secluded garden using considered layout, landscaping and planting to create an extension of your home. - Props till you drop III Course start date: Sat 26 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Wendy ChandlerAre you interested in prop making for the film, TV, theatre, window display and live event industries? Get to grips with some of the challenges you might encounter as a prop maker, from creatively interpreting a client's brief, working to a budget and meeting deadlines. Learn to problem solve and apply a range of techniques to bring a 3D design concept to fruition, getting a real insight into the prop making industry and its challenges.Full fee £679.00 Senior fee £543.00 Concession £441.00
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