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.
- Sketchup Pro: fast track
Course start date: Mon 27 Jul 2026Location 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 - SketchUp Pro for beginners Course start date: Tue 22 Sep 2026 (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 £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00 - Props till you drop I Course start date: Sat 26 Sep 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Wendy ChandlerDo you ever dream of conjuring up the props for Harry Potter, Doctor Who or West End musicals? Are you interested in a career in window display? On this course you will explore techniques used by professionals to produce effective props and sets. Get hands-on experience of sculpting, fabricating, mould making, casting and using paint effects. Learn about the demands of the industry from a specialist tutor, and have a go at translating your own ideas into 3D.
Full fee £809.00 Senior fee £647.00 Concession £526.00 - Vectorworks for beginners Course start date: Fri 2 Oct 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonLearn how to visualise your 2D and 3D 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 modelling and landscaping.Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00 - AutoCAD 2D for Mac: introductionCourse start date: Sun 4 Oct 2026 (and 2 other dates)
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 £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00 - Try it out: garden design Course start date: Fri 9 Oct 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alison WorsterGet a taste of how you can improve your outside spaces. In this online workshop you will learn how to assess an outside space and complete a short exercise in garden design planning. A great preparation for our range of beginners garden design courses.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - AutoCAD 2D for Windows: introductionCourse start date: Wed 14 Oct 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonThis is a new course and we are currently developing the course outline. Please check back soon.
Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00 - SketchUp Pro: intermediate Course start date: Fri 16 Oct 2026
Location 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 £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Design your own garden I: planning and layoutCourse start date: Fri 6 Nov 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alison WorsterExplore the exciting opportunities and challenges involved in designing your own garden. Develop your creative skills and learn to maximise the potential of your space through practical workshops, using planning and layout design techniques.
Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - AutoCAD 3D for Mac: introductionCourse start date: Sat 7 Nov 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonThis is a new course and we are currently developing the course outline. Please check back soon.
Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £259.00 - Design your own garden II: planting designCourse start date: Fri 15 Jan 2027 (and 1 other date)
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.
Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Introduction to prop making for film, TV, theatre and display Course start date: Mon 27 Jul 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Naoko TagaiLearn a range of sculptural techniques that are used in the ever expanding film, TV and theatre prop making industry. Explore a range of sculpting and casting methods and fabricating techniques, and experiment with materials.Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00 - Props till you drop IICourse start date: Sat 16 Jan 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Wendy ChandlerA good prop maker requires skills in model making, carving, fabrication, mould making and casting, and an ability to communicate, problem solve and work at speed both in the studio and on set. Practice makes perfect and this course is designed for you to practise and hone skills already learnt, build confidence in making and to discover new materials and techniques. This course is a continuation from ‘Introduction to Prop Making’ and offers the opportunity to develop skills previously learned on these introductory courses, and also learn new ones. However, this course is also accessible to total beginners.
Examples of employment where prop making skills can be applied:
• Film blockbusters: Such as Harry Potter, Star Wars and Aardman Animation.
• West End musicals: Lion King, War Horse and Hair Spray etc.
• Festivals: Glastonbury, Latitude, Noisily etc.
• Fringe Theatre in Edinburgh; Street Theatre at Royale de Luxe etc.
• Events: Notting Hill Carnival and many others.
• Puppetry at Blind Summit and others.
• Window displays: Such as Harvey Nichols, Selfridges, Harrods, Vivienne Westwood.
• Music videos/independent theatre companies etc.Full fee £809.00 Senior fee £647.00 Concession £526.00 - Design your own garden Course start date: Wed 20 Jan 2027
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.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Vectorworks: fast trackCourse start date: Tue 26 Jan 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonThis is a new course and we are currently developing the course outline. Please check back soon.
Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00
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