Animation courses in London
Animation is the most popular and creative form of filmmaking. It’s as limited as your imagination and allows you to tell stories and express ideas in a myriad of visually exciting ways. Taught by professional animators we offer a wide range of digital and traditional animation courses in drawn, model, experimental, cut out, motion graphics and animated SFX using professional applications, equipment, and processes.
Whether you’re interested in creating narrative or experimental animations for social media, publishing online, film festivals, gaining commissions or for use in narrative or documentary films or fine art installations we have the course for you at a level and time that suits you.
This could be a great start to a new career or a new interest to keep you animated!
Animation classes available both in-person and online
At City Lit, you can choose to study in-person or online. Our fantastic in-person courses are taught in our attractive campus, located in the heart of Covent Garden, central London. Here, our students can benefit from a variety of services and resources, including our café and state-of-the art equipment.
Our online courses are tailored to give you a social and interactive online learning experience, allowing you freedom to study from anywhere and with like-minded fellow classmates from all over the country without the need to travel. Use the Location filters on this page to choose your preferred learning method. See our guide to online learning for more information about accessing our live online courses.
For more information please contact Visual Arts: VisualArts@citylit.ac.uk
17 courses available
- Try it out: animationEver fancied producing your own animations for web, devices and video? Come and learn the basics of creating professional-looking animated sequences using the software application Adobe After Effects CC.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00
Try it out: stop motion animationThrow yourself into the world of stop motion animation on this introductory practical course. Enjoy exploring a range of materials and techniques to produce innovative drawn, cut out and 3D animation sequences. An invaluable introduction for anyone interested in developing their animation practice.Keeley Street
Sat 19 Sep 2026Stephanie GriffithsFull fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00- City Lit animation
Discover the exciting innovative work of internationally renowned artists and enjoy exploring the potential of experimental animation to develop your fine art practice. On this practical course you will create your own short experimental animated film using a range of stop motion and digital techniques.
The RFSA Foundation helps widen access to art and design education by supporting learners facing financial, personal or practical barriers. If you meet the eligibility criteria, you may be able to apply for funding towards this course. Read our step-by-step bursary guidance here to find out more and apply.
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Tue 22 Sep 2026Stephanie Griffiths, Litza JanszFull fee £2,699.00 Senior fee £2,159.00 Concession £1,754.00 - Saturday stop motion animation workshopLearn how to do traditional model armature puppet animation and plasticine animation. On this practical course you will learn the principles of animation and apply them to the puppet sequences produced during the sessions. You will be introduced to some examples of professional puppets used on broadcast TV and, using professional equipment and you will learn how to use timing and performance to create dynamic animations.
Keeley Street
Sat 26 Sep 2026Stephanie GriffithsFull fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Experimental animation for fine artistsDiscover the exciting innovative work of internationally renowned artists and enjoy exploring the potential of experimental animation to develop your fine art practice. On this practical course you will create your own short experimental animated film using a range of stop motion and digital techniques.Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00
- Animation with Procreate Dreams
Learn to design and animate animations - using the Procreate Dreams App!
Keeley Street
Thu 12 Nov 2026Kate SullivanFull fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Animated storytelling: first steps
This course introduces the fundamentals of storytelling through animation. It is designed for anyone interested in how stories are communicated visually using movement, timing, characters, and sound.
Keeley Street
Thu 26 Nov 2026Leo MetcalfFull fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Stop motion animation weekend
Learn the fundamentals of stop motion animation in this practical weekend course.
Keeley Street
Sat 6 Feb 2027Stephanie GriffithsFull fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Plan your animation: storyboarding and animaticsStoryboards and animatics are crucial for planning, developing and communicating your film and animation projects to clients, funders or collaborators. Learn how to represent your project in still and moving image format showing different camera shots, framing, camera movement, action, timing and sound.
Keeley Street
Sat 13 Feb 2027Stephanie GriffithsFull fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Saturday model animation workshop
This practical one-day workshop introduces learners to the fundamentals of model animation and stop-motion filmmaking.
Keeley Street
Sat 27 Feb 2027Stephanie GriffithsFull fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Short form stop motion animation for InstagramStop motion animation is the most popular form on social media. Engage in an exciting exploration of storytelling using a range of animation techniques and genres. See your drawings and models come to life and create a series of exciting animated sequences to enhance your social media posts or your professional show reel.
Keeley Street
Mon 12 Apr 2027Stephanie GriffithsFull fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Hand-drawn animation workshopDue to its versatility, drawn animation is one of the most exciting animated forms favoured by artists and animators alike. Whether you’re interest is in traditional or experimental animation, whether you’re confident with drawing or not, you will enjoy developing your skills on this practical user friendly course.
Keeley Street
Wed 21 Apr 2027Stephanie GriffithsFull fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Animating with Dragonframe weekend
Using the professional application DragonFrame to capture stop motion and a range of stop motion techniques and processes you will create an exciting and surprising animation. This weekend course will introduce you to some of the techniques of internationally celebrated animators such as Jan Svankmajer and Paul Bush.
Keeley Street
Sat 24 Apr 2027Stephanie GriffithsFull fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Telling stories in animation
This course introduces the fundamentals of storytelling through animation. It is designed for anyone interested in how stories are communicated visually using movement, timing, characters, and sound.
Keeley Street
Sun 9 May 2027Leo MetcalfFull fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00 - City Lit Pro: motion graphic design
Develop practical skills in motion graphic design in this intensive two-day course.
Keeley Street
Thu 3 Jun 2027Litza JanszFull fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00
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