Get inspired by trying carving techniques and create your own small carving in wood or stone. Suitable for anyone from beginners to experienced carvers. This course will explore the characteristics of wood and stone, lead you through the steps of design and carving, encourage you to explore and develop your ideas, and try more experimental techniques.

This course invites you to use light as a creative tool: shaping, trailing and transforming it to create expressive photographic images. Through guided experimentation, creative briefs, and group critique, you’ll learn how to control exposure, colour, and movement to produce images that glow, blur, shimmer, and surprise.

NB: This listing covers two versions of the same course. One is the full course, and the other is a condensed 1-day version designed as a short introductory 'taster'.

On this course you will explore illustrating animals and their gestural qualities using a variety of different mediums.

Building on techniques and approaches covered in the Painting 1, this course enables you to work with more depth and a stronger emphasis on experimentation. Suitable if you already have some experience in painting.

Shape, form, pattern and texture take on added significance in black-and-white photography. Without colour to guide the eye, contrast, lighting, and composition take on even more importance. Discover these elements and the basic rules of black and white photography.

Shoot a roll of black and white film and develop it in traditional chemicals, learning two ways to view the images on your film (analogue and digital). Learn the process at City Lit so that you can set yourself up for doing it confidently at home.

Learn the basics of cartoon drawing in this fun introductory course. Explore the fundamentals of drawing facial expressions, exaggerated features and body movements that will shape your characters.

Practice comic book creation, looking at frames, pacing and panelling that all add to the design of your very own comic strip or comic book.

Learn how to write formal calligraphy scripts using a 3.8mm Pilot parallel calligraphy pen. The parallel calligraphy pen is a versatile, transportable broad-edged cartridge pen which allows you to write thick and thin strokes to create scripts such as gothic, italic and Carolingian. Advice will be given on other tools and materials you can use for calligraphy. This course is suitable for left and right-handers. Please read the course outline carefully as you will need to bring some things with you to the first session.

Ideal for beginners, discover how to throw and produce interesting forms on the wheel. Learn the basic methods for making simple bowls and vases.

Learn how to develop original abstract ideas from simple starting points and build confidence using a variety of painting approaches in acrylics. Explore the power of line, tone, colour and gesture in a lively weekend of structured project work.