Art & Design Courses - Online & in London
Explore new and exciting subjects within a range of art and design disciplines, develop your skill set, get the support required to change career or launch yourself as a freelance artist or designer. All this and more delivered through our practical and engaging art and design courses at City Lit.
Our range of part-time, weekend and evening art and design classes are taught by successful artists and practitioners to ensure you get the skills, knowledge and experience you want and deserve. From experimental painting and drawing to contemporary jewellery making, there is sure to be a course for you. Study from 1 day to 2 years, whether you are a complete beginner or a practising artist preparing for an MA. Our courses are designed with you in mind, so you get to spend more time doing what you love.
Set a new goal, start your next creative adventure with City Lit and let us support you to realise your ambitions.
Some of our courses are delivered online. For more information about our live online courses, please see our guide to online learning.
Any questions? Contact our visual arts team on visual.arts@citylit.ac.uk or call us on 020 7492 2700, Monday to Friday between 10am-12pm or 2pm-4pm.
- Life drawing and painting
Course start date: Sun 22 May 2022 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Louisa Buck, Luke JonesJoin us to draw from the nude model. Through structured teaching, you'll explore a range of materials and approaches to this fascinating genre, learning about proportion, tone, line, scale and mark making, with reference to other artists. For all levels.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £158.00 - Introduction to watercolour and mixed mediaCourse start date: Sun 17 Jul 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Anne-Marie FosterWatercolour has a rich tradition - this course will explore the more experimental ways of using this pleasurable medium and will present new possibilities for producing exciting new work with mixed media. Make inventive combinations of media to draw from your own found imagery, photographs and sketches.Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £188.00 - Jewellery production: carving, casting and finishingCourse start date: Sun 12 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Louise Seijen Ten HoornCarve, model and experiment with jewellers wax; learn about the lost wax casting process, outsourcing, and how components and multiples are made, relevant to jewellery making and production. There will also be an introduction to low-fi casting methods: Delft-Clay (sand casting) and cuttlefish bone.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £207.00 - Introduction to collage and mixed mediaCourse start date: Sun 12 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Joe RichardsonUsing a wide range of mixed media, examine the relevance of collage today, its routes through the history of art and its creative potential. Practical workshops include: found object and paper collage, assemblage, image transformation, metamorphosis and text.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £158.00 - Drawing 1Course start date: Sun 19 Jun 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrea VoiseyExplore the creative possibilities of drawing, gain confidence and broaden your expectations and understanding. Learn and develop key drawing concepts: function of line, tone, texture, form, composition and mark making through a carefully structured approach.Full fee £379.00 Senior fee £303.00 Concession £231.00 - Introduction to carving in woodCourse start date: Sun 19 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Alexandra HarleyHave you ever fancied having a go at sculpting in wood? Or perhaps you're experienced at it but would like expert guidance to develop your ideas? This comprehensive course encourages wood carvers of all levels to bring along their ideas and see how they can be developed. You will make models of your designs, upscale and transpose these, and use professional carving tools to produce beautiful pieces in wood.Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £201.00 - Life drawing and painting: experimental approaches to the figureCourse start date: Sun 26 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Annie AttridgeExplore imaginative, dynamic approaches to drawing the figure with a variety of media: be inspired by new ways of seeing and access innovative ways of approaching your drawing.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £158.00 - Embroidery and embellishment for fashion and textilesCourse start date: Sun 26 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Beverley SellAn introduction to the world of embroidery and embellishment. Explore a concept of your choice through experimentation with embroidery and embellishment techniques using hand and machine methods.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £140.00 - Experimental filmmakingCourse start date: Sun 3 Jul 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczLearn about the differences between experimental film and conventional narrative. Begin to create digital films that challenge rather than cater to conventional expectations. Explore how to create original material in both form and content.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £176.00 - Garden design: year round colourCourse start date: Sun 3 Jul 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Patrick FeatherstoneDiscover how to extend the season of interest in your garden, with successional planting. Learn about winter interest, planting schedules, colour schemes and general tips for selecting and grouping plants.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £170.00 - Textiles and surface pattern: drawing and designCourse start date: Sun 24 Jul 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Janie MurphyInvestigate mark making, layering and juxtaposing ideas through experimental drawings. Explore the importance of imaginative research and how to record it in a sketchbook. Develop versatile design textile ideas for interiors, fashion, stationery or text.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £127.00 - Textiles: waxed surfacesCourse start date: Sun 24 Jul 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Amarjeet NandhraInvestigate the different ways wax can be used on paper and fabric; create surface decoration using a range of resist techniques or alter the structure of a surface and experiment with translucency, structure and stitch.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £127.00 - Design for magazines and books with Adobe InDesign: stage 1Course start date: Sun 31 Jul 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Gita HahnAn introduction to the principles of designing, laying out and planning books and magazines using InDesign. This intermediate course is suitable for those with some InDesign experience.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £125.00 - Experimental ceramicsCourse start date: Sun 10 Jul 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
A chance to use different clays with the addition of oxides, fluxing agents and natural combustible materials. Fuse found objects in the kiln, make biscuit slips and investigate the textural possibilities of glazes.Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £304.00
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