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.
Courses available both in-person and online
We offer a range of courses allowing you to choose between online and in-person learning. All our courses are live, interactive, and taught by expert tutors. No matter how you prefer to learn, you’ll receive the same great City Lit experience. See our guide to online learning for more information about accessing our live online courses.
We host exhibitions throughout the year at City Lit Gallery where our students showcase their amazing work.
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.
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- Adobe Photoshop: a detailed introductionCourse start date: Fri 7 Oct 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
Tutors: Andrea MarzanoThis course is a solid introduction to Adobe Photoshop and has been designed for students who want to learn the professional and most effective way to use Photoshop from the ground up.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £100.00 - Drawing and painting from the imagination
Course start date: Mon 1 Aug 2022 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
Tutors: Clare Barton-HarveyExplore the role of the imagination in painting and drawing. Develop a toolkit of methods for stimulating, sustaining and enriching your imaginative engagement through a series of guided practical painting and drawing exercises.
The aim of the course is to investigate the role of the imagination in drawing and painting and to explore new ways of seeing and experiencing the world around us.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £97.00 - Designing textiles using Photoshop III: expanding personal projectsCourse start date: Tue 13 Sep 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Kirsty KirkpatrickThis short intermediate course will improve your Adobe Photoshop pattern tiling skills while learning new basic vector drawing skills in Adobe illustrator. We will improve on creating narratives for print design using multiple motifs and storytelling. Not suitable for beginners. You will need your own access the Adobe Creative Suite on your Mac or PC before class.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Beginners photographyCourse start date: Wed 21 Sep 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Dominic HarrisDiscover the basics of photography to improve your photographs and impress your friends. Learn about shutter speed, aperture, photo composition, light and taking pictures in different environments. This course is perfect for complete beginners or for learning new skills. Please take this course before enrolling on our intermediate courses.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Strengthen your drawing: six projects in six daysCourse start date: Mon 26 Sep 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sue Baker KentonThis lively, intensive course will push your drawing to the next level as you use a range of lateral strategies to develop personal approaches to the subject. This course is about purposeful play and enquiry.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £121.00 - Drawing and mindfulnessCourse start date: Thu 9 Jun 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Clare Barton-HarveyAn opportunity to explore the beauty and simplicity of the ancient practice of mindfulness in the context of drawing. Through a range of traditional and experimental approaches to drawing, be inspired by new ways of seeing and approaching drawing. This course offers a great introduction to mindful drawing or a way for you to further integrate mindfulness into your drawing.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - How to paint: methods and techniquesCourse start date: Tue 1 Nov 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Kate HardyLearn to mix green like Turner, make objects come to life like O’Keefe, experiment with bringing thoughts alive like Eileen Agar, understand space like Frankenthaler. This course will introduce the work of abstract artists over six sessions. You will work on a series of paintings inspired by a range of artists, using your choice of oil, acrylic, or watercolour paints.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Art in theory: What is creativity?Course start date: Fri 4 Nov 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ian TucknottThis critical studies course for developing artists and makers explores the concept of creativity and what it means to be an artist, drawing on a range of cultural theories and work by creative practitioners to help inspire and enhance creative and critical thinking.
NB. This course will have a break week on 11 November.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £111.00 - Art and Ideas: Time and MemoryCourse start date: Wed 11 Jan 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Charles ChambersThis course if for students and creative practitioners interested in memory as a creative and conceptual theme. Explore and discuss ideas, theories and work by significant artists and writers to enhance and inspire the development of creative work.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £111.00 - 3D animation with Blender: stage 2Course start date: Wed 11 Jan 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Benjamin AustinLearn how to use Adobe Animate CC to create exciting drawn and cut out animations on this practical introductory course and find out why it’s still the application of choice for professional drawn animation.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Art in theory: politics and societyCourse start date: Thu 12 Jan 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Charles ChambersCritical thinking course for creative practitioners exploring culture, society and politics drawing on a range of cultural theories and work by significant artists and designers to enhance and inspire creative thinking and practical work.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £111.00 - Art and Ideas: Identity and the selfCourse start date: Thu 12 Jan 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ian TucknottThis course is for students and creative practitioners interested in identity as a creative and conceptual theme. Explore and discuss ideas, theories and work by significant artists and writers to enhance and inspire the development of creative work.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £111.00 - Graphic design: the fundamentalsCourse start date: Mon 6 Feb 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Andrew McCartenThis course will give you a strong basis for starting to explore what Graphic Design is as a subject. We will lead you in exploring creating graphic images and words. It will include looking at how drawing tasks can lead onto abstraction and graphic representation. You will also explore the nature of text and words, including poetry, of their form and layout and their graphic representation using creative and playful analogue working techniques.
Note the course does not include any software teaching use in terms of the creation of works. You will however be guided to take photographs of your works and create pdf’s to submit onto a course Padlet, which is a shared class resource.
Working on a series of short engaging tasks and homework extension tasks, supported by contextual references for visual inputs, you will build both subject confidence and the ability to produce creative graphic design solutions.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Art and Ideas: space and placeCourse start date: Wed 22 Feb 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Charles ChambersExplore concepts and theories of space and place in relation to historical and contemporary art and making, and engage in discussion and debate related to landscape, urban, site-specific and place-based creative arts.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £111.00 - Art and Ideas: What is visual language?Course start date: Thu 2 Mar 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ian TucknottThis course is for students and creative practitioners interested in visual language as a creative and conceptual theme. Explore and discuss ideas, theories and work by significant artists and writers to enhance and inspire the development of creative work and build an understanding of your own visual language.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £111.00
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