Online Art & Design Courses

Cultivate a range of methods for stimulating and connecting to what inspires you, and develop ways to express your imagination freely using a variety of media and approaches. In person (City Lit studios) OR on-line; please check your selection before enrolling.

Looking at a diverse range of figurative artists, we’ll examine their subject matter along with technical and imaginative skills, and find inspiration for our own paintings. Eye-opening projects to inspire painters at all levels of experience. This is a live on-line practical course.

Explore a range of perspectives and practical exercises for letting-go of the limiting effects of the judging mind, whilst connecting to drawing in refreshing and inspiring ways. The ideas and mindfulness skills are transferrable to all creative disciplines.

Explore the creative possibilities of contemporary illustration through experimentation, image-making, and visual storytelling. This practical online course introduces a wide range of illustration techniques and processes, helping you build confidence, develop ideas, and discover your own visual language.

Make paintings inspired by artists whose subject is nature, be guided by their choices of subject matter, and learn from their methods. Eye-opening projects to inspire painters at all levels of experience. This is a live on-line practical course.

Explore how mindfulness can enrich the process of drawing, as we discover a range of contemporary approaches to drawing from nature. This course offers a great introduction to mindful drawing, or a way to explore it more deeply in the context of this theme.

Explore drawing and mindfulness and how the two combined can support new ways of seeing and relating to drawing. ‘The true journey of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having fresh eyes’ Marcel Proust.