Experience the versatile, subtle yet radiant qualities of working with watercolours and why it is such an absorbing art form. Beginners will be introduced to the basics of brush and wash techniques, alongside colour mixing through hands-on tutor demonstrations, with plenty of advice on materials along the way.
If you’re a more experienced student you can explore creative approaches to mark-making and investigate composition to plan and develop imagery. All courses reference a variety of watercolour artists’ styles and techniques to inspire imaginative work. We offer watercolour courses online, off-site and in our wonderful fully equipped watercolour studio.
Courses 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 about courses available, please contact our Visual Arts team on visualarts@citylit.ac.uk
Watercolour 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.
Build your confidence and skills in outdoor watercolour painting in a variety of central London locations. You will be introduced to watercolour mixing and mark making in relation to painting the urban landscape. This course can be seen as a refresher or for students who have had a minimum amount of watercolour experience.
Condense your learning on this intensive course. Working from still life explore a variety of application techniques such as layering, masking-out and creating textures to gain a grounding in the rich possibilities of the watercolour medium.
Course start date: Tue 9 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)