Printmaking courses in London
At City Lit, we offer a wide range of printmaking courses, aimed at catering for your interest whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced artist. Our printmaking studio is a communal and collaborative space that celebrates the joy of working alongside others in pursuit of printmaking excellence.
We specialise in etching, screen-printing, relief and multi-media combinations. Our group classes are small, enabling you to learn using a combination of presses and printmaking equipment designed to enable multiple approaches to the medium.
All our tutors are artist practitioners with hands-on expertise. They are there to help you explore and challenge yourself towards making beautiful prints to take home or exhibit.
We host exhibitions throughout the year at City Lit Gallery where our students showcase their amazing work.
To arrange a conversation with our printmaking coordinator about your interests, options, and to find out what courses are available, please contact our Visual Arts team at visualarts@citylit.ac.uk.
23 courses available
Cyanotype printmaking in a dayCyanotype is a photographic printing process which produces a beautiful deep blue print from a variety of artwork, including drawings, photographs, physical objects or combinations of all of these. All levels welcome.Keeley Street
Mon 14 Sep 2026 (and 6 other dates)Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00- Contemporary printmaking studio: focus on creative layeringThis course is a chance to develop personal artwork, using traditional printmaking methods with a contemporary approach. Experiment and embrace the possibilities within combined layers and surface textures. Processes covered include monotype, screen-printing and etching/intaglio. All levels of experience welcome.Full fee £749.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £487.00
- Explore printmakingCome and get inky with this fun one day workshop exploring printmaking. This course will give you a basic understanding of monoprinting, relief printing and screen printing and is aimed at those who would like to explore different printmaking techniques before going on to other courses.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00
- Screen printing in a day
In this one-day workshop you will be taught how to print and register a two colour screen print using monoprint, colour blends and pre-made photographic screens. You will be taught some basic screen making processes and insight into making digital artwork. This will set you up for longer and more advanced screen printing classes.
Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00 - Screen printing workshopEnjoy being guided through inspirational and experimental screenprinting methods. You'll try a variety of mixed media techniques that will energise and enliven your artwork - a great way to expand your image making practice and your portfolio.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
- Introduction to printmaking techniques
This fast-paced introductory course reveals some of the processes used to make fine art prints. You will be introduced to a range of printmaking methods week-by-week. This course is for beginners and those with limited experience who want to discover how printmaking techniques work. An ideal start to a printmaking journey.
Keeley Street
Tue 22 Sep 2026Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Woodblock and lino printmaking workshopThis course introduces you to new ways of combining printmaking with creative thinking by using multiple printmaking techniques and processes, layering them to produce compositions that can be made into artworks to take away with you.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
- Printmaking with nature weekend
Using natural objects as a starting point, this weekend course will introduce you to monoprint and collagraph printmaking techniques.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Japanese woodcut printmakingAn introduction to the beautiful and delicate printmaking world of Japanese Woodcut. Explore this water based, non-toxic process and build an appreciation for the handmade. You will learn how to design, carve and make a multi-coloured print. Beginners welcome.Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00
- Contemporary printmaking studio: focus on colourA course for intermediate and experienced printmakers wanting to build on previous experience and experiment with process to consolidate and hone technical skills. The focus is on colour application, advanced intaglio processes, realising personal projects and the production of high quality prints.Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00
- T-shirt screen printing in a day
In this one day workshop you will be taught how to print onto t-shirts, tote bags and other fabrics. Students will learn basic screen printing techniques, including how to put your own designs onto screens, correct inks and printing methods and how to clean and prepare screens.
Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00 - Handmade printmaking weekend
Learn some exciting, low tech printmaking techniques to equip you with skills so you can easily make prints at home without the use of specialist equipment.
Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Cut, stab and etch: printmaking with linocutsCut, stab and etch your way to dynamic blocks and exciting prints. Practical instruction in both traditional and inventive linocut printmaking techniques, including the reduction method developed by Picasso, multiple block printing and Polish dot linocut.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
- Woodblock and lino printmaking: experimental approachesLearn how to create multicolour or monochrome relief prints. You'll be encouraged to work from your own source imagery (sketches, magazine cuttings, photos etc) as an inspirational lead-in to producing relief prints to take home.
Keeley Street
Fri 6 Nov 2026 (and 1 other date)Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Monoprinting workshop
A monoprint describes a ‘one off’ print, rather than a multiple, similar to a painting. However the marks, and textures achieved from printing layers of ink can produce rich visual effects as they layer and blend. Starting off with the basic monoprinting techniques you will develop these to produce an exciting series of prints to take home.
Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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