Beginners Printmaking Courses
Discover the art of printmaking with City Lit’s Beginners Printmaking courses, available both online and in London. Whether you're new to printmaking or looking to explore new techniques, our expert-led courses provide a solid foundation in the various methods of this fascinating art form.
Learn the essential techniques of printmaking, including relief printing, linocut, monoprint, and screen printing. You’ll gain hands-on experience in creating your own prints, working with different materials, and experimenting with colour and texture. Our tutors will guide you through the process, helping you develop your skills and create unique prints.
With practical lessons, group discussions, and individual feedback, you’ll explore your creativity and gain the confidence to produce your own printed artworks. Whether you're interested in producing limited edition prints, creating designs for home décor, or simply experimenting with printmaking as a hobby, our courses cater to all skill levels.
Explore our Beginners Printmaking courses today, available online and in London, and take your first step towards mastering the art of printmaking.
- Printmaking into bookbinding
Course start date: Mon 20 Apr 2026Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Claire Hynds, Margo Van RooyenExplore the three dimensional possibilities of print. This course will encourage you to develop your initial ideas through experiments with printmaking techniques and bookbinding structures to create an artist’s book. Some printmaking and/or bookbinding experience may be beneficial but not essential.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - Screen printing workshop: laser cutting stencilsCourse start date: Tue 21 Apr 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rolina Elsje BlokYou will be introduced to screen printing without the process of developing and exposing your screen photographically. We will concentrate instead how rich and vibrant screenprints can be achieved through producing both laser-cut and hand-cut stencils, and how to build a vivid composition from your own imagery.
Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Screen printing in a day Course start date: Sat 25 Apr 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rolina Elsje BlokIn this fun, 1-day workshop you will be taught how to print and register a two colour screenprint using monoprint, colour blends and pre-made photographic screens. You will be taught some basic screen making process and insight into making digital artwork. This will set you up for longer and more advanced screenprinting classes.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00 - Printmaking weekend: printing with recycled materialsCourse start date: Sat 23 May 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosey PrinceExciting and imaginative prints can be made from the most humble and unexpected materials creating wonderful textures that will add line and tone to your images. Make prints exploiting texture and colour using readily available and simple materials with a low environmental impact.
Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Introduction to printmaking techniques Course start date: Tue 2 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This fast-paced course reveals some of the processes used to make fine art prints. You will try both relief and intaglio printmaking methods. This course is for beginners and those with limited experience who want to discover how printmaking techniques actually work. An ideal way to start printmaking.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Photo lithography workshopCourse start date: Sat 6 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David HolahPhoto-plate lithography uses light sensitive aluminium plates as a printing matrix for photographic, text or hand drawn images. This versatile process allows you to collage and overprint these elements to create original works in small editions.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Woodblock and lino printmaking: experimental approachesCourse start date: Fri 12 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Learn 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.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Woodblock printmaking workshop: laser cutting blocksCourse start date: Thu 25 Jun 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rolina Elsje BlokYou will be introduced to the process of wood block printing by combining hand cut marks and laser engraving. We will concentrate on how we can use laser engraving and laser cutting as part of relief printing through building vivid compositions to create your own imagery.
Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Monoprinting workshop Course start date: Wed 1 Jul 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosey PrinceThe 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 £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Woodblock and lino printmaking: large-scale workshopCourse start date: Mon 13 Jul 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Large scale printmaking enables expressive mark making. Use woodcut and linocut carving techniques to produce big, bold and multi-coloured, multi-layered prints for you to take home.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00
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