Beginners Etching, Intaglio & Lithography Courses
Embark on your printmaking journey with City Lit’s Beginners Etching, Intaglio & Lithography courses, available in London. If you’re new to printmaking or looking to deepen your knowledge, our expert-led courses will guide you through these traditional and highly skilled printmaking techniques.
Learn the fundamental techniques of etching, intaglio, and lithography, exploring methods such as drypoint, aquatint, and stone lithography. Our courses will introduce you to the rich history of these processes, while offering hands-on experience in creating prints using both contemporary and traditional approaches.
In addition to developing technical skills, you will have the opportunity to experiment with various materials and tools. You’ll gain confidence in using presses, creating plates, and exploring ways to express your artistic vision through these versatile printmaking techniques. Whether you are producing fine art prints or learning for personal creative development, our courses will help you achieve your artistic goals.
Explore our Beginners Etching, Intaglio & Lithography courses today, available in London, and discover the artistry and technique behind these timeless printmaking processes.
- Photo etching workshopCourse start date: Sat 31 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David HolahThis course teaches you how to transfer your own designs and images to an etched metal plate where you can develop them further and print in this 'hands on' workshop. Photo etching processes are great for producing detailed imagery and are ripe for experimenting with colour inking.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Drypoint and intaglio printmaking in a day
Course start date: Tue 10 Mar 2026 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anne-Marie FosterDrypoint is a way of creating grooves in a solid surface, it produces a rich unique type of drawn line, from which you will make prints using intaglio inking methods, This workshop offers the opportunity to use specialist techniques and tools and gain insight into how these sit within the creative practice of artists using drypoint. For all levels, although some experience of drawing is preferable.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00 - Lithography print workshopCourse start date: Tue 17 Mar 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Simon BurderLearn how to produce work that mimics a painterly style using lithography printmaking processes. Lithography depends on the delicate balance between grease and water and can provide a broad range of outcomes. Learn how marks and brush strokes drawn and painted on the printing plate can be faithfully reproduced to create bold or subtle prints.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
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