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.
25 courses available
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
On this one-day course you will explore how to print and register a two colour screenprint.
Through practical exercises you will explore this process using a variety of introductory processes such as screen print mono printing, colour blends and printing using pre-made photographic screens along with an insight into making digital artwork.
Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00 - Screen printing workshop
On this course you will be introduced to a range of screen printing methods. Through practical exercises you will explore the process of screen printing and learn a variety of techniques.
You will create artwork using both paper stencils and digital photographic artwork and expose these onto a screen to create a variety of layered prints onto paper.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 colour
A course for intermediate and experienced printmakers wanting to build on previous experience and experiment with process to consolidate 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 - Developing personal printmaking projectsExplore and develop personal work in intaglio and relief printmaking. Techniques covered include drypoint, etching, linocut, collagraphy and photo etching. All levels of experience welcome.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
- 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 - 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.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
- Screen printing studio projects
Develop your screen printing in this weekly taught workshop where you will be shown new techniques, from using halftones and photo processes, layering colour, stencilling and experimental techniques to printing on textiles and professional practice.
Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00 - 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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