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.
37 courses available
- 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 weekendLearn 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- 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
- Printmaking at home: printing without a press
Learn some exciting monoprinting techniques that you can do within the comfort of your own home and make exciting and beautiful hand-made prints without the use of expensive printmaking studio equipment. This short online workshop will provide you with skills and confidence in setting up a small simple print making space at home and to make prints in a creative and resourceful way.
Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - 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 - 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
- Embossing and typographic printmaking weekend
Experiment with laser cut wooden type and silkscreen stencils to create a series of small posters and embossed prints.
Keeley Street
Sat 14 Nov 2026Robert WhiteFull fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - 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 - Etching workshop
An exciting introduction to the basic processes and principles of etching. Using zinc plates, create beautiful images with line, texture and tone, and experiment with printing your image in both monochrome and colour.
Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - 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
- Printmaking for beginnersThis 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 £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
- 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 £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Cyanotype printmaking in a day
On this one-day course you will explore the photographic process of cyanotype printmaking onto paper. This print process produces beautiful deep-blue prints and can be created using drawings, photographs and botanicals as well as a variety of physical objects and open-weave materials.
Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00 - Advanced printmaking studio
Access to City Lit's print studio for experienced printmakers, to develop their printmaking practice.
Keeley Street
Thu 7 Jan 2027Claire HyndsFull fee £1,499.00 Senior fee £1,199.00 Concession £1,049.00 - Cut, stab and etch: printmaking with linocuts
Cut, stab and etch your way to dynamic blocks and exciting prints. This course offers 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
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