Art & Design Courses - Online & in London
Explore new and exciting subjects within a range of art and design disciplines, develop your skill set, get the support required to change career or launch yourself as a freelance artist or designer. All this and more delivered through our practical and engaging art and design courses at City Lit.
Our range of part-time, weekend and evening art and design classes are taught by successful artists and practitioners to ensure you get the skills, knowledge and experience you want and deserve. From experimental painting and drawing to contemporary jewellery making, there is sure to be a course for you. Study from 1 day to 2 years, whether you are a complete beginner or a practising artist preparing for an MA. Our courses are designed with you in mind, so you get to spend more time doing what you love.
Set a new goal, start your next creative adventure with City Lit and let us support you to realise your ambitions.
Some of our courses are delivered online. For more information about our live online courses, please see our guide to online learning.
Any questions? Contact our visual arts team on visual.arts@citylit.ac.uk or call us on 020 7492 2700, Monday to Friday between 10am-12pm or 2pm-4pm.
- Introduction to printmaking techniquesCourse start date: Mon 27 Jun 2022 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Claire HyndsThis fast-paced course reveals the main processes used to make fine art prints. You will learn both relief and intaglio methods. 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 £146.00 - Adobe Illustrator: stage 1Course start date: Tue 28 Jun 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gita HahnExplore basic design and illustration techniques using Adobe Illustrator – the key high-end graphics software used to create logos and icons. Discover what you can achieve using paths, pens, colour, and type as you learn about infographics and designing with vectors.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £110.00 - Portraits 1
Course start date: Fri 29 Apr 2022 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Brian SayersIdeal for beginners and improvers. Learn about drawing and painting portraits through practical experience of the basic skills and concepts involved, including structure and proportion of the head and features, tone, colour, pose and expression.Full fee £439.00 Senior fee £351.00 Concession £285.00 - Drawing 1Course start date: Thu 5 May 2022 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Brian SayersExplore the creative possibilities of drawing, gain confidence and broaden your expectations and understanding. Learn and develop key drawing concepts: function of line, tone, texture, form, composition and mark making through a carefully structured approach.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - Metal sculpture: all levelsCourse start date: Mon 13 Jun 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrew RevellLearn the techniques required in making sculptural/functional objects in steel: cutting, bending, welding and joining small scale metal. Please bring ideas, inspiration and scrap metal. For beginners or those with some prior experience.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - Painting 1Course start date: Mon 10 Oct 2022 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tony HullPainting 1 offers an introduction to the basic principles and skills associated with painting. Focus on differing approaches to observational and imaginative work, whilst learning how to organise a palette, mix colours and create different textures.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - City Lit bookbinding: intermediateCourse start date: Mon 3 Oct 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gavin MoorheadAn intermediate-level course for students with some experience. Learn new skills and techniques. Develop and build on existing knowledge in traditional and contemporary bookbinding, including leather paring and fine binding.Full fee £609.00 Senior fee £487.00 Concession £396.00 - City Lit fine art: year 2Course start date: Mon 3 Oct 2022
Location on this date: Mixed Mode (Online and In Person)
Tutors: Kath Castillo, Anne-Marie Foster, Monika Kita, Lucinda Oestreicher, Steven ScottConsolidating the experience gained in year 1 of CLFA, you will pursue a more individual, self-motivated route, resulting in a body of work that reflects your own interests. You will have one-to-one tutorials and production sessions that allow you explore and refine your creative skills, plus seminars and lectures in which you will engage with new ideas and contexts; all delivered by experienced, practising artists. Basic materials are provided for working in the City Lit studios, but you may be required to source your own specialist materials, depending on your choices.
This course will be delivered online and in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £1,949.00 Senior fee £1,559.00 Concession £1,364.00 - City Lit year of the figure and portraitCourse start date: Mon 10 Oct 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rebecca Allen, Kim ScoullerCity Lit year of figure and portrait projects course explores the endlessly fascinating subject of the human form through various aspects of drawing and painting the figure and portrait. For those interested in building real progress confidence in practical skills associated with figure and portrait drawing and painting. Be informed and inspired by stimulating historical and contemporary artists' contexts that will support your creative work.Full fee £2,399.00 Senior fee £1,919.00 Concession £1,559.00 - City Lit advanced graphic designCourse start date: Mon 10 Oct 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ina Baumeister, Michael Harding, Andrew McCarten, George Stickney, Pam WilliamsThis course will help you improve your skills in graphic design and visual communications in their broadest sense, for delivery or publication in print and online, working with text, image, layout, medium and message across a range of physical and digital media and formats.
It is ideal for anyone who has already completed our City Lit graphics course, and for anyone wishing to build a more extensive and professional portfolio of graphics work, whilst developing a deeper understanding of the connection between text, image, message and media.
Confirmed industry specialist guest visitor: Lydia Thornley, Designer, Creative Director and Reportage Illustrator.Full fee £2,299.00 Senior fee £1,839.00 Concession £1,609.00 - Experimental filmmaking: stage 1Course start date: Mon 10 Oct 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Monika KitaPush boundaries exploring experimental digital film making. Explore ideas, develop skills and create your own personal project using professional equipment and software. Invaluable for film makers and artists who wish to enhance their moving image practice.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Children's book illustration: introduction to ideas and charactersCourse start date: Mon 10 Oct 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Dee ShulmanAn introduction to character design, layout and story development, giving you a solid understanding of the industry. Develop your own style while exploring a variety of media and learn to research and develop ideas in response to a given brief.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Drawing 2Course start date: Mon 13 Jun 2022 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrea VoiseyDevelop your knowledge of basic drawing skills and concepts, work with a range of media and approaches, and explore various artists' drawings. Produce exciting and personal images, and build confidence in tackling more complex drawings.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - Large-scale sketchbookCourse start date: Mon 17 Oct 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tony HullExplore the sequential and adaptive nature of sketchbook drawing as a site for generating personal material, inviting connections, and extracting patterns of meaning. Includes gallery research, set-project as stimulus, and practical exploration of contemporary drawing techniques.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Clothes making ICourse start date: Mon 17 Oct 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Silvia SacrestanoLearn how to make a skirt from a simple pattern. You will be guided step-by-step to produce a garment in a fabric of your choice using easy techniques and, incorporating a zip and waistband.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00
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