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. New for 2020 we now offer a creative portfolio of live online courses as well as our face-face studio based teaching.
Set a new goal, start your next creative adventure with City Lit and let us support you to realise your ambitions.
Many 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.
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- Contemporary Printmaking and Digital PracticeCourse start date: Mon 10 Jan 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
This advanced course explores the creative potential within combined digital media and contemporary printmaking, through the medium of an individual personal project, which you will propose and develop with the support of our team of artist-tutors.
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This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £1,539.00 Senior fee £1,231.00 Concession £1,047.00 - Clothes making II
Course start date: Mon 10 Jan 2022Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Practice working with a jersey / stretch fabric & sew a comfortable & wearable top from a pattern which can be adapted into a dress. Learn how to cut, sew and work neatly. Suitable for those with some sewing experience.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £201.00 - City Lit textiles: surface, structure, stitchCourse start date: Tue 11 Jan 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Investigate textile structures and surfaces through this project based course. Develop an experimental portfolio of 2 and 3D stitched samples, sketchbook research and aim towards a finished piece.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £243.00 - Book conservation and repair workshop: intermediate and higherCourse start date: Wed 12 Jan 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Ideal if you have some bookbinding conservation experience and want to develop your skills further by working on your own projects with advice and guidance. Each term will include demonstrations that focus on a different aspect of book conservation.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £213.00 - Develop your jewellery design and makingCourse start date: Wed 12 Jan 2022 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Fancy honing your jewellery making skills in a professional workshop with an expert tutor? If you are an intermediate to advanced jewellery maker and would like to improve your designs and push your technical skills to a higher standard, this hands-on, expert led course is for you. Perfect your skills, try different techniques, and discover new design approaches.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £304.00 - Jewellery: design labCourse start date: Wed 12 Jan 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Fancy working on your own jewellery projects in a professional workshop with an expert tutor? Join our
jewellery: design lab to develop your skills, try different techniques, and discover new design approaches. Develop your own projects with expert guidance, and step outside your comfort zone to produce top quality pieces to your own jewellery designs.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £225.00 - Book conservation and repair: leather-bound booksCourse start date: Wed 12 Jan 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Learn paper repair including toning, lining and infilling, and the repair and conservation of tight and hollow-backed full, half or quarter leather-bindings. Ideal if you have some bookbinding experience.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £549.00 Senior fee £439.00 Concession £335.00 - Clay sculpture: life and portraitCourse start date: Mon 17 Jan 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Follow in the footsteps of Michelangelo and Rodin and learn how to capture the human figure, both physically and
emotionally, on this fascinating practical sculpting course. You will work from a life model to develop your own clay
sculpture of the human form.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £243.00 - Sculpture workshopCourse start date: Wed 19 Jan 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Realise your personal project in 3D. Come with an idea and you will be supported through your making to a final
piece. Learn how to structure your idea from inspiration to reality. Ideal for students with previous experience or
students who may need extra workshop time and guidance to complete a project.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £243.00 - City Lit pre-foundation courseCourse start date: Wed 19 Jan 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
This exciting and intensive course is a chance to develop key creative skills, methods and thinking in art and design, across 2D, 3D, life drawing and critical studies, to prepare you for application and entry to our UAL-validated, Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design. Please note that the course runs for two days (10.30 - 16.30) per week. Students are able to choose between studying on Tuesdays and Wednesdays OR Wednesdays and Fridays. In addition to the two days a week there will be six evening sessions (17:30 - 20:00) on Wednesday evenings.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £749.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £509.00 - Contemporary painting studioCourse start date: Wed 19 Jan 2022 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Develop your own ideas in painting with reference to the work of contemporary artists and experimental processes on this higher level course. Ideal for students who have completed ‘Painting 1’, ‘Painting 2’ or equivalent painting courses.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £869.00 Senior fee £695.00 Concession £530.00 - Carving in wood or stoneCourse start date: Thu 20 Jan 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Get inspired by trying carving techniques in wood or stone and create your own small carving. Suitable for anyone from beginners to experienced carvers. This course will explore the characteristics of wood and stone, lead
you through the steps of design and carving, encourage you to explore and develop your ideas, and try more
experimental techniques.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £243.00 - Design with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesignCourse start date: Wed 9 Feb 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
A fun and challenging introduction to these three programs, regularly used together for everything from infographics to packaging and magazine work. Learn how to integrate vector graphics, photographic images and page layout and design.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £300.00 - Advanced visual communications: where is the truth?Course start date: Tue 19 Apr 2022
Location on this date: Online
This advanced course examines the representation of truth and the manipulation of meaning through text and image, an issue with critical importance for the current times, from a number of perspectives. Working across a range of media and techniques employed in creative design and visual communications, we will examine examples in print, broadcast and on-line media.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £759.00 Senior fee £607.00 Concession £516.00 - Pottery: evening courseCourse start date: Tue 26 Apr 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
For those with previous experience who want to work towards their own goals, or for beginners who want to learn hand-building and throwing processes. We'll also cover glazing and surface decoration.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £304.00
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