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.
- Life drawing and painting
Course start date: Sun 22 May 2022 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Louisa Buck, Luke JonesJoin us to draw from the nude model. Through structured teaching, you'll explore a range of materials and approaches to this fascinating genre, learning about proportion, tone, line, scale and mark making, with reference to other artists. For all levels.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £158.00 - Introduction to prop making for film, TV, theatre and display: part 2Course start date: Sat 4 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Wendy ChandlerAre you interested in prop making for film, TV, theatre, window display, photographic industries or live events? Get to grips with everything you might encounter as a prop maker, from creatively interpreting a client's brief, to working to a budget and meeting deadlines. Learn to problem solve and apply a range of techniques to bring a 3D design concept to fruition, getting a real insight into the prop making industry and its challenges. This is part 2 of 'Introduction to prop making for film, TV, theatre and display' so is ideal if you have done part 1 or have some experience in prop making techniques. .Full fee £549.00 Senior fee £439.00 Concession £335.00 - Drawing and painting dialoguesCourse start date: Sat 4 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Tony HullGain an understanding of the interdependent nature of drawing and painting to establish a creative process where the potential of each activity is maximised. Discover how the two activities can spark off each other to enhance your performance with both. Basic materials included.Full fee £439.00 Senior fee £351.00 Concession £307.00 - Watercolour painting studio: urban landscapesCourse start date: Sun 15 May 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: OS - Off Site
Tutors: Hilary RosenYou will be introduced to watercolour mixing and mark making in relation to painting the urban environment. There will be an introduction to watercolour artists who paint ‘en plein air’ and you will have the opportunity to build your confidence in outdoor painting in various interesting London locations. This course can be seen as a refresher or for students who have had a minimum amount of watercolour experience.Full fee £359.00 Senior fee £287.00 Concession £219.00 - Introduction to digitally printed textilesCourse start date: Sat 11 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Sukhan LeeA short course for beginners.Learn how to use simple collage to develop a design for a womens or menswear scarf. Scan your design before using Photoshop to refine and sharpen your image.Print your image using the sublimation printer and transfer onto your chosen fabric. All materials provided.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £127.00 - Life drawing and painting studioCourse start date: Sat 11 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Alex HannaLearn or develop skills and approaches for painting the nude figure. Including use of tone and colour selection, composition and paint handling to develop solidity, atmosphere and expression. Some experience of drawing is recommended.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £146.00 - Introduction to stone setting: raised grain settingCourse start date: Sat 11 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Rae DuncanGrain setting, sometimes referred to as bead setting, is a technique where small faceted stones are held in place by small prongs called beads. These are raised from the metal in the band using an engraving tool. This specialist technique builds on the basic stone setting methods, introducing the use of a new set of tools and skills and is perfect for those wishing to take their stone-setting to a higher level.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £109.00 - A short introduction to stop motion animationCourse start date: Sat 11 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsLearn how to do traditional model armature puppet animation and plasticine animation. On this practical course you will learn the principles of animation and apply them to the puppet sequences produced during the sessions. You will be introduced to some examples of professional puppets used on broadcast TV and, using professional equipment you will learn how to use timing and performance to create dynamic animations.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £91.00 - Essential business skills for photography and photographersCourse start date: Sat 11 Jun 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Michael HardingOn this course you will learn key business skills, from finance to marketing, to help you establish your own successful photographic practice.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Documentary filmmaking: everything you need to know about B-rollCourse start date: Sat 11 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczIt’s B roll, the footage you cut away to from your interviews, that adds dimension to your story. Find out more about how to find, shoot and use good B-roll, including sound.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £103.00 - Jewellery production: carving, casting and finishingCourse start date: Sun 12 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Louise Seijen Ten HoornCarve, model and experiment with jewellers wax; learn about the lost wax casting process, outsourcing, and how components and multiples are made, relevant to jewellery making and production. There will also be an introduction to low-fi casting methods: Delft-Clay (sand casting) and cuttlefish bone.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £207.00 - Introduction to collage and mixed mediaCourse start date: Sun 12 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Joe RichardsonUsing a wide range of mixed media, examine the relevance of collage today, its routes through the history of art and its creative potential. Practical workshops include: found object and paper collage, assemblage, image transformation, metamorphosis and text.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £158.00 - Art and creative thinking with Rod JudkinsCourse start date: Sun 12 Jun 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Rod JudkinsArt is fundamentally about communicating ideas. If the idea is strong, the work of art is memorable.
This exciting, one day workshop, led by Rod Judkins (artist, tutor and author of ‘The art of Creative thinking’ and ‘Ideas are your only currency’) will explore methods to create ideas and concepts and combine them with the process of making.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Screenprinting in a dayCourse start date: Sun 12 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Rolina Elsje BlokAn exciting, fast paced, one-day crash-course in screenprinting. Working with your choice of photographic image, in combination with layers of vibrant colours and learning the basics of screenprinting by making prints to take away with you.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Bookbinding: experiments in paper foldingCourse start date: Sat 18 Jun 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Penny StanfordExplore the potential of paper in the construction of books and three-dimensional forms. Bring together folding techniques used in bookbinding, Origami and paper engineering to create your own unique books.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £79.00
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