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.
- Drawing 2Course start date: Tue 18 Jan 2022 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Ruth BrisonDevelop 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.
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 £379.00 Senior fee £379.00 Concession £231.00 - Introduction to screenprintingCourse start date: Sun 16 Jan 2022 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Anne-Marie FosterThis course is a creative and practical introduction to the screen printing process aimed at beginners and the curious. You will learn step by step how to make your own series of prints using a variety of exciting 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 £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £97.00 - 50 drawings in a day
Course start date: Sat 29 Jan 2022 (and 6 other dates)Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Diane MartinA high energy programme of directed and self-directed drawing projects, with rapid shifts in materials, scale, subject and focus. Strictly no discards - come ready to play, risk, invent and discuss! For those with some drawing 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 £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Monoprinting: contemporary monotype techniquesCourse start date: Sat 5 Feb 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosey PrinceThe ‘low-tech’ nature of monoprinting makes it one of the most accessible methods of printmaking but also one of the most creative. Combined with collage, stencils and lasercut vignettes this will be an exciting and enjoyable course to develop and inform your current art practice or, as a starting point for complete beginners.
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 £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £80.00 - Drawing 1Course start date: Mon 10 Jan 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Louisa Buck, Luke JonesExplore 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.
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 £379.00 Senior fee £303.00 Concession £231.00 - Explore life drawingCourse start date: Mon 17 Jan 2022 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrea VoiseyDiscover new ways of drawing the human body in a fun, fast paced day that combines practical exercises with basic theory and 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 £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Cyanotype printmaking in a dayCourse start date: Wed 12 Jan 2022 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Adam HogarthCyanotype is a photographic printing process which produces a beautiful deep blue print from a variety of artwork, including drawings, photographs, physical objects or combinations of all of these. All levels welcome.
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 £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Printmaking in a day: photographic screenprintingCourse start date: Sat 15 Jan 2022 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Adam HogarthAn 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.
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 £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Jewellery: soldering workshopCourse start date: Sun 16 Jan 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Elizabeth BoneWork through a series of guided exercises designed to improve your understanding and technique of soldering and build up your confidence to apply a range of soldering methods based on your design. For beginners with some basic experience and intermediate levels.
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 £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £115.00 - Get skills in: painting processes and mediumsCourse start date: Sun 27 Mar 2022 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Desmond HaughtonThis is a brief introduction to acrylic painting techniques and the use of materials. Explore a practical approach to painting, including colour mixing, layering, glazing and application. For those with little or no painting 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 £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £91.00 - Introduction to watercolour and mixed mediaCourse start date: Wed 27 Apr 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Anne-Marie FosterWatercolour has a rich tradition - this course will explore the more experimental ways of using this pleasurable medium and will present new possibilities for producing exciting new work with mixed media. Make inventive combinations of media to draw from your own found imagery, photographs and sketches.
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 £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £188.00 - Developing screenprinting: experimental techniquesCourse start date: Mon 10 Jan 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Tutors: Claire HyndsEnjoy being guided through inspirational and experimental screenprinting methods. You'll try a variety of mixed media techniques that will energise and enliven your artwork - a great way to expand your image making practice and your portfolio.
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 £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £146.00
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