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.
- Developing screenprinting: experimental techniquesCourse start date: Wed 6 Jul 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: 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.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £146.00 - Graphic design portfolio preparationCourse start date: Wed 6 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pam WilliamsLearn the fundamental skills and different approaches to layout skills with this creative and practical workshop. Bring your projects and artwork along as you are guided towards building and developing a professional graphic design portfolio. The course encourages you to take risks, be playful and explore different ways of working, arranging and communicating your ideas and work. You will learn some of the core skills in layout, importing, exporting and printing through Adobe In-Design. Suitable for those with an interest in print based design, graphic design, illustration and those who want support in building an art and design portfolio for industry, application and beyond.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £140.00 - Adobe Photoshop: stage 2Course start date: Mon 11 Jul 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael HardingLearn a new specialist topic each week and develop it in detail. Increase your knowledge and experiment with the program's applications and special effects. Prior experience of Adobe Photoshop needed.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £90.00 - City Lit Pro: Adobe InDesign intensiveCourse start date: Wed 13 Jul 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrea MarzanoCity Lit Pro courses provide accelerated learning for busy people who need specific skills for the workplace. Whether you work in print or digital media, in our introductory Adobe InDesign course you’ll learn to use the industry-leading page design and layout app that lets you create, pre-flight, and publish beautiful documents. Students should be comfortable with a fast-paced learning environment and have good computer skills.Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £175.00 - Essential business skills for photography and photographersCourse start date: Wed 13 Jul 2022
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 - Creative layouts and packaging designCourse start date: Wed 13 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ina Baumeister, Gita HahnLearn how to develop and create exciting illustrated packaging designs using adobe illustrator cc. Invaluable for your graphic design portfolio.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £91.00 - Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £109.00
- Get skills in: drypoint and intaglio techniquesCourse start date: Wed 27 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anne-Marie FosterDrypoint is a way of creating grooves in a solid surface, it produces a rich unique type of drawn line, from which you will make prints using intaglio inking methods, This workshop offers the opportunity to use specialist techniques and tools and gain insight into how these sit within the creative practice of artists using drypoint. For all levels, although some experience of drawing is preferable.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £97.00
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