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.
We host exhibitions throughout the year at City Lit Gallery where our students showcase their amazing work.
Any questions? Contact our visual arts team on visual.arts@citylit.ac.uk
- Large-scale drawing and painting projects
Course start date: Mon 7 Aug 2023 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stuart JonesEnjoy a lively, more active way of art-making and make work on a grander scale. Complete a number of projects that explore how big can be beautiful, challenging and surprising.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Watercolour painting for beginners: intensiveCourse start date: Mon 17 Jul 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Condense your learning on this intensive course. Working from still life explore a variety of application techniques such as layering, masking-out and creating textures to gain a grounding in the rich possibilities of the watercolour medium.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Stop motion animation: personal projectsCourse start date: Mon 24 Jul 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie GriffithsAre you ready to develop your own stop motion animation project? Whether it’s experimental or narrative, to be shown in a gallery, on social media or in film festivals, this course offers you the expert guidance to help you realise your own individual animation project.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00 - Contemporary collage and mixed media: intensiveCourse start date: Mon 31 Jul 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Simon EnglishA short experimental course to explore and combine a variety of collage techniques using found images, drawing, painting and paper to create unexpectedly beautiful or powerful images. Suitable for beginners.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Sketchup Pro intensive for beginnersCourse start date: Mon 7 Aug 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonLearn to visualise and model interior spaces and 3D forms on this fast track course. Skills in this user friendly and affordable software is invaluable for Interior designers, Garden designers and Set designers who wish to improve their presentations. The software works on both PC or Mac.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Contemporary quilts: log cabinCourse start date: Mon 7 Aug 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Beverley SellLearn how to design and make a contemporary quilt from start to finish. You will use a range of construction and embellishment techniques. The emphasis for design is based on the traditional Log Cabin method of using fabric strips to create exciting Quilts. Suitable for beginners.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00
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