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.
- Watercolour painting studio: nature and colour
Course start date: Tue 12 Jul 2022 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Hilary RosenCelebrate the glorious colours found in nature by working from observation of natural forms. You will be encouraged to respond to the subject expressively using paint and other colour media to create a number of studies and one or more finished pieces.Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £188.00 - Developing personal printmaking projectsCourse start date: Thu 14 Jul 2022 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sue Baker KentonCourse project: Explore new ways to create layered contemporary prints with collage, screenprint and photo-litho. Advanced Project: Alternatively, students might choose to work towards the completion of a personal project using different processes.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £237.00 - Ways into abstract paintingCourse start date: Fri 29 Apr 2022 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mario Lautier VellaEncounter different approaches to making abstract paintings while developing your skills in using a variety of painting materials. With reference to the work of abstract artists explore the visual language common to both representation and abstraction, e.g. colour, composition, tone and paint application.Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £188.00 - Introduction to watercolour and mixed mediaCourse start date: Mon 30 May 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: 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.Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £188.00 - Life figurative sculpture intensiveCourse start date: Mon 25 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Shelley WilsonCreate a figurative clay sculpture from observing a life model. Learn basic anatomy as well as gaining clay modelling
techniques. Beginners are welcome on this intensive course.Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £213.00 - Large-scale drawing and painting projectsCourse start date: Fri 10 Jun 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Diane MartinEnjoy 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 £379.00 Senior fee £303.00 Concession £231.00 - Introduction to propmaking for film, TV, theatre and display: part 1Course start date: Mon 8 Aug 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ro SylvesterLearn a range of sculptural techniques that are used in the ever expanding film, TV and theatre prop making industry. Explore a range of sculpting and casting methods and fabricating techniques, and experiment with materials.Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £213.00 - Photography for beginnersCourse start date: Tue 26 Apr 2022 (and 10 other dates)
Location on this date: Photography Studio
Tutors: Ed GregoryAlways wondered what half the buttons on your camera actually do? Discover how to use them properly and produce impressive photographs, even as a complete beginner. Gain useful technical knowledge and get expert creative guidance in easy-to-understand language. An ideal first step before enrolling on our intermediate courses.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Life drawing: an extended studyCourse start date: Thu 15 Sep 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Louisa BuckThis course is suitable for those with previous life drawing experience wishing to develop their life drawing and painting skills. You will be encouraged to develop a more personal response to the life model, bringing your own ideas into observation of the life model.Full fee £359.00 Senior fee £287.00 Concession £233.00 - Developing watercolour painting and mixed mediaCourse start date: Mon 19 Sep 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anne-Marie FosterExplore the sensitivity of water-based media such as inks, watercolour, water-soluble pen, pencil and crayon. Make inventive combinations of media to draw from your own found imagery, photographs and sketches. Suitable for all levels.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Japanese woodcut printmaking techniquesCourse start date: Tue 20 Sep 2022 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carol Justin WilhideAn introduction to the beautiful and delicate printmaking world of Japanese Woodcut. Explore this water based, non-toxic process and build an appreciation for the handmade. You will learn how to design, carve and make a multi-coloured print. Beginners welcome.Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £214.00 - Introduction to printed textilesCourse start date: Tue 20 Sep 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Layer colour and mark to create your own textiles on this practical introduction to textile print processes. Explore block, transfer, silkscreen and monoprinting. Suitable for all levels.Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £214.00 - SketchUp Pro for beginnersCourse start date: Tue 20 Sep 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonLearn to visualise and model interior spaces and 3D forms with this easy-to-use and intuitive program. It is a perfect addition to our interior and/or garden design courses. The software is very affordable and available for home use on a PC or Mac.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Draw, paint, printCourse start date: Wed 21 Sep 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mary WintourOn this experimental course, you will draw, paint and print in often unfamiliar ways in order to catch the unexpected. Through experimentation and reflection, you will collate a personal collection of work. .Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Watercolour painting studio: still-lifeCourse start date: Thu 19 May 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Hilary RosenThis course is all about painting still life compositions, looking at how to capture the characteristics of a variety of objects in the studio, on both a small and large scale. The emphasis will be on the different watercolour techniques including primary, secondary and tertiary watercolour mixing. Suitable for beginenrs as well as a refresher course for those with previous experience of watercolour.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00
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