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- Artists sketchbook walkCourse start date: Sat 6 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Heidi WigmoreTake a sketchbook walk in Central London to observe, record and engage with the urban environment, both historic architecture, modern skylines, the river and parks. Quick sketching, supported by discussion and reflection along the way, will open up new ways of seeing and responding to your surroundings. Meet at City Lit main entrance.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Creative arts for bookbinding I: decorative paper techniquesCourse start date: Fri 12 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sue DoggettTry out a range of decorative techniques for paper including paste papers, dip dyed papers, rubber stamps and Japanese marbling for bookbinding use or as individual pieces. All levels welcome.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Repair your jewelleryCourse start date: Sat 13 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Emilia NettoHave you got a favourite silver necklace that needs repairing? A sentimental pair of silver ring or pair of earrings that have a few too many scratches and/or lost a stone? Why not learn to repair them yourself rather than handing them over to someone else? Pick up some of the skills needed for jewellery repair and maintenance on this popular course, mending damaged items and learning how to best clean jewellery to extend the life of your favourite pieces. Please note this course is aimed at repairing jewellery made of precious metals. This course does not cover re-stringing, knotting or beading.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Sketching at the museum: National GalleryCourse start date: Thu 25 Jul 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Diane MartinExplore the pleasure and challenge of sketchbooks: learn and improve your drawing skills and ‘ways of seeing’ and understanding by working from some of the iconic paintings in the National Gallery.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Book arts drop-inCourse start date: Thu 3 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sue DoggettA one-day, tutor supported book arts workshop. This short course is ideal for students who would like some technical or conceptual advice and the space to work on a personal project. Students will work independently with one to one support.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Try it out: bookbindingCourse start date: Sat 10 Aug 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate RochesterDip your fingers into bookbinding. Learn a little about the history, materials and craft of bookbinding while making an attractive book to take home. A chance to discuss further study in bookbinding at City Lit.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Glazing your workCourse start date: Sun 15 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Josie WarshawFor students who have attended our ceramics courses, this is an opportunity to return and glaze your bisquit fired work. Basic glazing techniques will be taught, with advice on which glazes to use.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00
- Sketching at the museum: Tate ModernCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Off Site
Exploring the pleasure and challenge of sketchbooks; learn and improve your drawing skills and 'ways of seeing' and understanding, working from an exciting range of artworks in Tate modern.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Nature and landscape photography: London locationCourse start date: Fri 8 Nov 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Rachel WeghWidllife in the city is an exciting opportunity to work off-site and enjoy various surroundings focusing on flora and fauna. Travel to some of some of London’s finest open spaces whilst learning the photography skills required in focusing on details, landscape and capturing natures beauty. Ideal for beginners, those who want to broaden their photography skills and those wishing to continue building their photography portfolio.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - The design briefCourse start date: Tue 4 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrew McCartenThis workshop provides a forum for exploring and discussing the process (and sometimes challenges) of working with clients over a commercial design brief or commission. While some design briefs are relatively straightforward, and perhaps require a simple rendering of the client's vision, at other times the client can be unsure of what they actually want, and it can be a frustrating, uncertain and time-consuming process for the designer to identify and produce a solution to what is, sometimes, a poorly-defined question. Referring to real-life examples and case-studies, this workshop will take learners through the process of making a pitch, deconstructing a brief to be certain of what the client wants and needs (and whether these are same thing), presenting proposals, and working within time, resource and financial constraints. These are invaluable skills for the design professional that are equally applicable, for the student, to project briefs and coursework.
For this workshop, you will need to have access to A3 or A4 plain paper, and a range of coloured marker pens, as well as a notebook. Basic materials will be provided, but you are welcome to bring and use your own as well.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Is meaning inevitable? Intention, action and interpretationCourse start date: Fri 7 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczDoes every creative act have meaning? Is there a statement – conscious or unconscious – inherent in everything we do as artists? Should we interpret or analyse what we see, what we do, what we’ve done? In this one-day workshop, we will examine a range of specific works, considering the question of whether and how meaning has been embedded (intentionally or otherwise) and can be identified and interpreted. This will, to some degree, touch on how individuals and societies make and ascribe meaning, perhaps as an attempt to process and come to terms with, for example, otherwise seemingly arbitrary events like a natural catastrophe or suffering. We will discuss and workshop these themes in the larger group, draw on examples presented, and the experiences of the members in the group. Other questions that may be considered include: discerning meaning as an attempt to find order in chaos, and whether or what we might lose by attempting to impose meaning, by attempting to explain within the confines of critical analysis, that which may, in fact, be critical to the character or intention of a work of art.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Nature and wildlife photography: London locationCourse start date: Sat 8 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Rachel WeghWildllife in the city is an exciting opportunity to work off-site and enjoy various surroundings focusing on flora and fauna. Travel to some of some of London’s finest open spaces whilst learning the photography skills required in focusing on details, landscape and capturing natures beauty. Ideal for beginners, those who want to broaden their photography skills and those wishing to continue building their photography portfolio.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Digital fundamentals: imaging for print and 2DCourse start date: Fri 14 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rolina Elsje BlokAs artists and designers, we generally tend to observe a number of fundamental 'rules' when working with digital media for print-based or other forms of 2D output. These relate to steps or settings for proceses such as scanning, saving, resolution, image or data format, colour modes, compression... To a certain extent, much of this is received knowledge, and we don't necessarily know why we follow these rules. Knowing what they are based on, and why, is, however, fundamental to technical proficiency, and expertise, and knowing what these principles are based on allows us not only to produce work to professional standard, but also to exploit them to their full creative potential. This workshop will be of value to any visual artist who uses digital technology in their creative practice, from painters and printmakers to photographers and graphic designers. Coverage includes: principles and concepts underpinning digital imaging for print/static delivery: pixel/vector; resolution, scalability, application; acquisition, modes, formats and real-world constraints; file sizes/compression/data integrity; relation to physical output (size, resolution, process).Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Looking at photography: colour and compositionCourse start date: Tue 11 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Michael HardingWant to learn the secrets of composing beautiful photographs? Join this inspiring workshop to explore composition and colour controls, making the most of shapes, lines, colours, framing, the rule of thirds and simple camera controls for professional-looking results.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00
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