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.
- Gold tooling on paper
Course start date: Thu 6 Jan 2022Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Learn how to develop a language with gold tooling on paper using hand finishing tools, BS Glaire and loose gold
leaf. For all levels, from beginners to those with experience in gold tooling using hand finishing tools and gold leaf.
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 £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £121.00 - Developing screenprinting: experimental techniquesCourse start date: Mon 10 Jan 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Enjoy 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 £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £121.00 - Introduction to screenprintingCourse start date: Sun 16 Jan 2022 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
This 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 - Get skills in: watercolour techniques and materialsCourse start date: Mon 22 Nov 2021 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
This course introduces you to this exciting and versatile medium and the many ways in which you can explore and develop watercolour painting. You will learn various textural techniques alongside an introduction to the history of watercolour paper and watercolour brushes. Get the skills required to be able to select the correct materials, set yourself up and create a beautiful water colour painting.
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 - Life drawing after workCourse start date: Fri 26 Nov 2021 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
This short course is a great introduction to drawing directly from the nude model. Using simple excercises, you will explore different ways to represent the human form in drawing, with encouraging, helpful guidance from an experienced tutor. Suitable for absolute 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 £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £73.00 - Draw, paint, printCourse start date: Mon 22 Nov 2021 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
On 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. .
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 - Appraising jewellery and gemstonesCourse start date: Sat 22 Jan 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Wish you knew more about the jewellery you were buying, or could value the heirlooms in your drawer? Join this fascinating two-day course to learn how to appraise gem set jewellery and stones. Explore precious metals, hallmarking, common gemstones found in jewellery and how to identify antique pieces, and bring your own jewellery for assessment by the tutor.
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 £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £79.00 - Rhino intermediateCourse start date: Sat 22 Jan 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Learn more advanced Rhino commands and how to apply these to create more complex 3D models with an emphasis on designing, adapting and applying repeat patterns in 3D. Send your file to be 3D printed and leave with a 3D print of your own design. All materials included.
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 £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £127.00 - Surface finishes for clay and plasterCourse start date: Sun 23 Jan 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Ceramic sculptures are not always glazed; explore and experiment with different mediums to patina your terracotta or stoneware clay or plaster artworks. Compare bronze powder to bronze filler. Or shellac and pigments, graphite, inks, acrylic and waxes.
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 £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £140.00 - Oil painting: focus on portraitureCourse start date: Sun 23 Jan 2022
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Learn to draw and paint portraits using traditional methods of observation, composition and mark making. Working from a variety of professional portrait models you will start with pencil and charcoal and progress on to oil painting.
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 £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £121.00 - Focus on: GiottoCourse start date: Sun 23 Jan 2022
Location on this date: Online
Discover the life and work of Giotto, was one of the earliest artists to be written about within his lifetime, his genius held up as the ideal by Italian painting critics for the next five centuries.
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 £55.00 Concession £42.00 - Get skills in: botanical illustrationCourse start date: Thu 18 Nov 2021 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Botanical illustration is both an art form and a means of scientific engagement. Learn about depicting form, colour and differences in plant species with precision and detail on this studio and location-based course.
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 Japanese woodcut techniquesCourse start date: Tue 1 Feb 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
An 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. No prior experience necessary.
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 £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £195.00 - Get skills in: paint mixing for skin tonesCourse start date: Thu 3 Feb 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
This course will teach you the skills you need to paint naturalistic skin tones when working from life which will make your figure and portrait paintings more convincing.
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 - Monoprinting: contemporary monotype techniquesCourse start date: Sat 5 Feb 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
The ‘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
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