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.
- Adobe Photoshop: a detailed introductionCourse start date: Sat 2 Jul 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street (other locations are available)
Tutors: Andrea MarzanoThis course is a solid introduction to Adobe Photoshop and has been designed for students who want to learn the professional and most effective way to use Photoshop from the ground up.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £100.00 - Documentary filmmaking: interview tips every filmmaker should knowCourse start date: Thu 7 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczGood interviews provide the foundation to most successful documentaries. This class offers essential tips on how to approach your subject, how to shoot great interviews and secret tips to improve your chance of better coverage.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £103.00 - Digital printmaking techniques: laser-cutting for printCourse start date: Fri 8 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gareth Berwyn, Clark KeatleyLaser-cut is a way to engrave intricate hand drawn designs, photographic imagery or text into plywood blocks, which you will then take into printmaking. This course combines digital and traditional print processes to offer a new take on the art of woodcut.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £80.00 - 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 - A short introduction to laser cutting
Course start date: Sat 16 Jul 2022 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sukhan LeeExplore digital manufacturing using laser cutting techniques producing surface decoration for accessory and fashion garments. Test and sample using fashion templates before cutting onto fabrics developing for a collection. Suitable for learners new to laser cutting.
Some experience on Adobe Photoshop and/or Illustrator is required.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £60.00 - Get skills in : Mokulito printmaking techniquesCourse start date: Sun 17 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rolina Elsje BlokMokulito or wood lithography uses plywood as a printing matrix to draw with inks, sharpies and lithographic crayons and create images that will print as small editions.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £97.00 - Knotting and stringing for beads and pearlsCourse start date: Mon 18 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Beverley SellBy exploring a range of beaded jewellery techniques you will learn how to string precious beads and how to knot between beads and pearls. You will also learn how to attach simple clasps and findings to bracelets, necklaces and earrings.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £109.00 - Relief printmaking: large-scale techniquesCourse start date: Mon 18 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gareth BerwynLarge scale printmaking enables expressive mark making. Use woodcut, linocut and collograph techniques to produce big, bold and multi-coloured, multi-layered prints for you to take home.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £97.00 - Jewellery: wax carving for beginnersCourse start date: Wed 20 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Filipe CarotoLearn how to apply your jewellery designs in wax using a range of wax carving tools and waxes. You will be introduced to the lost wax casting process and where to outsource this.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £109.00 - Painting portraits: two session poseCourse start date: Wed 20 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Luke JonesDevelop a portrait from life: a structured course to build skills towards making a convincing portrait where the model keeps the same pose over 2 sessions to enable a sustained piece of work.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £97.00 - Life painting weekend: expressionist approachesCourse start date: Sat 23 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Desmond HaughtonExplore and develop a personal expressive response to life drawing and painting using a variety of techniques working from the life model. Explore mark-making, rich colour and dramatic contrast to explore and experiment with expressive and dynamic drawing and painting techniques, in response to examples of Expressionist artists styles and approaches.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £97.00 - Beaded jewellery: intermediateCourse start date: Sat 23 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Beverley SellLearn to make multi stranded beaded pieces and progress your beaded jewellery making techniques on this course for intermediate learners.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £97.00 - 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 - Drawing and painting from the imaginationCourse start date: Mon 1 Aug 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
Tutors: Clare Barton-HarveyExplore the role of the imagination in painting and drawing. Develop a toolkit of methods for stimulating, sustaining and enriching your imaginative engagement through a series of guided practical painting and drawing exercises.
The aim of the course is to investigate the role of the imagination in drawing and painting and to explore new ways of seeing and experiencing the world around us.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £97.00 - Introduction to quiltingCourse start date: Mon 8 Aug 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Beverley SellLearn how to design and make a contemporary quilt using a range of construction and embellishment techniques. Work with simple shapes from recycled fabrics or bring your own fat quarters to create a personalised quilt. Suitable for beginners.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £140.00
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