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.
- Life drawing and painting: experimental approaches to the figureCourse start date: Sun 26 Jun 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Annie Attridge, Brian SayersExplore imaginative, dynamic approaches to drawing the figure with a variety of media: be inspired by new ways of seeing and access innovative ways of approaching your drawing.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £158.00 - Experimental filmmaking
Course start date: Sun 3 Jul 2022Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczLearn about the differences between experimental film and conventional narrative. Begin to create digital films that challenge rather than cater to conventional expectations. Explore how to create original material in both form and content.Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £176.00 - 50 projects in graphic design: intensiveCourse start date: Mon 1 Aug 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pam WilliamsOn this fast and varied fun practical course you will undertake 50 projects that all relate to the subject of raphic Design. The limited time aspect will enable you to respond spontaneously and creatively whilst exploring key aspects of Graphic Design. This is invaluable for rebooting your creative responses to briefs.Full fee £309.00 Senior fee £247.00 Concession £188.00 - Metal sculpture: all levelsCourse start date: Mon 13 Jun 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrew RevellLearn the techniques required in making sculptural/functional objects in steel: cutting, bending, welding and joining small scale metal. Please bring ideas, inspiration and scrap metal. For beginners or those with some prior experience.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00 - Picture framing and mounting for beginnersCourse start date: Sat 25 Jun 2022 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Esther HeyhoeLearn picture framing and mounting skills for the home or workplace. Using professional framing tools and equipment you will be taught all the skills you need to work in a busy studio or alternatively how to set up your own small scale practice from home.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Life drawing for beginnersCourse start date: Sun 18 Sep 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Luke JonesAn introduction to the basic skills required for life drawing: how to see and interpret the proportions, line, tone and volume of the human form which can then be developed into painting from the life model. Suitable for beginners.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Introduction to oil paintingCourse start date: Sun 18 Sep 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Desmond HaughtonOil paint is a uniquely luscious medium, capable of delicate transparency and rich impasto effects. It holds many challenges for the beginner, but this course will offer a clear, structured way into the essentials and beauty of oil painting. The course is for beginners and/or painters who want to learn to use the medium with confidence from scratch. Students will develop a feel for paint handling which will build skills and feed progress in oil painting.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Life painting for beginnersCourse start date: Mon 19 Sep 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tony HullThis short course is a great introduction to painting directly from the nude model. Using simple projects, you will
explore different ways to represent the human form in paint, with encouraging, helpful guidance from an experienced tutor. Suitable for absolute beginners.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Anatomical figure drawingCourse start date: Fri 30 Sep 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrea VoiseyDiscover the extraordinary construction of the human body, working with a life model to demonstrate the structures and the movements of muscles and bones. Anatomy is often key to understanding and depicting the body. For those with some drawing experience.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Sewing on Sundays ICourse start date: Sun 2 Oct 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rachel SelormeyStart making clothes with a pair of elasticated trousers in a fabric of your choice. Learn how to choose the right pattern size, lay out pattern pieces, cut out and sew seams, waist facings and hems.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Sculpture: inspired by Charles McGeeCourse start date: Tue 11 Oct 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ro SylvesterGet inspired by the energetic and dynamic work of Detroit artist Charles McGee. Use his paintings, assembledges and sculptures as a starting point to create your own unique relief or sculpture work.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Large-scale mixed media projectsCourse start date: Sat 15 Oct 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amanda BrackenAn exciting 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 on a large scale. Suitable for beginners.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Frame loom weaving for beginnersCourse start date: Sat 22 Oct 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elizabeth AshdownWould you like to learn how to create inspiring and beautiful hand woven artworks? Join this exciting 6-week course to explore a range of creative approaches to frame loom weaving.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Basketry: weaving in willowCourse start date: Tue 1 Nov 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Explore basic willow basketry structures and weaves. This course will guide beginners through a simple project to make a small, round, functional basket.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Printmaking and mixed-mediaCourse start date: Sun 13 Nov 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rolina Elsje BlokThis course introduces you to new ways of creative thinking by using multiple printmaking techniques and processes, layering them to produce compositions that can be made into artworks to take away with you.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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