City Lit Art School — Art Classes 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.
We host exhibitions throughout the year at City Lit Gallery where our students showcase their amazing work.
Any questions? Contact our visual arts team on visual.arts@citylit.ac.uk
- Textiles: constructing pattern, colouring cloth
Course start date: Sun 8 Jun 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dawn DupreeExperiment with a range of heat transfer processes and hand painting methods. Develop initial ideas through mark-making and collage. Create fabrics or art works using a personal colour palette and embellish surface through foil print and simple stitch marks. - Jewellery making: carving, casting and finishing Course start date: Sun 8 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Louise Seijen Ten HoornCarve, model and experiment with jewellers wax; learn about the lost wax casting process, outsourcing, and how components and multiples are made, relevant to jewellery making and production. There will also be an introduction to low-fi casting methods: Delft-Clay (sand casting) and cuttlefish bone. - Jewellery: understanding rubies, sapphires and emeralds Course start date: Sun 8 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Judith Crowe, Derek JhinnooJoin this fascinating one day course for a valuable insight into the trade of rubies, sapphires and emeralds, different types of these precious stones on the market, and how to assess them. Learn about how the beautiful stones are mined, cut, graded and priced, as well as exploring common simulants. No previous experience necessary.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Introduction to collage and mixed media Course start date: Sun 8 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sam HannerCollage is an exciting, accessible and creative medium. Experiment with a rich variety of materials and found images to make vibrant work experimenting with surface, form, colour and pattern, inspired by artists who make effective use of this way of working.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Introduction to quilting Course start date: Mon 9 Jun 2025 (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 £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Introduction to ceramics Course start date: Mon 4 Aug 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Trish SpenceGain a basic understanding of hand-building,coiling, slabbing and decoration techniques. Explore your creative ideas whilst learning the exciting possibilities of working with clay. Enjoy a taster experience of throwing on the wheel in the final session.Full fee £539.00 Senior fee £431.00 Concession £350.00 - Experimental filmmaking: stage 1 Course start date: Sun 15 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Monika KitaLearn 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 £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - London street photography Course start date: Tue 10 Jun 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Michael HardingWish you could capture those spontaneous moments of urban life like a pro? Learn the tricks of the skilful trade of street photography and build your confidence in snapping candid, unobtrusive photographs on the street, shooting in some of the most dynamic and vibrant areas of London to tell powerful stories in single images.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Textiles: silkscreen printing Course start date: Tue 10 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosie JamesExplore silkscreen printing on fabric using paper stencils. Develop tactile printed, coloured overlays through using opaque and transparent colour and surface finishes such as foiling, flocking and relief effects specially for textiles.Full fee £379.00 Senior fee £303.00 Concession £246.00 - Drawing into watercolour painting Course start date: Tue 23 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul DixonExplore the relationship between the two disciplines of drawing and watercolour painting and the opportunities when their distinct qualities are combined.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Garden design: container gardening Course start date: Wed 11 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Alison WorsterPlanting in containers is a valuable addition to any outside space, no matter how large or small. Discover how to enhance your garden and experiment with design and planting for successful containers.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Watercolour painting studio: still life Course start date: Thu 12 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Eleanor BedlowA stimulating opportunity to explore the essential elements of still life painting using watercolour. Suitable for beginners as well as a refresher course for those with previous experience of the medium.Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00 - Sketching at the museum: Tate Modern Course start date: Thu 12 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Steve WrightExploring 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. - Geometric jewellery: 2D to 3D Course start date: Fri 13 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elizabeth BoneExplore geometry and its application in jewellery design through an exploratory design process. Design and create
geometric jewellery, translating 2D designs into 3D.Full fee £379.00 Senior fee £303.00 Concession £246.00 - Sculpture: carving animal heads with polystyreneCourse start date: Fri 13 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Naoko TagaiRealise your personal project in 3D. Come with an idea and you will be supported through your making to a final piece. This course is for people who have already attended a sculpture course at City Lit and would like more time to develop and finish the work from that course.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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