Designing websites for visual artists with WordPress: stage 1
Want to showcase your artwork online but not sure where to begin? This beginner-friendly WordPress course helps visual artists, illustrators, and creatives build a professional website to display their portfolio, promote their work, and grow their online presence - no coding required. Create your own artist website with WordPress and start building your creative brand today.
Learning modes and locations may be different depending on the course start date. Please check the location of your chosen course and read our guide to learning modes and locations to help you choose the right course for you.
Start Date:20 May 2026
End Date:17 Jun 2026
Wed (Daytime):14:00 - 17:00
Choose either online or in-person
Location: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Please note: We offer a wide variety of financial support to make courses affordable. Just visit our online Help Centre for more information on a range of topics including fees, online learning and FAQs.
This is a hands-on course aimed at any visual artist who wants to get their work online: to use it both as a publishing and marketing platform. The course is aimed at enabling visual artists to make a portfolio website using the popular framework WordPress. It does not involve any coding or using speciality software, but rather using WordPress themes to set up and customise the look and feel of the site. It aims at giving artists the tools to create their own presence online, and the confidence to maintain and decide both the content and appearance of their site.
Since WordPress is freely available online, you should be able to work from home outside the lesson, and to keep updating their site after the course is over. You will be able to build an online portfolio, styling it using available and free themes, create pages and menus, and update the site afterward.
What will we cover?
- Setting up a WordPress portfolio site - Selecting a theme and styling your site - Adding media such as photos and videos - Editing and updating text - Creating links - Linking to an online shop.
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Recognise the different uses and benefits of a blog and a website for visual artists - Access your own site in WordPress, and select and modify themes - Add pages and upload media - Add links to your website relevant to your arts practice - Manage and make changes to your site.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This is a beginner's class, but you will need to be computer literate at a basic level, including being able to use the internet with confidence. You should be able to follow simple written and verbal instructions and to use numbers and be able to do simple measurements and calculations.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
You will be taught using a range of techniques including workshops, short lectures, demonstrations, practical exercises, tutorials, group and individual assistance and hand-outs.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
You will need an active email account that you can access during the lesson to activate your WordPress.com account.You may choose to bring your own laptop if you prefer.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
City Lit offers a variety of progression courses in this subject area. Please click here to view our web development courses or click here to view our Digital Marketing click here to view our Social media courses.
Disclaimer: Use of Third-Party Software This course might require you to either use your own personal account or create an account for the purposes of this course. City Lit cannot accept any responsibility for any failings of the third party or provide technical support. Whilst using the software you will be responsible for abiding by the providers terms and conditions and maintaining your own work.
We’re sorry. We don’t have a bio ready for the tutor of this class at the moment, but we’re working on it! Watch this space.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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