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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- Documentary filmmaking: interviewsCourse start date: Thu 11 Jul 2024
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 £419.00 Senior fee £335.00 Concession £272.00 - Life figurative sculpture intensiveCourse start date: Mon 15 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Shelley WilsonCreate a figurative clay sculpture from observing a life model. Learn basic anatomy as well as gaining clay modelling techniques. Beginners are welcome on this intensive course.Full fee £419.00 Senior fee £335.00 Concession £272.00 - City Lit Pro: Adobe After Effects fast trackCourse start date: Fri 19 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John HorabinCity Lit Pro courses are tailored for accelerated learning for busy people who need to learn key skills for the workplace. On this Adobe After Effects course, you will learn the essential tools and skills for using After Effects to transform your video projects. These include planning the project, organising and preparing the material, masking skills, key framing skills and working with layers.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Cybersecurity for BusinessCourse start date: Fri 19 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vina TheodorakopoulouThis is an introductory course to cybersecurity for business. Covering essential topics, it will enable you to understand and identify cyber threats, as well as outline mitigation strategies.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00 - Introduction to prop making for film, TV, theatre and displayCourse start date: Sat 13 Apr 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ro SylvesterAre you interested in prop making for the film, TV, theatre, window display and live event industries? Get to grips with some of the challenges you might encounter as a prop maker, from creatively interpreting a client's brief, working to a budget and meeting deadlines. Learn to problem solve and apply a range of techniques to bring a 3D design concept to fruition, getting a real insight into the prop making industry and its challenges.Full fee £659.00 Senior fee £527.00 Concession £428.00 - Painting and drawing dialogues: material properties of the medium
Course start date: Mon 9 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chris Hough, Tony Hull, Monika KitaGain an understanding of the interdependent nature of drawing and painting. Focus on the qualities of each medium working with and against their inherent properties to enhance your performance with both.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Metal sculpture: all levels Course start date: Mon 8 Apr 2024 (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. This course is for beginners and those at intermediate level.Full fee £419.00 Senior fee £335.00 Concession £272.00 - Jazz harmony, ear training and ensembles: intermediateCourse start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cerys HoggDevelop your jazz musicianship, repertoire, playing and improvising. Practise ear training, study jazz harmony, learn challenging repertoire. For players with established jazz education at foundation level. Assessment for entry to this course can be arranged after you apply to music@citylit.ac.uk. Break week: 29th October.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £449.00 Concession £314.00 - Painting 3Course start date: Fri 19 Apr 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tony HullFollowing on from the course 'Painting 2', enhance your paint handling skills and understanding of the dynamics of a painted surface, through a series of set projects and short critical discussions. Examine the role of painting tools, marks and scale in building a painting.Full fee £409.00 Senior fee £327.00 Concession £266.00 - Demons and dioramas: Day of the Dead papier mâché sculpture Course start date: Fri 20 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ro SylvesterThis short course is a hands-on introduction to the basic principles and techniques of papier mâché and mixed media sculpture, inspired by the rich forms and colours of Mexican 'Day of the Dead' celebrations.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00 - Calligraphy: modern copperplate Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Veiko KespersaksLearn how to write elegant letterforms using a pointed pen with ink. Once you have learnt how to write a basic copperplate alphabet, we will begin breaking the rules of traditional calligraphy to find a style that is all your own. The course is suitable for beginners as well as improvers, and both left-handers and right-handers. - Modern copperplate calligraphy for improvers Course start date: Mon 15 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Veiko KespersaksExpand your knowledge of decorative handwriting with a flexible pointed nib, penholder, and ink. If you have previously learned the basics of traditional copperplate calligraphy but would like to understand more about the script, then this is the course for you. Suitable for both left-handers and right-handers.Full fee £419.00 Senior fee £335.00 Concession £272.00 - Sculpture workshop: developing personal ideasCourse start date: Wed 25 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Annie AttridgeRealise your personal project in 3D. Come with an idea and you will be supported through your making to a final piece. Learn how to structure your idea from inspiration to reality. Ideal for students with previous experience or students who may need extra workshop time and guidance to complete a project.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Introduction to pattern cutting I Course start date: Thu 26 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rachel SelormeyExpand your clothesmaking knowledge and learn introductory skills and techniques of pattern cutting and learn how to draft a classic dress block.You will then learn how to use the block to create patterns and silhouettes from a design.
This course is suitable for those who have some experience in Clothes making and would like to learn how to craft their own patterns.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - VTCT level 3 Award in crystal therapy
Course start date: Sun 6 Oct 2024Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Oge OkohCrystals are much more than just pretty stones; they have been used for their healing properties and as protective amulets and talismans in many different cultures around the world for centuries. Learn how to practice crystal therapy to a professional level on this exciting course.
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