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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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- Painting and drawing dialogues: looking back at selfCourse start date: Sat 9 Nov 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chris Hough, Tony Hull, Monika KitaWe all have a unique way of looking at the world, shaping what we see to fit our reality. Explore how painting and drawing can magnify unconscious distortions and how memory and the imagination come to embody ‘the Self’ in image-making.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Drawing 1Course start date: Sun 10 Nov 2024 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ruth BrisonAn introduction to drawing from observation through a carefully structured approach in a studio environment. Suitable for beginners.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Painting and drawing dialogues: performance and the bodyCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chris Hough, Tony Hull, Monika KitaDrawings and paintings can capture the body’s movement in their surface, alongside registering an image. By focusing on the ‘performance of making’ new perspectives will inform a more individual approach to your work.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Drawing 3Course start date: Thu 23 Jan 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrea VoiseyExplore a range of materials and challenging approaches to develop your creative potential in drawing, informed by artists contexts. Building on your previous experience, develop your observational drawing skills for greater accuracy and complexity as well as learning to manipulate composition, surface and mark-making to create dynamic, expressive drawings.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - Oil painting projectsCourse start date: Sun 3 Nov 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Oil paint is a uniquely sensitive medium, which can be used to create expressive and complex images. This course is for oil painters with some experience who want to develop their own individual painting projects, with expert tutor guidance.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00 - VTCT level 3 Award in Crystal therapyCourse start date: Sun 13 Oct 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location 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.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £449.00 Concession £449.00 - Sculpture: inspired by Barbara HepworthCourse start date: Sun 2 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Shelley WilsonBe inspired by the sculptures of Barbara Hepworth. Delve into the natural world that inspired her work and make a small series of sculptures using plaster, soap and Kraft Board.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00 - Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00
- ITEC Level 3 Award in Indian Head MassageCourse start date: Sat 12 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Ameena RahmanIndian Head Massage is an ancient tradition that provides many therapeutic benefits. Learn the theory and practice of Indian Head massage at a professional level. City Lit is a leading training provider in London for Massage and Complementary Therapies, providing outstanding achievement at high industry standards. Our courses are taught by experienced and practising industry professionals who have current knowledge of the massage sector.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £449.00 Concession £449.00 - Introduction to carving in wood or stoneCourse start date: Sun 3 Nov 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alexandra HarleyGain inspiration for creating a carving, and learn about historical and contemporary artists. Learn techniques to realise your design in a wood. Basic materials included. All levels welcome.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £359.00 Concession £292.00 - Painting and Drawing Dialogues: shaping timeCourse start date: Sat 7 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chris Hough, Tony Hull, Monika KitaReflect on how time is embodied in the surface of paintings and drawings to focus on the speed and sequence of your working methods. Discover how animation and film can aid and capture your creative process.Full fee £429.00 Senior fee £343.00 Concession £279.00
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