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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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- City Lit Pro: Adobe Illustrator intensiveCourse start date: Tue 30 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gita HahnA comprehensive introduction to creating vector graphics using Illustrator. Learn how to use the pen tool, shapes, brushes, patterns, live trace and effects and gain experience in techniques and strategies useful to graphic designers and illustrators. - Drypoint and intaglio printmaking: summer school intensiveCourse start date: Tue 30 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anne-Marie FosterDrypoint is a way of creating grooves in a solid surface, it produces a rich unique type of drawn line, from which you will make prints using intaglio inking methods and the printing press, This summer workshop offers the opportunity to use specialist techniques and tools and gain insight into how these sit within the creative practice of artists using drypoint. For all levels, although some experience of drawing is preferable.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Illustrated Maps: summer school intensiveCourse start date: Mon 5 Aug 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lucia VintiLearn to create unique illustrated maps using a combination of analogue and digital techniques. We’ll create illustrations of local attractions, landmarks and people; learn how to create a cohesive colour palette; and combine text and image to create a balanced composition. You’ll end this intensive and fun course with an illustrated map that captures the character of your favourite place.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Contemporary quilts: log cabinCourse start date: Wed 7 Aug 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Beverley SellLearn how to design and make a contemporary quilt from start to finish. You will use a range of construction and embellishment techniques. The emphasis for design is on Triangles and bold Geometric shapes mixed with cotton fabrics to create a personalised quilt. Suitable for beginners.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Theta Healing® Advanced DNACourse start date: Fri 9 Aug 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yvonne DubiThis course will enable you to expand your Theta Healing knowledge and techniques and to clear limiting beliefs carried over from many lifetimes.
In order to enrol on this course you must have already completed the Theta Healing® Basic DNA course.Full fee £395.00 Senior fee £395.00 Concession £395.00 - Introduction to watercolour paintingCourse start date: Mon 15 Apr 2024 (and 11 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anne-Marie FosterGain a grounding in the rich possibilities available when working with watercolour paint. Through a series of practical studies, you will investigate the potential of this versatile medium.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Introduction to dye techniquesCourse start date: Wed 11 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lara MantellDip into colour, and learn a range of dye techniques. Using indigo, synthetic and natural dyes to practise dyeing a variety of natural fabrics. You will finish the course with a unique collection of dye samples. - Drawing into paintingCourse start date: Thu 12 Sep 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tony HullGain an understanding of the creative journey from a drawing to finished painting. Explore the creative potential when drawing and painting activities are combined.Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00 - Screenprinting workshopCourse start date: Mon 16 Sep 2024 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This course is a creative and practical introduction to the screen-printing process, aimed at beginners and the curious. You will learn step by step how to make your own series of silk screen prints using a variety of techniques.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Life painting for beginnersCourse start date: Mon 16 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
This short course is a great introduction to painting directly from the unclothed life 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 £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Life painting: focus on light and shadeCourse start date: Fri 29 Nov 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
A great introduction to tonal painting working directly from the unclothed life model model. Using simple projects, you will explore different ways to represent the human form through light and shade in paint with encouraging helpful guidance from an experienced tutor.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Introduction to printmaking techniquesCourse start date: Wed 27 Nov 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Simon BurderThis fast-paced course reveals some of the processes used to make fine art prints. You will try both relief and intaglio printmaking methods. This course is for beginners and those with limited experience who want to discover how printmaking techniques actually work. An ideal way to start printmaking.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00
- Draw, paint, printCourse start date: Mon 18 Nov 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mary WintourOn this experimental course, you will draw, paint and print in often unfamiliar ways in order to catch the unexpected. Through experimentation and reflection, you will collate a personal collection of work. .Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00 - Large-scale drawing and paintingCourse start date: Fri 11 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Enjoy a lively, more active way of art-making and make work on a grander scale. Complete a number of projects that explore how big can be beautiful, challenging and surprising.Full fee £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00
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