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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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If you can't decide which subject to study, why not try some of our short taster courses?
- Children's book illustration: image, text and writing workshopCourse start date: Tue 16 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tim Ellis, Ciara FloodExplore your creative writing and illustration skills and work towards developing your own children’s picture book!Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - Calligraphy: decorated letterforms
Course start date: Mon 22 Jul 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sharon ShawGilded initials make perfect gifts for family and friends. You’ll learn painting techniques and how to apply a PVA mordant and use real leaf. You will be provided with a number of decorative alphabet templates and then taken step-by-step through the stages of drawing, painting and applying real gold to create your own illuminated decorated letterform.Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - Jewellery making: 20 pieces in 5 days Course start date: Mon 22 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Elizabeth BoneWant to add another level to your jewellery making? Are you up for the challenge of creating a collection? From idea to product, discover the techniques and strategies to create 20 pieces in just 5 days on this exciting fast-paced course.Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £227.00 - 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. - SketchUp Pro for beginnersCourse start date: Fri 12 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonLearn to visualise and model interior spaces and 3D forms with this easy-to-use and intuitive program. It is a perfect addition and complement to our interior and/or garden design courses. The software is very affordable and available for home use on a PC or Mac.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - Advanced playwriting workshop Course start date: Fri 19 Apr 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Brian MullinDive deeper into the key elements of writing for the theatre, gain fresh critical insight into your own writing, and produce a new draft of your work. This workshop is for experienced playwrights with ongoing projects.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £160.00 - Draw, paint, print Course start date: Wed 17 Apr 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 £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - Design with Adobe Photoshop and IllustratorCourse start date: Fri 4 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gita HahnA thorough, step-by-step introduction to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator – programs widely used by designers and illustrators in the creative industries. Learn and experiment with a range of techniques that integrate vector and pixel-based images for design and illustration. - Ceramics: architectural slab construction Course start date: Fri 4 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lauren IlsleyThis course involves constructing sculpture from slabs of clay. Develop analytical and making skills to building subtle, minimalist or bold complex ceramic structures. Suitable for beginners and those with previous experience. - Watercolour painting studio: still-life Course start date: Thu 18 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Hilary RosenA 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 £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - City Lit Theatre CompanyCourse start date: Mon 28 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Robert CavanahA wonderful opportunity to be part of a theatre company working alongside an experienced professional director and a team of techical theatre students to stage a play from scratch in six weeks. Use your previous practical training in acting in the context of the performance of a full production in the John Lyons Theatre at City Lit, giving four public performances.
Please make sure you read the details below which gives days and times of rehearsals and performance week.
This term, the play is Ivanov by Chekhov, in an English version by Tom Stoppard, directed by Robert Cavanah. - Pre-level 2 in BSL: refresherCourse start date: Tue 5 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pat ParkeIf you have passed level 1 in BSL but are not quite ready to do level 2, this course is for you. Practise storytelling, having conversations and presenting information to others in an unhurried and friendly class. This is not an exam class, but you will receive an attendance certificate. - Large-scale sketchbook
Course start date: Fri 26 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tony HullExplore the sequential and adaptive nature of large format sketchbook drawing as a site for generating personal material, inviting connections, and extracting patterns of meaning. Includes artist research, set-project as stimulus, and practical exploration of contemporary drawing techniques.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - ESOL - communication skills for life and work (level 1 reading and writing)Course start date: Mon 19 Feb 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Are you now a confident speaker and writer of English? Can you communicate quite easily in your daily life, understand people around you and read and write about everyday subjects? This intermediate course will help you speak, read and write about more complicated topics with greater accuracy. You will learn how to make a presentation, write formally and informally, and read about more challenging and interesting subjects. There will be reading and writing exams in July.
You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click hereFull fee £349.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £175.00 - Experimental filmmaking: stage 2Course start date: Wed 24 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Monika KitaThis practical course is designed for those who have some previous experience in film in a fine art context or for those who have attended an experimental filmmaking course before.
During the course, you will push the boundaries of mainstream cinema and experiment with various techniques to express your artistic vision.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00
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