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- Italian lower intermediate revision and consolidationCourse start date: Mon 29 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosanna CarlàThis course offers you a chance to revise and consolidate your grammar and vocabulary to boost your confidence when communicating in Italian. It's intended for learners who are at a lower intermediate to intermediate level (e.g. learners with two to three years' worth of study). Topics to be covered will be agreed on by the teacher and students based on their needs.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Storia della pittura italiana: il seicento e il settecentoCourse start date: Wed 1 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ottavia CastellinaA journey in Italian through the history of Italian art. This short course, delivered in Italian, will introduce you to some of the major figures in the history of Italian art, and the focus on this course is on the 1600s and 1700s..This module of 5 lessons will be dedicated to 17th and 18th century’s painting in Italy and each lesson will be devoted to a particular artist who is representative of their time. The course will be delivered
online.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £71.00 - Italian intermediate reading groupCourse start date: Fri 3 May 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Silvana VistolaThis course is for intermediate and lower intermediate learners of Italian (approximately Italian 2 Upper and Italian 3 lower) who would like to improve their reading skills and learn new grammar and vocabulary through reading and discussing works of Italian fiction and/or non-fiction. The texts chosen may be in the form of easy readers to facilitate understanding. The chosen texts will be written in Italian, and discussions will be in Italian, though some English may be permitted, so learners will be able to stretch themselves and feel more confident about expressing their opinion and asking questions in class.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Artists eye: painting impressionism, surrealism, fauvism and pointillismCourse start date: Mon 13 May 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Kate HardyModule three - Artist’s Eye: Painting Art movements. Post Impressionism, Surrealism, Fauvism, and Pointillism.
Develop your painting skillswith reference to contemporary and historical artists in this four week course.
We will make paintings inspired by artists who were key members of art movements, be guided by their choices of subject matter, and learn their methods of paint application, colour mixing and composition.
Acrylic paint can be used for all projects. This short course can be taken alone or in conjunction with the other modules.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Italian: an introduction for beginners
Course start date: Fri 17 May 2024Location on this date: The British Museum
Tutors: Francesco BucciolAn opportunity to start your journey towards learning Italian with a short course at the British Museum. This course is for complete beginners and is being run to coincide with the Michelangelo: The Last Decades exhibition. This course will help you learn the basics, with an emphasis on speaking and listening, so you can interact with others in simple everyday situations.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Watercolour at home: colour and washesCourse start date: Mon 3 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Paul DixonThis online Watercolour course will introduce you to different approaches in working with watercolour, as you explore a variety of applications and techniques that are essential when working with and manipulating this medium. Discover the various marks that can be made with techniques in brush handling as well as a guide to washes building your first steps in producing beautiful watercolour work.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Artists eye: painting interiors and architecture Course start date: Mon 1 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Kate HardyModule one - Artist’s Eye: Painting Interiors and Architecture
Learn painting inspired by artists including Gwen John, Richard Diebenkorn, Henri Matisse, Alexandra Exter, Helen Lundeberg, and Lee Krasner, in this four week course.
Be guided by their choices of interior and architectural subject matter, and learn from their methods of paint application, colour mixing, and composition.
Acrylic paint can be used for all projects. This short course can be taken alone or in conjunction with the other modules.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Italian 2 upper refresherCourse start date: Mon 15 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Consolidate your lower intermediate level of Italian in this interactive class. Further practise the main topics and grammar points learned at level 2 upper (our third year of Italian) through speaking and listening activities so you can give your Italian a final boost before the summer break. - Italian: a journey for beginners in summerCourse start date: Mon 22 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Veronica De FeliceGet off to a flying start in Italian by learning phrases and expressions that you can use to hold basic conversations in everyday situations. The emphasis will be on oral communication so that you can communicate with confidence.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00 - Landscape painting: summer school intensiveCourse start date: Sat 27 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Luke JonesHave you always wanted to draw landscapes in a sketchbook?
On this course, you’ll learn basic techniques for landscape studies, in two different locations near to the City Lit.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00 - Painting for beginnersCourse start date: Mon 9 Sep 2024 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amanda BrackenExperience the joy of painting. Through simple exercises you will explore colour, painting techniques and the expressive qualities of painting using acrylic paints. The perfect way to start painting.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00 - Italian: jump into year 2 lower Course start date: Mon 9 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Veronica De FeliceThis intensive course is suitable if you have studied Italian for about a year in the past but are not sure whether you are ready to join our second-year course, Italian 2 lower. You will revise the grammar and vocabulary of year one in one week and will be ready for Italian 2 lower: module 1 later this September. - Italian: jump into year 2 upper
Course start date: Mon 9 Sep 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Evi CampetellaThis intensive course is suitable if you have studied Italian for about two years in the past and would like some more practice before the start of our third-year course, Italian 2 upper. You will revise the main points of the second year in this one-week revision course and feel ready for Italian 2 upper: module 1 later this September. - Italian 3: practise and consolidate: module 1Course start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roberto MinardiQuesta classe di conversazione ti offre la possibilità di consolidare il tuo livello intermedio di italiano praticando e perfezionando I punti grammaticali studiati al livello 3. Adatto a chi frequenta un corso al livello 3 lower or 3 upper oppure a chi ha una conoscenza equivalente della lingua. Attenzione: le lezioni si svolgeranno a settimane alterne, cioè ogni quindici giorni.
Please note this course takes place every other week.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Italian intermediate revisionCourse start date: Thu 10 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £97.00 Concession £149.00
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