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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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- City Lit Pro: Adobe InDesign intensiveCourse start date: Tue 30 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrea MarzanoCity Lit Pro courses provide accelerated learning for busy people who need specific skills for the workplace. On this intensive and fast-paced course you'll learn the fundamental skills you need to create single and multi-page layouts used for posters, leaflets and brochures. - Photography for beginnersCourse start date: Tue 9 Apr 2024 (and 18 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Sara Leigh LewisAlways wondered what half the buttons on your camera actually do? Discover how to use them properly and produce impressive photographs, even as a complete beginner. Gain useful technical knowledge and get expert creative guidance in easy-to-understand language. An ideal first step before enrolling on our intermediate courses.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - City Lit Pro: Adobe Photoshop intensiveCourse start date: Mon 17 Jun 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christine RobertsonCity Lit Pro courses are tailored for accelerated learning for busy people who need to learn key skills for the workplace. On this practical course you will develop your skills in Adobe Photoshop, with a focus on learning to input, create, manipulate and enhance images and photographs for use in print and on the Web. - Large-scale drawing and painting projects
Course start date: Fri 28 Jun 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amanda KnightEnjoy 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 £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - Experimental filmmaking: stage 1Course start date: Sun 30 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lily MarkiewiczLearn about the differences between experimental film and conventional narrative. Begin to create digital films that challenge rather than cater to conventional expectations. Explore how to create original material in both form and content.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - Contemporary drawing sketchbookCourse start date: Thu 4 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Simon EnglishExplore the sequential and adaptive nature of sketchbook drawing as a site for generating personal material, inviting connections, and extracting patterns of meaning. Includes gallery research, set-project as stimulus, and practical exploration of contemporary drawing techniques.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - 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. - 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 - Basketry: weaving in willow Course start date: Sun 17 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christiane GunziExplore basic willow basketry structures and weaves. This course will guide beginners through a simple project to make a small, round, functional basket. - Printmaking weekend: laser cutting and mixed media printsCourse start date: Sat 23 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rolina Elsje BlokThis course introduces you to new ways of combining printmaking with creative thinking by using multiple printmaking techniques and processes, layering them to produce compositions that can be made into artworks to take away with you.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Large-scale mixed-media projects
Course start date: Sat 1 Mar 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
An exciting short experimental course to explore and combine a variety of creative techniques including collage from found images, drawing, painting and paper to create unexpectedly beautiful or powerful images on a large scale.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - 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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