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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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- Drawing: colour pastel techniquesCourse start date: Mon 13 Mar 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ro SylvesterExplore the versatility and rich colours of this beautiful drawing and painting medium. Through practical exercises, discover its potential to create a variety of surface effects and its suitability for sketching and outdoor colour work.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Drawing: ink and wash techniquesCourse start date: Mon 17 Apr 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lisa IvoryThe immediacy and versatility of ink and wash is perfect for those sketching on location, for designers and for students interested in watercolour techniques. Take the opportunity to explore the basic techniques of this exciting process.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Relief printmaking for beginnersCourse start date: Mon 17 Apr 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Claire HyndsLearn how to create multicolour or monochrome relief prints. You'll be encouraged to work from your own source imagery (sketches, magazine cuttings, photos etc) as an inspirational lead-in to producing relief prints to take home.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Screenprinting for beginnersCourse start date: Mon 17 Apr 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Claire HyndsThis 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 £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Typography: hand-made techniques
Course start date: Mon 17 Apr 2023Location on this date: Keeley Street
Typography is the keystone of good graphic design and can be used in a wide range of approaches to influence your artwork and design intentions. Designing and working with type will offer a practical opportunity to develop an in-depth appreciation of typography, learning its history, how type has been used in industry and in referecne to many world infleuntial deisgners. Learn how to effectively create, manipulate type, layout and embed type within your design work using the professional industry software Adobe Indesign and Adobe Illustrator.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Video blogging with YouTube: introductionCourse start date: Mon 12 Jun 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yolanda De Los Bueis UnanuaLearn how to create a video blog (vlog) in your own YouTube channel. Use YouTube full capabilities as social network, video editor and publisher. Edit and enhance your videos with effects and music using open source software Shotcut. Share and connect your channel with other channels and social networks.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - Oil painting processes and mediumsCourse start date: Mon 15 May 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Brian SayersThis is a brief introduction to oil painting techniques and the use of materials. Explore a practical approach to painting, including colour mixing, layering, glazing and application. For those with little or no painting experience.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Relief printmaking: large-scale techniquesCourse start date: Mon 15 May 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gareth BerwynLarge scale printmaking enables expressive mark making. Use woodcut, linocut and collograph techniques to produce big, bold and multi-coloured, multi-layered prints for you to take home.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Introduction to BSLCourse start date: Mon 19 Jun 2023 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Peter BrownInterested in learning British Sign Language? Learn some basic vocabulary and grammar, and decide if you want to progress to the level 1 qualification.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00 - Watercolour painting: experimental techniquesCourse start date: Mon 5 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Woould you like to be more experiment with your watercolour painting? Now's your chance to learn how to make more imaginative use of washes and mark-making; enjoy the colour and fluidity of this beautiful medium and take your existing skills to the next level.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Monoprinting: contemporary monotype techniquesCourse start date: Mon 5 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosey PrinceGain skills in the versatile, immediate printmaking process of monotype, learn how to create exciting images by hand with the use of a printing press.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Drawing: old master techniquesCourse start date: Mon 13 Mar 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Look back at the drawing techniques and materials used by the Old Masters of the Renaissance period. Working to set exercises, practise and develop drawing skills and explore drawing materials used by some of the artists of this time.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Using Apple Mac OS: a detailed introductionCourse start date: Mon 3 Jul 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael HardingDiscover how a Mac computer works, the common functions and their applications. For Apple Mac users with little or no previous experience.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Typography: digital type techniquesCourse start date: Mon 17 Jul 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrew McCartenAn introduction to how type can be used and manipulated in terms of creating words as brand marks and how text matter can be visually played with in terms of visual communications such as posters, flyers, books and films. Working with design concepts and the Adobe software suite, you will craft impactful type images.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Painting: focus on colourCourse start date: Mon 17 Jul 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stuart JonesThis is a brief introduction to acrylic painting techniques and the use of mediums and materials. Explore a practical approach to painting, including layering, impasto, glazing and application of paint mediums. Ideal for those new to painting in acrylics.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00
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