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- Picture book writing: advanced
Course start date: Wed 19 Apr 2023 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Clare Helen WelshWould you like to workshop, edit and polish your picture book texts for young children? This course is designed for advanced picture book writers wishing to hone their skills and improve their own stories.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 - Painting: acrylic techniques and mediums Course start date: Tue 6 Jun 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chris HoughThe fundamentals of painting are as important for the beginner as they are for the more experienced artist. This course will be an in depth focus on brushwork, brush techniques and how to improve your mark making to develop fluency in the mediums of acrylic.Full fee £169.00 - Digital skills for the workplace: analysing, handling and presenting data with Excel (intermediate)Course start date: Wed 7 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Knowing how to handle large amounts of data, analyse it effectively and then present the findings are essential workplace skills. A recent study found 88% of employers want employees with data analysis skills. This intermediate Excel course will help you develop these skills by focusing on common workplace tasks and problems that require some of the more complex Excel functions. You will focus on how to handle large amounts of data and convert it into usable, valuable information. You will develop your skills so you can work with different formulae and functions to create for example automated budgets that take into account variable conditions. You will learn how to link data across spreadsheets and also calculate and present trends. You will work with pivot tables and learn why you use them. By the end of the course you will be confident you have the skills and insight to handle, analyse and present data for a range of circumstances.
This course is FREE if a) you are on a Low Wage or b) you are either on Jobseekers' Allowance (JSA) or Employment & Support Allowance(ESA) or c) you want to get a job or progress into a better job and you receive other state benefits (including Universal Credit). For more information click here
This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £90.00 - Creative packaging designCourse start date: Wed 7 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Learn how to develop and create exciting illustrated packaging designs using adobe illustrator cc. Invaluable for your graphic design portfolio.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - London's smaller art collections Course start date: Wed 7 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Julie BarlowDiscover some of London’s fascinating smaller art collections and hidden art treasures on this gallery-based art history course.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Watercolour painting: mixed media techniques Course start date: Wed 14 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ruth BrisonWatercolour has a rich tradition - this course will explore the more experimental ways of using this pleasurable medium and will present new possibilities for producing exciting new work with mixed media. Make inventive combinations of media to draw from your own found imagery, photographs and sketches.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Adobe InDesign: stage 2Course start date: Wed 14 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gita HahnDevelop intermediate desktop publishing skills using InDesign on Apple Macs. Construct and lay out a multi column, multi page document. Work with text to create, apply and import styles, set up and apply master pages and learn good working practices.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Excel: advancedCourse start date: Wed 21 Jun 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Abbott KatzLearn advanced features of Excel: linking, advanced sorting, filtering, formulae associated with logical, statistical, financial and mathematical operations, scenarios, data validation and audit spreadsheet, pivot tables and macros to create and work with complex spreadsheets.
This course will be delivered online or in person. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £189.00 - French 3/4: Revise and consolidateCourse start date: Wed 21 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Henriette HarlallCome and refresh your French language skills. Ideal to revise and consolidate your upper intermediate French. It is also a good course to do if you intend to enrol on French Delf B2 or French A-level in September.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £159.00 - Drawing: old master techniques Course start date: Wed 21 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Steve WrightLook 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 - Advanced massage using sports massage techniquesCourse start date: Wed 21 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Kean Street Wellbeing Centre
Tutors: Trevor EnglandDo you want to learn advanced massage techniques to add to those skills you already hold? This course is ideal for both newly qualified and experienced therapists.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - Calligraphy: modern copperplate variations
Course start date: Wed 21 Jun 2023Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Veiko KespersaksLearn how to use a pointed pen for writing in copperplate hand, which is famous for its fine lines, hand-made quality and romantic overtones.This fun class is an introduction to Spencerian script and its connection to basic strokes and letterforms. You will also learn the history of Spencerian script and it will give you some new knowledge of penmanship. Suitable for both beginners and improvers, left and right handers.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Drypoint and intaglio printmaking techniquesCourse start date: Wed 21 Jun 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Explore the possibilities of experimental mark-making using etching techniques. Take a playful approach to printing your etching plate by layering colour and texture and discover the complex and beautiful images that can develop. For all levels.Full fee £179.00 - Acting: improversCourse start date: Thu 27 Apr 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sean CroftContinue your development as you explore a range of exercises and acting techniques that will illuminate and enliven a variety of scripts and scenes. Consolidate techniques and deepen your understanding in a safe and supportive atmosphere.Full fee £209.00 - Chinese beginners: module 3Course start date: Wed 26 Apr 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ting PoonContinue learning Chinese on this beginners course.Suitable for students who have completed at least 30 teaching hours (or two terms) of Mandarin.Full fee £209.00
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