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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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- Large-scale mixed mediaCourse start date: Sat 29 Jun 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amanda BrackenAn 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 £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - 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 - Introduction to AutoCAD 2DCourse start date: Sat 6 Jul 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nicholas WilliamsonAutoCAD is an essential part of the work process for engineers, designers, architects and visualisers. This course will teach you to create 2D technical drawings on a Mac in one of the leading CAD design programmes.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Textiles and surface pattern: drawing and design
Course start date: Sun 14 Jul 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Janie MurphyInvestigate mark making, layering and juxtaposing ideas through experimental drawings. Explore the importance of imaginative research and how to record it in a sketchbook. Develop versatile design textile ideas for interiors, fashion, stationery or text.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - UI design for websites using Figma Course start date: Sat 2 Nov 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alex GregoryIn this course you will be creating your own mini website prototype. You will be learning how to structure, brand, and create a visually compelling UI design using Figma, an industry standard design tool.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Developing personal printmaking projects Course start date: Sun 23 Feb 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: susan kentonExplore and develop personal work in intaglio and relief printmaking. Techniques covered include drypoint, etching, linocut, collagraphy and photo etching. All levels of experience welcome.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Finance Innovation: The Power of Blockchain and Financial TechnologyCourse start date: Sat 20 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Hybrid (choose either online or in-person)
Tutors: Vina TheodorakopoulouUnlock the future of finance! Join our 6-hour course to explore blockchain technology, fintech and Insurtech. Understand core features, discover real-world applications and navigate regulatory challenges. By the end, you will confidently discuss the impact of innovation on financial services.
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 £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - HTML5 & CSS: introduction (stage 1)Course start date: Sun 21 Jul 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Voula PapadopoulosHTML is the foundation language of web sites and web based apps. It's easy to learn and can help you to begin a career in tech, update web sites and content management systems, have a better understanding of UX/UI, gain skills for SEO and digital marketing, collaborate more effectively with developers and much more!Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Textiles: waxed surfaces Course start date: Sun 21 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amarjeet NandhraInvestigate the different ways wax can be used on paper and fabric; create surface decoration using a range of resist techniques or alter the structure of a surface and experiment with translucency, structure and stitch.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Project management: introduction to Agile methodologiesCourse start date: Sun 21 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate ScottA practical introduction to Agile project management methodologies.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Mokulito: summer school intensiveCourse start date: Sat 27 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rolina Elsje BlokSummer school intensive two weekends in Mokulito printmaking, or wood lithography. This fascinating print process uses plywood as a printing matrix to draw on with inks, sharpies and lithographic crayons and create images that will print as small editions.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Wax carving for the foundry: cast your sculpture in bronzeCourse start date: Sat 27 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie MerloCarve, melt and form wax to create a small figurative or abstract bronze sculpture. The wax will be cast in bronze at the Castle Arts Foundry and returned finished.Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £175.00 - Introduction to watercolour paintingCourse start date: Sat 21 Sep 2024 (and 11 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Anne-Marie FosterGain a grounding in the rich possibilities available when working with watercolour paint. Through a series of practical studies, you will investigate the potential of this versatile medium.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Drawing into painting
Course start date: Sat 8 Mar 2025 (and 3 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tony HullGain an understanding of the creative journey from a drawing to finished painting. Explore the creative potential when drawing and painting activities are combined.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Introduction to oil paintingCourse start date: Sun 15 Sep 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Desmond HaughtonOil paint is a medium, capable of delicate transparency and rich impasto effects. It holds many challenges for the beginner, but this course will offer a clear, structured way into the essentials and beauty of oil painting. will develop a feel for paint handling which will build skills and feed progress in oil painting.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00
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