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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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If you can't decide which subject to study, why not try some of our short taster courses?
- Watercolour painting: summer school intensiveCourse start date: Mon 15 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Hilary RosenCondense your learning on this intensive course. Working from still life explore a variety of application techniques such as layering, masking-out and creating textures to gain a grounding in the rich possibilities of the watercolour medium.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Actor summer school: improversCourse start date: Mon 22 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sean Croft, Juliet PragueA five day intensive course designed to enhance your skills and develop your confidence in acting. Explore a range of exercises and acting techniques that will illuminate and enliven scripts and scenes. Ideal for those who have completed a beginner’s level course. - Drawing in colour: summer school intensiveCourse start date: Wed 24 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kim ScoullerExplore a variety of techniques and approaches to making a still-life in pastels. Learn how to mix pastels on paper, choose suitable materials and supports to allow you to create a finished pastel drawing.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - 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 - Drawing from plants and flowers
Course start date: Mon 8 Apr 2024 (and 5 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ro SylvesterExplore the delicacy and beauty of plants and flowers through the medium of drawing. Respond to their structural qualities and colours, using a range of media and taking inspiration from a rich and varied history of the subject. Suitable for all levels of experience.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Developing graphic design Course start date: Thu 12 Sep 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pam WilliamsOur 'Developing' courses help you take your next step in a chosen creative field.
Graphic Design is everywhere; in our books, magazines, and newspapers. Emblazoning packaging at the corner shop to the mall. On our screens- phones, TVs, computers and tablets. To say it’s important would be an understatement.
Don’t just consume. Learn how to use image and type to communicate your messages, emotions, and ideas. Beyond this, learn about the movements and styles which have shaped the field of Graphic Design over the years, and how to find your place there.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00 - Drawing into painting
Course start date: Thu 12 Sep 2024 (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 £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £240.00 - Sing with confidenceCourse start date: Mon 22 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Richard Hartley WilsonIf you are nervous of singing in public, scared to open your mouth or just want to know how your voice works, this course is for you. Classes are fun and cover a wide range of musical styles, so there is something for everyone. Break weeks 6 & 27 May 2024.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Choral singing for pleasureCourse start date: Mon 22 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Richard Hartley WilsonWhether you’re a beginner or have some experience, this choral class will give you something to look forward to on a Monday. We sing many genres from musical theatre to pop plus more traditional pieces. This course is very popular, so booking early is essential. Break weeks: 6 & 27 May 2024.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Sing soul and bluesCourse start date: Wed 24 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Emzee HaywoodeEnjoy this practical exploration of classic soul tunes and blues vocal style and repertoire. This singing class combines technical training and performance of well known songs. - Singing workshopCourse start date: Thu 25 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Siobhan BlakeA workshop class for singers with a solid foundation in vocal technique and musicianship: employ your vocal technique in a more flexible and artistic way and deepen your understanding of critical evaluation of singing. Repertoire to be discussed with the tutor. Break week 3oth May.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00 - Sing jazz 1Course start date: Sat 21 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura ZakianLearn some standard repertoire and jazz protocols. Explore style, develop good timing and phrasing, breath control, and extend your vocal range. Not suitable for beginner singers but ideal for singers who are new to the jazz idiom. - Preparation for A-level Italian part 1Course start date: Thu 26 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roberto MinardiThis course follows the A-level syllabus and is suitable for those who would like to progress in Italian in a structured way. The course does not lead to the exam but aims to prepare you to join the Italian A Level course next year. Ideally you should have taken GCSE Italian (having achieved a grade 7, 8 or 9) or have equivalent upper intermediate knowledge. The course is divided into three parts (parts 2 and 3 will take place in term 2 and 3).
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Garden design: balcony and roof gardensCourse start date: Sat 28 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alison WorsterLearn how to turn your balcony and roof into a beautiful garden sanctuary and find out how to deal with the challenges and opportunities these spaces afford.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00
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