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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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- Life drawing and painting
Course start date: Sun 22 May 2022 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Louisa Buck, Luke JonesJoin us to draw from the nude model. Through structured teaching, you'll explore a range of materials and approaches to this fascinating genre, learning about proportion, tone, line, scale and mark making, with reference to other artists. For all levels.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £158.00 - Focus on: Lucian Freud - paint as fleshCourse start date: Sun 22 May 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Julie BarlowLucian Freud was a key figure in British Art for nearly seventy years. Uncompromising, ferociously unsentimental with a “cruel” gaze – a realist or painter of the truth? Explore Freud’s fascinating career through his paintings, etchings and drawings.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £42.00 - Clothes making IIICourse start date: Mon 23 May 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Silvia SacrestanoPractice working with silk or fine luxury fabrics & sew a summer dress or party wear from a pattern.
Learn how to cut, sew and work neatly. Suitable for those with some sewing experience.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £158.00 - Expressive colour drawing with mixed mediaCourse start date: Mon 23 May 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ute KreymanUse mixed media and colour to enrich your understanding of drawing; engage with different drawing techniques and materials, collage, mono print, simple models of spaces and a short introduction to colour theory.
All levels welcome.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £115.00 - English Communication Skills for professionals: finding the right word in business (advanced)Course start date: Mon 23 May 2022
Location on this date: Online
Are you already working at a good level of English but still not sufficient for the needs of your workplace or to develop your career? Do you need to find just the right word, the correct tone, the exact phrase' This course will help you develop the right English for the right situation particularly in the world of work. Learn about different styles of writing, and effective and appropriate communication.
Before this course, you need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 7492 2511 or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name). Use Chrome if possible.
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. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £115.00 - Writing for magazinesCourse start date: Tue 24 May 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Laura SilvermanGet inspired to write on this practical course for freelance journalists and bloggers. Learn to carry out research, interview people, pitch and publish stories, and build your presence on social media.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £52.00 - Life drawing: an extended studyCourse start date: Tue 24 May 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chris HoughA comprehensive course to build skills, vision and flair in drawing the human form. Use traditional and experimental approaches and a range of media, including charcoal and pastel.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £195.00 - Contemporary printmaking studio: focus on colourCourse start date: Tue 24 May 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kath CastilloA course for intermediate and experienced printmakers wanting to build on previous experience and experiment with process to consolidate and hone technical skills. The focus is on colour application, advanced intaglio processes, realising personal projects and the production of high quality prints.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £237.00 - Sketching at the museum: Tate ModernCourse start date: Fri 27 May 2022
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Charles ChambersExploring the pleasure and challenge of sketchbooks, learn and improve your drawing skills through expert guidance in different methods: working from a fascinating range of great paintings and art works in Tate Modern.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Italian 4/5: cultura e attualita'Course start date: Fri 27 May 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Roberto MinardiAttraverso attività basate su articoli, servizi di programmi, interviste ecc., questa classe ti offre la possibilità di dibattere e approfondire argomenti riguardanti l’attualità italiana e la cultura del Paese in generale. Praticherai e perfezionerai diversi punti grammaticali e accrescerai il tuo vocabolario. Adatto a chi frequenta un corso al livello 4 o 5 oppure a chi ha una conoscenza equivalente della lingua.
Attenzione: le lezioni si svolgeranno nelle seguenti date: 27/05, 10/06, 24/06, 08/07 and 22/07.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £73.00 - Textile sketchbook: developing ideas and projectsCourse start date: Sat 28 May 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ruth BrisonDevelop a creative and experimental sketchbook. Explore the surface qualities of drawing and mark-making with the layered possibilities of mixed-media and hand stitch. You'll have the chance to generate visual research and ideas towards a personal project.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £127.00 - The art of writing the personal essayCourse start date: Sun 29 May 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Helen CoxFollow in the footsteps of Dorothy Parker, George Orwell and Zadie Smith with this taster course on the personal essay, a continuously thriving genre of autobiographical writing.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £28.00 - The Evolution of the Western: American MythologyCourse start date: Sun 29 May 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: John WischmeyerThe first narrative film in 1903 was a Western and eventually major directors were attracted to this most American of genres, famously John Ford. His landmark Stagecoach (1939) was an exciting ride into an imaginary space between the Red River and the Rio Bravo. The Western celebrates but also rewrites US history, given the hold that the myth of the Frontier has over the American psyche. “This is the West. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.”.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £36.00 - Kum-Nye Tibetan relaxation and meditation workshopCourse start date: Sun 29 May 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Bram WilliamsLearn the relaxation techniques of the Tibetan Kum Nye tradition. Discover how to use breathing, massage and gentle movement exercises to refresh and revitalise the whole body and mind.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00 - Drawing and mindfulness: exploring imaginationCourse start date: Sun 29 May 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Clare Barton-HarveyExplore the enriching relationship of drawing, mindfulness and the imagination and how mindfulness can support imaginative engagement in drawing. Through a variety of guided drawing exercises investigate a range of playful and imaginative drawing exercises to stimulate and inspire your imagination. A practical drawing course, inspired by the world around us and the imagination.
Suitable for those with experience in drawing or mindfulness who wish to re-fresh their practice and stimulate new directions as well as enthusiastic beginners.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00
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