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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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- Creative non-fiction: a taster
Course start date: Tue 28 Mar 2023 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street (other locations are available)
Tutors: Julie GartonHave you had experiences that will move, delight or entertain readers? This taster session in creative-non fiction explores approaches to capturing your most poignant moments and crafting them into inspiring pieces of literature.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Art history tasterCourse start date: Mon 27 Mar 2023 (and 15 other dates)
Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayCurious about art history? Join us for this taster session where we explore different ways into visual art and its histories, from the ancient to the contemporary.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Graphic design: cut n paste collage techniquesCourse start date: Tue 7 Mar 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pam WilliamsWork with a range of collage techniques, to produce quick cut n paste visuals, generating exploratory, experimental and unexpected outcomes. This short course will take you on a creative journey using hands-on collage methods relevant today in contemporary design. Discover your own unique style and take creative control exploring principles used in graphic design; contrast, balance, hierarchy, repetition and alignment.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Photography for beginnersCourse start date: Fri 17 Jun 2022 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Photography Studio
Tutors: Ed GregoryAlways wondered what half the buttons on your camera actually do? Discover how to use them properly and produce impressive photographs, even as a complete beginner. Gain useful technical knowledge and get expert creative guidance in easy-to-understand language. An ideal first step before enrolling on our intermediate courses.Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00 - Drawing: charcoal techniquesCourse start date: Tue 28 Mar 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Shelley WilsonExplore the creative possibilities that this fragile medium affords. Learn and develop the components of drawing with charcoal’s subtle yet dynamic lines. This is a course for beginners. No experience is necessary.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Photography studio lightingCourse start date: Fri 3 Mar 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Photography Studio
Tutors: Ed GregoryLearn about photographic studio practice and lighting. An introduction to using studio flash, 'hot' (tungsten) and ‘cold’ (fluorescent & LED) lights to enhance your portrait and still life photography.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Film Studies TasterCourse start date: Sat 25 Mar 2023 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
Tutors: John WischmeyerThis taster of forthcoming film courses at City Lit in 2023 offers you the chance to think about which ones to take while also providing an opportunity to explore some of the key areas in film studies more generally.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Painting for beginnersCourse start date: Fri 17 Mar 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amanda BrackenExperience the joy of painting. Through simple exercises you'll explore colour, painting techniques and the expressive qualities of painting. The perfect way to start painting.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00 - Painting: oil techniques and mediumsCourse start date: Fri 3 Mar 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Desmond HaughtonThis is a brief introduction to acrylic 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 - Cut, stab and etch: printmaking with linocutsCourse start date: Mon 6 Mar 2023 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lisa CradduckCut, stab and etch your way to dynamic blocks and exciting prints. Practical instruction in both traditional and inventive linocut printmaking techniques, including the reduction method developed by Picasso, multiple block printing and Polish dot linocut.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Life drawing after workCourse start date: Wed 15 Mar 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Joe RichardsonDiscover new ways of drawing the human body in a fun, fast paced session that combines practical exercises with a variety of techniques. For those with some previous experience in life drawing.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £119.00 - Comic book art and graphic novelsCourse start date: Mon 6 Mar 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephen MarchantBe part of the vibrant underground comic movement and learn how to use illustration, cartooning and collage to create innovative mini comics or fanzines. Develop ideas and work that could kick start your own graphic novel project.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Literature tasterCourse start date: Sat 25 Mar 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
Tutors: Patricia SweeneyExploring poetry and fiction, come and join this online taster session to find out what makes a literature class at City Lit so special.
The course includes an overview of our literature courses for next term (April-July 2023).
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - A taste of creative writingCourse start date: Sun 12 Mar 2023 (and 11 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street (other locations are available)
Tutors: Sophie McKenzieGive creative writing a try on this fun and supportive course. Ideal if you want to express yourself but need help in getting started. Guided exercises will encourage you to experiment and unlock your imagination. (Course includes a 1-hr break.).Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £35.00 - Screenprinting in a dayCourse start date: Sat 4 Mar 2023 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Adam HogarthIn this fun, 1-day workshop you will be taught how to print and register a two colour screenprint using monoprint, colour blends and pre-made photographic screens. You will be taught some basic screen making process and insight into making digital artwork. This will set you up for longer and more advanced screenprinting classes.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00
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