City Lit Visual Arts Courses 2010-11
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Enrolment office opening time: Mon - Fri 9am to 7pm, Sat 10am to 4pm.
City Lit’s enrolment office and main site locates at Keeley Street in Covent Garden and we have a small number of courses at EC and AAC. All our smaller sites are within 10 minutes’ walking distance from the main site.
For more information about City Lit courses, please visit www.citylit.ac.uk or contact a member of our enrolment team on 020 7831 7831 or visit us to complete your enrolment.
A bright and modern environment in which to learn with the opportunity to have fun and meet like-minded people. If you are looking for a great choice of inspiring courses, we look forward to seeing you at City Lit!
The centre for adult learning
Mosaics
EC @ 7-11 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LJ.
Jewellery
More mosaics: indirect method Mosaics introductory Mosaics introductory: direct method
Calligraphy Composing the figure Contemporary art sketchbook walk Creative sketchbook Develop your drawing Developing your sketchbook Drawing 1 Drawing and mixed media Drawing connections Drawing continued Drawing for textiles Drawing in the National Gallery Drawing sounds Drawing the line Drawing with colour Drawing: new ways of seeing Drawing: some basics Large scale sketchbook Sketchbook course Start using colour Starting a sketchbook Starting to draw Try drawing
Anglo American Study Centre (AAC) @ 22 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2NS.
Design
Creative interior decoration Developing interior designs Interior decorative techniques Interior design 1 Introduction to interior design Introduction to puppetry Introduction to SketchUp Pro
Drawing
Ceramic and metal jewellery Creative bead jewellery Jewellery certificate: City & Guilds 7922 year 2 Jewellery workshop 7822 Jewellery workshop 7922 Jewellery workshop 7923 Jewellery-making: a taster Jewellery: City & Guilds 7822 certificate Jewellery: City & Guilds 7923 certificate year 2 Jewellery: day Jewellery: evening Jewellery: gold overlay Jewellery: gypsy setting Jewellery: introduction to working in metal clay Jewellery: make a beaded necklace Jewellery: make a silver ring Jewellery: make a silver spoon Jewellery: make silver bangles Jewellery: non toxic resins and cold enamels Jewellery: off-loom bead weaving Jewellery: Saturdays Jewellery: short course Jewellery: understanding gemstones Jewellery: wax carving Make a piece of silver wire jewellery Presentation drawing for jewellers Progressive jewellery
Painting
Fashion
City Lit @ Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 4BA. Fully accessible for people with disabilities
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Visual Arts Courses 2010-11
Art foundation and portfolio preparation Art and design portfolio Art foundation stage 1 Art foundation stage 2 Creative drawing portfolio
Bookbinding, book arts and conservation
A taster course in bookbinding Book repair and conservation: advanced Book repair and conservation: leather-bound books Book repair and conservation: paper /clothbound books Bookbinding for beginners 1: book structures and boxmaking Bookbinding for beginners 2: a leather-bound book Bookbinding workshop Bookbinding: access day - tutored workshop Bookbinding: fine binding - forwarding and covering Bookbinding: gold tooling on leather and paper Bookbinding: making a unique artist book Conservation of books Intermediate/advanced bookbinding The bookbinding course (City & Guilds)
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Beginners skills for dressmaking Dressmaking 1 Dressmaking 2 Dressmaking 3 Introduction to sewing Sewing clinic Sewing to survive! - an introduction
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A taster course in pottery An introduction to ceramics Ceramic artists talking: Catrin Howells Ceramic artists talking: Gabriele Koch Ceramics diploma course: 1st year Ceramics diploma workshop Ceramics portfolio course Ceramics: a taster course in throwing Ceramics: surface printing on clay Ceramics: throwing and decoration Ceramics: workshop Pottery Pottery for beginners Pottery intermediate Pottery on Saturdays Pottery: a taster course in throwing Pottery: beginner’s throwing course Pottery: evening course Pottery: introduction to throwing and decoration Pottery: Saturday throwing course Structured ceramics course
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Digital arts
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Abstracting the townscape Colour and inner creativity Colour mixing for oil painting Creative still life Creativity from within Develop your painting Drawing into painting Exploring watercolour and mixed media Green is the colour; painting is the process Introducing urban watercolour Introduction to art Introduction to painting Introduction to watercolour Introduction to watercolour techniques Introduction to watercolour: still life Introduction to watercolour: the environment Introduction to watercolour: the figure Landscape in oils Painting continued Painting course 1 Painting directions Painting stories Painting: composing and improvising with colour The City Lit fine art course: year 1 daytime The City Lit fine art course: year 1 evening The City Lit fine art course: year 2 daytime The City Lit fine art course: year 2 evening The figure in watercolour Watercolour themes and ideas Watercolour: the radiant image 1 Watercolour: the radiant image 2 Watercolour: the radiant image 3
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A taster course in basketry Basketry workshop Basketry: ‘imbenge’ technique using telephone wire Basketry: City & Guilds 7922, part 1 year 2 Basketry: City & Guilds 7923, part 2 year 1 Basketry: line, strip, form Colour onto cloth Contemporary willow basketry Creative stitched textiles Drawing with stitch Felt jewellery Felt jewellery taster Felt making: progressing ideas Felt-making for beginners Feltmaking: hand-felted Nuno cloth Hand knitting Hand knitting for beginners Hand knitting for improvers Introduction to plaiting: pattern and form Making from recycled materials Rush basketry Soft textile basketry Structural techniques for sculpture: natural materials Structures and surfaces with paper, fabric and stitch Surface pattern: design and decoration The textile course 1: day The textile course 1: evenings The textile course 2: advanced practice
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Graphic design, DTP, illustration & cartoon
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3D animation using Maya: introduction Advanced digital editing using FinalCut Advanced Photoshop techniques: 1 Advanced Photoshop techniques: 2 After Effects and producing animated titles After Effects for beginners Animation: traditional and computer techniques Art and design computing and Photoshop Basic digital video editing using FinalCut Beginner’s Photoshop Compression techniques for digital video makers Creative animation Creative narrative cut-out animation Designing textiles using Photoshop Digital art studio: open access 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 Digital video editing using FinalCut English for artists, photographers, and film-makers Fine art video making: taught workshop Getting started with a digital video camera & editing How to make your own website Intermediate digital editing using FinalCut Introduction to using Apple computers Life drawing and Photoshop Lighting for digital video Make a DVD portfolio of your work Performing animation Photoshop and digital techniques for printmakers Photoshop: produce promotional materials Taking Photoshop further Using Flash for animation: introduction Web design using Dreamweaver for artists
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City Lit offers you the biggest choice of part-time courses for adults in London - whether you choose an evening class, a daytime or weekend course. Taught by experienced and committed professionals, including many practising artists, writers and performers. Most courses run for 10 weeks, but you can choose from one-day taster sessions right through to year-long courses where you can develop your skills. Advanced portrait painting Contemporary portraits Drawing portraits Introduction to life drawing Introduction to life painting Introduction to portrait painting Life drawing Life drawing on a Sunday Life painting Painting portraits with light and shade Portraits 1 Portraits continued Portraits: drawing the self Skin deep - the body as a painted landscape Starting portraits
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Children’s book illustration Children’s book illustration: inspiration and practice Graphic design and illustration Graphic design basics Illustrator: an introduction Introduction to InDesign and desktop publishing Introduction to professional cartooning Promotional materials with InDesign and Photoshop
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We also offer support and assistance if and when you need it (from advice on which course is for you, to study support and financial assistance).
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City Lit offers the most diverse Visual Arts programme in central London, with many courses taught by successful artists and practitioners. Recently rated ‘excellent’ in a government inspection, courses on offer include some of the most popular subjects in the capital, including photography, jewellery, ceramics, painting and drawing, as well as more specialist areas. Whether you are a complete beginner or a practising artist we hope we have something to entice you.
Photography
A basic introduction to digital photography A brief history of British photography A first photography course An introduction to photography and photojournalism An introduction to buying and collecting photographs An introduction to photojournalism and photography Beginner’s digital photography Black History Month: photography and diasporist art Creative photography project and portfolio assessment Digital imaging for photographers: an introduction Digital imaging for photographers: part 2 Digital photography for beginners with Photoshop Documentary photography Early morning digital photography and Photoshop Exhibiting photography: a practical guide History of photography How to self-publish your own book of photographs Improving your photography Introduction to colour management in photography Introduction to digital photography Introduction to photographing with RAW files Introduction to portraiture and photographing people Introduction to the history of photography Lightroom for photographers Photographing architecture and the urban environment Photographing artwork, sculpture and ceramics Photographing landscape, architecture and people Photographing London: East London markets Photographing London: the South Bank Photographing people Photographing the performance Photography & taking photographs: an introduction Photography and photographing people: beginners Photography and taking photographs: introduction Photography as a fine art medium Photography workshop Photography: critical and analytic theories Photography: studio lighting for beginners Professional documentary photography Travel photography Understanding, choosing and buying digital cameras
It’s easy to book a place on a City Lit course. For more information about our courses, please visit www.citylit.ac.uk and follow the on-screen instructions to enrol online; or ring our enrolment line on 020 7831 7831; or contact visualarts@citylit.ac.uk if you have any enrolment queries.
Printmaking
Creating a hand-made book with printmaking Drawing and monoprints Etching and monoprint Experimental printmaking Photography into etching Printmaking Printmaking on a Sunday
Sculpture
Bronze sculpture: the voluptuous figure Introduction to sculpture Introduction to sculpture for D/deaf learners Metal sculpture Metal sculpture: short course Paper sculpture Sculpture workshop day Sculpture workshop: carving in stone Sculpture: body casting Sculpture: carving in stone Sculpture: carving in stone City & Guilds 7822 Sculpture: carving in wood Sculpture: carving in wood or stone Sculpture: clay modelling from life Sculpture: continuation carving Sculpture: creative construction Sculpture: developing personal ideas Sculpture: draw with space and light Sculpture: make an exhibition in one day Sculpture: make your own waxwork face Sculpture: making animals from wire Sculpture: metal casting Sculpture: origami in metal Sculpture: portraiture from the inside out Sculpture: work creatively with the figure Text and image: artists and writers exploring ideas The City Lit sculpture course year 2 Wire sculpture
City Lit Visual Arts Courses 2010-11