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February 2021
WINTER LANDSCAPE – SKETCHING AND PAINTING
Suitable for intermediate to advanced level. Explore the Lake District in winter when colour and shadow are at their most varied and dramatic. With demos, exercises and expert artistic advice throughout, experience outdoor sketching trips using Mixed Media and develop a studio project in the painting medium of your choice. Lionel Playford (N. Pennines www.highamhall.com/lionel-playford) SPECIAL PRICE: Residential: £431 Non-residential: £299 (inc. Field Trips, weather dependent)
Find out more »DRAMATIC SKIES, LAND AND SEA-SCAPE IN SOFT PASTELS WITH EILEEN GARDNER
An exceptional chance to extend skills with Pastel for Seascapes, Dramatic Skies and Landscapes. Demos throughout, support for beginners, encouragement for more experienced with demanding, yet supportive critiques to enable all to reach full potential. Eileen Gardner (Fife www.highamhall.com/eileen-gardner) Residential: £335 Non-residential: £234
Find out more »March 2021
DRAW LIKE A CARTOONIST
Break free and get to grips with using simple lines to depict figures, faces and simple scenes. Fun for absolute non-artists and useful for artists alike. What's more, your approach to life could change forever! Colin Shelbourn (S. Cumbria www.highamhall.com/colin-shelbourn) Residential: £238 Non-residential: £169
Find out more »DISCOVERING PEN AND INK
Create textures, tonal areas and decorative patterns in Pen and Ink, then combine them to create a finished drawing. With demos throughout and access to a variety of pens to experiment with, by the end you should be able to handle your materials with confidence. Jane Beech (Cheshire www.highamhall.com/jane-beech) Residential: £238 Non-residential: £169
Find out more »ACRYLIC SEASCAPE AND ALSO TREES
*EXTENDED* Use whatever Acrylics, brushes, implements you are able to bring. Step by step guidance towards producing two scenes of both coast and trees employing a range of techniques to achieve realism and coherent tonal qualities. Kara Strachan (Staffordshire www.highamhall.com/kara-strachan) Residential: £350 Non-residential: £249 (2 Canvases Provided)
Find out more »ESSENTIAL ART SKILLS: DRAWING THE HUMAN FORM
We will look at the historical perspective on drawing the human figure, human proportions and anatomy. Make studies from a skeleton, mannequin and real-life model. Ceri Allen (Carlisle www.highamhall.com/ceri-allen) Residential: £238 Non-residential: £169 Part of a hop-on, hop-off series with a Fine Arts-trained professional to gently refresh, refine and instil the fundamentals for being a good Artist. Each course includes a contextual slideshow and is ‘observational’ rather than working from photos.
Find out more »PAINTING RETREAT: ART AND SPIRITUALITY 1 – MAKING CONNECTIONS
*NEW* Acrylics or Watercolour. Why do painters paint? And why do others value their work enough to buy or display it!? Is painting just merchandise or something we are proud of and want to display? Is our task as painters to report, celebrate or critique the world we live in? By painting and with illustrated talks, the course will look at what we choose to paint, and why, and will explore our connections to art history and other creative forms…
Find out more »PAINTING RETREAT: ART AND SPIRITUALITY 2 – MAKING CONNECTIONS
A further retreat exploring connections between thinking and your painting. See 19 March. Linda Birch (www.highamhall.com/linda-birch) Trevor Pitt (www.highamhall.com/trevor-pitt) Residential: £431 Non-residential: £299 2nd of 2 consecutive courses, book both save £100
Find out more »EXPRESSIVE LANDSCAPES WITH ACRYLIC PAINTS, INKS AND MIXED MEDIA
Taking direct influence from our Lakeland setting - outdoors and in - explore a variety of painting and drawing techniques with an expressive approach. A need to be adventurous is important to further develop your own personal style. For any experienced Artist seeking a more contemporary approach using mixed-media: Drawing, Acrylic Ink and acrylic Paint with Oil Pastel on many different surfaces. Robert Dutton (Yorkshire www.highamhall.com/robert-dutton) Residential: £451 Non-residential: £319 (inc. Field Trips)
Find out more »CAPTURING SKYE: EXPLORING EXPRESSIVE MIXED MEDIA
Work with (don't fight against) the fast-drying nature of acrylics and use mixed media to create vibrant, atmospheric paintings (from reference images of your Tutor's home on the Isle of Skye), layer by layer. For all levels to loosen up with a willingness to get paint on hands, possibly clothes! Marion Boddy-Evans (Skye www.highamhall.com/marion-boddy-evans) Residential: £485 Non-residential: £319
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