ART
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BOTANICAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING
Seed heads and fruit in the hedgerow will inspire you to draw and paint from nature. Accurately portray them in watercolour with help and individual tuition. For both beginners and the more experienced. Marion Wilson SBA (W Cumbria www.highamhall.com/marion-wilson) Residential: £365 Non-residential: £255 Marion has also got a new PAINTING FUNGHI course starting 1st
FULLY BOOKED: FUN WITH ABSTRACTION!
More and more painters are tempted by Abstraction. Some add elements in to modernise their own art. Others just want to have fun and express themselves in a non-realistic way, embracing the freedom. On this joyous painting course, explore colour combinations, compatible shapes, the balance of busy and empty and which compositional formats work most
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FULLY BOOKED: DRAMATIC SKIES, LAND AND SEASCAPE IN SOFT PASTELS
Extend your artistic 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: £365 Non-residential: £255
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PAINTING FUNGI
*NEW*A chance for botanical painting alongside our annual MUSHROOMS AND TOADSTOOLS course which should mean a wide range of real examples and mycological expertise will be immediately to hand if you wish to deepen your knowledge of your subject. Marion Wilson SBA (W Cumbria highamhall.com/marion-wilson) Residential: £365 Non-residential: £255 This is an extra course in
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TURN YOUR SKETCHES INTO FINISHED PAINTINGS (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
This course will focus on what artists can develop from their previous sketching escapades. Bring along some previous workings and see what you can adapt into a polished piece of exhibitable art. Both experienced and beginners welcome with patient guidance from an experience and sympathetic Tutor. Viv Philpot (Hampshire highamhall.com/viv-philpot) assisted by Geoff Philpot Residential:
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FINDING INSPIRATION THROUGH WATERCOLOUR
Touch the fire of inspiration through contemporary watercolour techniques. Discover your creative spark working in watercolour, ink or acrylic using nature-centred themes. Suitable for all aspiring artists, even beginners. Tiana Marie (Cumbria highamhall.com/tiana-marie)
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VIBRANT SOFT PASTEL
Aim for vibrant and atmospheric paintings, be inspired using soft pastels on a variety of different backgrounds. Step by step and personal guidance. For all levels to enjoy. Sue Ford (Yorkshire highamhall.com/sue-ford) Residential: £270 Non-residential: £190
TURNER IN THE LAKES
A practical art course exploring and painting Turner’s sites. We will look at his methods and include field trips to some locations that inspired the great artist. Linda Birch (Co Durham http://www.highamhall.com/linda-birch) Residential: £280 Non-residential: £200 (incl. field trips)
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ESSENTIAL ART SKILLS: FORM AND TONE
Using ‘tone’ with drawing media is an essential skill in creating form on a two-dimensional surface. Learn how to work with tone using a variety of drawing media. Our hop-on, hop-off series aims to gently embed, refresh and refine the foundation skills for being a fine artist. This is mainly observational rather than working from
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FULLY BOOKED: CAPTURE SCOTTISH SCAPES: EXPLORE 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 excellent reference images provided by your Tutor), layer by layer. For all levels of artist to loosen up with a willingness to get paint on hands, possibly clothes! Marion Boddy-Evans (Aberdeenshire highamhall.com/marion-boddy-evans)
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FULLY BOOKED: LANDSCAPE EXPRESSIVE SEMI-ABSTRACT ACRYLIC MIXED MEDIA
Explore contemporary acrylic techniques using lots of different acrylic media on different surfaces. We will venture outdoors (weather permitting) to gain inspiration from the immediate Lakeland landscape from Higham Hall, but this course focuses on a studio response to your own source material (landscape sketches, photographs etc of your own) with a semi-abstract and exploratory
FULLY BOOKED: BOTANICAL COLOURED PENCIL: PLANTS TO CELEBRATE THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR
From colourful pumpkins and squashes for Halloween to evergreens, berries, nuts and cones for Christmas festivities and even the skeleton seedheads of autumn, there is a lot of choice in forms, shapes, colour and texture to inspire the botanical artist. You may wish to design a greetings card to celebrate the season. Susan Christopher-Coulson (Lancashire