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IN FULL COLOUR! LEARNING FROM MODERN MASTERS OF COLOUR
*NEW* A colourful course working mainly from still life and images aimed at those seeking to progress in their art journey, and a great tonic to welcome in the New Year. Enjoy painting inspired by some masters of colour from Impressionists to Expressionists: Monet, Van Gogh, Matisse, Kandinsky and more. Ideal for those exploring acrylic
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PALETTE KNIFE EXPERIMENTS (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
Explore the application of paint through drag, scrape and spread technique. Play with mixing colours on the go and creating textures and layers (impasto). Palette knife painting lends itself to a variety of subject matters including the more abstract. Experience the freedom of using this tool to create your very own original masterpiece. Coral Grace
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PORTRAITURE (CLOTHED LIVE MODELS)
One of the essential skill sets for artists, focusing on the human top third, including live subjects. Be guided to experiment towards a freer, yet meaningful drawing style. Expand, refine and challenge yourself reinforcing all the essential fundamentals in a small group. Catherine MacDiarmid (Cumbria highamhall.com/catherine-macdiarmid) Residential: £385 Non-residential: £275
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BOTANICAL ART IN COLOURED PENCIL: WINTER WONDERFULS
Surprisingly, the winter garden can offer some much-needed colour and even scent with interesting subjects to cheer the winter chill: plants such as Hamamelis, Lonicera Fragrantisima, Viburnum Bodnantense, Sarcoccoca, Chimonanthus Praecox, Hellebores, delicate Cyclamen Coum and maybe some early flowering bulbs like Snowdrops as well as bright Holly berries and many types of evergreen. If
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FRANCES WINDER IN RESIDENCE
Join Frances for a few days in the studio to do your own thing with Frances’ guidance and expertise. Frances Winder (S Cumbria www.highamhall.com/frances-winder) Residential: £270 Non-residential: £190
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FULLY BOOKED: INTRO TO MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
Skills passed down by medieval craftspeople to create small-scale designs using 24 carat gold leaf and pigments (a small amount of lead is possible). No drawing experience necessary, choose from a selection of medieval designs, including illuminated letters. Toni Watts (Lincoln highamhall.com/toni-watts) Residential: £290 Non-residential: £210 (incl. materials) Toni’s MORE CHALLENGING TECHNIQUES follows.
FULLY BOOKED: SKETCHBOOK: FAST AND LOOSE!
Artful games to get creative inspiration flowing, all in the privacy of your own sketchbook! Be introduced to new ways of seeing objects, recording your impressions and using your sketchbook so you see this essential aid to Design and Art in a new light. Learn how sketchbooks have been used by different artists and why
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MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION: MORE CHALLENGING TECHNIQUES (EVERYTHING INCLUDED)
This course is only suitable for those with experience in laying manuscript gesso and using loose leaf gold. You will work on three small projects, one combining flat and raised gilding, one combining different colours or textures of gold (with the option to add tooling) and one using shell gold and watercolour paint. There will
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FULLY BOOKED: LOOSENING UP WITH WATERCOLOUR
Sometimes, artists want to move away from tight, realistic painting towards more relaxed, expressive ways of handling Watercolour. Escape rigid realism to become more playful with your painting. Dare to spatter, dribble, let pigment do the talking, embrace the happy accident and make your brush work more expressive and less fiddly. Share in the joyful,
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FULLY BOOKED: BRIGHT COLOURS IN A DARK MONTH: EXPRESSIVE INKTENSE PAINTING (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND, Robert’s short art break gives artists the ideal opportunity to explore Derwent’s Inktense blocks on Canson cotton rich watercolour paper (all provided), using a bold approach and an expressive use of colour with this versatile and unique contemporary painting media. (Sorry, not suitable for pure beginners to art as the creative
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DRAWING AND PAINTING BUILDINGS IN WATERCOLOR
If you can master buildings in your artwork, you open up a rich source of subject to draw upon. Start off with a valuable and simple refresher on drawing and perspective, then put it into practice with some genuinely worthwhile watercolour exercises. You will have the time to work from an image (or images) of
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BOTANICAL WATERCOLOUR PAINTING
Choose your favourite early year flowers to draw and paint accurately. Produce a lovely composition from nature. Both beginners and the more experienced will receive help and individual tuition to suit everyone. Marion Wilson SBA (W Cumbria highamhall.com/marion-wilson) Residential: £365 Non-residential: £255
ABSTRACTING FROM THE LANDSCAPE (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
Challenge your perception of landscape; be abstract, yet meaningful, by focusing on individual sections of a larger image. Develop confidence in pattern, colour, composition and mood. All levels. Alex Jakob-Whitworth (Eden Valley highamhall.com/alex-jakob-whitworth) Residential: £395 Non-residential: £285 (incl. materials)