ART
FULLY BOOKED: DRAWING AND PAINTING LAKELAND CHURCHES
The North Lakes has some characterful settings for Churches - atmospheric qualities ideal for mixed-media sketching and painting on location. Join Lionel on five expeditions helping you develop both observational skills in drawing and imaginative use of colour in two or more media combined. Lionel Playford (N Pennines www.highamhall.com/lionel-playford) Residential: £380 Non-residential: £270 (incl.
FULLY BOOKED: FURTHER MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
More advanced illumination: make perfect manuscript gesso using a traditional recipe, lay it smoothly and gild with loose leaf gold. Practical tips on mastering technique, creating raised areas of gilding with a high shine. Those who are already able to make and lay gesso are welcome to work on their own projects with help and
BLAKE & PALMER: VISIONARY & DREAMER
William Blake, renowned for his poem ‘Jerusalem’, is England’s greatest poet/painter. A young disciple of his, Samuel Palmer, found his spirituality in the English landscape, painting images unique to British art. Blake’s complex theology and dramatic pictures are in stark contrast to the gentle pastorals of Palmer’s English countryside. Tim Stimson (Lincolnshire www.highamhall.com/tim-stimson) Residential:
EXPRESSIVE SKETCHBOOKS
Expressive Sketchbooks - loosen up working from what you see (with some outside work, weather permitting). Alex Jakob-Whitworth (Eden Valley www.highamhall.com/alex-jakob-whitworth) Residential:£365 Non-residential: £255
COLOURED PENCILS: LATE SUMMER FRUIT
Use this very forgiving medium, enjoy a relaxing few days of creativity. Draw your subject to show it at its best, choose the right colours, learn tricks to create a beautiful botanical illustration to be proud of. Demos and individual tuition throughout from an RHS gold medal award-winning Tutor. Janie Pirie (Suffolk www.highamhall.com/janie-pirie) Residential: £560
FULLY BOOKED: SWEDISH IMPRESSIONISM: ART AND SOCIETY TRANSFORMED
In this course we will look at The Opponents ,who can be likened to the Swedish Impressionists. Carl Larsson and Anders Zorn, with other significant artists, evolved new ways of depicting their world, whilst concerned that their art should also contribute to a more enlightened society, which they successfully helped to create. Tim Stimson
FULLY BOOKED: BOTANICAL COLOURED PENCIL: PREPARING FOR AUTUMN – LEAVES, FRUITS AND SEEDS
Botanical Art in Coloured Pencil: Looking at September Forms and Colour. A little research of your own will reveal the diversity of plants used for health, healing, wellbeing and diet. You could combine plants with similar properties. Compose a page of mixed specimens, or just an individual plant, perhaps with details of parts. Relaxed atmosphere,
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
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