FULLY BOOKED: DRAMATIC SKIES, LAND AND SEASCAPE IN SOFT PASTELS

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Extend your artistic skills using pastels to create expressive seascapes, landscapes and dramatic skies. With demonstrations throughout, gentle guidance for beginners, encouragement for the more experienced and constructive one-to-one critique 

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FULLY BOOKED: FURTHER MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

This course involves more advanced illumination techniques and is therefore NOT suitable for beginners. Those who have already attended the beginner's course (INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION, 19-21 April) and 

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PEN, INK AND COLOURED PENCIL

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Bring your own photographs (animal portraits, birds or landscapes make good subjects) or inanimate objects to work from. Learn about the different ways you can use pen and ink with 

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FULLY BOOKED: FRANCES WINDER IN RESIDENCE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Join Frances for a few days in the studio to work on your own paintings with Frances’ guidance and expertise. Frances Winder (S Cumbria www.highamhall.com/frances-winder) Residential: £290 Non-residential: £210  

EXPLORE COLLAGE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Collage frees you up from the ‘rules’ of representational drawing or painting and allows you to explore a more personal artistic language. It is a compositional technique that combines found 

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ESSENTIAL ART SKILLS: EXPERIMENTAL DRAWING

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Expand your ideas about drawing with exciting projects using a variety of drawing media on this fun course with inspiration from work by modern and contemporary artists. Ceri Allen (Carlisle 

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LANDSCAPE DRAWING FOR BEGINNERS

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Many people dream of sitting in the landscape and sketching with some skill. This course will help to demystify the journey from framing a view to understanding line and perspective, 

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SKETCHING AND PAINTING THE GREAT OUTDOORS

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Join Lionel for expert guidance and advice on working ‘en plein air.’ Learn about the advantages of this way of working quickly and spontaneously to capture the changing character of 

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