ART
TURN YOUR SKETCHES INTO FINISHED PAINTINGS (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomThis 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:
FINDING INSPIRATION THROUGH WATERCOLOUR
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomTouch 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)
VIBRANT SOFT PASTEL
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomAim 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
FULLY BOOKED: CAPTURE SCOTTISH SCAPES: EXPLORE EXPRESSIVE MIXED MEDIA
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomWork 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)
FULLY BOOKED: BOTANICAL COLOURED PENCIL: PLANTS TO CELEBRATE THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomFrom 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
FULLY BOOKED: LANDSCAPE EXPRESSIVE SEMI-ABSTRACT ACRYLIC MIXED MEDIA
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomExplore 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
EXPLORING GARDENS FROM THE ARMCHAIR
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomA series of encapsulating talks exploring the art and meaning of gardens, gardening and flowers. (These talks may appeal to those that are fascinated by gardening but not in the mood for hard, physical graft!). Danny Wells (Derbyshire highamhall.com/danny-wells) Residential: £270 Non-residential: £190
ADVANCED DRAWING: HOME, NOT A HOUSE
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom*NEW* Take your drawing deeper than just drawing physical buildings, so your picture can suggest a story behind it. From your own photograph, be guided to create a characterful drawn portrait of a building that will contain both substance and meaning. Ideal for artists feeling ready to develop a more sophisticated approach to their subject
ANIMAL PORTRAITS IN PASTEL (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomFor both beginners and improvers. Complete a tutor-led portrait of a giraffe on velour paper. Learn about various types of pastel and surfaces and practice layering, blinding and building up texture. After this work on a picture of your own choosing with one-to-one help and Paul’s patient guidance. Please bring your own photographs/reference material for
DEVELOPING YOUR ARTIST’S CREATIVITY
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomJoin Alex, a Contemporary Visual and Fine Artist with over 25 years’ experience, to stretch how you approach your painting. Explore a variety of exercises to help you look differently at how you begin, and how you might develop your paintings. Alex’s mixed media approach will boost your ideas and freshen up what you do.