FULLY BOOKED: PAINT LIKE AN IMPRESSIONIST WITH WATERCOLOUR

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

Many watercolour painters want to paint impressionistically. Creating colourful, light touch paintings that feel spontaneous and full of life. This course provides an opportunity to look at how Impressionism might 

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PALETTE KNIFE EXPERIMENTS (MATERIALS PROVIDED)

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

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 

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PAINTING THE SEA: CUMBRIA’S WEST COAST

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

Cumbria's west coast offers a varied subject for the landscape artist. Join professional landscape painter Lionel Playford on a journey of discovery in outdoor sketching and studio painting visiting old 

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WATERCOLOUR LANDSCAPES FOR BEGINNERS (EVERYTHING PROVIDED)

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

Learn how to paint a simple but effective landscape, including skies, hills, trees, hedgerows and other landscape features including adding buildings to the landscape. Suitable for beginner and intermediate levels 

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SKETCHBOOK: FAST AND LOOSE!

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

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 

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PASTELS: PURE AND SIMPLE

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

Learn and develop a mastery of chalk pastel on its own, delivering vibrant colours across a wide range of tones. Work from landscape and still life under guidance of an 

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FULLY BOOKED: SEMI-ABSTRACT MIXED MEDIA EXPRESSIVE LANDSCAPES

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

Explore contemporary mixed media techniques using watercolour, gouache, acrylic inks and soft pastel. We may venture outdoors (weather permitting) painting and drawing in a dramatic Lakeland landscape setting but this 

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FULLY BOOKED: BOTANICAL COLOURED PENCIL: SUMMER SESSION

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

Ideal for those keen to spend a longer stay, maybe getting on with existing projects in our usual relaxed atmosphere, rotating individual attention so you may work at your own 

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