FULLY BOOKED: WHITEWORK EMBROIDERY
White-on-white embroidery. Sample different types and techniques of Whitework or work on your piece. Angie Burt (Lancashire www.highamhall.com/angie-burt) Residential: £365 Non-residential: £255
FULLY BOOKED: SCREEN GODDESSES: FROM GARBO TO STREISAND
In the 1920s they were exotic, by the end of the 1960s they were even Jewish, but they were always beautiful and invariably thin. How accurately did Hollywood films reflect the changing status of women in American society and how far did they influence that change? How was it possible that both Doris Day and Marilyn Monroe
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 www.highamhall.com/toni-watts) Residential: £290 Non-residential: £210 (incl. materials) Toni's FURTHER ILLUMINATION follows
FULLY BOOKED: STUMPWORK
Coloured silks and metallic threads on heavy silk show insects, fruit, small animals and flowers in Elizabethan stumpwork. A modern piece may be any raised design, inspired by a book, picture or photograph using any fabric and thread you'd like for texture. Jane Matthews (Yorkshire www.highamhall.com/jane-matthews) Residential: £270 Non-residential: £190 CANVAS WITH A TWIST followsJane
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: CANVAS WITH A TWIST: THREAD, BEAD AND PAINT
Choose a photo from a selection which will be printed onto an A4 piece of canvas. The excitement is seeing how the image develops as you embellish some areas with stitches in various threads and beads and highlight with metallic paint. Jane Matthews (Yorkshire www.highamhall.com/jane-matthews) Residential: £270 Non-residential: £190 STUMPWORK precedes
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
FULLY BOOKED: YOGA AND WALKING: LATE SUMMER
A perfect mix - sessions of Hatha Yoga (postures, breathing exercises, relaxation) coupled with guided walks of 3-5 miles (requiring a reasonable level of fitness) among the peaceful northern fells - which will leave you feeling supple, relaxed and refreshed! Suitable for beginners and experienced. Gill Hunter with Alan Hunter (Cumbria www.highamhall.com/gill-hunter) Residential: £480 Non-residential:
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