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
SIBELIUS AND GRIEG
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomSibelius (1865-1957) and Grieg (1843-1907) were 2 of the foremost composers to emerge from Scandinavia in the Romantic era. They complement each other well, with the Finnish master excelling in larger-scale symphonic form, and the Norwegian being a supreme craftsman of chamber and piano music, and songs. We will look into their lives and musical
ENAMELLING LONG WEEKEND
Work on copper, silver, or steel. Make enamelled jewellery, small tiles, or panels. Skills include: enamel application, kiln use, control and safety, foils, stencils, sgraffito and other techniques as desired. Absolute beginners welcome. Materials purchasable from Tutor (£5-£20 dependent upon project). Tilly Wilkinson (Wirral www.highamhall.com/tilly-wilkinson) Residential: £475 Non-residential: £340
FULLY BOOKED: PIANO WORKSHOP
For up to ten players* of Grade 7 and above. Prepare a 20-minute programme to be played and discussed; if possible, bring along spare copies of pieces for others. Suggestions for improvement, style, technique and presentation will be offered. Non-competitive with a joint recital on the last morning. *Non-performing Listeners also welcome. John Gough
FULLY BOOKED: ELIZABETHAN STYLE EMBROIDERY
This course will introduce you to the beautiful art of Elizabethan Style embroidery. We will create a small-scale design in a hoop using stitches that were commonly used during and appropriate to this period. Suitable for all levels of embroidery knowledge. Helen McCook (Staffordshire www.highamhall.com/helen-mccook) Residential: £365 Non-residential: £255 (Materials kit purchasable c£50 from
THE ICE AGE AND ITS AFTERMATH IN LAKELAND
Geological trips (with some rough, possibly muddy, footpaths and a little elevation close to the road) with evening lectures. View glacial landforms and features that have formed since the ice disappeared (screes, landslides, river terraces and floodplains) with landscape changes still happening today. Suitable for all interested in Geology. Prepare for walking and weather!
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,