PALETTE KNIFE EXPERIMENTS (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomExplore 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
FULLY BOOKED: BLOW! INTERMEDIATE WOODWIND WEEKEND
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomGrades 3 to 5 Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon. Small and larger group playing under patient, enjoyable professional instruction. A great way to develop your playing! Notify us of instrument
SCULPTURAL NEEDLEFELT
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomCreate a high quality, characterful 3D sculpture, 12-18 inches in size, from wool fibre based on a wire armature. Theme choices include an art deco figure, a stone carving, or
THE UNKNOWN OPERAS: A TOUR DOWN UMFAMILIAR ROADS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomGiuseppe Verdi wrote some of the most celebrated operas ever known. Many of us have never heard some of his pre-fame magical works. Of around thirty stage works, seven or
PAINTING THE SEA: CUMBRIA’S WEST COAST
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomCumbria'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
FULLY BOOKED: LEATHERWORK: QUALITY LEATHER BELT (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomCreate your own leather belt using the traditional method of hand-stitching the saddle stitch. You will learn the finishing touches that make a quality belt. You will also be able
PHILOSOPHY: DEATH, GOD AND THE MEANING OF LIFE
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomIn this introduction to existentialism and the philosophy of religion, we eschew traditional approaches to questions of life’s meaning and God’s existence. Instead, we explore profound, historical and yet underdiscussed
FULLY BOOKED: PEWTERWORK (EVERYTHING PROVIDED)
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomCome and learn to give form and texture to flat sheet metal. Popularised by the Arts and Crafts Movement, pewterwork uses no heat, heavy tools, or machinery. Simple hand-held tools
FULLY BOOKED: LAKELAND ROCKS: TROPICAL SEAS, RAGING DESERTS AND ICE AGES
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomA more advanced course for those already introduced to the subject. We move on from our Ancient Rocks of Lakeland course, examining the Carboniferous to Present. Includes trips out and
WATERCOLOUR LANDSCAPES FOR BEGINNERS (EVERYTHING PROVIDED)
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomLearn 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