GILDING NATURE
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomLearn techniques for gilding flowers, leaves and seedheads from your garden. Start with pressed leaves and flowers, then progress onto more challenging 3D items such as dried pods, seedheads, cones,
FULLY BOOKED: QUILT AS YOU GO LOG CABIN
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomLog Cabin is a very versatile patchwork block with many variations. For this project you can create nine different log cabin variations (no foundation piecing involved) as a sampler quilt
SUNDAY LECTURE: SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: LIFE, LITERATURE AND IMAGINATION
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomFamous as the author of The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge is one of the most intriguing and contradictory characters in English literature. He is also of
GILDING FOR CHRISTMAS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomBring some metallic glitz to your own Christmas cards and wrapping paper this year! Learn to use real metal leaf, metallic transfer foil and metallic powders to create striking patterns
PIANO IMPROVISATION
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomDevelop your improvisational skills using well-known pop songs. Play tunes you know and like in the way you want to play them. Convert a melody into different styles. Don't let
FULLY BOOKED: TIME TO WRITE
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomA creative retreat in the idyllic surroundings of the Lake District which has been an inspiration to generations of writers. Whether you’re a beginner needing help to put your ideas
FULLY BOOKED: INTERMEDIATE WOODWIND WORKSHOP DIRECTED BY LAURENCE PERKINS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomAll applications to be made initially through Laurence to ascertain ensemble line-up. www.laurenceperkins.com/wind-serenades There will be a free informal concert with participants on Sunday 11:15am Laurence Perkins with Mandy Burvill
FULLY BOOKED: ELGAR: MUSIC FOR AUTUMN
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomElgar often looked back nostalgically, with wistful tenderness or at times with regret. For this course Ian has selected movements from Elgar’s symphonies and concertos together with his shorter orchestral
BOTANICAL ART IN COLOURED PENCIL: OBSERVING NUTS, BERRIES, SEEDS AND FRUITS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomTake a close look at seasonal nuts, fruits and berries to accurately capture their colours, textures and forms in coloured pencil. Working on either a single study or a small
FULLY BOOKED: LANDSCAPE EXPRESSIVE SEMI ABSTRACT ACRYLIC MIXED MEDIA
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomExplore mixed media techniques using watercolour, gouache, acrylics, inks and soft pastel. We may venture outdoors (weather permitting), painting and drawing in the dramatic Lakeland landscape in order to build