FULLY BOOKED: ANIMAL PORTRAITS IN PASTEL (MATERIALS PROVIDED)

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

For both beginners and improvers. Complete a tutor-led portrait of an alpaca on velour paper. Learn about various types of pastel and surfaces and practice layering, blending and building up texture. After this exercise, work on a picture of your own choosing with Paul’s patient and generous one-to-one support. All materials provided but please bring 

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FULLY BOOKED: THE LIFE OF BUILDINGS: PAST PRESENT FUTURES

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

In almost every town or village, there’s a building built, once upon a time, for a purpose that no longer exists. It might be a church without a congregation, a big house without a household, or an institution without an institute. What do, or could, we do with such buildings? This course will tell the 

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FULLY BOOKED: VISITING LAKELAND GARDENS

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

Join expert horticulturalist Louise on an intimate tour of Lake District gardens, including some not normally open to the public. Meet the gardeners, discover new plants and garden design inspiration behind the gates, walls and clipped hedges of some hidden horticultural gems of the Lake District. Residential £430 Non-residential £310 Includes field trips.

SUNDAY LECTURE: VISUAL ART, LANDSCAPE AND THE ANGLO-SCOTTISH BORDERS

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

In this lecture, art historian and academic Ysanne Holt will share her current research on the cultural history of this region, exploring artists’ engagements with the landscapes of this cross-border region from the interwar period to the present. Those for consideration include Winifred Nicholson and William Johnstone in the earlier decades, Land/environmental artists of the 

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MOVING AWAY FROM REALISM WITH STILL LIFE

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

As the title suggests we will be looking at ways to gently move your art from strict copy work into more creative territory. Why still life? Well, still life is an area of art where artists can be more experimental, because they can play more easily with the components. If you don’t like something where 

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ADVANCED GOLDWORK

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

This course is aimed at students who already have knowledge and experience of gold/metal thread work. you will be introduced to more advanced-level skills such as hard string padding, basketweave, or nué, s-ing, plate and manipulated kid, as well as different technical methods of work. We will explore each type of stitch from start to 

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FULLY BOOKED: WOVEN TAPESTRY: PULLED WARPS

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

Curved forms created by pulled warps. Making a tapestry to be manipulated into a shape once off the loom. The first of two technical courses led by international award-winning tapestry artist Louise, returning to Higham for the autumn season. Louise’s course Woven Tapesty: Wedge Weave Landscape follows, 28-30 Sept. Residential £295 Non-residential £215

COUNTED TECHNIQUES

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

During this course we will look at the traditional counted hand embroidery techniques of blackwork, pulled thread work and drawn thread work on evenweave fabric. This course is suitable for all levels of experience. We will explore each type of stitch from start to finish, with added variations to aid understanding. Helen is one of 

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FULLY BOOKED: DRAMATIC SKIES, LAND AND SEASCAPE IN SOFT PASTELS

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

Extend your artistic skills using pastels to create expressive seascapes, landscapes and dramatic skies. With demonstrations throughout, gentle guidance for beginners, encouragement for the more experienced and constructive oneto-one critique to support you to confidently handle this subtle yet versatile medium. Residential £390 Non-residential £270

FULLY BOOKED: WOVEN TAPESTRY: WEDGE WEAVE LANDSCAPE

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

This course uses the landscape in and around Higham to explore the wedge weave technique. We will consider how the forms and movement in the landscape may be expressed in this weaverly, rather than literal way. This course follows Louise’s course on Pulled Warp Woven Tapesty, 26-28 Sept. Residential £295 Non-residential £215