FULLY BOOKED: INTRO TO MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomSkills 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 highamhall.com/toni-watts) Residential: £290 Non-residential: £210 (incl. materials) Toni’s MORE CHALLENGING TECHNIQUES follows.
FULLY BOOKED: SKETCHBOOK: FAST AND LOOSE!
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomArtful games to get creative inspiration flowing, all in the privacy of your own sketchbook! Be introduced to new ways of seeing objects, recording your impressions and using your sketchbook so you see this essential aid to Design and Art in a new light. Learn how sketchbooks have been used by different artists and why
MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION: MORE CHALLENGING TECHNIQUES (EVERYTHING INCLUDED)
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomThis course is only suitable for those with experience in laying manuscript gesso and using loose leaf gold. You will work on three small projects, one combining flat and raised gilding, one combining different colours or textures of gold (with the option to add tooling) and one using shell gold and watercolour paint. There will
FULLY BOOKED: ALAN BARNES JAZZ MASTER CLASS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomDevelop your jazz playing. How about 5 times British award-winning saxophonist Alan Barnes as Tutor? You need to be able to read music, understand chords and preferably have rehearsal band experience. (Limited spaces) Alan Barnes (Bedfordshire highamhall.com/alan-barnes) Residential: £520 Non-residential: £380
FULLY BOOKED: LOOSENING UP WITH WATERCOLOUR
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomSometimes, artists want to move away from tight, realistic painting towards more relaxed, expressive ways of handling Watercolour. Escape rigid realism to become more playful with your painting. Dare to spatter, dribble, let pigment do the talking, embrace the happy accident and make your brush work more expressive and less fiddly. Share in the joyful,
FULLY BOOKED: BRIGHT COLOURS IN A DARK MONTH: EXPRESSIVE INKTENSE PAINTING (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomBACK BY POPULAR DEMAND, Robert’s short art break gives artists the ideal opportunity to explore Derwent’s Inktense blocks on Canson cotton rich watercolour paper (all provided), using a bold approach and an expressive use of colour with this versatile and unique contemporary painting media. (Sorry, not suitable for pure beginners to art as the creative
FULLY BOOKED: GEOLOGY OF ENGLAND
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomThe geological history of England spans almost 700 million years of time, which is reflected in its great diversity of rocks and spectacular landscapes. Come on an exciting journey that will encounter cataclysmic volcanoes, dinosaurs, long-lost oceans and mountain ranges. This particular course is all classroom-based, purely indoors, with illustrated presentations and a large selection
DRAWING AND PAINTING BUILDINGS IN WATERCOLOR
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomIf you can master buildings in your artwork, you open up a rich source of subject to draw upon. Start off with a valuable and simple refresher on drawing and perspective, then put it into practice with some genuinely worthwhile watercolour exercises. You will have the time to work from an image (or images) of
FULLY BOOKED: GET WEAVING!
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomExplore the use of colour and texture. Dress a loom. Understand how to read pattern draft. Suitable for both absolute beginners and developing weavers. Jan Beadle (Cumbria highamhall.com/jan-beadle) Residential: £365 Non-residential: £255 (Yarns £15 purchasable from Tutor)
ABSTRACTING FROM THE LANDSCAPE (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomChallenge your perception of landscape; be abstract, yet meaningful, by focusing on individual sections of a larger image. Develop confidence in pattern, colour, composition and mood. All levels. Alex Jakob-Whitworth (Eden Valley highamhall.com/alex-jakob-whitworth) Residential: £395 Non-residential: £285 (incl. materials)