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LACE AS YOU LIKE IT
Want to learn, or return to, the beautiful craft of bobbin lacemaking? Have a lace pattern and need project advice? This is for you. All abilities welcome, including complete beginners. Jan Gardiner (Somerset www.highamhall.com/jan-gardiner) Residential: £250 Non-residential: £180 (Basic materials purchasable from Tutor c£5-£10) Follows another course
ESSENTIAL DRAWING SKILLS: VIEWPOINTS AND PERSPECTIVE
Develop or improve you drawing skills in depicting three dimensional space with an introduction to perspective in an easy-to-grasp way. For beginners or those requiring a refresher. Work primarily inside with some work outdoors around Higham, weather permitting. Ceri Allen (Carlisle www.highamhall.com/ceri-allen) Residential: £250 Non-residential: £180 Our hop-on, hop-off series aims to gently embed, refresh
FULLY BOOKED: NEW YEAR YOGA RETREAT WEEKEND
Explore the Yoga tradition, balancing seasonal effects through diet, daily routine and yoga practice. Essentially practical, using posture, breathing, meditative techniques and just a tiny bit of theory. All levels. Amanda Oakes (Cumbria www.highamhall.com/amanda-oakes) Residential: £250 Non-residential: £180
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FULLY BOOKED: ADVANCED WOODWIND ENSEMBLES
A course for wind players from Grade 8 to Diploma, working in detail on wind chamber repertoire for large and smaller ensembles. There will be an informal concert on the morning of the last day. Laurence Perkins (Manchester www.highamhall.com/laurence-perkins) Residential: £670 Non-residential: £500 We can pick up at 5pm from Penrith Rail Station (+£40) BY
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FULLY BOOKED: PRINTMAKING WORKSHOP
Explore a wide range of techniques: woodcut (cutting in plankwood); engraving (on endgrain hardwood or plastic); drypoint (drawing on metal with steel); and etching, (using acid to etch on a zinc plate). Make handmade prints to your own design. Beginners or experienced. Peter Collins (Gloucestershire www.highamhall.com/peter-collins) Residential: £445 Non-residential: £310
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FULLY BOOKED: DRAMATIC SKIES, LAND AND SEA-SCAPE IN SOFT PASTELS
Extend your artistic skills with pastel for seascapes, dramatic skies and landscapes. Demos throughout, support for beginners, encouragement for more experienced with demanding, yet supportive critiques to enable all to reach full potential. Eileen Gardner (Fife www.highamhall.com/eileen-gardner) Residential: £346 Non-residential: £244
SINGING: YESTERDAY ONCE MORE (LADIES ONLY)
Revisit those songs you loved from previous decades, explore The Carpenters, Simon and Garfunkel, Burt Bacharach, the Beatles, Dusty Springfield and many, many more. Just for ladies, mostly unaccompanied and in two or three part harmony "Let the Good Times Roll!" Chris Hale (S. Cheshire www.highamhall.com/christine-hale) Residential: £250 Non-residential: £180
ANIMAL PORTRAITS IN COLOURED PENCIL (MATERIALS PROVIDED)
For beginners and improvers. We will practise the different ways of applying pencil, layering and blending to create fur, texture and highlights. Bring your own photographs and source material, together with your own coloured pencils, everything else will be provided. Bring a larger than A3 folder, for your completed work. Paul Holmes (Staffordshire www.highamhall.com/paul-holmes) Residential:
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FULLY BOOKED: WINTER BIRDS
Imagine spectacular gatherings of Barnacle and Pink-footed geese against a backdrop of a winter sunset and the massed pipings of thousands of waders as they swirl in the sky. Our Solway and Cumbrian coast is wintering ground for many species prior to their northward migration, hosting an exciting array of raptors. Hone your identification skills!
FULLY BOOKED: EXPRESSIVE PASTELS: SOFT AND HARD
*NEW* For experienced artists to explore combinations of soft and hard pastels (with fixative) on different surfaces. Weather permitting, Higham's grounds will provide direct inspiration from nature alongside studio-based direction. Some of the taught techniques on this workshop are not for complete art beginners but pastel newbies are welcome. Specialist paper available from Tutor. Robert
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WHITEWORK EMBROIDERY
White-on-white embroidery. Sample different types and techniques of Whitework or work on your own piece. Angie Burt (Lancashire www.highamhall.com/angie-burt) Residential: £346 Non-residential: £244 WEEKEND course follows
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FULLY BOOKED: WHITEWORK EMBROIDERY (WEEKEND)
White-on-white embriodery. Sample different types and techniques of whitework or work on your piece. Angie Burt (Lancashire www.highamhall.com/angie-burt) Residential: £250 Non-residential: £180 Follows a 3 NIGHT course
FULLY BOOKED: DISCOVERING PEN AND INK
Create textures, tonal areas and decorative patterns in pen and ink, then combine them to create a finished drawing. With demos throughout and access to a variety of pens to experiment with, by the end you should be able to handle your materials with confidence. Jane Beech (Cheshire www.highamhall.com/jane-beech) Residential: £250 Non-residential: £180
FULLY BOOKED: UPHOLSTERY
Hands-on! Bring chair, stool, ottoman, headboard... build up from scratch or just re-cover, tackle interior paddings with traditional or modern techniques. Please contact Cathy prior to your course to discuss your project needs 07770 714103. NEW TUTOR: Cathy Newbery (Cumbria www.highamhall.com/cathy-newbery) Simon Ireland has now retired and we welcome Cathy to the Higham team! Residential:
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FULLY BOOKED: STRING CHAMBER MUSIC WORKSHOP
Higham is the ideal country house venue for chamber music. The course is for preformed string chamber groups (may include piano). Self chosen repertoire. Louise Latham (Gr. Manchester www.highamhall.com/louise-latham) Residential: £260 Non-residential: £190 An alternative to 5 Feb.