Week of Courses
CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE PAINTING
Look at fresh approaches to working from the landscape, via the lens of contemporary painting. With exercises, briefs and tutorials, be pushed to extend your responses to your chosen media and subject matter. Steve Humble Residential: £605 Non-residential: £420 (incl. field trips)
FESTIVE FOLK SINGING WITH ROSIE AND WILL
Come and join Rosie and Will for some seasonal folk singing with this gentle introduction to singing folk music in three- and four-part harmony! Can’t read music? No problem - folk is an oral tradition, and we teach everything by ear. Learn how to warm up your voice, sing in rounds and in parts and
THE ART OF PAINTING NOCTURNES
Take advantage of the early sunsets of mid-winter to sketch the nocturnal scene from dusk to starry night at Higham Hall including natural and artificial light. Back in the studio we will develop these into painting studies that evoke a sense of nocturnal place and mood. We will look at great nocturnal painters like Whistler,
FULLY BOOKED: NORTH WEST FRONTIER OF ROME
For four centuries, the Great Wall of Hadrian marked the North West Frontier of Rome, an empire so vast the south east frontier rested on the Euphrates. Even today, the mighty stride of the Wall as it marches along the summit of the Whin Sill constitutes Rome’s grandest, most ambitious and enduring military monument. This
MONO-PRINTED SLAB POTS AND BOXES
An introduction to mono-printing coloured slips onto clay slabs. These pre-decorated slabs can then be used to make many types of slab built pottery with edge to edge decoration. The technique enables a wide range of styles, from expansive gestural mark making to carefully constructed paper resist. Students will complete decorated pieces to the leather
FULLY BOOKED: YOGA AND CIRCLE DANCE
Yoga and circle dance complement each other beautifully. Yoga practice - postures, breathing techniques, relaxation - will alternate with sessions of circle dancing which is drawn from many countries and cultures, celebrates the seasons, is enjoyable, easy to learn and does not require a partner. Gill Hunter and Anne-Lise Kryger Residential: £430 Non-residential: £305
FULLY BOOKED: RUSKIN LACE
A Lake District speciality since the late nineteenth century, Ruskin lace was made from hand-spun and woven linen produced by cottagers around Coniston. Karen is a leading exponent of this heritage craft who brings extensive knowledge to support and guide you in traditional needlepoint lace techniques for drawn thread and cut linen work to create
FULLY BOOKED: RUSKIN LACE
A Lake District speciality since the late nineteenth century, Ruskin lace was made from hand-spun and woven linen produced by cottagers around Coniston. Karen is a leading exponent of this heritage craft who brings extensive knowledge to support and guide you in traditional needlepoint lace techniques for drawn thread and cut linen work to create