BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION – HERBS AND SPICES USING COLOURED PENCILS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth
SUMMER LANDSCAPES IN MIXED MEDIA – AN EXPLORATORY APPROACH
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth
ILLUSTRATING SHELLS, FOSSILS AND INSECTS USING COLOURED PENCIL
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, CockermouthWeek of Courses
FULLY BOOKED: LAKELAND BIRDS
Magnificent scree-covered slopes, tranquil lakes, hanging oak woodlands and dramatic sea cliffs are just a few of Cumbria's habitats which we will be exploring throughout this five-day course. We will take short local trips to sample the best of Cumbria's summer birdlife, including Wheatears, Ring Ouzels, Redstarts, Dippers, Pied Flycatchers Wood Warblers and Ospreys to
BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION – HERBS AND SPICES USING COLOURED PENCILS
Herbs are the forgotten ‘poor relations’ of the botanical painting world. They may not be as ‘showy’ as the more flamboyant flowers, but they are nevertheless beautiful – and very interesting. On this course we take the opportunity to study a few herbs in detail and record them in coloured pencils and graphite. We will
CHINE COLLÉ PRINTMAKING
Chine collée is a collage technique that adds extra layers to your prints. It is a great method for introducing areas of specific colour, text or photographic images into your prints. Chine collée can be incorporated into many different types of relief and intaglio printmaking, so whether you are doing drypoint, collagraph, lino or woodcut
SUMMER LANDSCAPES IN MIXED MEDIA – AN EXPLORATORY APPROACH
This course will introduce a variety of creative ways to approach landscape in the summer months. We will examine different aspects of the summer landscape through observation, memory, and process. The course will cover expressive techniques and ways of working that will lead you to find that initial idea and explore it using colour theory,
IDENTIFYING FERNS
This is a course for anyone who would enjoy gently walking through woodlands looking for and observing this generally little know family of plants. You will learn to recognise where ferns grow and how different environments play host to different fern species. Course members will become familiar with the variations that exist in the shapes
ILLUSTRATING SHELLS, FOSSILS AND INSECTS USING COLOURED PENCIL
After this three-day course, you may think again about some of the smaller things that often escape our notice in the natural world. Shells offer up the most amazing colours and patterns and fossils allow us to see millions of years in a fragment whilst insects have the most intricate shapes and iridescent colours that
FULLY BOOKED: A DECADE OF HIT OPERAS
The 1870s began with Verdi’s spectacular Aida, the epitome of Grand Opera. Bizet moved in a different direction with the low-life realism of Carmen in 1875. Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin (1878) brings Pushkin’s tale to life in a series of lyric scenes, one of which is Tatyana’s moving letter scene. Ian France Residential: £350 Non-residential: £245
ENAMEL BOWLS LARGE AND SMALL
This course will focus on making fired enamel copper bowls of different sizes. While there will be a range of sizes available to work with, those who have not made an enamel bowl before will be encouraged to start with a small bowl. Those with some experience of making small enamel bowls will have the