Higham Hall College

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Bassenthwaite Lake
Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 9SH United Kingdom Get Directions
Phone 01768 776276
Website www.highamhall.com

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  • TRY FOR A DAY: BOTANICAL ART

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

    This informal and relaxed workshop is a gentle introduction to the delights of drawing from nature. You will spend the morning building confidence while closely observing individual flower petals, leaves and berries and practising watercolour techniques. The afternoon is spent painting flowers and plants from the beautiful gardens here at Higham. Everyone welcome, no experience needed. […]

  • LINO-CUT PRINTMAKING

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

    Using traditional lino-cut printmaking techniques, print your own images to create individual and decorative cards or pictures with expert guidance from Clare Melinksy. Clare is a renowned illustrator whose beautiful lino-cut designs are used on product packaging, book covers, magazines, cards and even postage stamps. All tools needed are provided as part of the course: […]

  • PIANO WORKSHOP

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

    A performance-based workshop with Martin Roscoe where up to 10 players of Grade 7 standard and above prepare a short recital of between 15-20 minutes to play to the other participants. If possible, please bring along extra copies of the works being performed for the other players. Martin will provide constructive suggestions for improving aspects […]

  • CAPTURE SCOTTISH SCAPES: EXPLORE EXPRESSIVE MIXED MEDIA

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

    Create expressive landscape paintings inspired by Scotland using reference photos provided by your tutor, who will encourage you to paint loosely, work in layers and explore colour through a combination of group activities and one-to-one tutoring. Mixed media, for all levels.

  • LEATHERWORK: HAND-STITCHED DOCUMENT WALLET

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

    Learn the traditional craft of leatherwork and make a quality item that will last you for years. In this course you will learn how to make a hand-stitched document wallet that will fit an A5 journal, iPad or documents. You will be able to hand-tool your document wallet to personalise it.

  • THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE EARLY STUARTS 1603-1660

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

    In this short course we will explore something of the revolution in art and architecture in England during the first half of the seventeenth-century, associated with such names as Inigo Jones, Charles I, Anthony Van Dyck and Peter Paul Rubens. We will also consider the effects of Civil War, the Puritan Republic and the Restoration […]

  • BOOKBINDING: THE BRADEL BINDING

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

    A Bradel binding (also called a bonnet or Bristol board binding) is an 18th century German case binding. It most resembles a case binding but instead, it is built up on the book. Many bookbinders consider the Bradel binding to be stronger than a case binding, and there is more than one way of making one. […]

  • ‘SONG OF SONGS’ HIGHAM CHOIR – EXPERIENCED

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

    A look into settings of the mystical ‘Song of Songs’. How voice and technique come together to make a more authentic performance. Music is sent out in advance by email. For this one, you need to check your voice-type and sight-singing ability with Deborah before booking (deborah_catterall@yahoo.com 07964 310617).

  • EXPERIMENTAL DRAWING

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

    A popular and fun course to free up your practice. Experiment with different approaches to drawing, taking inspiration from artists both contemporary and traditional. This is a great class for those looking to progress and expand their drawing methods. BOOK ONLINE: https://www.trybooking.com/uk/FDNF

  • STRING SERENADES PLUS

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

    From Mozart’s ever popular Eine Kleine Nachtmusik we will take in Mendelssohn’s stunning Octet and the string serenades by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Elgar not forgetting Grieg’s Holberg Suite. English composers made an important contribution to the string orchestra and we will finish with familiar works by Holst, Vaughan Williams and Warlock.