Featured Courses | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 32
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A Coastal Scene with Acrylic
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesA one day course that will show you how to paint a coastal scene with acrylic paint. Techniques covered will include using thick and thin paint, colour mixing, working from dark to light and glazing. The course will include a seascape in an impressionistic style from photographs supplied by the tutor.
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Discovery Day Wine Tasting
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis one day course, with 15 great quality wines, explores how your wine preferences are influenced by your taste buds! Discover why you prefer certain styles and how wine and food work best together. We also cover how to spot common wine faults, how glass shapes change the way wines taste, plus tips for ordering...
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Songs in Harmony
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesSing in harmony - lovely music in parts. What a treat to experience the sound of songs in harmony! Learn to sing with others from music and enjoy some old and some new numbers in different styles. We will include folk songs, musical hits and many more!
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Unlocking your Creative Unconscious
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesYour mind is a treasure trove of creative memories. This course aims to open up that store and get you writing for fact or fiction, poetry or prose. Through writing exercises, discussion and tutor mini-lecture in a non-threatening environment you will come away with ideas, a beginning and a direction for your writing. Please bring...
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Villains in History through their Handwriting
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesUsing graphology, the study of personality through handwriting, we will explore villains and their motivation and will also look at the contrast in the writing of those who are decent and fair. It should be a revealing course that can be followed up by a course to delve deeper into this fascinating subject.
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A Winter Scene in Acrylic
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesA one day course that will show you how to paint winter landscapes with acrylic paint. Techniques covered will include using thick and thin paint, colour mixing, working from dark to light and glazing. The course will include winter landscapes in an impressionistic style from photographs supplied by the tutor.
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Fabulous and Fearless Free Motion Machine Embroidery
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesSpend a weekend mastering the art of free motion machine embroidery to create lines, shapes, words, patterns and appliqué designs.
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Soutache – Bead Jewellery Making
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesLearn all the basics needed for bead embroidery, creating your own reference sampler as you work, and then use your new skills to finish two projects. Have fun exploring shape, form and colour and open up a world of possibilities. Additional costs will be incurred for course materials. Please refer to the Course Information Sheet.
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Stitching the Textured Surface
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesCreate mixed-media surfaces using different techniques and prepare them ready for stitch. We will be concentrating mainly on completing the textured surfaces which will then be ready to stitch into at a later date.
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Tai Ji Quan
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesTai Ji Quan and Qigong (Tai Chi & Chi Kung) stimulate the mind, balance energy levels and strengthen the immune system. Through practice and exercise, you will feel encouraged by improved vitality and feelings of well being. The work can be adapted to individual fitness and health needs.
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Make a Mosaic for your Garden
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesCreate a mosaic that’s specifically designed to go outside! You can make a mosaic sign or panel to adorn your garden, or mosaic a pot or other decorative object. This course is for students of any ability, beginners or experienced mosaicists.Course materials are available from the tutor; please see the course information sheet for details.
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Strugglers
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesThis is a very practical hands-on weekend with lots of playing. We will work through plenty of Tunes (songs and instrumentals) in varied styles such as Rock, Blues and Country.
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Fingerstyle
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Intro to Jazz
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesAs the name suggests, this course is an introduction to playing jazz guitar for those who either want to just get started in jazz guitar, and don't know how, or have already tried but have become frustrated in making headway. The course gently introduces you to the three main aspects of jazz guitar:Comping, Soloing and Chord-melody...
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Improvers
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesOn this weekend we cover the same core subjects covered on the 'Strugglers' weekend but in more detail and using more advanced material.
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Beginners
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Rock
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesHow to improve your playing with regular practice routines. How to get a better sound from your guitar and equipment. Techniques used in playing this style of music both rhythm and lead.
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Blues Intermediate
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesBlues Rhythm playing, from Texas to Chicago the journey of the blues shuffle. Using simple ideas to create great rhythm playing. Sliding chords which are perfect for slow blues, 'Less is More' it really can be. Developing rhythmic accuracy. Blues soloing and improvising. A great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social...
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Perform like a Pro
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Frome Festival
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesWelcome to the 15th Frome Festival. Once again we are delighted to present a programme packed with events to appeal across all age ranges and a multitude of tastes. The Frome Festival is a community festival in the true meaning of the term.
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Beginners
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Acoustic Decades
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Rhythm
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Improvers
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesOn this weekend we cover the same core subjects covered on the 'Strugglers' weekend but in more detail and using more advanced material.
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Acoustic Folk
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Intro to Blues
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Strugglers
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesThis is a very practical hands-on weekend with lots of playing. We will work through plenty of Tunes (songs and instrumentals) in varied styles such as Rock, Blues and Country.
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Developing your Hand Quilting Skills and Beyond, with Barbara Chainey
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesDiscover the secrets of hand quilting in a weekend just north of London Here is your opportunity to develop your hand quilting expertise with one of the best tutors in the field. On this weekend you will discover all the essential steps to produce beautiful hand quilting, including how to mark out...
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Honiton Lace
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis course covers basic techniques for lacemakers who are new to this classic English lace. For experienced Honiton lace makers it is an opportunity to expand skills and understanding of this lace and gain inspiration and guidance on interpretation and design development. Whatever your level, enjoy the magic of lace making!
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Jacobean and Crewel Work
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThrough demonstrations and practical participation, working on traditional linen twill fabric and using crewel wools, we will cover a wide range of stitches, including line stitches, filling stitches and detached stitches. We will use Trellis work and shading with the wools to create the traditional rich patterns that are associated with Jacobean and crewel work.
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