Archive of 2014 | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 4
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Acoustic Guitar Improvers Weekend
Listed on December 12, 2013 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThis relaxed weekend guarantees a wide range of music played in good company, opportunities for individual advice and chance to expand your horizons! Read more ... -
Exploring Beads and Jewellery
Listed on December 10, 2013 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesA glorious weekend of jewellery making - learn to knot, wind wire and wrap beads, finish necklaces, and make earrings - all with techniques that you can continue at home without the need for lots of tools or heat and chemicals.Read more ... -
Unravelling the Irish ‘Troubles’
Listed on December 10, 2013 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesThis weekend history course unearths just what a muddle various politicians and religious leaders have created in their wish to reconcile the diverse views, often held passionately, as to whether Ulster should remain within the United Kingdom or be unified with the southRead more ... -
Gentle De-Toxing and Real Nourishment after the Festive Season
Listed on December 8, 2013 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesA one day practical course in de-toxing strategies and techniques at Hawkwood College with food writer Judy Barber.Read more ... -
Calligraphy: Italics with a Flourish
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesDiscover the possibilities of this 16th Century hand, which was taught to Queen Elizabeth 1. It can become decorative and expressive through the use of flourishing strokes, satisfying and relaxing to develop. Left handers are very welcome!Read more ... -
Tai Chi Taster Day
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesTai Chi is a holistic approach to mental, physical, and spiritual health. Learn more on this day course at Missenden Abbey with Steve GorwitsRead more ... -
Antiques and Collectables
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis course with Peter Edwards will deal with a range of antiques and collectables from furniture to glass, and from silver to ceramics. Read more ... -
Making Stringed Musical Instruments
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesA workshop at Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe campus offering the opportunity to construct a stringed musical instrument of your choice with advice and guidance from the tutor. Read more ... -
Meddling with Mixed Media
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThere are so many exciting materials and new approaches to painting these days. This course will give artists an opportunity to experiment, meddle and create pieces of work using a variety of media in different ways.Read more ... -
Making the Most of your iPad
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesAn opportunity to be guided through the benefits of using an iPad and to gain confidence in embracing the new technological advances. Read more ... -
Chinese Painting for Beginners
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesDemonstrations and individual guidance on how to use the materials and achieve the strokes and methods characteristic of Chinese painting.Read more ... -
Bead Embellished Cabochons
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesExplore four different bead-weaving techniques for beading around cabochons of all shapes and sizes and adding an embroidered embellishment. Read more ... -
Japanese Embroidery
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis course with Janet Cronin is designed for everyone regardless of whether they have done Japanese Embroidery before or not. Read more ... -
Journeying through Creativity
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesA workshop for learners to explore creatively, those inner images we all have but don't always know how to express. Read more ... -
Low Impact Woodland Management
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Monkton Wyld Court in Featured CoursesA course designed to look at the natural habitat of woodlands and how best to go about managing your woodland in a low impact way.Read more ... -
Make an Embroidered Panel or Art Quilt (weekend residential course)
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesDiscover how to create a work of art in a weekend in the heart of the Suffolk countryside - a course tutored by Annette Morgan organised by Anglia Leisure Learning.Read more ... -
Street Café in Watercolour
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesDo you feel envious as you dash past people relaxing and having a snack under the shade of a café umbrella? Well why not paint the scene, hang it on your wall and then you can imagine yourself there too.Read more ... -
A Simple Website in a Weekend
Listed on December 6, 2013 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesStarting with the very basics, this course at Knuston Hall will show you how to design a simple yet very effective web site.Read more ... -
Coastal View in Watercolour
Listed on December 5, 2013 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesCome along to this day course where you will complete a watercolour of a coastal view that incorporates a boat and shoreline.Read more ... -
Relax, Renew, Rediscover – A Women’s Re-Treat
Listed on December 5, 2013 by The Grange in Featured CoursesThis weekend is led by Rosemary Ward and Annabel Wade, both experienced counsellors and both actively involved in personal growth and mindfulness training.Read more ... -
Summer House in Watercolour
Listed on December 4, 2013 by Knuston Hall in Featured Courses The combination of garden landscape and a simple structure like a summer house can be the basis for an excellent painting. Read more ... -
Pastels and charcoal for absolute beginners
Listed on December 3, 2013 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesIf you have always wanted to draw and paint, but are not sure where to begin, this is the course for you. Discover the charm and freshness of pastels, their purity of colour and their immediate response when applied to paper. Read more ... -
Calligraphy – learn the art of beautiful writing in a wonderful setting!
Listed on December 3, 2013 by The Grange in Featured CoursesYour opportunity to learn the art of beautiful writing in a wonderful setting! This weekend course is designed for aspiring calligraphers to have fun whilst absorbing themselves in learning ‘roundhand’ and ‘Roman capital’ scripts. The ultimate goal is to understand the foundation strokes of calligraphy, to learn how to use the essential tools and materials to...
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Painting – the natural world that inspired William Morris
Listed on December 3, 2013 by The Grange in Featured CoursesTuition will cover colour mixing, washes, brushstrokes, tone, highlighting, techniques for effecting light and shade and texture, and composition. Teaching will be a mix of whole-group and individually-focused to enable those of different abilities to move at their own pace.Read more ... -
Bookbinding
Listed on December 2, 2013 by The Grange in Featured CoursesThis course will focus on non-adhesive bookbinding (i.e. without paste or glue used in their construction) and is perfect for those that want to produce beautiful books and booklets Read more ... -
Machined Textured Landscapes with Gina Ferrari
Listed on December 2, 2013 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesHere is the ideal course for anyone who likes machine embroidery. Gina will show you how to apply an exciting range of free machine embroidery techniques with the focus on colour and texture.Read more ... -
Mindfulness & Meditation
Listed on December 1, 2013 by The Grange in Featured CoursesThis weekend is intended to introduce meditation and mindfulness to those who are interested in learning more about it as well as those who have some experience.Read more ... -
Wish You Were Here?
Listed on December 1, 2013 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesA three-day course in Travel Photography with Brian AndersonRead more ... -
Yellowstone: Geysers, Grizzlies, Bison & Bighorn
Listed on December 1, 2013 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesA lunchtime talk at Knuston Hall with Brian AndersonRead more ... -
Ukulele for Beginners with Zachary Taylor
Listed on December 1, 2013 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesCan’t read music? Never played before? Failed with other instruments? If you answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions, this course is aimed at you, because it makes the ukulele easily accessible to complete beginners who need a quick fix to get going without a long hard slog to success.Read more ...