Archive of 2016 | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 13
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Dillington Summer School Week One
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesWeek One offers you a selection of courses from which to create your own special holiday with a difference. Choose to spend the week out and about with Mike Hope, take part in one of the longer courses or put together a programme of shorter courses or self-contained days.
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Private Houses & Gardens of Devon, Somerset & Dorset
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesDespite the large number of Houses and Gardens, which open their doors to the public (over 1500 in the UK), there are over twice this number, which are rarely, if ever, open to the general public. As with last year’s programme, which was dedicated solely to the private houses and gardens of Devon, this year...
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Be A More Confident Painter
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThis five day course is designed to challenge painters with some experience. The emphasis will be on watercolour, especially for preliminary work but finished studio pieces could be in any medium. Take time in the glorious surroundings of Dillington, to unwind and take a critical look at your own work. Be honest, are you stuck...
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Viva España
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesA mini festival of individual subjects celebrating the vibrancy of Spanish history and culture. All complete in themselves but amounting to a week discussing and revelling in all things Spanish. Topics during the week range from art, music, literature, politics and history. Further detail for each day is shown under the Day Courses section.
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The Georgians – Their Art, Architecture & Entertainment
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesEverybody knows something about the Georgians but not everyone knows how foundational the period remains to our own time and culture. The Hanoverian succession was not easy although once established it created an enduring dynasty. This two-day course will explore the architecture, the society, briefly the politics, the art, literature and the music. We will...
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The Music of Tudor England
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThink of the Tudors and one thinks of the Reformation, that devastating upheaval. For musicians it proved hard to cope, as the rapturous elaborations of earlier times had to give way to simple purity. But Secular music also evolved, and became more personal and revealing. John Taverner and Thomas Tallis will take centre stage in...
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Dancing Dillington
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesClasses take place in the morning so there is plenty of time to practice your moves before you hit the dance floor each evening. There will also be the chance to dress up for a special dinner, after which you can sit back, relax and be dazzled as James and Leila take to the floor...
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The Twenty Second Dillington – Classical Guitar Summer School
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThis popular event, which celebrates its 22nd anniversary, offers classical guitarists a unique opportunity to participate in a varied programme of music making, with plenty of time to develop playing and music reading skills. In an atmosphere of mutual support, your confidence will grow whilst performing in ensembles both large and small. Highlights for 2016...
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Classical Guitar Summer Festival – Bach and Beyond
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in MusicMusic for Guitars and Harpsichord. Peter Reuffer (Guitar) & Adrian Boynton (Harpsichord) with special guest Lydia Hepworth (Guitar). A programme spanning 300 years including works by Bach, Marcello, Boccherini, Brouwer & Michel Legrand.
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Classical Guitar Summer Festival – Latin Impressions – Artic Guitar Trio
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in MusicTrond Davidson, Jarl Stromdal & Arne Brattland, programme includes works by Ginastera, Guastavino & Villa Lobos.
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The Art of Paul Cézanne
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesPaul Cézanne (1839–1906) is one of the most influential artists in the history of twentieth-century painting, inspiring generations of modern artists with his unique method of building form with colour and his analytical approach to nature. Both Matisse and Picasso are said to have remarked that Cézanne "is the father of us all." All-comers welcome.
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Ukulele Workshop – Beyond Beginners
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesGot a Ukulele? Know a few chords? Perhaps you've been on a beginner’s workshop or have been quietly teaching yourself at home? Or maybe that uke has been gathering dust in the corner? This workshop is ideal for anyone who already owns a ukulele and can strum a few chords. During the workshop you will...
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Boxed Cushions for Chairs, Sofas & Garden Furniture
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesEnjoy a productive day learning the professional skills to recover or make boxed cushions. Create an original design in the fabric of your own choice. Areas covered will include, cutting out, cutting bias binding, covering piping cord and zip insertion methods. All-comers welcome but please note you will need basic sewing knowledge, including the ability...
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Making a Stained Glass Panel
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesCreate your own stained glass panel using the traditional craft of combining coloured glass with lead; small numbers, demonstrations and practical help throughout – no experience needed but also suitable for ‘improvers’. Learn how to handle and cut glass safely, to design, 'lead up' and solder a panel about A4 size. All glass and equipment...
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Elgar: The Enigma
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesEntirely self-taught as a composer, though with youthful aspirations to a career as a violin virtuoso, Elgar was always sensitive about his lack of education, in common with some other composers. It led to strange, sometimes boorish behaviour on occasions, and the Enigma Variations may indeed have been a retreat into the comfortable world of...
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“No Man is an Island Entire & Complete of Itself…”(John Donne)
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesMass migrations have taken place across the world since recorded history began: initially people were seeking land to settle in but in modern history, by those fleeing persecution and violence, searching for safety and freedom. This course will explore the complex causes of these great migrations and the impact on the countries who offer them...
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Wildlife & Natural History Painting in Gouache
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThis course is designed for beginners and upwards and will teach you how to make a true representation of a wildlife subject whilst not requiring any high level of drawing skill. From source material provided, or from your own pictures, we will use the medium of gouache - an opaque watercolour that is ideal for...
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Storytellers & Muscians Workshop “We Are All Tellers of Story & Makers of Music
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThis one day workshop, led by storyteller Michael Loader and musician Martin Solomon, is for anyone who wishes to learn about storytelling for the first time or for those who want to take their storytelling and musicianship into new places. For musicians this will be a day for you to play and accompany words -...
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Sculptural Needle Felting – Country Hares & Foxes
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesLove wool? Then you'll love needle felting! Fibre artist, Carla Taylor of The Mousehole Woolery will guide you step by step through the basic techniques of needle felting to create your own unique country hare or fox out of beautiful wool, ready for you to take home or if you can part with them to...
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By George’ – The Whirlwind Musical Life of George Gershwin
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesRaised on the overcrowded Lower East Side of New York, young George Gershwin had a life on the streets as roller-skating champion and often skipped school for secret piano lessons from an aunt. Working his way into ‘Tin Pan Alley’ as a song plugger, he had his own first hit at the age of 21...
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Watercolour Adventure
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesTaking water as our theme we will embark on a voyage of discovery exploring techniques to capture the watery depths of the oceans, rockpools, ponds or rivers and the colourful flora and fauna living within. This course will be most suitable for those who wish to develop their watercolour paintings and try new experimental techniques...
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Creative Writing Workshop
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesDuring this workshop we will look at some narrative techniques employed in creative writing and use writing exercises to source ideas and to further explore our creativity. All kinds of writing will be shared in a friendly group setting. Your tutor will be available to read work and offer advice for progression and there will...
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Industrial Heritage Around Dillington & Dorset
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThis year’s course contrasts the Dillington area with Purbeck in Dorset. Together with lectures, there are two field visits, locally to the Fleet Air Arm Museum’s reserve collection, Ilchester bridges, Dawe’s twine works and the Ham Hill quarries. We stray into distant Purbeck where ball clay workings, tramways, railways and limekilns survive within spectacular scenery...
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Bobbin Lacemaking – British and European
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThis is a practical course for all abilities of lacemakers from those who have a knowledge of only the basic stitches to those who wish to study advanced techniques in the British and European laces. Many of the continental laces are taught with the aid of a colour-coded diagram to help students continue their work...
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Sculptural Needle Felting – Country Hares & Foxes
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesLove wool? Then you'll love needle felting! Fibre artist, Carla Taylor of The Mousehole Woolery will guide you step by step through the basic techniques of needle felting to create your own unique country hare or fox out of beautiful wool, ready for you to take home or if you can part with them to...
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Religion in Roman Britain
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesTolerant Roman attitudes to religion ensured that native shrines and practices survived, and often flourished, in Roman Britain. Much of our knowledge of native deities comes from Roman inscriptions; to these can be added the eastern ‘Mystery religions’, closed sects with notions of salvation. This day course will look at the range of evidence, both...
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An Historical Perspective on Elementary Mathematics
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThis course will look at some historical developments in Number, Algebra and Geometry, especially topics encountered in school. This will involve exploring some other number systems, explaining the purpose and use of algebra and discovering some important results in geometry. There will be opportunities, but no compulsion, to ‘play’ with the ideas and try some...
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At the Edge of History
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesHistory is said to have begun with Herodotus, who along with Homer and Hesiod gave the Classical world its past. But archaeology has revealed earlier civilisations, among them the first historians: the Hittites. This day investigates the legacy of this Late Bronze Age people, their culture and their writings. Annals, letters, treaties and prayers will...
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A Beginners Guide to Model Railways
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesDo you visit model railway shows and wonder how people who build those wonderful models do it? Phil Parker has been writing and exhibiting model railways for over two decades and will take you on a whistle-stop tour of the process of building a layout. Along the way you'll get hands on with some of...
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News from the Fronts: The Kitchener Divisions and the Battle of the Somme
Listed on February 18, 2016 by Dillington in Featured CoursesFrom Spring 1916 onwards against the backdrop of the battle of Verdun - ‘the Meatgrinder on the Meuse’- Kitchener’s New Army divisions were arriving in France for the Anglo-French offensive on the River Somme. Hopes were high for a break through the German defences. The course will consider in detail the preparations for the battle...
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