Archive of 2016 | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 7
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“Globe to Globe”: Shakespeare in Music
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThe affect of Shakespeare’s plays on the history of music is immense but it is an area which has been rather neglected over the years. This course (followed by a further course 3-5 February 2017) will follow the history of the plays and their associated music over some 400 years, from their original...
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Goldwork Embroidery Day
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesBe introduced to goldwork embroidery by making a delightful Christmas decoration. This course is ideal for beginners, but is open to all wishing to learn the basics behind this form of embroidery through a small set project. Students will work up a small section of each technique and will have learnt enough to...
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Calligraphy and Composition Week
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesLearn and improve your calligraphy - decorative capitals and numbers, layout and composition. Depending on time and experience, you may select the projects you would like to make: Greeting cards; calendars; favourite quotes; pen marks to picture; combining illustration with text; pen-made borders; words from the heart. Play with masking/resist/scarffitto, graduated textures, metallic...
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Edge of Empire: Cultures Contemporary to the Hititte Great Kingdom
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesCultures contemporary with and adjacent to the Hittite Great Kingdom (1650–1190 BC) will be explored and explained with reference to contemporary documents, artefacts and the latest theories. Informative comprehensive handouts will be provided. This is a fascinating formative period, and will be studied in a way that is both entertaining and interesting. Come...
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Chinese Brush Painting Part 1
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis weekend course will study a number of subjects such as flower, bird, fruit, animal, fish or landscape, all taught in the traditional method of demonstration and practice. Learning will continue on Saturday evening with a presentation on painting or travel for example. This course is suitable for both beginners and the more...
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Chinese Brush Painting Part 2
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis course will give more flexibility and time to explore this fascinating art form in greater depth. Beginners joining at this point will be introduced to the basics, producing paintings in a wide variety of subjects. Improvers will be encouraged to increase their skills, both in strokes and composition. With a background of...
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Richard Box’s Master Class
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThere will be various Levels within the group. Some who have been to Master Class for many years will continue to develop their skills within their chosen discipline. They will have frequent but short individual tutorials once or twice a day. Others, who are still “terrified” or “petrified” will be given more time...
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Parchment Craft Summer School Part 1
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis course is suitable for those who already have a basic knowledge of parchment craft techniques, including tracing, embossing and simple perforating. Participants will be able to choose from a selection of patterns for greetings cards, pictures or technique samplers. Although the emphasis will be on the use of grids to create both perforated and...
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Parchment Craft Summer School Part 2
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis course is suitable for those who already have a basic knowledge of parchment craft techniques, including tracing, embossing and simple perforating. Participants will be able to choose from a selection of patterns for greetings cards, pictures or technique samplers. Although the emphasis will be on the use of grids to create both...
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Parchment Craft Summer School Part 3
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis course is suitable for those who already have a basic knowledge of parchment craft techniques, including tracing, embossing and simple perforating. Participants will be able to choose from a selection of patterns for greetings cards, pictures or technique samplers. Although the emphasis will be on the use of grids to create both...
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Railways in British Feature Films
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesRailways and trains are a “natural” material for movies. As the settings for story films they are numbered in dozens, with many set in the era of steam. We shall see ten having the greatest railway content, made between 1930 and 1974, and we shall learn the background to each being made. This...
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Calligraphy and Composition Weekend
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesLearn and improve your calligraphy - decorative capitals and numbers, layout and composition. Depending on time and experience, you may select the projects you would like to make: Greeting cards; calendars; favourite quotes; pen marks to picture; combining illustration with text; pen-made borders; words from the heart. Play with masking/resist/scarffitto, graduated textures, metallic...
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Bobbin Lace: Beginners & Beyond
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesHave you always wanted to make lace but are worried that it looks complicated? Are you a beginner wishing to continue to develop your skills? Are you already a lace maker but would like to continue with your work or start a new pattern? Help is at hand! This is the ideal course...
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Bobbin Lace: Beginners & Beyond
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesHave you always wanted to make lace but are worried that it looks complicated? Are you a beginner wishing to continue to develop your skills? Are you already a lace maker but would like to continue with your work or start a new pattern? Help is at hand! This is the ideal course...
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Bobbin Lace: Beginners & Beyond
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesHave you always wanted to make lace but are worried that it looks complicated? Are you a beginner wishing to continue to develop your skills? Are you already a lace maker but would like to continue with your work or start a new pattern? Help is at hand! This is the ideal course...
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Making Embroidered Books “Transferred to the Cover”
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesMake a decorative book with a transfer dyed, pelmet vilene cover. The cover is embellished with additional pieces of printed pelmet vilene, hand colouring, sealed with acrylic wax and finished with hand or machine stitch. Pages will be made from wallpaper lining paper which will be coloured using Koh-I-Noor dye palette. Simple binding...
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Beads in Bloom
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis course is aimed at intermediate level & above. Students can choose from three different flowers. A Rose:- for which you will need Peyote, brick & Square stitch skills. A Daffodil:- Brick, Herringbone & Square stitch skills needed. A Lily:- Peyote stitch skills needed. The Tutor will provide instruction sheets, demonstrations, and one...
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Improving your Ukulele Skills (Intermediate)
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesAimed at players who have a basic knowledge of the Ukulele (eg basic chords of C, F, G, A, D), this fun and light-hearted course will help you develop and progress your skills. With a mix of tutor-led and breakout sessions and a careful selection of songs, we will progressively move through new...
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Clothesmaking
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThe students will be able to construct garments of their choice, to improve their clothes-making skills to a professional standard and to gain more confidence. The course will cover any adaptations and adjustments to commercial patterns if necessary. Emphasis will be on a good fit and professional finishes. (Your own machine will be...
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Patchwork Summer School Part 2
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesCome and share in a passion for patchwork and the enjoyment of creative sewing, learning new skills in both machine and hand sewing. Enjoy a few days sewing for pleasure with like minded friends. The projects range from beginners to those already with skills. Just let me know by email what you would...
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Painted Books of Ancient Mexico
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesOn this course you will learn the meaning of the Aztec Calendar Stone and the Aztec calendar, hear the Legend of the Five Suns – the Genesis of Mesoamerica – and see pre-Colombian “Graphic Novels” of the long walk of the Mexica from the lost island of Aztlan and the seven caves of...
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The United States – Forging a Nation
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesWith Independence in 1776, the American colonies became a separate country with a shaky start and near bankruptcy. As Spain and France withdrew their interests a new nation began to find its feet. Yet just 85 years after the United States became a country it was torn apart by a Civil War. This...
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Bookbinding and Restoration
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesIf you love books here is a chance to give them new life by bringing at least 2 that are in need of some TLC. You will be learning some basic repair and restore techniques using modern materials but keeping as much of the original as is practical making it once again structurally...
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Saxophone Weekend
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis highly popular course will provide continual teaching and guidance through participation in ensembles of various sizes. Groups are changed for every session and participants can expect to play in ensembles ranging from trios to massed sax groups. Players will be grouped with those of similar ability. A vast library of music will...
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The Saxophone and Its Music
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThis highly popular course will provide continual teaching and guidance through participation in ensembles of various sizes. Groups are changed for every session and participants can expect to play in ensembles ranging from trios to massed sax groups. Players will be grouped with those of similar ability. A vast library of music will...
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Fun with French (Higher Intermediate)
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesVenez vous plonger dans un bain de français! Un week-end de conversations, de discussions et de lecture. Nous lirons des extraits du livre de Christian Signol Bleus sont les étés. Dimanche matin, je demande à tout le monde d’apporter un article et de préparer une petite présentation en français. Si vous voulez préparer votre...
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Botanical Painting in Watercolour
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesLearn the beautiful art of botanical painting in watercolour. This is an opportunity to spend a weekend drawing and painting flower, fruit or other plant of your choice. Beginners and improvers are welcome because students will work at their own pace with one-to-one, step-by-step guidance from an experienced tutor. By the end of...
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Countryside and Nature on Film
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesThe beauty of our countryside and its wildlife has inspired film-makers from the silent era through black and white documentaries to the amazing nature films of today. Throughout the twentieth century the films were shown in different ways and with different intentions. Without doubt these have influenced the way in which we think...
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The Beauty of Russian Lace
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesRussian lace is a chain lace which has developed over many years. It gives the lacemaker the opportunity to play with colours and texture and even introduce beads into the lace. Taking part in the lace will help broaden participants conception of Russian lace and explore its potentials on an individual basis. The...
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Bedfordshire Lace Summer School Part 3
Listed on March 7, 2016 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesChoosing and discussing patterns together and individually; teaching and discussion of threads and techniques; looking at old and modern lace patterns; looking at lace, old and new; looking at photographs and photocopies of Thomas Lester lace and discussing how the designs and techniques can be translated for modern use; forming a personal progression...
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