Located in south Somerset, Dillington House offers a large and diverse programme of weekend and longer courses throughout the year plus day courses, public lectures and classical music concerts.Read more ...
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Listed on September 6, 2013 by Alston Hall in Featured CoursesCreate a contemporary flower design in an afternoon with Angela Swallow. This afternoon is a step by step guide for beginners / intermediate arrangers and is held in a small and friendly environment. Read more ...
Listed on September 6, 2013 by Durhamhill in Featured CoursesHypnosis is a normal and natural state of mind very like daydreaming. In hypnosis your attention is turned inwards to some degree and the mind is settled. It’s much easier in this state to notice the drift of your thoughts. The state of hypnosis allows access to the subconscious and our amazing resources of memory and imagination.Read more ...
Listed on August 21, 2013 by Benslow in Featured CoursesAndrew Sparling leads a new course designed to help candidates for Grades 7 and 8 clarinet. Bring along the pieces you are preparing and he’ll offer you interpretative and technical guidance. We begin at 10 am and finish at about 5 pm, and to help sustain your energy a delicious lunch will be provided.Read more ...
Listed on August 21, 2013 by Benslow in Featured CoursesThe popular Zoë Booth leads another friendly one day workshop, offering tips and encouragement to all flautists of any standard. She’s an expert in pinpointing solutions to problems, and achieves miraculous results with the minimum of fuss. The day begins at 10 am and ends at about 5 pm, and to help sustain your energy a delicious lunch will be provided.Read more ...
Listed on August 21, 2013 by Monkton Wyld Court in Featured CoursesLearn all you need to know about getting your colony through the winter including: Taking honey off; Treating for Varroa; Assessing feeding requirements; Feeding and getting the bees and hive ready for winter. Course Leader David Wiscombe has half a century of experience as a nationally known apiarist. Read more ...
Listed on July 27, 2013 by Field Breaks in Featured CoursesSpecifically about learning gouache techniques so no special drawing/painting skills required and using subjects provided or from your own photos of your chosen subject or pet. Individual tuition to help you achieve a precise painting. A fun and informative workshop with individual tuition and demonstrations by the tutor.Read more ...
Listed on July 25, 2013 by Field Breaks in Featured CoursesThis three and a half day workshop will appeal to all those who love plants and wish to paint them in detail. Individual tuition in an informative and friendly style and suitable for all levels of ability.
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Listed on July 25, 2013 by Field Breaks in Featured CoursesBlackberries, apples, plums, wheat, barley, crab apples, runner beans etc., so many subjects, so little time! Learn the techniques to create your own harvest festival composition. Demonstrations by Sue during the workshop along with individual attention. Suitable for all abilities.
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Listed on July 25, 2013 by Field Breaks in Featured CoursesAn opportunity to paint in this beautiful location and with an award winning restaurant. Arriving the afternoon of the 5th and departing the afternoon of the 9th, Jeremy, international artist, will demonstrate a wide range of painting techniques and provide tuition in this inspiring location. Read more ...
Listed on July 25, 2013 by Field Breaks in Featured CoursesSummer is a season to ignite and inspire ones creativity. Through friendly and informal tuition and suitable for all abilities, learn technique and composition, brush control skills and the value of the sketchbook.Read more ...
Listed on July 23, 2013 by Gillian Gingell Wormley in Featured CoursesSingers, come and enjoy a restful 5-night stay in a beautiful late Georgian House in a gorgeous Dorset setting, with wonderful accommodation, fabulous food and SING to your heart’s content, every day.Read more ...
Listed on July 6, 2013 by Monkton Wyld Court in Featured CoursesBeginners often imagine that a two day scything course is a bit excessive, just to learn how to use a garden tool; and that is true if all you want to do is knock down weeds. But anyone who wants to mow grass on any scale will benefit from a two day courseRead more ...
Listed on July 5, 2013 by Northern College in UncategorisedMeditation is an effective way of counteracting stress and increasing the sense of personal well-being. The course is designed for those who have not practiced before or who have only limited experience. Read more ...
Listed on July 5, 2013 by Northern College in UncategorisedDesigned to help you understand the basic skills and techniques required to take better landscape and architectural photographs. Suitable for those who own either a digital SLR (DLSR) or any digital camera that can be manually overridden. Read more ...
Listed on July 5, 2013 by Northern College in UncategorisedWellbeing is related to personal health, community spirit and creativity and is shaped by our genes, our upbringing, our personal circumstances and choices, with negative thoughts and worries it saps our energy and destroys calm feelingsRead more ...
Listed on July 5, 2013 by Northern College in UncategorisedThere are countless situations in Shakespeare’s plays, that can be put into the category of ‘the human condition’ - part of what it means to be human. This is one good reason why Shakespeare’s plays continue to be performed - this course will explore why.Read more ...
Listed on July 4, 2013 by Penny Wilton in Featured CoursesThree nights at South Shore Lodge, sea views, enjoy painting and sketching among the wildlife, deer only 3 feet away from me last year when I was painting. £165 per person. Tuition if required £5 per hour.Read more ...
Listed on July 4, 2013 by Penny Wilton in Featured CoursesA full day of painting with lots of tuition and demonstrations from Penny Wilton from 10am – 4pm for just £25 per person, bring own materials and a packed lunch or go to the pub. Any subject, realistic or abstract, Penny will help with any medium.Read more ...
Listed on July 1, 2013 by Penny Wilton in UncategorisedThis is a great course to try abstracts. Using the beautiful landscapes just on the doorstep of this lovely little village St Agnes in Cornwall, we will draw, look at patterns in the landscape, arrange a good composition, try textures and colour. Read more ...
Listed on June 27, 2013 by Benslow in Featured CoursesJulian Williamson’s course aims to show that Salieri was in fact one of the most important musicians in Europe over a period of half a century, writing more than forty fine operas which regularly filled the major European opera theatres and occupying the highest musical posts in Vienna.Read more ...
Listed on June 18, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesLearn Richard's method of integrating fabric collage with both machine and hand stitching. After you have gained confidence by working through a 'learning pack' under guidance you will start your designs using same techinque but in your own way.Read more ...
Listed on June 18, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesExplore the pleasures of silk painting. Learn techniques such as gutta, salt effect and wet-into-wet, or experiment with advanced techniques like ‘layered painting’, use of anti-fusing and painting on wool. Complete beginners and experienced silk painters will enjoy this opportunity to work very large and create beautiful and unique pieces.Read more ...
Listed on June 18, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesTaking the sea and shore as inspiration, stretch your creative imagination and develop ideas through experimental exploration into dynamic personal textile pieces. Read more ...
Listed on June 18, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesDuring this course you will learn the technique, then identify and sketch wild flowers to make your own records under field conditions.Read more ...
Listed on June 18, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesFelt is the first fabric produced by humans and dates back to at least 700 BC. During this complete introduction to hand made felt we will explore both wet and dry techniques to produce flat felt, felt purses and scarves and 3D figures and embellishments using colourful Merino woolRead more ...
Listed on June 13, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesTime for you to explore old and new techniques, broaden your experience, develop new ideas and have time to play! You will manipulate fabrics, threads and beads to produce contemporary lace fabrics. These will be embedded in silk fibres, stitched and moulded to create sumptuous vessels.Read more ...
Listed on June 12, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesMany artists reach a stage in their development when mere representation is not sufficient for personal expression. Learn to respond directly to the subject of still-life using mixed media to explore line, form, colour and texture. Read more ...
Listed on June 12, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesLearn the basics of letterpress printing using techniques that date back hundreds of years. Printing text from metal type and images using the simple relief process, you explore the possibilities for combining the two and learn how to set metal type, mix ink and print with a press.Read more ...
Listed on June 12, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesLearn exciting ways of making polymer clay jewellery using the extruder tool. Explore the many design possibilities and ways of loading the extruder as you expand your personal repertoire of shapes and colours as you cut, twist, stack, wrap and slice.Read more ...
Listed on June 12, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesExplore your imagined worlds, create painted realities, and work with themes dealing with fantastical narratives, surrealist dreams and the dynamics of the imagination in a playful and practical manner.Read more ...
