Archive of Day Course | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 19
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Solstice Spiral at Hawkwood College
Listed on October 9, 2013 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesA simple ritual beginning at dusk, to celebrate winter solstice and focus on the meaning and beauty in your life. Read more ... -
Jen Lynch’s Cello Afternoon
Listed on October 9, 2013 by Benslow in Featured CoursesThis popular Saturday afternoon course with the wise and affable Jen Lynch combines fun with invaluable help with technical and interpretative issues.Read more ... -
Bringing your autumn garden inside
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 ... -
Learn a skill, Make a gift: Make a Silver Spoon
Listed on August 23, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesExperience hand forging sterling silver using hammers to make a silver spoon – a special gift or a family heirloom. Read more ... -
Clarinet Day for grades 7 and 8 with Andrew Sparling
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 ... -
Flute Day with Zoe Booth and Rachel Buxton
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 ... -
One Day Wine Course
Listed on August 21, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesA solid grounding on all aspects of enjoying wine, from tasting to choosing wine, valuing wines, food & wine matching, how wines age and when to drink them and we will even touch on faulty wines. You'll taste 15 great quality wines from around the world including whites, reds, fizz and dessert wines and the course will also include advice on choosing wines for Christmas. Read more ... -
Jewellery from Wire and Beads
Listed on August 21, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesLearn to manipulate wires to create links and chains in order to make simple pieces of jewellery. The skills and techniques that are taught do not need burners or chemicals, so you will be able to continue them at home. It is important to have reasonable dexterity and good eyesight, or glasses! All tools will be provided by the tutor, but do bring any tools, beads or even broken bead jewellery that you have.Read more ... -
Antiques and Collectables
Listed on August 21, 2013 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis course will deal with a range of antiques and collectables from furniture to glass and from silver to ceramics. You will be guided through the methods of dating, shown how items were made, told what’s in fashion and what is not, and how to put a value to an item. Read more ... -
Get your bees through winter
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 ... -
Canal Style Art
Listed on August 20, 2013 by Alston Hall in Featured CoursesCanal Art is a British folk art with origins in the 19th century, developing as a way of decorating the commercial barges which carried goods through the canal system. You will learn the basic techniques involved in creating roses, daisies, forget-me-nots and leaves with embellishments of borders, swags and flicks to bring your designs to life. We will practise with acrylic paint on paper or papier-mâché objects and you will be able to use the skills learned to work with enamel paint on metal or wood. Read more ... -
Learn to Spin
Listed on August 20, 2013 by Alston Hall in Featured CoursesHave you ever thought you might like to try hand spinning your own yarn? Or maybe you have tried it and would like to refresh your skills. This one day course can offer you something in either case! Working with spindles and with wheels, we will look at the basics of spinning, some fibre preparation, and how to tackle wool, silk and maybe some other fibres. We will supply all of these, enough spindles for all participants, and we will have a few wheels available for the class to use. Read more ... -
Wildlife painting using Gouache (opaque watercolour)
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 ... -
Summer Flowers and Foliage in Watercolour
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 ... -
Bread Making for Beginners
Listed on July 6, 2013 by Monkton Wyld Court in Featured CoursesMonkton Wyld Court's Victorian gothic setting and outdoor wood fired clay oven provide an inspiring background for learning traditional bread-making and baking skills. Suitable for BeginnersRead more ... -
Winter Willow Weaving with Norah Kennedy
Listed on July 6, 2013 by Monkton Wyld Court in Featured CoursesStart off the festive season with a treat for yourself and some friends, and make some lovely presents too! Start a new hobby or refresh your skills with wreaths, angels and other merry designs. All materials provided. Just bring yourself (and perhaps an apron).
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Bread Making
Listed on July 6, 2013 by Monkton Wyld Court in Featured CoursesMonkton Wyld Court's Victorian gothic setting and outdoor wood fired clay oven provide an inspiring background for learning traditional bread-making and baking skills. Suitable for BeginnersRead more ... -
Scything and Grassland Management
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 ... -
Real Lancashire Cookery for Real Lancashire Day!
Listed on July 5, 2013 by Alston Hall in A new website, Featured CoursesWhy not spend Real Lancashire day at Alston Hall as Bill prepares and demonstrates a range of Lancashire recipes using locally sourced ingredients. Please note this session includes coffee and afternoon tea only as you will taste Bill’s food throughout the day. Read more ... -
Painting Holiday at Hope Cove
Listed on July 4, 2013 by Penny Wilton in Featured CoursesStaying at The Cottage Hotel, painting tuition £30 per day. Come for a day or the whole course. You can bring your own materials or they can be supplied. You can also have a go at mosaics with another tutor who is joining me teaching for this course. Read more ... -
Rosa’s Spanish Cuisine
Listed on June 11, 2013 by Alston Hall in Featured CoursesWhether you are looking to perfect your paella or how to cook a delicious plate of stuffed piquillo peppers, this course with Rosa Garcia Marin at Alston Hall will help you indulge your passion for Spanish foodRead more ... -
Squashed! Getting creative with pumpkins and squashes
Listed on June 11, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesPumpkin fanatic Rosemary Moon will transform your expectations of one of winter’s most useful ingredients. Packed full of flavour pumpkins are one of winter’s most versatile foods. Lots of cooking demos, practical group work, eating and growing tips.Read more ... -
Androula’s kitchen: a meze of Cypriot food and craft
Listed on June 11, 2013 by West Dean College in Featured CoursesSonia cooks her favourite family dishes from a cuisine still rooted in Mediterranean seasonal food traditions. A greedy artist in search of the crafts and food of her homeland, she also gives an illustrated talk about the traditional and emerging crafts of the sun-drenched home of her ancestors.Read more ... -
Soil, Soul and Society
Listed on June 1, 2013 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesSatish Kumar, a former monk and long-term peace and environment activist, invites us to consider and reflect upon how our reverence for the earth, care of the soul and a just order in society represent a trinity of sustainability, spirituality and justice.Read more ... -
Aromatherapy for Health and Happiness
Listed on June 1, 2013 by Hawkwood College in Featured CoursesDiscover how to use essential oils to balance the emotions, stay well, treat common ailments, prevent illness, alleviate stress and bring radiance to the skin.Read more ... -
Acornucopia – all about acorns
Listed on May 30, 2013 by Embercombe in Featured CoursesOn this day we’ll explore a few techniques for gathering, processing and cooking whilst also deepening our relationship with the extraordinary, ordinary Oak.Read more ... -
Wild fermentation – sourdough baking and vegetable preservation
Listed on May 30, 2013 by Embercombe in Featured CoursesAn experiential workshop focussing on the skills needed to do-it-yourself, including explanation and discussion of the nutritional benefits of the fermentation process.Read more ... -
Eat the hedgerow – Autumn sessions
Listed on May 30, 2013 by Embercombe in Featured CoursesNuts, berries and seeds are abundant this time of year, as well as good supplies of greens and roots. Come and see what's available this year to forage and cook up at Embercombe.Read more ...