Archive of Weekend Course | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 32
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The Tudor & Stuart Dynasties
Listed on December 12, 2013 by Dillington in Featured CoursesThis course focuses on the personalities and achievements of the different monarchs, and seeks to answer the question of why the Tudors were one of the most successful royal families of the early modern ageRead more ... -
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Listed on December 12, 2013 by Dillington in Featured CoursesExplore the history of the different theatres and how the buildings were used and developed over the centuries.Read more ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Calligraphy with Gaynor Goffe
Listed on December 7, 2013 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesA weekend residential course on calligraphy in the heart of the Midlands at Hillscourt Conference Centre, Birmingham tutored by Gaynor Goffe. For more details contact Anglia Leisure Learning 020 7834 1066Read 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
An introduction to short story writing
Listed on December 1, 2013 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesThis weekend course organised by Anglia Leisure Learning will unveil the essential elements of the short story and how to put them together.Read more ... -
How to Build a Low Impact Building
Listed on November 30, 2013 by Monkton Wyld Court in Featured CoursesYou will learn about design, scheming out, quantity surveying and siting the build. By the end of the course you will have the skills to site and build your own low impact timber building.Read more ... -
Puppet Making
Listed on November 30, 2013 by Monkton Wyld Court in Featured CoursesSpend the weekend designing and constructing a beautiful handmade puppet with Kathy Kelly. Read more ... -
Planning for Smallholders
Listed on November 30, 2013 by Monkton Wyld Court in Featured CoursesLearn all about the planning and administrative considerations for setting up your own smallholding. Read more ... -
An Introduction to Hedgelaying with Nick Fowler
Listed on November 30, 2013 by Monkton Wyld Court in Featured CoursesNick Fowler is one of the counties best Hedgelayers and has won competitions for his craft. He will teach you the theory and practical side of hedgelaying. Read more ... -
Painting for the Petrified
Listed on November 9, 2013 by Knuston Hall in Featured CoursesAre you petrified of painting but long to try watercolours but have been deterred by the erroneous myth that they are supposed to be ' difficult '? On this course at Knuston Hall, Richard Box will dispel that myth.Read more ...