Archive of England | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 30
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Flower Painting
Listed on January 14, 2016 by The Grange in Featured CoursesA beginner’s course for painting flowers in watercolour.
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Open Day – How a Traditional Book is Made
Listed on January 14, 2016 by The Grange in Featured CoursesHow a traditional book is made - our annual book skills open day
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The Four Seasons in Music and Painting
Listed on January 14, 2016 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesOur weekend will explore the inspiration painters and composers have drawn from the seasons of the year. The featured artists will include Botticelli, Breughel the Elder, Monet, Turner and Friedrich, while there will be music by Vivaldi, Haydn, Delius, Tchaikovsky and others. Abingworth Hall occupies a country estate that dates back some...
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Composers in Exile
Listed on January 14, 2016 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesThe weekend will explore a wide variety of music, all of it written by composers who for various reasons were living far from their homelands. Among the composers to be featured are Handel, Stravinsky, Korngold, Rachmaninov, Chopin and Bartók. Sheafhayne Manor is a Grade II listed Elizabethan manor house, commanding wonderful views across the East Devon...
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Othello & Otello
Listed on January 14, 2016 by Arts in Residence in Featured CoursesAn opportunity to explore in detail Othello (Otello), one of the most famous of all dramas. We will discuss both Shakespeare’s play and Verdi’s opera, with illustrations on DVD with large screen. Bartley Lodge is a splendid Grade II listed country house hotel set in the heart of the New Forest, in eight acres of grounds. The facilities are...
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Discover your Inner Artist
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis course is for anyone wanting to find new ways of expressing their creativity through mixed media. It is an exciting opportunity to create ideas from surprising sources, developing them in ways that will achieve several varied and exciting outcomes using techniques such as printing, wire work, paper and textile manipulation.
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Chinese Brush Painting for Beginners
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis course will introduce you to the basic techniques of Chinese brush painting and give you the tools to paint in the traditional Chinese way: Xuan paper, ink and colour. The tutor will explain the characteristics of Chinese painting and, through a series of hands-on exercises, you will practise the techniques learnt.
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Moving Figures in Watercolour
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis is a unique opportunity to practise watercolour techniques whilst learning how to depict movement of the human figure. Through demonstrations, you will be shown how to visually express the dynamics of the figure, whilst learning the principles of motion, including impressions of dancing, exercising and other movements of the human body.
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Botanical Illustration – Wild Meadow Flowers
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesWe aim to illustrate the wild species abundant at this time of the year. If possible, we will visit them on site, but in any case there will be time to learn how to draw them, compose pictures and use watercolours precisely to produce colourful detailed flower portraits.
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Creative Stained Glass
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesA practical workshop for glass enthusiasts to work on an individual project and complete a decorative panel or window. Improve and develop your skills in designing and working with glass. Guidance will be given in all techniques from cutting to glazing and soldering. Take home a completed panel!
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Design and Make Amigurumi – Crochet Toys
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesIf you have ever wondered what amigurumi are all about, join us to explore the different shapes and techniques to design and make your very own bundle of cuteness! You will only need to know how to make a chain, double crochet and slip stitch.
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Tatting Techniques
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesTatting is a very portable form of lace making, with just two basic stitches to learn, yet these can be used to produce a myriad of designs from formal to fun. Beginners will learn basic stitches to produce a simple motif, while competent tatters will extend their knowledge of the continually evolving tatting techniques.
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Prayer, Place and Politics
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesReligion is fundamental to defining Victorian England. The Anglican Church was characterised as 'the Tory Party at prayer', and religion was 'the opium of the people'. This course explores geographic patterns of belief and how the established church and nonconformist groups faced the twin challenges of industrialisation and urbanisation.
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Belgian and other European Laces
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesFor experienced learners and those new to lace making who are able to work the basic stitches and want to learn the mysteries of the European laces. These include Brugge Bloemwerk, Flanders, Binche Parijse, Valenciennes, Chantilly, Idrija and Tonder. Many are taught with the aid of colour-coded diagrams.
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Casalguidi – Italian Embroidery
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesSpend a relaxing weekend learning this little known 19th century Italian technique to create an exquisite and unique pin cushion or small bag. Traditionally a white on white embroidery, it has areas of raised stem band and needlelace flowers on a pulled fabric background.
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Learn to use a Sewing Machine
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesA course for absolute beginners to learn the basic uses of a sewing machine. Learn about the machine parts and maintenance of the machine, about using the correct needles and threads and how to wind the bobbin, thread the machine correctly and adjust the tension. You will then learn how to start and finish, practise...
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Painting Irises in Watercolour
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesIrises come in an assortment of beautiful colours. Jill will show you how to create an accurate drawing and demonstrate how to colour mix and apply the watercolours to achieve a painting that not only pleases the eye but also demonstrates the skills learnt during the course.
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Print, Transfer, Stitch …
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesGain an understanding of the way transfer paint and dyes work, using printing blocks and painted papers to build layers of colour to transfer onto synthetic fabrics. Mixing these shiny surfaces with flat dyes and cottons, we will cut and collage shapes onto a surface and use a few machine embroidery tricks to embellish.
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Rag Rug Making – Make a Sofa Art Cushion
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesYour sofa art cushion will be made with gorgeous reclaimed textiles that will be worked onto a hessian backcloth. Create a unique piece of work, using simple hand tools and techniques, for a looped or clippy surface that will jazz up your sofa!
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Silver Jewellery Making
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesTotal beginners, and those with some experience, will complete two or three projects involving skills such as cutting, filing, forging, drilling, soldering, stone setting and polishing. Using hand tools, power tools, heat and chemicals, learners will transform silver and other metals to create beautiful pieces of jewellery to treasure. All materials can be bought from...
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Knitting for the Home – Design and Knit a Cushion Cover Front
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesKnitted textiles lend themselves fantastically to the home interior. Jane will teach you the basics of design and guide you through an array of techniques, such as fairisle, intarsia and beading, to help you design and start knitting your own cushion cover front. Aimed at knitters with a good understanding of the craft, participants need...
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Lace and Organza Bags with Machine Embroidery
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesExplore the possibilities of combining water soluble fabric with machine embroidery, sheer fabrics, fancy threads and sequins, to create a sparkly lace and organza bag.
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Magnificent Mountmellick
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesDeveloped in Ireland during the 19th century, Mountmellick embroidery is a white-on-white hand embroidery technique used in the past for household and bed linen. Worked on cotton sateen fabric in thick matte threads. The designs are usually floral, using raised, padded and knotted stitches. Very textured with a knitted fringe.
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Paint and Print in Watercolour
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis course will embrace all levels in an experimental workshop aimed at stretching ideas by creating contemporary watercolours with printing techniques and collage on a variety of papers.
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Goldwork Embroidery
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis course will extend the knowledge of experienced goldwork embroiderers working on their own projects. Explanations, demonstrations and individual advice will be given throughout, whilst students work at their own pace on pre-set designs or on their own design ideas.
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More Tapestry Weaving
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis course will enable participants to explore tapestry weaving through interpretation of a personally selected image or idea. For those new to tapestry weaving or established weavers wanting to extend their skills, there will be opportunities to learn new techniques and insights into this exciting contemporary textile art.
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Taking Control of your Photos on the Camera and Computer
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesAiming to take you beyond simple snapshots, this course offers you the opportunity to capture images that have personal meaning and individuality, from people to landscapes, architecture, nature, people, still life or movement. If you want to have control over your camera and get the best results through digital manipulation using Photoshop Elements, then this...
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Belgian and other European Laces
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesFor experienced learners and those new to lace making who are able to work the basic stitches and want to learn the mysteries of the European laces. These include Brugge Bloemwerk, Flanders, Binche Parijse, Valenciennes, Chantilly, Idrija and Tonder. Many are taught with the aid of colour-coded diagrams.
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Painting Portraits with a Palette Knife
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesExplore exciting ways to implement palette knife techniques when painting portraits. During this 'hands on' workshop course, you will learn how to depict features of the human face with application of colours in either oils or acrylic. Demonstrations and guidance from a professional artist make this course suitable for all artistic ability levels.
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Chain Maille Chains
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesDiscover the age-old art of chain maille for jewellery in this busy and exciting workshop and learn all the techniques, tips and tricks to continue designing and making jewellery beyond the course.
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