Archive of South East | LeisureCourses.net - short courses & residential study breaks in great locations - Part 8
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Discovery Day Wine Tasting
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis one day course, with 15 great quality wines, explores how your wine preferences are influenced by your taste buds! Discover why you prefer certain styles and how wine and food work best together. We also cover how to spot common wine faults, how glass shapes change the way wines taste, plus tips for ordering...
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Songs in Harmony
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesSing in harmony - lovely music in parts. What a treat to experience the sound of songs in harmony! Learn to sing with others from music and enjoy some old and some new numbers in different styles. We will include folk songs, musical hits and many more!
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Unlocking your Creative Unconscious
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesYour mind is a treasure trove of creative memories. This course aims to open up that store and get you writing for fact or fiction, poetry or prose. Through writing exercises, discussion and tutor mini-lecture in a non-threatening environment you will come away with ideas, a beginning and a direction for your writing. Please bring...
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Dynamic Life Sketching
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesA unique opportunity to sketch from a life model, posing dynamic movements. You will learn how to depict the motion of the human body and commemorate the fleeting moments on paper, with paint or sketching materials. There will be demonstrations by our professional artist and one to one guidance and support.
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A Winter Scene in Acrylic
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesA one day course that will show you how to paint winter landscapes with acrylic paint. Techniques covered will include using thick and thin paint, colour mixing, working from dark to light and glazing. The course will include winter landscapes in an impressionistic style from photographs supplied by the tutor.
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Villains in History through their Handwriting
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesUsing graphology, the study of personality through handwriting, we will explore villains and their motivation and will also look at the contrast in the writing of those who are decent and fair. It should be a revealing course that can be followed up by a course to delve deeper into this fascinating subject.
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Stitching the Textured Surface
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesCreate mixed-media surfaces using different techniques and prepare them ready for stitch. We will be concentrating mainly on completing the textured surfaces which will then be ready to stitch into at a later date.
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Fabulous and Fearless Free Motion Machine Embroidery
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesSpend a weekend mastering the art of free motion machine embroidery to create lines, shapes, words, patterns and appliqué designs.
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Soutache – Bead Jewellery Making
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesLearn all the basics needed for bead embroidery, creating your own reference sampler as you work, and then use your new skills to finish two projects. Have fun exploring shape, form and colour and open up a world of possibilities. Additional costs will be incurred for course materials. Please refer to the Course Information Sheet.
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Tai Ji Quan
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesTai Ji Quan and Qigong (Tai Chi & Chi Kung) stimulate the mind, balance energy levels and strengthen the immune system. Through practice and exercise, you will feel encouraged by improved vitality and feelings of well being. The work can be adapted to individual fitness and health needs.
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Make a Mosaic for your Garden
Listed on January 11, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesCreate a mosaic that’s specifically designed to go outside! You can make a mosaic sign or panel to adorn your garden, or mosaic a pot or other decorative object. This course is for students of any ability, beginners or experienced mosaicists.Course materials are available from the tutor; please see the course information sheet for details.
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Fingerstyle
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Intro to Jazz
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesAs the name suggests, this course is an introduction to playing jazz guitar for those who either want to just get started in jazz guitar, and don't know how, or have already tried but have become frustrated in making headway. The course gently introduces you to the three main aspects of jazz guitar:Comping, Soloing and Chord-melody...
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Improvers
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesOn this weekend we cover the same core subjects covered on the 'Strugglers' weekend but in more detail and using more advanced material.
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Perform like a Pro
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Rhythm
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Acoustic Folk
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Intro to Blues
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesA great holiday break where you will join other like-minded players for an excellent social and informative weekend.
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Strugglers
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Guitar Weekends in Featured CoursesThis is a very practical hands-on weekend with lots of playing. We will work through plenty of Tunes (songs and instrumentals) in varied styles such as Rock, Blues and Country.
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Developing your Hand Quilting Skills and Beyond, with Barbara Chainey
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Anglia Leisure Learning in Featured CoursesDiscover the secrets of hand quilting in a weekend just north of London Here is your opportunity to develop your hand quilting expertise with one of the best tutors in the field. On this weekend you will discover all the essential steps to produce beautiful hand quilting, including how to mark out...
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Honiton Lace
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis course covers basic techniques for lacemakers who are new to this classic English lace. For experienced Honiton lace makers it is an opportunity to expand skills and understanding of this lace and gain inspiration and guidance on interpretation and design development. Whatever your level, enjoy the magic of lace making!
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Jacobean and Crewel Work
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThrough demonstrations and practical participation, working on traditional linen twill fabric and using crewel wools, we will cover a wide range of stitches, including line stitches, filling stitches and detached stitches. We will use Trellis work and shading with the wools to create the traditional rich patterns that are associated with Jacobean and crewel work.
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Silk Scarf Painting
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThis is a beginners course for those who want to learn simple but effective painting techniques on fabric. Monika will teach you how to create ideas for scarf designs and how to apply them to silk or other similar materials.
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Dyeing the Blues
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesLearn how to prepare fabric using Japanese Shibori resist techniques. After experimenting with stitching, tying, clamping and wrapping techniques you will dye the results with indigo, that most magical of dyes, to produce a range of samples for future reference or to be turned into a unique project.
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Drawing for the Terrified
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesAre you terrified of drawing but have a secret longing to learn how to do it? Then enrol on this course where Richard will guide you through certain processes slowly, gently and step by step. If you follow his 'recipes', you will be amazed at what you will be able to draw.
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Felt Teddy Bear Making
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesUsing needle felting techniques and colourful Merino fleece we will create cute teddy bears to keep or give as presents. No experience is necessary and all equipment will be provided. There will be a charge of £5 per person to cover materials used, payable to the tutor. Be prepared to create a family of bears!
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Vibrant Watercolours – A Taste of India
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesImmerse yourself in a weekend of vibrant colour and rich pattern. Using bold dyes, watercolours and simple print techniques, we will explore those exotic elements that we associate with India and use them as the basis for creating your own striking and colourful paintings.
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How to Write your Life Experiences and Memoirs
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesWe all have a rich treasury of anecdotes to share. But where do you start? Enjoyable exercises will help trigger memories and tell your story in a way that's lively and engaging. Whether you're writing for publication, family and friends, or simply to understand the meaning of your own life, this course will smooth the...
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Tai Ji Quan
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesTai Ji Quan and Qigong (Tai Chi & Chi Kung) stimulate the mind, balance energy levels and strengthen the immune system. Through practice and exercise, you will feel encouraged by improved vitality and feelings of well being. The work can be adapted to individual fitness and health needs.
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Taking Textiles Further
Listed on January 8, 2016 by Missenden Abbey in Featured CoursesThese workshops are for those who have completed City & Guilds courses in textile related subjects to diploma level (or equivalent), who are committed to further develop their own personal creativity within a design-led context. Learners are encouraged to work independently to explore experimental approaches and contextual issues.
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