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21 March 2011
- 24 March 2011
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| DRAWING AND PAINTING PORTRAITS
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Ref: A1405 |
| Hazel Lale is a professional artist, illustrator and teacher whose work is widely exhibited |
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| Drawing and painting portraits provides an opportunity to catch the essence and energy of a particular person. During the course we will look at how to use line and colour with confidence as we learn to understand and explore the face and head. This may mean taking bold colour and new ideas with changes in the way you are thinking. You will need competent drawing skills and a huge dose of enthusiasm. |
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| Residential:
£290.00
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| Non-residential:
£185.00
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23 March 2011
- 25 March 2011
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| ARCHAEOLOGY ~ OF ZIGGURATS AND PYRAMIDS
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Ref: H1406 |
| Lionel Masters is a retired Senior Lecturer in Archaeology whose interests include the prehistory of Europe, the Near East and South America |
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| We begin by looking at the problems facing prehistorians when they try to unravel the complexities of prehistoric monuments, taking as our main exemplar the megalithic tombs of Western Europe. Questions, such as when and why were they built, is it possible to trace structural evolution, for example, are sometimes difficult to answer. But in Egypt and Mesopotamia the situation is different regarding pyramids and ziggurats. Here documentation makes its appearance, and we will trace the origins and developments of both types of monuments through the sometimes envious eyes of a prehistorian. |
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| Residential:
£185.00
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| Non-residential:
£125.00
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25 March 2011
- 27 March 2011
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| THE PENINSULAR WAR IN 1811
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Ref: H1407 |
| Arranged in co-operation with the Association of Friends of the Waterloo Committee |
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| Topics to be discussed include the battles of Fuentes d’Oñoro and Albuera, the cavalry actions during the year including Campo Mayor – the 200th anniversary of which will coincide with this Higham Hall weekend – siege warfare with the start of the assaults of Badajoz and the naval involvement in the siege of Tarifa. |
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| Residential:
£190.00
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| Non-residential:
£130.00
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27 March 2011
- 01 April 2011
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| BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION ~ EARLY SPRING FLOWERS
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Ref: A1410 |
| Valerie Oxley is a member of the Society of Botanical Artists and chairman of the Florilegium Society |
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| A delightful course for people who enjoy plants and flowers and would like to make detailed records of their observations in pencil and watercolour paint. Tulips with their wonderful colour and lovely shapes will be the topic for the first class studies in compositions, and daffodils with cups and trumpets will be used for practice in perspective and shadowing yellow flowers. Please bring any sketch-books created during the past year to share with the class. Demonstrations will be followed by individual tuition throughout the course. Suitable for all levels of ability. |
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| Residential:
£425.00
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| Non-residential:
£265.00
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27 March 2011
- 30 March 2011
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| HITCHCOCK ENTRAPPED
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Ref: M1408 |
| Ron Guariento is a film and television producer and a lecturer in Film Studies at Newcastle University |
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| His films often reveal Alfred Hitchcock as a cornered obsessive. Yet, the Director’s genius was to work through his personal psyche within those films, several exposing the master filmmaker at his most troubled. It’s that candid, open expression which ultimately brands him a great artist. This extended course will study three of his classic films bound up with suspicion and paranoia, in which a vital sense of place signals sinister entrapment: North by Northwest, Shadow of a Doubt, and Notorious. |
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| Residential:
£270.00
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| Non-residential:
£170.00
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27 March 2011
- 30 March 2011
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| WARTIME MEMORIES
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Ref: L1409 |
| Jackie Wilkin is an experienced and inclusive tutor with a passionate enthusiasm for her subject |
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| From 1945 to 1947 over four million servicemen and women returned to civilian life in a battered, blitzed and shortage-ridden Britain. This course explores the impact of the second world war through three works of fiction: Elizabeth Jane Howard’s hugely enjoyable Cazalet Chronicle, Melvyn Bragg’s The Soldier’s Return and Ian McEwan’s hit novel Atonement. The link is the war’s effects on families. Family recollections of this time will be welcome and will form part of an enjoyable and worthwhile discussion. |
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| Residential:
£250.00
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| Non-residential:
£150.00
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