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Beginners Drawing - - Develop Confidence in Outdoor Sketching (WHI24T076)

Arts and Crafts

Have you wanted to sketch and draw outside before? The aim of this course is to provide you with useful tips and to help you develop your confidence at sketching outside.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Friday, 6 June 2025

Number of weeks: 5

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £60.00
Concessionary fee: £30.00
Staff fee: £51.00

Beginners Drawing – Add Colour to your Drawings (WHI24T074)

Arts and Crafts

Bring your drawings to life by adding colour. This course will revise basic drawing techniques and introduce you to using a watercolour wash.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Friday, 25 April 2025

Number of weeks: 5

Time: 10:00 - 12:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £60.00
Concessionary fee: £30.00
Staff fee: £51.00

Beginners Painting - Develop Confidence in Outdoor Sketching (WHI24T075)

Arts and Crafts

Have you wanted to sketch and paint outside before but felt uncomfortable because people are watching? The aim of this course is to provide you with useful tips and to help you develop your confidence at sketching and using watercolour paint outside.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 3 June 2025

Number of weeks: 7

Time: 13:00 - 15:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £84.00
Concessionary fee: £42.00
Staff fee: £71.40

Beginners Painting - Experimental Ink and Watercolour Wash (WHI24T073)

Arts and Crafts

A course for those who enjoy experimenting and want to develop their use of watercolour further by incorporating inks.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 22 April 2025

Number of weeks: 5

Time: 13:00 - 15:00

Venue: The Gather, Ennerdale

Full fee: £60.00
Concessionary fee: £30.00
Staff fee: £51.00

Hill Skills Map and Compass Workshop (CAR24T104)

Health and Wellbeing

This workshop introduces you to the basic skills you need to navigate safely in the hills using a map and compass.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Number of weeks: 1

Time: 18:00 - 21:00

Venue: Pennine Way CDC

Full fee: £18.00
Concessionary fee: £9.00
Staff fee: £15.30

Improvers Ceramics – Be Inspired by a Contemporary Potter (WHI24T095)

Arts and Crafts

Produce work that shows an inspiration from a contemporary potter.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Number of weeks: 5

Time: 16:30 - 18:30

Venue: Florence Art Centre (Egremont)

Full fee: £70.00
Concessionary fee: £40.00
Staff fee: £61.00

Improvers Ceramics – Be Inspired by Asian Ceramics (WHI24T088)

Arts and Crafts

Produce work inspired by Asian ceramics or reproduce a piece using the same process to experience how pottery evolved.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Wednesday, 30 April 2025

Number of weeks: 5

Time: 16:30 - 18:30

Venue: Florence Art Centre (Egremont)

Fully Booked

Intermediate Acrylic Painting (Year 1) (Summer) (CAR24T098)

Arts and Crafts

Learners will continue to experiment with different painting styles and techniques, but progress into painting more challenging topics. You will work in both contemporary and traditional styles becoming more confident in paint application, composition, and colour mixing.

Mode of attendance: In-person

Start date: Monday, 28 April 2025

Number of weeks: 10

Time: 18:30 - 20:30

Venue: Pennine Way CDC

Full fee: £120.00
Concessionary fee: £60.00
Staff fee: £102.00