Upper Voice Chamber Choir
This 6 week course will be run as a socially-distanced singing group consisting of upper voices (sopranos, mezzos and altos of whatever gender). The repertoire will be mostly classical, including madrigals and part-songs, but the tutor will respond to suggestions from the group. Run purely for the joy of singing live together, it will be informal and fun, with no audition. However, because it is unaccompanied, and you will be able to hear yourself clearly, and numbers are limited to 12, it is suggested that students should be confident music readers and singers.This course will take place...
Urban and Rural Landscape Painting for Beginners
The course aims to provide a wide range of drawing and painting approaches towards landscapes for novices, intermediates and experts alike.
Painting a landscape setting, whether is rural, suburban or urban is a very rich experience enabling you to understand your surroundings better and building a deeper connection with your environment. It also improves your drawing skills very quickly.
We will work at local urban sites and landscapes around Richmond and London, if the weather allows. Thereby you will explore your environment through making location drawings and colour...
Volunteering - Your Role and Responsibilities as a Volunteer
This course is for those people who are looking to gain more confidence in their skills and competencies to move towards future paid employment or to contribute to their community whilst sharing a passion or expertise.
This course gives you an opportunity to dive deeper into the key aspects of volunteering.
Volunteering – Your Role and Responsibilities as a Volunteer
This course is for those people who are looking to gain more confidence in their skills and competencies to move towards future paid employment or to contribute to their community whilst sharing a passion or expertise.
This course gives you an opportunity to dive deeper into the key aspects of volunteering.
Walk and Discover West London
Join our course of 6 guided walks to see this fascinating part of our capital through new eyes.
This series of six walks will help you to discover more about six distinct, and also very distinctive, parts of west London. Each session will be led by expert, qualified guide who will provide information on a variety of different aspects of the districts covered, such as architecture, nature, famous residents, music, literature, popular entertainment, social history, scandals and much more.
All the walks begin at 11.00 am on a Saturday and are approximately two hours in duration...
Watercolour, Acrylic & Inks
This course will enable you to experiment with a variety of water-based mediums, exploring different approaches to both drawing and painting. Subjects and styles will be investigated to stimulate your ideas as well as discussions on artists whose work may relate to particular projects. You will be encouraged to develop a personal approach to making art that is both creative, informed and imaginative.
Watercolours & Drawing from Scratch
A course suited to the complete beginner in watercolour painting, introducing the basic techniques required in order to gain some confidence and mastery of the medium
Watercolours - Beginners & Intermediate
This course will guide you through a series of practical watercolour techniques and exercises to give you a good grounding in this versatile medium.
Watercolours - Beginners & Intermediate - Summer School
This course will guide you through a series of practical watercolour techniques and exercises to give you a good grounding in this versatile medium.
Wax Carving and Casting for Jewellery
Most jewellery casting today uses a variation on the lost wax method developed in ancient Egypt.
This Course will teach you how to model/carve and mould wax. The wax will then be cast into silver using the ‘Lost wax casting process’
During the day you will have a chance to cast silver using ‘Cuttlefish’ and ‘sand casting’. These cast elements could then be used on their own, or be used as an element on another piece of jewellery. (this can be discussed on day)
Ways into Creative Writing: Poems and Short Stories
This short 4-week course is an introduction to some of the important ingredients you need to create poems and short stories. We will explore where ideas come from and key tools and techniques that can help you write more effectively, such as structure, imagery and sound.
Each week you will be given writing exercises (sharing the results can be rewarding but it will always be optional!). You will also be encouraged to read other writers and poets to see how they do it.
* In Week 1 we will consider the power of poems and short stories and what they mean to us. We will also...
Ways Into Creative Writing: Short Stories
In this short course you will learn how to turn on your creative brain and find ideas for stories, to evaluate and develop them. You?ll discover structuring techniques, look at voice, language and use of setting. By the end you will have planned a story and started to write it.
Web Design - Level 2 Certificate in Digital Skills OCNLR
This is a hands-on, project-based course that will give you confidence with web design and web development while gaining employability skills. The course is suitable for those interested in working in web design, either full-time or as an additional source of income. The course has also been successfully completed by managers who work with, and need to communicate, with web designers.
The course consists of four interconnected modules which lead you through the process of building a series of websites of increasing complexity, the final one being a responsive website which is data...
Web Design Intermediate - Wordpress
This second course in the WordPress series focuses on turning a blog into a fully fledged website. This course will help you create a cost effective website for business or personal use. No existing web design knowledge is required.
WordPress is the most popular blogging system in use on the Web, powering over 60 million websites worldwide. A "website in a box", it can be customised for almost any purpose through a wide variety of plugins and templates to create e-commerce sites, online galleries and much more.
WordPress is "open source" software, which means it is...
Woodwork - Beginners/Improvers
This course will give students a thorough grounding in the practice and theory of woodwork, the emphasis being largely on practical work. The correct application and use of hand and power tools is covered in detail and students will be encouraged to design and make an original piece of work.
Woodwork - Design & Make Wooden Furniture
This course will equip you with the skills and knowledge to design and make original items of furniture. You will be given demonstrations on woodworking techniques and guidance on your own unique project.
Woodwork - Intermediate / Advanced
This woodwork course is for you if you are a more experienced and confident student, to help you develop your own projects in class.
Work in Adult Social Care (Introduction)
This two day course is suitable for those who are undecided about a career in Adult Care and want to find out more about the work and what is involved in caring for adults either in residential or domiciliary care.
Working with Others
Write a Flash Fiction Story in One Day
Very short fiction has come into its own in the age of the internet. Flash fiction is a wonderful art form, as well as being many writers? first foray into publication.
You will explore how to find ideas, to build a picture and create the all-important ending for your own mini-story. By the end of the day you will have written the first draft of a 500 word story.
Write a Sketch in One Day
You dont need an Oxbridge degree to write comedy. This course is suitable for anyone who has an itch to write comedy - those with no experience of comedy writing and those who want to reengage their skills. It will also appeal to creative writers who want to expand their range into humour or writing scripts.
In this one-day course you will learn some vital techniques:
mind mapping ideas;
turning the raw material into comedy nuggets;
and structuring it into a three-minute piece.
On the way you will study some classic clips. By the end of the day you will have...
Writing from Life
Do you have a story to tell? Do you want to explore your own personal narrative? Perhaps you want to narrate your own life experiences, record family history or explore self awareness through writing.
Writing Magazine Articles and Blogs
You will get direction for your freelance writing. You will learn the basics of freelance writing to enable you to begin planning, researching, writing and pitching articles to Editors at magazines and newspapers.
Yoga
You will learn basic steps leading to classical yoga postures. You can expect to enhance your flexibility, co-ordination and strength. You will improve your breathing through breath awareness and will learn relaxation techniques to promote and encourage inner harmony.
Yoga for Mindfulness
A gentle Yoga course, to help stretch the body, improve the breathing and still the mind. It will aid stress relief and relaxation.