Lifford Hall
Classical Alla Prima Portraits – The John Singer Sargent Approach with Peter Keegan
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomA 2 day portraiture oils workshop with professional artist & tutor Peter Keegan. Working from photographs and inspired by the painterly approach to oil portrait painting used by great artists such as John Singer Sargent who famously painted ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose in Broadway, Peter will guide and demonstrate the artistic principles and practices used [...]
The Great Broadway Paint-Off 2024
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomYour chance to draw or paint our beautiful Cotswolds village for the day and be in with a chance of winning great prizes along with other artists from across the UK! This is a very popular event that attracts both professional and amateur artists. We have a prize pot of over £1,000 this year and [...]
2 Day Watercolour Masterclass with Hazel Soan: Figures & Flowers
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomThis 2 day masterclass explores watercolour’s wet into wet blending technique with renowned artist Hazel Soan. The workshop is geared to an intermediary level of skill but both an adventurous beginner and a seasoned professional would doubtless enjoy the experience as watercolour reveals its wonders! We will use two different subjects, figures and flowers, both [...]
Intro to Lino Block Printing – Linen Cushion Workshop with Albert Harvey
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomOn this day course you will work with Albert Harvey, a print maker and textile designer from Oxfordshire, to firstly design your very own bespoke Lino print block, carve it and then use it to print your linen cushion fabric. Albert will then take away the resulting fabric to make it into an expertly finished [...]
Swing Jive & Lindy Hop Beginners’ Dance Workshop: All About Swing
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomThis dance workshop is aimed at complete beginners or anyone wanting to refresh their fundamental skills of Lindy Hop. Lindy Hop is a partner dance with its roots in the swing jazz of the 30s and 40s. With an infectious feel it gets your feet moving, your heart pumping and your smile beaming! The workshop [...]
Silver Spinner Ring Jewellery Workshop with Karen Lockton
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomYour chance to make your very own bespoke silver spinner ring with Karen Lockton of KFL Design. You will learn to shape and texture the silver and solder. There will be the opportunity to create texture and to learn some basic jewellery making skills and how to finish and polish your ring for a sparkling [...]
Teen Acrylics Workshop – collage, colour & rhythm
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomA relaxed teen acrylics workshop aimed at 12-17 year olds. Lots of creative fun as a group, learning how to use acrylic paint. You will be making an abstract acrylic painting on board and learning about how to use a limited palette, texture, colour and shape to compose and express ideas and to create tone and [...]
Children’s Undersea Paper Lantern Workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomCome and transform a simple paper lantern into an amazing sea creature! Choose from an octopus, angel fish, shark, dolphin or jellyfish and use colourful paints and collage materials to bring your creature to life. A small battery powered light will also be supplied to light up your sea creature at night, making it a [...]
Children’s Summer Meadow Painting Workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomCreate a beautiful, colourful summer meadow painting using a range of techniques such as sponging, layering, blending, collage and paint splatting. Learn how to carefully build up colours and textures in sequence with expert guidance from two professional artists, Beth and Georgina from Artbase, to create an amazing Impressionist inspired masterpiece to take home. This [...]
Children’s Undersea Paper Lantern Workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomCome and transform a simple paper lantern into an amazing sea creature! Choose from an octopus, angel fish, shark, dolphin or jellyfish and use colourful paints and collage materials to bring your creature to life. A small battery powered light will also be supplied to light up your sea creature at night, making it a [...]
Children’s Summer Meadow Painting Workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomCreate a beautiful, colourful summer meadow painting using a range of techniques such as sponging, layering, blending, collage and paint splatting. Learn how to carefully build up colours and textures in sequence with expert guidance from two professional artists, Beth and Georgina from Artbase, to create an amazing Impressionist inspired masterpiece to take home. This [...]
Children’s Undersea Paper Lantern Workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomCome and transform a simple paper lantern into an amazing sea creature! Choose from an octopus, angel fish, shark, dolphin or jellyfish and use colourful paints and collage materials to bring your creature to life. A small battery powered light will also be supplied to light up your sea creature at night, making it a [...]
Children’s Summer Meadow Painting Workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomCreate a beautiful, colourful summer meadow painting using a range of techniques such as sponging, layering, blending, collage and paint splatting. Learn how to carefully build up colours and textures in sequence with expert guidance from two professional artists, Beth and Georgina from Artbase, to create an amazing Impressionist inspired masterpiece to take home. This [...]
Children’s Undersea Paper Lantern Workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomCome and transform a simple paper lantern into an amazing sea creature! Choose from an octopus, angel fish, shark, dolphin or jellyfish and use colourful paints and collage materials to bring your creature to life. A small battery powered light will also be supplied to light up your sea creature at night, making it a [...]
Children’s Summer Meadow Painting Workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomCreate a beautiful, colourful summer meadow painting using a range of techniques such as sponging, layering, blending, collage and paint splatting. Learn how to carefully build up colours and textures in sequence with expert guidance from two professional artists, Beth and Georgina from Artbase, to create an amazing Impressionist inspired masterpiece to take home. This [...]
Life Drawing in Sanguine with Nick Logan
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomWorking from a live model, festival Artist in Residence Nick Logan will guide you through a conceptual and simple six step process for depicting the human body. Only know one approach to drawing? Do you want to learn new techniques and concepts to sharpen and hone your visual skills? Then this workshop is ideal for [...]
Portrait Drawing in Sanguine with Nick Logan
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomAre you inspired by Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year? Fancy learning how to do this yourself? Then join our Artist in Residence Nick Logan for this full day portrait workshop! You’ll be working from a live model as Nick shows you a simple method for depicting the face. There will be an emphasis [...]
“Loving Vincent” Film Screening
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomWe are pleased to announce that we are teaming up with the Broadway Cinema Club to bring you the award-winning film “Loving Vincent” on the evening of Thursday 15th June (Cert 12). Released in 2017 Loving Vincent is an experimental animated biographical drama about the life of the painter Vincent van Gogh, and in particular [...]
Kids’ ‘Sculpt your own Pet’ Workshop with Ros Ingram
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomAn after-school ceramics workshop for kids (age 6+) to sculpt their own pet in clay, with award-winning ceramicist Ros Ingram.There will be an option to pay separately for kids' finished pets to be fired at a small extra fee. All abilities welcome. Please bring an apron! This event will take place in The Lifford [...]
Designer Lampshade Workshop with Alison Bick
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomAt the end of this workshop you will take home your very own 40cm lampshade with fabric printed with Alison Bick designs and illustrations. Alison will guide you through the lampshade-making process, and show you her tips and tricks on how to get a professional finish. Suitable for any creative skill level! Alison is a [...]
Guinea Fowl Clay Sculpture workshop with Ros Ingram
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomBack by popular demand after the sell-out fox & owl workshops in 2021. Create a unique guinea fowl sculpture with award-winning ceramicist Ros Ingram - to start or add to your collection! All abilities welcome. Please bring an apron. This event will be taking place in the Lifford Hall in the centre of Broadway. All [...]
Sausage Dog Clay Sculpture workshop with Ros Ingram
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomBack by popular demand after the sell-out fox & owl workshops in 2021. Create a unique sausage dog sculpture with award-winning ceramicist Ros Ingram - to start or add to your collection! All abilities welcome. Please bring an apron. This event will be taking place in the Lifford Hall in the centre of Broadway. All [...]
Enamel Jewellery making workshop with Jane Moore
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomLearn all about enamelling onto silver and produce a prepared silver and enamelled pendant to a finish good enough to wear. The technique you will learn is called Champleve, where silver is removed by acid etching to create a recess for the transparent enamel. Jane has taught for many years from beginners to advanced since 1974. In [...]
Loose Landscapes in Acrylics with Paul Talbot-Greaves
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomDuring this 1 day workshop you will be encouraged to focus on the core principles of painting to free up your acrylics and you will learn techniques for painting loosely in layers. The day will begin with a discussion about the materials followed by some exercises and a demonstration painting highlighting the process. Paul has been [...]
Copper Cuff Jewellery Workshop with Karen Lockton
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomYour chance to make your very own bespoke copper cuff with Karen Lockton of KFL Design. You will learn to shape and texture the copper and the art of fold forming. There will be the opportunity to create texture and to learn some basic jewellery making skills and how to finish and polish your cuff [...]
Pastel Seascapes Workshop with Gareth Jones
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomSpend a day mastering pastel seascapes! Gareth will demonstrate and guide students in creating a convincing and dynamic depiction of the sea in soft pastels. Suitable for beginners and experienced artists alike, reference will be provided. Gareth is an internationally acclaimed pastel artist and winner of several prestigious awards. He is a Signature Member of [...]
Papercut Flora and Fauna Workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomPaper cutting is a subtractive drawing process, using a craft knife to create negative space, allowing the remaining paper to appear as dynamic lines and shapes. The process of paper cutting is deeply therapeutic and relaxing. Removing shapes to reveal a design takes you into an almost meditative state that sharpens focus and calms the [...]
Collage Seascapes Workshop with Susan Watt
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomSusan Watt is a local artist who ‘paints with paper’. In this fun workshop you will be guided through the process of creating a unique seascape using only recycled magazines and PVA glue! You will learn about composition, colour and how to create depth and texture in your work. If you’d like to see examples [...]
Papercut Flora and Fauna Workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomPaper cutting is a subtractive drawing process, using a craft knife to create negative space, allowing the remaining paper to appear as dynamic lines and shapes. The process of paper cutting is deeply therapeutic and relaxing. Removing shapes to reveal a design takes you into an almost meditative state that sharpens focus and calms the [...]
Portrait Painting in Oils: Demonstration by Haidee-Jo Summers ROI RSMA
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomWatch contemporary impressionist artist Haidee-Jo Summers ROI RSMA, paint a complete portrait from start to finish from a live model. Haidee-Jo strives for simplicity and economy in her work, and she will show you how she makes every mark count. Richard Cornwall was the winner of 'Best Beard in Broadway' and will be Haidee-Jo's model [...]
‘Car Design: Art and Engineering’ by Carsten Astheimer
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomDesign is the process where an idea comes to life, especially in car design; a mix of art and engineering, the result of a multi-disciplinary team often including tens of thousands of people. Although technology has changed dramatically, the art of creating a beautiful car has hardly changed at all. This illustrated talk by car [...]
Velázquez in the Making: Daniel Sobrino Ralston & Richard Ormond
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomThe great Spanish artist Diego Velázquez was a painter of extraordinary ability. He achieved widespread renown, however, during the nineteenth century. Daniel Sobrino Ralston, Acting Associate Curator of Paintings 1600-1800 at the National Gallery, explores how Velázquez striking and newly stylish works were interpreted by connoisseurs, emulated by copyists and – occasionally – knocked off by charlatans. Arts [...]
Oil Painting Demonstration – Sparkling Seas by Jenny Aitken
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomAward winning artist Jenny Aitken has spent most of her career studying contre-jour light. She is a regular writer for the Artist magazine, and in the process of writing a book on the subject. For this demonstration, she will complete a full painting focused on sparkling coastal light. She loves to share her process and [...]
Wire Bird Sculpture Demonstration by Rachel Higgins
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomWatch renowned local artist Rachel Higgins as she uses a variety of metalwork techniques – wirework, soldering, hammering and riveting – to create a beautiful intricate 3D metal bird. A member of the Gallery at the Guild, Chipping Campden, she will also be exhibiting in the marquee at artBEAT and running 2 dragonfly wire sculpture [...]
Modern Calligraphy Workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomChoose your favourite quote, saying or a personal message to bring along and then learn the art of modern Calligraphy to create your very own bespoke Calligraphy poster, greetings card or bookmark. It doesn’t matter what your handwriting is like, modern Calligraphy is built up from very simple strokes which are easy to learn with [...]
Learn to draw your dog workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomIn a relaxed and supportive environment you will learn how to work with charcoal and chalk to create a finished head and shoulder portrait of your dog, (or a dog breed of your choice). The workshop begins with lots of warm up exercises so you are nicely prepared, and confident enough to settle into your [...]
Rosa & Roberto – an evening of Spanish flair & virtuosity
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomAn evening of Spanish flair with a hot Latin flavour including music by Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos and Sergio Assad. Two musicians on four instruments: Rosa Campos-Fernandez: clarinets Roberto Carillo-Garcia: guitar & double bass Both esteemed members of the Hallé Orchestra, Roberto and Rosa’s infectious enthusiasm and virtuosic playing make for the perfect evening concert. This event [...]
Design & make a silver pendant workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomThis is an opportunity for those who are either novices or have some basic to medium silversmithing skills, to learn a variety of techniques under the careful tutorage of Karen Lockton and her colleague, Dawn. You will learn to solder, hand forge, anneal, finish and polish a solid sterling silver pendant. Karen and her daughter, [...]
Life Drawing for the Slightly Nervous! Workshop with Simon Fry
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomThe session is directed at keen artists willing to have a go at one of the most exciting and rewarding subjects in art. Drawing from the life-model might seem daunting but let me put your mind at rest; if you haven’t tried it before I’m sure you will find it so enjoyable you’ll wonder what [...]
Philip Mould “Hidden Strokes: Revelations of the Art World” Talk
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomA talk from Philip Mould from the BBC's "Fake or Fortune?" Philip has spent a career searching for lost paintings, many of them historical portraits but also other genres. He has written two books on the subject and co-presents the award winning BBC1 TV programme "Fake or Fortune?" In this talk he will show how [...]
Dry Point printing workshop with Frans Wesselman
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomJoin Frans Wesselman, a member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers for this half day workshop focusing on dry point printing. This workshop will suit all levels from beginners to more experienced printers as this is a chance to learn from a real , (Dutch) master of this printing artform. The process involves incising (or [...]
Glass Fusing Workshop with Jill Bagnall
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomCreate a fabulous and unique free-standing serpentine wave form in fused glass; finished size is approximately 16cms tall by 38cms long by 5cms deep. This is a substantial piece of artwork! Gorgeous in your home; create a design to catch the light. Or make the perfect handmade gift for a special occasion. Jill Bagnall, [...]
Stitched Landscape – Textiles Workshop with Ruth Parkinson-Johns
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomRuth Parkinson-Johns is a local Textile artist and tutor who takes inspiration from her surroundings, the landscapes, wild flowers and the ever changing weather. On this workshop you’ll get the opportunity to experiment in creating your own piece of textile art - an abstract landscape using innovative techniques. You’ll colour and manipulate different materials to [...]
Arts & Crafts Gardens: Ursula Buchan & Marion Mako in conversation
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomArts and Crafts Gardens: Ursula Buchan & Marion Mako in conversation How and why they developed and where to see them. This talk will take the form of a dialogue between Ursula Buchan, garden and social historian, and Marion Mako, garden historian and garden designer, accompanied by images of some Arts and Crafts gardens and [...]
Going Wild with Watercolour (Animals & Wildlife) – Workshop with Jake Winkle
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomPaint bold loose watercolours with "The Artist" magazine's Jake Winkle painting two animal pictures closely supervised by the tutor. Tracing options will be available for those who prefer not to sketch freehand. Back by popular demand after his demonstration at the 2018 festival, this workshop will take place at the Lifford Hall in Broadway. Suitable [...]
Design & make a silver ring workshop
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomThis is an opportunity for those who are either novices or have some basic to medium silversmithing skills, to learn a variety of techniques under the careful tutorage of Karen Lockton and her daughter, Francesca. You will learn to solder, hand forge, anneal, finish and polish a silver ring. Karen and Francesca run a successful [...]
Watercolour with Impact – 1 Day workshop with Brian Smith RI
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomJoin renowned Watercolour artist Brian Smith RI to explore and develop skills taking your work to the next level. Composition, tonal level, focus, narrative warm and cool. Options are endless, be stretched. Work in quick small 15 minute exercises through to the larger challenge. Collective shape creates a cohesive work draw the viewer in, remember [...]
Kids Clay Bear Sculpture workshop with Ros Ingram
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomA weekend ceramics workshop for kids (6+) to create their own unique clay bear sculpture with award-winning ceramicist Ros Ingram. All abilities welcome - Please bring an apron! This event will take place in The Lifford Hall. Tickets £10 15 Places Tickets go on sale to the general public through the [...]
Clay Owl Sculpture workshop with Ros Ingram
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomBack by popular demand after the sell-out hare & hens workshops in 2018! Create a unique clay owl sculpture with award-winning ceramicist Ros Ingram. All abilities welcome - Please bring an apron! Tickets £35 10 Places Tickets go on sale to the general public through the website at 10am on Friday April 9th 2021 and [...]
Clay Fox Sculpture workshop with Ros Ingram
Lifford Hall Lower Green, Broadway, United KingdomBack by popular demand after the sell-out hare & hens workshops in 2018! Create a unique clay fox sculpture with award-winning ceramicist Ros Ingram. All abilities welcome - Please bring an apron! Tickets £35 10 Places Tickets go on sale to the general public through the website at 10am on Friday 9th April and to [...]
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