Wedding at Farncombe Estate - Discover more at our Wedding Fayre 2011

We will be holding our first ever Wedding Fayre on 30 January 2011 at Foxhill Manor on the Farncombe Estate.

For more details please call 033 3456 8580 or email elliej@farncombeestate.co.uk

For request more details visit our website

Reflections of Venice in Watercolour - Painting Course with Paul Weaver

Venice continues to inspire thousands of artists with its magnificent architecture, canals and atmospheric light. For anyone considering a painting trip to this magical city this course will get your creative ideas flowing. Paul will guide you through his techniques for simplifying complex architecture, the colourful weathered walls, canals, reflections, bustling squares and narrow streets in a free, impressionistic style. All reference provided.
Aimed at intermediate level students.

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Last chance to book for Le Week-End Francais !

A weekend with a group of Francophiles, keen to discuss in French not only what is happening in France today, but also to explore the political, literary and artistic importance of the inter-war years,1918-1939, our focal point for this weekend. This will be introduced and developed by your tutor and visiting speaker.There is no set reading list,but you may find it helpful to have done some purely optional background reading before the course.Some suggestions will gladly be sent to you on request.

There will be an opportunity for you to tell us in a short presentation (max 5 mins) what interests you specially about this period,or more generally what French books, films etc you may have seen or read recently.

Course takes place with Celia Weber at Farncombe 20-22 May 2011 - enquire online or call 033 3456 8580.

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Laughter Workshop - Last chance to book !

Laughter is the music of the soul. During a laughter session, through a collection of exercises, you will experience a heightened sense of well being, feel relaxed, with a reduction in stress levels and experience an uplift of energy. Laughter boosts your immune system, and increases positivity & creativity. Most importantly, it reduces stress. You will leave the workshops feeling both relaxed and energized. You don't have to possess a sense of humour to attend, as the brain cannot differentiate between 'real' laughter and structured laughter. The effects on the body are just the same, as it releases the 'feel good' endorphins. You will take away simple techniques to use anytime. Laughter breaks down barriers and unleashes inhibitions, teaching you to be playful and reconnected with your sense of self.

Workshop takes place 9th April 2011 - enquire online or call 033 3456 8580.

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Valerie Oxley's Botanical Illustration course - Drawing and Painting Spring Flowers - Last chance to book !

A delightful course for people who would like to capture early spring flowers in pencil and watercolour paint. Each stage carefully explained and demonstrations will be followed up with individual tuition. Suitable for beginners as well as those with some experience who would like to improve and refresh their techniques. The course will include a session on colour theory and how to mix and match colours accurately to obtain a lifelike representation of the plant. Composition and placement of the plant on the page will be discussed. No previous experience of art or botany is required to enjoy this course.

Course takes place 15-17 April 2011 - enquire online or call 033 3456 8580.

Botanical Illustration - Drawing and Painting Spring Flowers at Farncombe Estate - Click here for further details

Castles of Britain: A Guide to Exploration and Interpretation

Beetling ramparts, mighty keeps, palatial halls - Britain's medieval castles are still among the most awe-inspiring structures in the land. But that's not the whole story - a castle was a home, a business, an expression of lordship and even a fashion accessory. This course aims to get under the skin of castles, by seeing them in the wider context of society, politics and the overall history of fortification. An excursion will be included, and scores of beautiful slides to convince you that here are come of mankind's greatest architectural achievements. We see how the focus gradually shifted from displays of military stregnth to an expression of economic mastery. The political evolutions from Norman to Tudor times explain this. It's all about rulers, and the way they present themselves to their subjects, castles are manifestos in stone, which can be read like a book.

Castles of Britain: A Guide to Exploration and Interpretation is a 3 night course tutored by Tim Porter at Farncombe 22-25 July 2011.

Enquire online or call 033 3456 8580.


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Farncombe tutor Debbie Siniska on Channel 4 TV with Kirstie Allsopp

Farncombe Estate tutor Debbie Siniska will be appearing on Kirstie Allsopp's Channel 4 television series, "Kirstie's Homemade Home".

Following numerous requests via Twitter, the TV production company were searching for a rag rug tutor and Debbie was approached to demonstrate the craft.

Filming took place in London and Debbie's home studio, and a rug commissioned by the programme will appear in her new book, "Rag Rugs, Old into New, the art of creative textile recycling" available from December 2010.

The new series of Kirstie's Homemade Home will be broadcast on Channel 4 from 2nd November 2010. Debbie and the rag-rug will be featured in the last episode of the series teaching Kirsty how to do "proggy".

For more details about Debbie visit Farncombe's website or to order her new book visit http://www.debbiesiniska.co.uk/