Not sure what to do with the leftover bottles?? Join us and learn the beautiful art of dotting mandalas and give your bottles and the plates a new look again.
In this workshop, we will be doing dot mandalas on bottles or paper You will be learning how to work on a curved or flat base and also methods of layering and sealing the dots.
Materials Required:
1. Clean glass bottle (preferably dark colored blue, brown or green) or Canvas/MDF primed with black acrylic paint
2. Acrylic colors, light, and bright shades. Like white, yellow, leaf green, red, orange, red, light blue.
3. Dot art tools, or if not available earbuds, pencil, toothpicks, round brush ends, etc will work also.
4. Rag cloth, water, safety pin
Artist : Subojit Saha from Bottles n Brushes.
Benefits are as follows:
– Relaxes
– Controls emotions
– Helps in hand-eye co-ordination
– Reduces stress and lowers anxiety
– Uplifts your soul
– Connects to the inner you and helps understand the physical and mental needs
– Stimulates the creative thought flow
– Assists in decision making and helps problem-solving
Please note that the aim of the workshop is not to complete the bottle/artwork within 2 hours but to help you understand mandala as an art form, different techniques and equip you to complete your artwork in your own time.
Day & Date: Saturday, 31st October
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 800 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
About Bloom and Grow:
Bloom & Grow facilitates artist-led virtual and offline workshops for individuals and for corporates across the world.
Have you ever thought what could a negative space do?
Someone has truly said, “Make an empty space in any corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it”.
That’s what we do here in negative painting.
We let the SURROUNDING shine brighter than the object, we let the NEGATIVE space come forward than the positive space.
Because negative space is Magical! This workshop will guide you in creating your first negative space art and open your minds to view paintings differently.
What are the basic materials required for the workshop?
No prior experience/ artistic experience required!
What will you learn:
Basic knowledge about negative painting, different techniques
Applying base colors & some rough sketching
Special Brush strokes
Concept of layering & shadowing
A beautiful negative painting composition of your own
About the Artist:
Arti is an engineer, a researcher and an artist. In the last 5 years having closely worked with the rural community and health system she feels that each one of us has a special expression of their own inner power. She does photo caricatures, sketch monuments, do watercolors, dutch pour paintings, acrylics and much more. She runs www.bulletraniart.com.
Age: Adults and Children above 8 years
Day & Date: Saturday, 24th October
Timings: 5pm to 7pm (IST)
Venue: Online Session on Zoom
Fee: Rs 700 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Click the Registration button above to register
About Bloom and Grow:
Bloom & Grow facilitates artist-led virtual and offline workshops for individuals and for corporates across the world.
Introduction to Millets workshop:
The course includes introduction to millets in Indian foods, importance of using millets in diet, cooking millets in innovative and tasty ways .Millets are traditional grains which are used very sparingly these days. Millets are highly rich in proteins ,fibre and minerals and are least allergenic , soothing and easy to digest. Research shows incorporating Millets in you diet help managing a number of diseases .
Learn how to make easy dishes and incorporate millets in your daily diet.
1. Finger millet rainbow Buddha bowl
2. Pearl millet Greek salad
3. Kodo millet Coconut rice
4. Little millet Saffron phirni .
About the Trainer:
Shefali is a Holistic health coach, nature cure specialist, food and wellness blogger through her Instagram handle @hoppingontoes. She conducts easy, healthy and raw food workshops.
Day & Date: Saturday, 3rd October
Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 600 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Stepping Into Your Power – Three Days Online Session with Divya Jain
Stepping into your Power is a unique program aimed at self-discovery, designed specially for women. What does healthy personal power feel like?
At some point in our lives we have all felt powerless in the face of circumstances or other people.
Do I have permission to be powerful?
Through this program empower yourself to live the life that feels right for you – acknowledging your needs and desires without self-doubt or guilt, making choices without conforming to the expectations of others. Because YOU are worth it!
About the trainer:
Divya Jain is a healer and a transformational coach. She truly believes in the inside out approach for personal growth. Divya brings a unique perspective on communication, interpersonal relationships and group dynamics through her long and varied experiences in theater, the corporate world and in her own spiritual pursuits. She finds great joy and deep fulfilment in being a guide and fellow traveler on journeys of self-discovery. She is a trained counselor and is certified in NLP at the Masters level. She has also trained in Inner child healing, rebirthing breathwork and energy healing under various teachers.
Date: 4th,11th & 18th July (3 Saturday continuous session, cannot be taken independently as one session)
Day: Saturdays
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 2000 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
For Registration & more details contact +919448481580
Madhubani Painting Masterclass – Two day online workshop
Learn Madhubani paintings in the traditional authentic form with Master artist, Vidushini Prasad in a 2-day online class.
About Madhubani: Madhubani Painting originated from Madhubani district of Mithila region of Bihar. The paintings are drawn in accordance with a fixed theme and accordingly, symbols, lines, patterns are drawn. These paintings mostly depict nature and religious motifs and the themes generally depict deities, nature, fishes, peacock etc. Natural objects like the sun, the moon, and the religious plants like tulsi are also widely painted. The paintings can be done on handmade paper, canvas, dupattas, stoles etc.
About the workshop: Get introduced to the Madhubani art form and learn various styles of this folk art- Bharani and Kachani styles. Learn about its story, grammar, colors, motifs, and special characteristics. We will be learning Madhubani patterns and then make an art form in the workshop. Madhubani paintings are preferably made on handmade paper. However, you may use a thick drawing sheet for this workshop. Keep acrylic colors and brushes handy and you are good to start your journey with Madhubani. You will be given design options to choose from.
Materials needed –
Acrylic colours
Paint brushes no 2 & 3
Thick paper
Pencil, Eraser, Ruler
Carbon paper
Palette, Cloth & Water Container.
Any Black Pen ( Waterproof)
About the Trainer:
Vidushini Prasad is a Bengaluru-based Madhubani (Mithila) artist whose roots are in Bihar, the state where Madhubani paintings originated. She has been teaching the art for several years and is an empaneled artist of Ministry of Textile, Govt. of India.
Vidushini’s work has been exhibited at several Art Galleries including Renaissance Art Gallery (Bangalore), David Hall Art Gallery, Fort Kochi, Eka Lifestyle, Bangalore, Genesis Art Gallerie.
Some of Vidushini’s exclusive work are also available on Novica, a National Geographic partner site, which connects Artisans to a global marketplace of socially conscious customers. Print version of some of her work in form of various products are also available on FineArtAmerica, a platform that has revolutionized the way that artwork is bought and sold around the world.
Vidushini Prasad has authored a book on Madhubani Art which is a ready reference of art forms and how they are done, sold, exported and marketed abroad. Her painting ‘A Celebration of Life’ was chosen as the theme image for the Lok Sangeet Sammelan, organised by India Habitat Center in August 2015
Date: 4th and 5th July, 2020
Day: Saturday and Sunday
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 1300 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Venue: Online session on zoom
VALENTINE MINI ALBUM AND CARD MAKING – Beginners workshop in Bangalore
Gift your loved one the joy of handmade this Valentines.
A hands on workshop where you will learn best techniques of paper crafting to create mini album & a handmade card. A workshop designed for beginners, you can use the album to stick your precious pictures and make a keepsake for a lifetime.
ALBUM SIZE- 5.5” by 6” inches
CARD SIZE- 5” by 6” inches
TECHNIQUES COVERED
– How to take measurements
– How to embellish your projects
– How to arrange magnets for closures
– How to set papers according to colour combinations
– How to use glitters in different ways
– How to do stamping
– How to make flaps
– How to do distressing
And many more techniques
Date: 14th February, 2020
Days: Friday
Time: 11 am to 2 pm
Fee: Rs 3000 per person (includes all materials)
Booking fee: Rs 500 per person (Balance amount of Rs 2500 to be paid at venue)
Venue: Bloom and Grow, Koramangala
Note: Participants need to register by paying the booking amount and balance at the venue. Alternatively, you can pay full fees online. Please note DO NOT pay both booking fees and full fees.
Oil Portrait Painting Workshop for Beginners in Bangalore
Join us in this workshop to paint a portrait using oil colors. Participants will learn how to start from a photograph and paint it using oil colors and also improve upon their overall approach to painting portraits with an emphasis on rich, harmonious color.
What will you learn?
• Key aspects of portraiture.
• Understanding and idealization of facial features.
• Fundamentals of oil painting.
• Learn the steps to handle oil paints.
• Principles of color, composition, and perspective.
• Techniques of creating special color effects using oil paints.
This is a very systematic course aimed at beginners and intermediates who love to use colors.
Date: 22nd March, 2020
Day: Sunday
Time: 1:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Fees: Rs 1700 (Inclusive of all materials)
Booking Fee: Rs 500 (Balance amount of Rs 1200 to be paid at venue)
Venue: Bloom and Grow, Koramangala
Note: Participants need to bring one black and white print out and one colour print out of A4 size of the portrait you would like to make.
Would it not be wonderful to create a fragrant atmosphere in your environs… … and what if this emanates from a lovely hand-crafted piece that epitomizes your creativity and fondness for all things beautiful. These aroma diffusers are incorporated with natural essential oils and create a heavenly environment around us.,
In this “fragrant” class you will learn to make 5 diffusers. You will learn to use moulds , add texture & colors to the diffusers and embellish them too. Finally we discuss the therapeutic uses of the essential oils & how to infuse the aroma stones with the oil.
You can hang these in the room, car, closet and washrooms. Combat bad odours, appreciate the pleasant fragrance, which also have a calming effect on your mind & soul.
Instructor: Tanvi Shah
Take away: 5 ceramic diffusers made by you.
Date: 21st March, 2020
Day: Saturday
Time: 2 pm to 6 pm
Fee: Rs 1800 (Inclusive of materials for the workshop)
Booking Fee: Rs 500 per person (Balance of Rs 1300 to be paid at venue)
Venue: Bloom and Grow, Koramangala.
Note: Participants need to register by paying the booking amount and balance at the venue. Alternatively, you can pay full fees online. Please note DO NOT pay both booking fees and full fees.
Decoupaged Bottle Lamp Making – Online Live Workshop
In this project you will learn:
– How to make hole in the glass bottle.
– Decorating our glass bottle with decoupage technique.
– Learning basic steps to do wiring of lampshade.
– Fixing the bulb holder to the mouth of bottle.
– Finishing our final product with lampshade.
– Learn all the basic of drilling, electrical work, crafting in one workshop.
Materials required
For Decoupage –
– 1 empty bottle primed either with gesso or white acrylic paint
– Brushes
– Paint
– Decoupage glue
– Decoupage tissues
For Lamp –
– Two core wire
– Plug
– Bulb holder
– Screwdriver
– Glue
For Drilling –
– Basic drilling machine
– Glass drilling bit..8 mm
– Safety tools
– Safety gear goggle & gloves
– Water
*Lamp Shade can be put later and are easily available on amazon. In case a participant is unable to complete the entire process or wishes to see and do it later, the recorded video will be available for later view.
Day & Date: Sunday 14th June Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (IST) Fees: Rs 600 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges) Venue: Online classes on Zoom
Imprinting and pattern making workshop in Bangalore
What’s a better way to be able to imprint your own designs on Tee shirts, Tote Bags, Bed linens, Sarees, Scarfs, Gift wraps, envelops etc.?
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP :
The process of Imprinting is extremely fun and creative and is suitable for anyone who is ready to dip in a fun and engaging process of Stamp making. Once you learn the basics of Print Making you’ll be able to design literally anything on any surface!
Whether you are looking to sell your own prints online or want to learn a new hobby or looking for anything that will have you hooked! Join us!
This workshops takes you an interesting journey of design development, colour theory and techniques of imprinting in various mediums.
WORKSHOP CONTENT :
The workshop starts with
1. Introduction to Design and Pattern development – Various styles in Stamp making
2. Live demonstration of various techniques in Stamp making using various materials.
3. Be the creator! Design the stamps – Choosing the right amount of detailing and styling.
4. Tool selection and stamping process assisted by us
5. Selection of the required Colors and colour scheme for your design.
6. Imprinting on papers and Fabrics provided
The attendees have the right to choose between Imprinting on any one Paper (Packaging paper or Envelopes) and Fabric (Tote Bags or Scarfs) . You can bring your own Fabrics ( T-shirts, Napkins, Pillow covers etc.)
You really don’t need to be a pro at designing. The workshop is suitable for all ages as long as you are ready to get your creative juices out! All Materials will be provided. In the end you will have a designed Tote bag or a Scarf alongside Printed Papers as takeaways alongside some crazy memories!
Date : 14th December, 2019
Day : Saturday
Time : 2.30 pm to 6.30 pm
Fee : Rs 2000 per person (Including all Materials)
Booking Fee : Rs 500 per person (Balance amount of Rs 1500 to be paid at the Venue)
Venue : Bloom and Grow, Koramangala
For any queries feel free to contact Ria : +919021345600 / Ajinkya : +919922258173
Note: Participants need to register by paying the booking amount and balance at the venue. Alternatively, you can pay full fees online. Please note DO NOT pay both booking fees and full fees.
A practical sneak-peak into the elements of formal Hindustani Classical training for beginner-level singers.
For Whom:
Is Hindustani classical vocal training right for me? What does it involve?
What IS a raaga? How does one identify the raaga of a song/piece?
Would an understanding of the structure and technicalities of a Hindustani classical vocal performance help me appreciate it more?
What are gharanas?
If you have found yourself asking any of these questions, then this workshop has answers for you.
What: We will cover the above questions and more. We will start with the basic logic of the raga system, and go on to the various technicalities of Hindustani classical vocal performances. The workshop will be a balance of basic theory, demonstrations by the facilitator, and practice by the participants.
By Whom: Ranitendranath Tagore, aka Ranit, is a vocal artist proficient in various genres ranging from Hindustani Classical to popular cinematic music. His interest goes beyond the boundaries of language – he has performed in Bengali, Hindi, English, Marathi, and Tamil. In his earlier years, he has trained intensively under the tutelage of Sri Rama pada Nandi who was a disciple of many illustrious teachers including Sri Krishna Chandra Dey, who was himself mentor to artists like S D Burman and Manna Dey.
Ranit has performed solo on television and continues to perform formally and informally at invited events. He conducts music classes and workshops for singing enthusiasts looking to improve, explore different genres or just have a good time singing.
When: The class will be held every Saturday (2 pm to 3 pm)
Interested? Do you want to know more? Please call 6361348397 and speak to Ranit
“I Paint Self-Portraits Because I Am So Often Alone, Because I Am The Person I Know Best.” Frida Kahlo!
Frida Kahlo De Rivera Was A Mexican Painter, Who Mostly Painted Self-Portraits. Inspired By Mexican Pop Culture, Participants Attending This Workshop May Decide To Paint A Self Portrait Or The Legend Herself As We Let Your Creative Interpretation Take Over.
Paint it Like FRIDA, is a workshop to pay homage to the greatest female artist of twentieth century, explore her fascinating life and take some inspiration from her works. You will be guided by Ruchi Bagrecha to create a Frida inspired self-portrait painting that tells a story of who you are.
Participants will be asked to think about symbolism that might reflect particular personal experiences or traits, loved ones, fears and dreams.
Participants will make a Self portrait painting on canvas using Acrylic paints, Brushes and knives.
You can choose from Frida Kahlo’s reference paintings to make a masterpiece of your own.
Ironing and Decoupage on Box – Beginner workshop in Chennai, Velachery
Learn unique, amazing and easy and wrinkle-free decoupage techniques in this fun hands-on workshop. This is ideal for both kids and adults and no prior knowledge is required. You will be working on a 5*5 inches MDF box
Techniques you will learn
Preparing a MDF base
Tissue handling and usage (You will be given different tissue designs to choose your design from)
Two different techniques of decoupage with tissue, which can be applied to various types of base
Blending the tissue
Stenciling to add that extra edge
Sanding for a smooth finish
Sealing the product
Tips and tricks involved to use different mediums and varnish to protect your product
All materials will be provided
Take Away: You will be taking the product made by you
Date: 21 July 2019
Day: Sunday
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Fee: Rs 1500
Booking Fee: Rs 500 (Balance amount of Rs 1000 to be paid at venue)
Venue: Pepperfry Studio, Phoenix Market City, Velachery
Dot Mandala Art – Online Live Workshop with Nithya
Join us and learn the beautiful art of dotting mandalas. You will be learning how to work on a curved or flat base and also methods of layering and sealing the dots.
Benefits are as follows:
– Relaxes
– Controls emotions
– Helps in hand-eye co-ordination
– Reduces stress and lowers anxiety
– Uplifts your soul
– Connects to the inner you and helps understand the physical and mental needs
– Stimulates the creative thought flow
– Assists in decision making and helps problem-solving
Materials required:
– Plate/ Canvas/ Bottle/ Coasters/ or any other surface that you wish to work on
– Acrylic Paints
– Black paint/ Chalk powder (Preferred)
– Dotting tools (alternatives: wooden dowels, toothpick, earbuds, paint brush)
– Tissue Papers
– Pallet
** Priming the surface on which art work has to be done before the workshop is recommended. Priming may be done with black chalk paint preferably but not mandatory.
Day & Date: Saturday, 20th June
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 500 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
