Mindfulness and self-expression through art
– Free kids workshop with Divya Jain by Bloom and grow.
Includes –
– Fun activities – riddles/emojis
– Short meditation
– Drawing/journaling
– Simple affirmations
Materials: Paper, pen/pencil and crayons/ color pencils.
About the Instructor:
Our trainer Divya Jain is a 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. 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.
For children: ages 6 to 12 (parents can accompany)
Date: 7th May, 2020
Days: Thursday
Time: 4 pm (IST)
Venue – Online through zoom. Zoom link will be sent to our whatsapp groups.
You will learn how to make 5 kinds of flowers, the design sheet will be sent for you’ll to trace, even if you are not able to get a printout, the freehand design would also work.
These beautiful flowers can be used for scrapbooking and upcycling projects, or for amazing card making and even as a jewellery piece.
Materials required:
1. Drawing book paper/Cartridge sheets/Floral paper (White & Color)
2. Acrylic paints, distress inks/ Spray mists/ Soft pastels basically anything to color with
3. Ball tool / Embossing tool / Thick bulky pen as a substitute
4. Embossing pad / Old soft Diary / Thick towel
5. Pearls/beads/pollen fillers
6. Water mist spray / A bowl of water
7. Fevicol
Date: 10th May, 2020
Days: Sunday
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 500 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Venue: Online classes on Zoom
Starry Sky and Mountains Painting – Free Online Session
Galaxies and stars look magical and are super easy when made with watercolors. It is therapeutic and fun to make. And the whimsical style makes it even more mesmerising. Let’s learn how to make this cute, postcard sized starry sky painting.
Materials: watercolors (cakes/ tubes), palette, paint brushes (preferably 1 large, round and 1 small, round) , watercolor paper or thick card sheet. Even though a small postcard size is mentioned, any size would do according to your preference.
Date: 5th May, 2020
Days: Tuesday
Time: 4 pm (IST)
Perfect for our younger Zumba® fans! Kids 5-12 years old get the chance to be active and jam out to their favorite music.
How It Works
Zumba® Kids classes feature kid-friendly routines based on original Zumba® choreography. It is easy to follow a routine.
Benefits
Helps develop a healthy lifestyle and incorporate fitness as a natural part of children’s lives by making fitness fun. Classes incorporate key childhood development elements like leadership, respect, team work, confidence, self-esteem, memory, creativity, coordination, cultural awareness.
About the instructor –
Namrata is Founder and Partner at Echo Academy that specializes in Zumba, Dance and Fitness. Have 14+ years of experience in dance and fitness.
She has hosted several top international Zumba performers, anchoring warmups for several marquee marathon events and partnered with many corporates in bringing fun and fitness closer to work. She is associated with Spirit of Wipro Run, Boston, and is invited to Boston every year to lead the warm-up session at their marathon.
Sketching and Pencil Shading – Free Trial Live Session with Micky Sujan
This online pencil sketching session will show you how to create advanced art that will stand up as professional work. These sessions will help you enhance your drawing skills.
During these sessions we will take you from having little knowledge in drawing to creating advanced art and having a deep understanding of drawing fundamentals.
Happy sketching!
Day & Date: Sunday, 14th June
Time: 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm (IST)
Zoom link for the session will be shared via WhatsApp
Reading and Activity based on a book with the author – Free online-live session
The author, Divya will talk about her book which is about self-acceptance told through the lens of not liking your curly hair.
She will read some parts of the book.
Post the reading we do an activity – the first part is on how to write and get out your feelings about being teased.
The second is pushing children to think about what makes them unique etc and create some kind of output that helps them reinforce the thought.
Materials required: paper and colors/pen/ pencil for small activity.
Date: 24th April, 2020
Day: Friday
Time: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
To stay updated on the sessions, Whatsapp us on: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CP1RliwfMNdDZnoCJaclOn
Bloom & Grow is hosting a free session on One Stroke Technique. One Stroke Painting is a double loading technique that consists of loading a brush with two separate colours. In this session, you will be thought the basics of loading the brush, creating the basic strokes, the formation of a flower and a composition using these basic strokes.
Materials needed: Drawing sheet/ Paper, Acrylic colors (any 2 colors is fine), One Flat brush (Any No.6 to No. 11), Rag cloth, Plate/ Palette, Water
Date: 23rd April 2020
Day: Thursday
Time: 3:30pm to 4:30pm IST
To stay updated on the sessions, Whatsapp us on https://chat.whatsapp.com/CP1RliwfMNdDZnoCJaclOn
Reverse Decoupage and Image Transfer – Exhaustive Demonstration Live Session
Participants will learn the following two techniques in the sessions:
1) Reverse decoupage is a technique when print and paints are applied underneath the glass. Reverse decoupage will add a wonderful dimension to your crafting skills. We will learn the reverse decoupage on a plate. Post the session, You may use the same technique to recycles/upcycle glass bottles.
2) Image Transfer is the art of transferring the print on to the surface. After attending the session, you will be able to use this technique on any possible type of surface such as canvas, metal, the glass you will be able to transfer an image on the surface you want to!
The exhaustive demonstration live session would be followed by Question and Answers.
Date: 29th April 2020
Day: Wednesday
Time: 3 pm to 4:30 pm IST
Fee: Rs 500 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Create your positivity galaxy – Free online session
An abstract galaxy like background, with some positive words to uplift your spirit during this lockdown situation. Let’s relax and make this piece of art, and remind ourselves to find the happiness within.
Materials: watercolors (cakes/ tubes), palette, paint brush (preferably large, round), watercolor paper or thick card sheet (170gsm and above), fine tip marker/sketch pen/gel pen/ball pen.
Date: 13th April, 2020
Day: Monday
Time: 3:30 pm
For joining the session, Whatsapp us on 7259280949/ 9900052747.
Learn Book Sculpture with Bijal Shah from Blue Water Creations – Free online-live session
We will be making Little Miss Red Riding Hood and a Hedgehog
Material required:
1)Two old books approximately 75 pages (minimum) : size: 5.5 inches by 7 inches ( approximate) preferably with a hard cover
(These books can be old used notebooks, novels etc with good quality pages)
2) scissors
3) cellotape / glue / fevicol
4) old newspaper and/or coloured paper (red, black, brown, any other color of your choice ) – you can use coloured paper from magazines/ newspaper also where there is text written on the paper
5) small ball with the size of a table tennis ball OR round bottle cork OR clay to make the ball
6) pencil / sketchpen
7) old bottle cap (soft drink bottle or bislery bottle cap – colour it red and keep ready )
Do not worry if you don’t have all the materials… Just enjoy the book sculpture making process ! ?
Age : 5 years and above including adults
Date: 8th April, 2020
Day: Wednesday
Time: 6:30 pm to 7:15 pm
To join whatsapp us on 7259280949/ 9900052747
Bloom and Grow bring to you a perfect chance for beginners and children to tap on different art forms. The five-day online art program includes the following:
Day 1 (Tuesday, 7th April)
Acrylic Painting – Brush or Finger Painting
Get a chance to paint with colorful and fascinating art. You get to choose the medium from acrylic, posters, oil pastels and crayons.
Materials required –
Any type of colors (Acrylic colors/ Poster colors/ Oil pastels/ Wax colors/ Crayons/ Sketch pens)
Any thick Paper/ Canvas/ drawing sheet/ A4 sheet
Paint Brushes if you have else we can use fingers/ sponge/ Q tips/ Earbuds
Pencil and eraser
Water, Rag cloth, Empty container
Day 2 (Wednesday, 8th April)
Doodling – Learn to doodle and how to ink your thoughts and express yourself through scribbling and sketching. Doodling can be used as a powerful tool to express thoughts and share with the world and mobilize people.
Materials required – Any Paper/ Drawing sheet, Pens/ pencil/ CD marker/ micron pen/ sketch pen (black/ dark blue or any dark color)
Pencil and eraser.
Day 3 (Thursday, 9th April)
Coffee Painting – It gives you a chance to explore your creative side while you learn a few tips and techniques of monochromatic painting. You will learn, making 4 to 5 different shades from single tint, preserving coffee art and how to use coffee as a painting medium.
Materials required – Any thick Paper/ Drawing sheet, Brush, coffee powder, Brush/ cotton, any plate to be used as a palette, warm water.
Friday, 10th April – Take a break 🙂
Day 4 (Saturday, 11th April)
Dot Painting – Dot art is a painting technique in which small, distinct dots of color are applied in patterns to form an image. Even if you have never painted before, the result of this one workshop will amaze you. We will make an art piece using only dots.
Materials required – Drawing sheet, Paints, Paint Brush. You can use sketch pens if you do not have paints.
Day 5 (Sunday, 12th April)
Stippling – Learn basic principles of stippling and image shading techniques. Stippling is fun technique of creating pattern simulating varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots.
Materials required – Any Paper/ Drawing sheet, Pens/ pencil/ CD marker/ micron pen/ sketch pen/ gel pens (black/ dark blue or any dark color)
Pencil and eraser
Date: 7th to 12th April, 2020
Day: Tuesday to Sunday
Time: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Fee: Rs 1000 + Tax per person
To stay updated on the sessions, Whatsapp us on 7259280949/ 9900052747/ 9816627521
Bottle Painting with Shruti Rao – Free online-live session
Bottle painting is an ingenious and elegant way to renew life into a once discarded bottle. In this session, you will learn all the tricks to transform glass bottles into easy & inexpensive home decor. These can be used as vases or simply as home décor accents. Experience how waste can be transformed into beautiful works of art.
Materials required:
1. Empty glass jar or bottle or plastic jar
2.Acrylic paints
3.Brushes-flat and round
4.Mug to wash brushes
5.Waste cloth
6.Sponge(optional)
7.Earbuds/ Q tips
8.Black marker or sketch pen
9.Blue marker or sketch pen
Preparation: Keep one bottle/ plastic can/any container that you want to upcycle
Dab white color or gesso or chalk paint whatever is available on the dry bottle
Let it dry and keep it ready for the class. If you do not have any white paints, it is fine. Don’t worry
Resin is a two-part compound that hardens to give a clear and glossy finish. You will learn how to work with the epoxy resin and how to mix colors and techniques for applying and creating designs.
