Learn Travel Sketching in Watercolours with Hemali Mehta – Two day online session
Do you want to capture your travel experiences in hand-drawn sketches in this quarantine period ? Then this workshop is for you.
Course overview
Travel sketching or holiday sketching is a great way to record your travel experiences. You can sketch on the spot or bring your travel photos to life with sketches. In this fun 2 day class learn the tips, tricks and secrets of travel sketching with popular watercolour tutor Hemali Mehta. Keep your favourite travel photos/postcards for reference or use Hemali’s reference material.
What will you learn :
Learn the value of having a time limit!
Practice capturing a scene with minimal drawing and instead use a beautiful wash of paint
Learn what to put in and what to leave out!
Learn about focal points and composition, colour and more
Materials
Watercolour cakes or colour pencils
A4 drawing sheets/ watercolour papers
Watercolour palette / a plate
Watercolour Brushes.
Pencils and black pens
Old tea towel or hand towel or paper towels
Age: 12 years + above
Date: 5th and 6th September, 2020
Day: Saturday and Sunday
Time: 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 800 per person (for both days) (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Kids Zumba with Namrata Sinha – Online-live session (Morning)
Zumba is an exercise fitness program and helps develop a healthy lifestyle and incorporate fitness as a natural part of everyone’s lives by making fitness fun. One also gets the chance to be active and jam out to their favorite music. Pretty much the most awesome workout ever. Dance to great music, with great people, and burn a ton of calories without even realizing it.
About the instructor –
Namrata is a fitness entrepreneur with over 14 yrs of experience in fitness, fashion & retail, Her strong belief is that when it is about fitness, just BREAK.IT.FREE and spread the Zumba Love. She stands out as a recognized Zumba Instructor (ZIN) in the country, having trained over 600 people in the last 4 years. Her creativity of choreos is very addictive for her students, endorsed by Zumba.com on several occasions, and liked by original singing/music stars from around the globe.
Note:
-Participants are given flexibility to make up during other sessions, if they miss a class.
-Participants can choose days and time according to their convenience.
-Participants can sign up for either 10 or 15 classes.
Landscape Oil Painting – Two-day Online Workshop with Eyamuna
Join in for a landscapes oil painting online workshop for beginners and intermediates. Learn oil painting art and make an Impressive artwork. This is an exciting workshop for creative minds.
In this workshop, you will learn:
Tips on how to start painting landscapes with oil paints.
Learn all basics of oil painting.
Practical applications of techniques for different landscape paintings: Water Reflections and Trees, rocks & skies.
Brushstroke techniques.
Sealing the art and preserving.
You will learn each step hands-on how to draw and use paints.
Lessons on mixing and matching colors from a limited palette.
Instructions for framing.
Materials Required:
– Primed Canvas (board of size 10*12)
– Brushes – sable or hog hair or oil painting brushes (Preferably Flat hair brushes #2, #4, #6 and Round hair brushes #1,#3,#5 )
– Oil paints
– Linseed oil (have it in small container)
– Turpentine (Have it in medium sized container to wash the brushes)
– Newspapers/ Tissues
– Rag cloth and Pencil
– Palette
Book your slots now to get valuable information about materials, colour mixing and to have productive sessions. Exploring is what all it matters!
Date: 27th and 28th June, 2020
Day: Saturday and Sunday
Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 800 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Venue: Online session on zoom
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
Madhubani Art – Beginner weekend workshop in Bangalore
Madhubani, a form of Indian folk art, originated from the Madhubani district in the Mithila region of Bihar. For centuries, the women of Mithila have practiced this art by decorating the walls of their houses with linear and vibrant designs depicting mythological deities and nature. These days Madhubani designs are seen on handmade paper, canvas, and fabric.
In this workshop, the participants will learn about the different styles of Madhubani paintings and create one of their own.
It will be a guided session, so you need not have any prior experience in painting.
All materials will be provided in the workshop.
Artist: Deepa Singh
Take away: One Madhubani painting on A4 handmade paper.
Age: 15 years & above
Date: 21st March, 2020
Day: Saturday
Timing: 10:30 am to 3:30 pm
Fee: Rs 2000 per person (Includes all materials)
Booking Fee: Rs 500 per person (Balance of Rs 1500 need to be paid at the venue)
Alcoholic Ink Painting – Online Workshop with Arth by Kshama
Alcohol ink is an impressionistic medium. This medium is a current rage amongst artist due to its highly pigmented colors that are transparent and extremely vibrant that on drying give a wispy effect. Alcohol inks are widely used to create flowing abstract art, mixed media projects, landscapes, resin projects etc. They can be used on multiple surfaces mostly which includes non porous surfaces like glossy paper, glass, ceramic etc.
In this workshop we shall run through the various techniques of painting with alcohol inks and create our own abstract art on yupo paper and ceramics.
Workshop on Making Fine Chocolates for Valentines Day for Beginners in Bangalore
If you love chocolates & love to do something special for your loved ones , then joining this workshop would be just perfect to fulfill your desire.
In this workshop you will learn –
•Heart Assorted chocolates.
•Butterscotch Delight
•Strong Mocha
•Orange Delight
•Dark Chocolate
•Ferrero Rocher
*All material and recipe booklet included with hands-on session.
*Wrapped & packed chocolates with goodie box you will take home.
*We will work with compounds in this session.
This workshop is also suitable for Beginners, no experience needed.
Date – 8th February, 2020
Day – Saturday
Time – 3 pm to 6 pm
Fees – Rs 1600 (includes all material costs)
Booking fee – Rs 500 (Balance of Rs 1100 to be paid at the venue)
Mandala Lampshades – Beginners workshop in Bangalore
Let’s give a break to our rigmarole lifestyle. For a day let us tune in and become consciously aware of ourselves through a special technique via Mandala Art In this workshop, you will learn how to draw mandalas with perfect symmetry on a fabric leather lampshade.
You will learn to sketch the mandala directly on the lampshade and not trace the design. Learn about the inks/paints that you can use on these lampshades.
All the materials will be provided
Take away- A mandala leather lampshade of 6 inches height made by you in the workshop (Choose to do a contemporary pattern or traditional mandala based on the design and taste of your home)
Artist- Nithya Subramanian
Day- Sunday
Date- 26th May 2019
Time- 10:00am – 2pm
Fee- Rs. 1650 per person (Inclusive of all materials)
Booking fee- Rs. 500 per person (Balance amount of Rs. 1150 need to be paid at the venue)
Reverse Decoupage and Crackle Effect on a Plate workshop in Bangalore
Looking to learn the perfect reverse decoupage? In this session, Participants will work on a glass plate and transform it into a unique creation in colours & designs of their choice.You will learn the technique of REVERSE DECOUPAGE that involves working on the back of the plate. Reverse decoupage is a technique when print and paints are applied underneath the glass. You may use the same technique to recycles/upcycle glass bottles.
We will also enhance the background with Crackle effect and build on layers by blending colors.
Takeaway: One reverse decoupage plate of size 10 inches with crackle effect.
Artist: Tanvi Shah
Day & Date: Saturday, 21st March 2020
Time: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
Fee: Rs 1500 per person (includes all material)
Booking fee: Rs 500 per person (Balance of Rs 1000 to be paid at the 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.
Bloom & Grow is conducting a 5-day art program that includes an introduction to Indian folk as well as contemporary art forms.
The five-day program is designed for beginners and the following will be included:
1. Day 1 – Gond Art on Pots/Canvas
Participants will learn Gond art form and its different methods will be explained in detail. Get familiar with Gond as an art form. Learn about its story, grammar, colors, and special characteristics. The day will be about doing pretty pots with the Gond Art. Participants may also choose to do the art form on canvas.
2. Day 2 – Lippan Art
Mud and Mirror work (also known as Lippan Kaam) is a traditional craft of Kutch, Gujarat. Learn to work with clay and mirrors on canvas and create a beautiful art piece. What more, one can also do walls in Lippan.
3. Day 3 – Bottle Painting with Neon Colors
Learn to paint glass bottles with bright neon colors and use them as beautiful home deco
4. Day 4 – Impasto Painting
Impasto is a technique used in painting, where the paint is laid on an area of the surface in very thick layers so that brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. When dry, impasto provides texture. Layer up a canvas with vibrant tube paints, and use a brush to make your artwork pop.
5. Day 5 – Woodcut
Woodcut is among the oldest printmaking techniques and continues to be a strong graphic tradition today. This workshop will introduce you to the tools and methods needed to allow you to carve your own block and print from your own relief woodblocks. You will explore carving techniques to obtain a range of texture, depth, and dramatic contrast to create strong visual statements in your artwork.
Participants will do woodcut on 2 coasters.
The art program is open to anyone who loves to learn and create and is over 10 years of age.
Day & Date: Monday, 27th May to Friday, 31st May
Time: 10.30 am -1.00 pm
Fee: Rs 3500 for all 5 days (includes all material)
Rs 1000 per day (in case only attending 1/2/3 days)
Venue: Bloom & Grow, Koramangala
Mural Art- weekday workshop for beginners in Bangalore
A Mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other permanent surface. A distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.
Within the two and a half hours, the workshop will help the participants to create from scratch mural artworks which are ready to placed in their living rooms. The participants will be creating air-dry clay works (murals) on mounted canvas which would then be gently painted over using Acrylic paints.
In this workshop, participants will learn-
1. Understanding and appreciating mural art
2. Choosing the subject of choice for the artwork
3. Preparing the air dry clay and other required materials
4. Sculpting the clay
5. Coloring the artwork using acrylic paints and
6. Editing and final touches
Artist- Hansa Nyati. She is a Jaipur based artist and works on a variety of mediums ranging from oil paintings to bronze sculptures. Recently, a majority of her works have been home-decor items inspired by tribal art and nature-inspired motifs. She runs a a very engaging art page called Hansraj creations – https://www.facebook.com/hansrajcreations/. All her recent works and their DIY videos can be seen on this page.
Workshop details:
All the materials will be provided at the venue.
Date- 23th/24th/25th April 2019
Day- Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday
Time- 11:30 AM – 2 PM
Fee- Rs 1300 per person for one day (Includes all materials – mounted canvas, air-dry clay and acrylic paints)
Rs 3500 per person for all three days
Booking fee- Rs 500 per person (Balance to be paid at the venue)
Venue- Bloom and Grow, Koramangala.
Please note: After each day’s workshop, you would have a mural art piece ready which you can decorate at home. If a participant comes for three days, he / she would have created three mural pieces of her choice.
Wood graining with decoupage on key holder – Beginners’ workshop in Bangalore
In this workshop you will learn to create wonderful textures and grains using the faux wood with graining techniques to make a beautiful key holder.
You will learn the following techniques in this workshop:
1) Distressing on wood:
Learn distressing and add distinguished texture and rustic appeal to a plain wood. One can use this technique to give a different look to the existing furniture or perhaps to any leftover wood.
2) Woodgrain technique on wood:
Woodgraining is the process of painting wood grain pattern on a panel that has been primed and prepped. This amazing technique allows you to turn a flat, bland panel into a beautiful wood surface.
Combination with art of decoupage and distressing, the project coming to life and adding warmth to your living rooms, kitchen or any space.
Artist- Rupa Swaminathan
Take away- A Beautiful key holder of size 8*12 inches made by you in the workshop
All the materials will be provided at the venue
Day- Sunday
Date- 28th April 2019
Time- 10:30am- 1:30pm
Fee- Rs 2200 per person (Includes all materials)
Booking Fee- Rs 500 per person (Balance amount of Rs 1700 to be paid at the venue)
Resin is a two-part compound that hardens to give a clear and glossy finish. You can either add paints to the resin and then create a painting. Alternatively, you can paint first and then pour the resin over the painting to create the finish.
This class will equip you to learn all about resin and its methods and types.
– Learn about resin materials and how to use them
– The different surfaces to work on.
– Sources from where you can purchase the materials.
– Making ocean pour
– Making marble effects
– Other materials which can be used in resin
– Pointers to keep in mind for safety and
– After care and usability of your resin product
– How to work with different kind of substrates
– Prerequisite setup for doing resin art
– Do’s and Don’ts of resin art
– How to choose your colours
– How to handle Resin in different environments
– How to prepare your substrates
– How to use different pigments
– Different techniques to blend pigments
Take away:
Any one of your choice out of these three:
Tray
Wall clock
Painting
Date : Friday, 7th April
Timings : 11 am – 2 pm
Fee : Rs 3500 (inclusive of all material’s)
Venue : Bloom & Grow, Koramangala
Learn the palette knife painting techniques using acrylics to create a beautiful landscape on canvas. Palette knife painting involves thick color application using knives to obtain the 3-dimensional textured effect.
In this workshop, participants can choose from the 3 choices from the poster to create your masterpiece.
Participants will be creating a beautiful painting inspired by the original art works of the great artist Leonid Afremov.
Artist – Bn Nagashree
Take away – a beautiful Knife painting of size 12 by 14 inches.
No prior art experience is needed
Date – 15th March, 2020
Day – Sunday
Time – 10:00 am to 1:30 pm
Fee – Rs 1700 (Including all materials)
Booking fee – Rs 500 per person (Balance of Rs 1200 need to be paid at the venue)
