The Program is meant for kids (8-12 years) to help them unravel the world around us in times of no or less travel.
One country/ region will be chosen for 1 program and we will cover the region’s history, culture, scientific inventions, folklore, food, art, music, and lifestyle through relatable activities/stories. For eg – From the movie Harry Potter and the sorcerer’s stone, there are destinations in Scotland that they can relate to.
Activities such as role-plays of scientists, film critic, video journalist, chef, musician, and many more.
10 weeks of regular high interactive sessions with a limited batch size of 12 to 15 children.
Guided project in small teams of 2 to 3 children.
Budgeting through virtual money and sustainable travel discussions.
Opportunity to interact with locals through virtual platforms.
The key focus areas are critical thinking, logical reasoning, respect for diversity, communication skills in diverse environments, budgeting, and more.
Various Programs to choose from:
1) Travel to North East India – Starts from Sunday, 23rd May (10:30 am to 11:30 am IST)
2) Travel to Scotland – Starts from Monday, 24th May (4:30 pm to 5:30 pm IST)
3) Travel to France – Starts from Saturday, 29th May (11 am to 12 noon IST)
Age: 8-12 years
Fee: Rs 2950 (Inclusive of Taxes)
Venue: Online Session on Zoom
Register in the LINK above.
About GCT
GCT is a carefully curated program for children with a focus on developing key skills of critical thinking and logical reasoning facilitated through interactive sessions and fun activities through countries, cultures, and experiences. This program facilitates effective communication skills, teamwork, as well as the ability to think independently in diverse ecosystems.
About Bloom and Grow: Bloom & Grow facilitates artist-led virtual and offline workshops for individuals and for corporates across the world.
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.
Drawing and Painting – Free Trial Class For Children over 9 years
Drawing and Painting is one of the way for kids to express their emotions and thoughts. Keep your children engaged with the best combination of productivity, learning and fun! The online structured art classes are configured for children’s and will be conducted by Vinita Jalan. Vinita has been teaching and sketching for over 20 years to children.
We will be learning “One Point Perspective” in the Sunday session.
Age: Children of 9+ years of age
Date: 18th October, 2020
Day: Sunday
Time: 5:15 pm to 6:15 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
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.
What is One stroke painting?
One stroke painting is an art technique in which you can make beautiful paintings in one stroke. You can achieve shading, highlighting, and blending in a single stroke movement. This technique add more depth and realism in paintings and can be used on a variety of different surfaces such as glass, canvas, wood, paper, fabric etc.
What are the basic materials required for the workshop?
– Canvas board OR canvas pad: OR Thick drawing sheet/ chart paper (over 250 GSM and above) – Recommended size for the final project is 8 by 10 inches
–Acrylic paints (Recommended colors: White, Olive Green, Napkes Yellow, Indian Red, Teal Blue. However, feel free to use whatever acrylic colors you may have)
–Flat brush no. 5/6/7
–Thin round brush No. 0/1/2/3 – Print papers A
– Other supplies such as Water, spare cloth, sponge/dabber, mixing plate/palette
No prior experience/ artistic experience required!
Participants will practice various brush loading and painting techniques before doing a composition.
Video will be provided post the workshop for view for a limited period.
About the Artist:
Nirupama Chirmade is a Bangalore-based One Stroke Painting Technique artist. She learnt this art in US. Her love for Nature was how she began paintings. Flowers and Leaves using acrylic colours. The beauty in one stroke she says is When she see real flowers, she thinks of ways to paint it using One Stroke technique.
Day & Date: Sunday, 18th October
Timings: 5 pm to 7 pm
Venue: Online Session on Zoom
Fee: Rs 800 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
The rich creamy curries, the fragrant herbs and sauces draw us to #ThaiCuisine. But if you want to try them at home, where do you begin?
Thai cuisine can be simply said to be an artistic blend of fresh and dried herbs, with intriguing hints of tangy, the heady and the aromatic. It is an exquisite mix of fragrances of coriander, lemon grass, coconut, tamarind, galangal, chillies, sweet basil, ginger, garlic and shallots. This course will help you get started with cooking Thai food at home. From making your own curry paste to understanding alternate ingredients wherever possible and all that you need to know to begin using them in your veg and non veg dishes, serving them to your friends and family this festive season.
LEARN TO MAKE-
1. Red Thai curry
2. Som Tam Salad
3. Pad Thai
4. Tofu and vegetable satay with peanut dip
This is a demonstration based workshop (recommended) but you are welcome to try it if you do have the ingredients.
You will require a notebook and a pen to take down notes and interesting tips that the chef will give you.
The unedited video and recipes will be provided for your view.
About the Chef : Sheenu Duggal, a food blogger, consultant, home baker and autodidactic chef runs her blog ‘Exotic musings’ which reflects her food philosophy of cooking quick, easy, healthy, tasty and nutritious meals in this fast pace life we are living in today’s world. Her experimentation with various exotic cuisines from across the world to an urban Indian household cooking is where she adds value to her clients.
Day & Date: Saturday, 17th October
Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 800 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
An Online Gardening workshop to get you hands-on in Gardening and develop a deeper understanding of Soil and Plants.
Getting started with gardening can be a deterrent for a few. And that is what we are trying to leave behind as we help you uncover the basics in gardening and what you need to do minimally to motivate you to just get started.
A two-hour session on Gardening basics, understanding soil and plants, we cover these topics in this power-packed session!
Q & A session included in the last 15 minutes.
TOPICS COVERED:
1. BASICS OF SOIL, SUN, AND WATERING Make sure you have a strong foundation to start your green cover!
2. 10 INDOOR PLANTS/ AIR PURIFIERS to grow and maintain, identify, understand, we will show and teach how to propagate and increase your garden naturally at home (Demo included)
3. 10 HERBAL VARIETIES to grow, consume learn its uses, medicinal/ herbal varieties have wonderful qualities about them, we make you love them and consume regularly
4. MICROGREENS how to, potting mix and care. The easiest plants to grow that adds that kick of energy and nutrients to your body (Demo included)
5. NATURAL HOME REMEDIES – We have some useful tips to control pests, make sure you write these handy tips down.
6. EASY GREENS Growing them easily at home for everyday consumption.
7. SOIL BOOSTERS All natural, all easy, found at home and the kitchen, we get you to create a LIVING soil full of microorganisms and nutrients your plants will love!
About the Trainer: Kavya Chandra runs A Green Venture has been Gardening for 7 years now, runs a community garden where she grows over 10 kinds of herbs and vegetables, works with Natural and Organic farmers holding educational workshops, nature walks in Bangalore, Nature & Outdoor activities in the city and grows a wide range of plants from Indoor to herbs, edible greens, and flowers at home. She believes that all homes should keep edible and medicinal gardens and have Nature in their life every day.
Age group: 12 years and above
Day & Date: Saturday, 3rd April
Time: 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm (IST)
Fees: Rs 800 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Venue: Online class on Zoom
This workshop will primarily be a demo session. All you need is a Notebook & Pen.
Faux calligraphy (also known as fake calligraphy) is a fun and simple way to learn lettering and calligraphy. It imitates the look of some styles of calligraphy using simple tools.
The best part is that you can do faux calligraphy with any sort of writing tool that you have!
In this 3 day course, we would be learning all the letters, but not how to write them, but rather, how to draw them beautifully! You would be able to letter your favorite lines in a proper layout, in a calligraphic style using just regular writing tools.
There will be an in detail study of letter forms and guidelines for achieving a uniform and even style.
Materials required : paper (ruled or unruled, thick or regular A4, anything would do), pen/fine marker/sketch pens, ruler, pencil, eraser.
Date: 18th,19th & 20th September 2020
Day: Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Timing: 5 pm to 6:30 pm
Fee: Rs 1200 per person (Inclusive of Taxes)
Drawing and Painting – Free Trial Class For Children
Drawing and Painting is one of the way for kids to express their emotions and thoughts. Keep your children engaged with the best combination of productivity, learning and fun! The online structured art classes are configured for ages 5 to 9 years and will be conducted by Vinita Jalan. Vinita has been teaching and sketching for over 20 years to children.
Date: 6th September, 2020
Day: Sunday
Time: 12 pm to 1 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
‘Resin’ is the newest buzz word in the world of crafting and DIY because of the versatility it offers – to use resin on wood, glass, mdf, ceramic etc
Resin is a two-part compound that hardens to give a clear and glossy finish. Combined with beautiful pigments and resin making techniques you will be equipped
to learn all about resin and geode look alike, so you can get it right when you try it the first time and do not waste time, effort and money.
What you will learn-
Learn about resin materials and how to use them
The different surfaces to work on.
Sources from where you can purchase the materials
How to achieve a Geode like look on the resin work
Learn what all semi precious stones can be used in resin.
Other materials which can be used in resin.
Pointers to keep in mind for safety and after care and usability of your resin product
This is a demonstration based workshop (recommended).You can learn the techniques, take notes step by step, so it will be helpful to purchase the right material post the workshop.
However, if you wish to do it along, you can take a note of materials –
– Resin and hardener
– Pigments
– Base board
– Weighing scale
– Leveller (also available on mobile apps)
– Blow dryer/heat gun
– Blow torch
– Gloves
– Plastic glass
– Paper cups
– Popsticks
– Tissue paper
– Straw
– Crystals, glass pieces etc. (optional for geode)
Day & Date: Saturday, 26th September
Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 800 per person
Note:
* Demonstration will be followed by Question-Answers and the trainer will be accessible for any query, later as well.
* Once you register you will be added to a whatsapp group for ease of communication with the steps to join in.
* Reach out to us if you require a kit to be sent to you, once registered.
About Bloom and Grow:
Bloom & Grow facilitates artist-led art & craft workshops in studios and also, conducts art based corporate workshops across India.
Eating healthy salads everyday and how to create new salad recipes is a big challenge. In this workshop you will learn how to make 5 homemade salad dressings that you can store in the fridge and use to make the best salads. Also you will learn how to pair your salads with these dressings and lots of tips to make innumerable new salads days after days.
Salad dressings:
1. Classic vinaigrette
2. Italian creamy dressing
3. Asian dressing
4. Honey mustard
5. Green goddess
Salads :
1. Traditional Greek salad
2. Summer pasta salad
3. Raw papaya salad
4. Roasted potato and green salad
5. Chickpea Nourishing Bowl.
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.
Note: Once you register, you will be added to a whatsapp group for ease in communication with the steps to join in. The workshop will primarily be demonstration based and the group will be active for queries and clarifications if any.
About Bloom and Grow:
Bloom & Grow facilitates artist-led virtual and offline workshops for individuals and for corporates across the world.
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.
After successful completion of three online batches of sketching, we are back with the third batch starting first week of August.
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)
Introduction to Devanagari Calligraphy – Free Online Session
Calligraphy in Indian Language – an introduction with a demonstration in Devanagari Calligraphy
This Independence Day join us in a FREE SESSION, in which we will be discussing about how Calligraphy in Indian Scripts is different from Calligraphy in the Roman Script. What makes this kind of calligraphy unique? You will also be given a demonstration on the basics of Devanagari Calligraphy.
This will be conducted by @the_iridescent_quill, the works of whom you see in this collage.
Date & Day: 15th August, Saturday
Time: 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm (IST)
Venue: Online Session on Zoom
Materials Required:
– A broad edge pen, marker, Calligraphy pen, even an ice cream stick would do!
– Paper (any kind would do)
Natural Soap Making – Online Two-day Workshop for Beginners
Learn the art of Making Handmade Soaps which are SLS, SLES, Paraben free with expert soaper Neetha Bhoopalam.
Theory includes –
1. Basics of Cold process Soap making and introduction to Melt and Pour Soaps.
2. Info on Carrier oils for cold process soaps
3. Cold Process Soap Formulation Techniques using Soap Calculator
4. Cold process Formulation Techniques based on the oil Properties and Lye handling.
5. Types of Fragrances – Natural and Synthetic.
6. Essential oil Properties Chart
7. Info on Tools and equipment
8. Six Tested Recipes – 3 Cold Process and 3 Melt and Pour soaps
Demonstration
1. Cold Process 1 kg Soap Batch Recipe demonstration with layer design techniques
2. Adding Natural and Synthetic Colorants to soap
3. Adding Textures to Soaps
4. De-moulding techniques, and Cutting
5. Basic Packing info
6. Melt and Pour Relaxing Floral Soap making
7. Melt and Pour Neem and Charcoal Skin Detox Soap
8. Melt and Pour Coffee Scrub soap
Day and Date: Sat, 29th & Sun, 30th August 2020
Time: 5 pm – 7 pm (IST)
Cost: Rs 4000 per person
Venue: Online Session on Zoom
This is a demonstration based workshop. All details and links on where to purchase materials will be supplied post registration.
Register on gpay with 9900052747.
Note: Once you are registered, participants will be added to whatsapp group, for ease in communication with the steps to join in.
About Bloom and Grow:
Bloom & Grow facilitates artist-led virtual and offline workshops for individuals and for corporatesacross the world.
