Thangka Painting (Lotus) – Online Workshop with Krishna Tashi Palmo
Thangka paintings are rich in meaning and usually depicts a Buddhist deity, scene, or mandala. Traditionally, Thangka is designed to tell the life of Buddha, as well as other influential Lamas and deities. Thangka artists believe that painting Thangkas aid in the spiritual path to enlightenment, as this religious art is used as a meditation tool.
As part of the 8 lucky signs that are of importance in a Thangka painting, we will be doing 1 sign which is the Thangka lotus. The 8 lucky signs are found often in Buddhist monasteries and in many homes. We will be doing one of them which is ‘The Thangka lotus’ that signifies spiritual purity. Krishna will also take us into the world of Thangka with stories, as we indulge in painting it.
*The communication for this workshop will be primarily in Hindi and moderated in English and Hindi.
Materials needed:
– A5 sheet/ Thick paper,
– Acrylic paints
– Pencil, Scale, Eraser,
– Tissues,
– Palette and
– Brushes (0-8 if you have) Else, 4 no brush and in place of 0 no. brush , you could also use thin tip markers of red and black colours.
About the Artist: Krishna Tashi Palmo is an expert Thangka painting artist. She is certified in Tibetan Traditional Buddhist Thangka art from T.c.v Patlikhul District Kullu Himachal Pradesh. She is an enthusiastic participant of art workshops and exhibited her artworks at Lahaul, Kullu Manali, Shimal, Jaipur, Delhi, Korea and Hong Kong. She’s proud of her Thangka heritage and culture. She hopes that with her work she could make people see this art for what it is, magical and beautiful and understand the significance of this meditative art form.
Day & Date: Thursday, 18th June
Time: 11 am to 1 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on Zoom
Fees: Rs 800 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
An Online Gardening Webinar 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 – 30 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 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 everyday.
Age group: 14 years and above
Day & Date: Saturday, 13th June
Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (IST)
Fees: Rs 600 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Venue: Online class on Zoom
This workshop will primarily be a demo session with a focus on resolving your doubts post the workshop. If you wish to do it along, please register early so we can send you a list of things to be kept ready for the session.
Impasto is a technique of applying thick and dramatic strokes of paint on canvas. It adds a textural dimension to the canvas whilst the paint stands out from the surface. The textures get accentuated with the use of a palette knife.
Materials required:
Canvas board ORcanvas pad OR Thick drawing sheet – Recommended size: 8×10 inches/ 10×12 inches
Day & Date: Saturday, 10th April
Time: 4 pm to 6.30 pm (IST)
Fees: Rs 850 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Venue: Online class on Zoom
Note: You will be added to a WhatsApp group for ease of communication with the steps to join in a day prior to the workshop.
Watercolor Painting Live Online Classes – For Beginners and Intermediates with Me With A Pencil
Bloom and Grow is conducting watercolor classes comprising 12 sessions over 6 weeks. Classes will be held twice a week.
Course curriculum:
1. Introduction to watercolour + understanding your palette + Materials
2. Basic Techniques
– Wet on wet
– wet on dry
– blending
– blending + pulling out
3. Brush strokes: 5 types
4. Washes + some basic tricks + understanding light & dark.
5. Basics of florals
– Florals part – II
– Floral part – III
– Composition of florals
6. Basics of drawing
7. Perspective
8. Landscape with basic use of washes or multiple layers of washes
9. Negative painting landscape
10. Details painting/object painting
11. Animal painting
12. Architectural painting
13. Multilayered Landscape
Materials:
– Watercolours
– Watercolour paper
– Round brushes and flat brush
– Mixing pallets
– 2 Water cups or bowl
– Rag cloth
– Masking tape(if you dont have it then transparent cello tape)
Age: Adults and Children above 10 years
Date: Classes will start on Wednesday, 17th June and end on Friday, 24th July.
Days: Wednesdays and Fridays
Time: 4 pm to 5 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 4000 per person
Venue: Online classes on Zoom
For any other day/ timings and registration details WhatsApp us on 9900052747
Note: Once you register you will be added to a whatsapp group for ease of communication with the steps to join in.
Contemporary Dance – Online Live Classes (For Adults)
About Contemporary Dance-
Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance, which is a mix of classical, modern, Jazz, modern ballet, etc. This is a technical dance style which focuses on modern Ballet leg work, & controlled movements of the torso.
In these classes, students will be learning many techniques like space awareness, partnering work, weight shifts, floor work, fall & recovery, improvisation & flying low. This dance style will help students improve core strength, flexibility, stamina, balance & over all body conditioning.
**Participants will be given individual feedback on their dance recordings.
About the instructor-
Arushi Rawtani founder & artistic director of Feather Feet Dance studio, started dancing at the age of 4. She has learnt from various teachers from India & abroad. She professionalizes in Contemporary & Belly Dance. Fitness is very important in a dancers life. She has also trained in Yoga, aerial yoga & aerobics. She has also represented India in the SMARK international dance festival in Dubai in 2018 & Island Dance Competition In Malinska, Croatia in 2019.
Age: 15+ years
Days: Wednesdays
Time: 6 pm to 8 pm (IST)
Venue: Online classes on zoom
Fee: Rs 2000 per person (per month consisting of 8 hours)
Participants can gpay to 9900052747 also can contact for any details.
About Bloom and Grow:
Bloom & Grow facilitates artist-led virtual and offline workshops for individuals and for corporates across the world.
Mandala Muse is a mandala pen art workshop facilitated by Vedha Sreeram. Mandalas are created with simple patterns and shapes starting from a centre point, mostly in circular form. Mandala means “Circle” in Sanskrit and it is a spiritual symbol in many religions.
Mandalas are not just an artform but they serve as an aid to meditation and help to focus attention and improve concentration. That is why it is called as a meditative art.
So come over, enroll in the Mandala muse workshop, experience the beauty of Mandala, create your own appealing artwork and feel the effect it has on your mind! All material required for the workshop will be explained in detail which is sure to keep you encouraged to stay in touch with this beautiful art form even beyond the workshop.
No prior knowledge of art is required. This is a beginner friendly workshop.
Materials required:
– A drawing sheet of your choice A4 size
(Drawing book/Sketch book or any thick art sheet)
– Pencil, Eraser & Sharpener
– Scale (preferably 1 feet scale)
– Compass
– Protractor (or) Procircle
– Black Pigment pen/Fine liner pen or Black gel pen
– 1 or 2 rough sheets
– Brush pens (optional and only if you want to add colour)
Day & Date: Saturday, 6th June
Time: 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm (IST)
Venue: Online Session on Zoom
Fee: Rs 600 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Macramé Wall Plant Hanger Live Workshop with The Square Knot
Macramé is the art of knotting. This beautiful craft/skill enables you to make beautiful home decor products. You don’t have to have any prior art and craft experience to expert this!
It’s meant to be very calming and fun !
In this workshop, you will learn how to make a beautiful Macramé wall plant hanger which include 4-5 macrame techniques. Each participant is assured to have a final product at the end of this workshop.
Material Required:
1. Bangle (thicker one)
2. A good pair of scissors
3. Yarn
**Now, you can go creative here.
Here are some examples of different materials you can use to make this :
– Cotton cord/rope
– Jute rope
– Rope
– Nylon yarn
– Fabric strips (cut the fabric into long strips, 2-3 inches wide and join them together)
4. Hard Bound book
5. Tape
Age :Adults and Children above 10 years
Date: 30th May, 2020
Day: Saturday
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 600 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience fees)
Macrame Wall Hanging Session with @The_Square_Knot – Free Live Session
Macramé is a form of textile produced using knotting (rather than weaving or knitting) techniques. Macramé design is made by using some common materials like, Hemp, Leather and cotton twine, essentially any kind of cord! In this free session, you will learn various Macramé knots.
No prior experience is needed.
All you require are the following things:
– Yarn (of any sort – wool, cotton, nylon etc)
– Scissors
– A Stick (can also be a tree branch)
– A Small Notebook
Date: 24th May, 2020
Day: Sunday
Time: 6:30 pm (IST)
Learn basic embroidery to make masterpiece!
Master the basics of hand embroidery! In this session you will learn how to set up and begin an embroidery project. You will also be introduced to few basic stitches that can be used for many designs.
Baking Workshop with Exotic Musings – Live Online Session
This online session in Baking will give you the much needed head-start into the world of Baking by teaching you the do’s and don’ts of this much loved culinary skill. This will be a guided session in Baking with Sheenu guiding participants from her own kitchen.
You will learn to make the following recipes:
1. Banana walnut loaf cake
2. Whole wheat chocolate chip cookies
3. Foccacia bread
4. Yogurt Mango Tart
Participants can choose to do it along or watch as Sheenu bakes. Participants can later choose to make the recipe at home.
An early registration will help the participant buy the ingredients early, for a ‘Bake along’ with Sheenu.
Date: 31st May, 2020
Day: Sunday
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 800 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Note: Once you register you will be added to a whatsapp group for ease of communication with the steps to join in. This will also be used to handhold participants and clarify doubts if any at a later stage when baking.
Scratch Programming – Four Days Live Online Workshop with Smitha
About Scratch
Scratch is a block-based programming platform, developed by MIT. It is very visual, gives instant feedback for code written, and allows kids to be very creative. Because of this, it is the perfect platform to get started with programming. Kids of ages 10+ enjoy working with this platform to create projects of all types. If you are interested in starting programming for your kid, but think Python is too difficult, then Scratch might be just right for you.
About this course
In this course, we will be learning the basics of programming, individual blocks, how they can be put together to do complex things. We will make an animated movie using Scratch programming language, which the students can then share with family and friends! Students will also learn the art of storytelling, and effective techniques to make captivating movie plots. They will implement their idea using the programming concepts they learnt, to make an animated movie online.
About the Trainer:
Smitha Pisupati, a maker, tinkerer, and founder of Tinkerama. She love building things, and love teaching. Tinkerama is her venture to bring Creative Confidence to children through hands on learning. With an electronics background, she had worked as a firmware engineer for 11 years, and programming has been a large part of her previous career.
Age group: 10 years and above
Dates: 26th May to 29th May
Days: Tuesday to Friday
Time: 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 1800 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
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: 21st May, 2020
Day: Thursday
Time: 5 pm to 6 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Zentangle is a “Meditative Artform”, that is easy to learn and is a relaxing method of creating beautiful abstract art using structured patterns. It teaches and focuses on being mindful and present. No artistic skills required.
If you can write your name, you can create a Zentangle. Apart from creating beautiful art, practicing the Zentangle method has wonderful benefits
Here are some of the benefits enjoyed:
– Helps with Relaxation
– Cultivates mindfulness
– Helps with Insomnia (Improved sleep by creating Zentangle art before bedtime)
– Creating beautiful works of art
– Nurtures and develops creative abilities
– Relieves stress
– Improves hand-eye coordination
– Develops and rehabilitate fine motor skills
– Increases attention span and ability to concentrate
During this session, we shall get you comfortable working with patterns and help you create a beautiful Zentangle Mini Project.
About the Trainer:
Sandhya is a Certified Zentangle Teacher and has been practicing Zentangle for 11 yrs now. In 2011, she got Certified as a Zentangle Teacher making her India’s first Zentangle Teacher. She could now share this amazing art with others to build their creativity focus concentration and many other benefits that Zentangle offers. Since then she has taught 1000s of people both in the US and India through community colleges art associations schools corporate sessions private sessions group classes international online classes.
Age group: 10 years and above
Date: Sunday, 11th April
Time: 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 800 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
In this workshop, create a dreamy quilled landscape using colorful quilling strips during this quarantine time.
Materials Required:
1. Quilling strips/ strips of coloured paper
2. Quilling needle/ tooth picks
3. Glue
4. Thick paper for artwork to be stuck on
5. Paper Cutter
Age group: Adults and Children above 10 years
Date: 19th and 21st May, 2020
Day: Tuesday and Thursday
Time: 3 pm to 4 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 600 per person (for both days) (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Note: This class will involve homework where the participants will need to complete the project at home under the guidance of the trainer on the whatsapp group.
Emotionally Empowered Parenting – Live Online Session
Empowered Parenting is a unique session that focuses on building the relationship between parent and child and helping you as the parent become more aware of what your child is communicating through their play. After attending this session, you will feel empowered and able to understand your child’s inner world.
Session 1 (Sunday, 17th May) – Understanding Emotions
– Introduction to parenting
– Understanding Emotions
– Are we operating from love or fear?
– What are our beliefs about parenting and emotions?
– Guided meditation, breathing practices, self-reflection through journaling
– 1 hour of talk and 1 hour of Q&A
– 1 hour of Q&A (Optional to stay back)
Session 2 (Sunday, 24th May) – Empowerment
– The root of negative emotions
– What do our children really need?
– Setting healthy nurturing boundaries
– Tips for empowerment
– 1 hour of talk and 1 hour of Q&A (Can stay if needed only)Tips for empowerment
– 1 hour of Q&A (Optional)
* This session is a follow up to session 1 and cannot be taken as a stand alone session.
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: 17th May and 24th May
Day: Sundays
Time: 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 400 per person (For Session 1 Only)
Rs 650 per person (For Both Sessions)
(Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
