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.
Decoupage Techniques Demo with Tissues and Printed Paper by Tanvi Shah (Online session)
Interested in learning new creative technique? Make the most of being at home. Join us for an exhaustive session to explore the fascinating craft of decoupage. Stay home & learn tips, tricks and techniques to get started with items available in every home – bottles, jars, trays or plates.
You will learn to decorate an object by gluing tissues and magazine paper/ comic papers. You will get familiarized and comfortable with basics of decoupage art, which will allow you to practically create new or decorate existing diverse pieces through the art of decoupage.
Date: 16th April, 2020
Day: Thursday
Time: 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Fee: Rs 400 + taxes per person
Note: Demonstration will be followed by Question-Answers.
To stay updated on the sessions, Whatsapp us on 7259280949/ 9900052747
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.
Watercolor Painting – Online workshop for three days
This is a informative and hands-on class for beginners to learn how to use this expressive medium. Watercolors operate very differently than oil or pastel. A lot of the fun is in how one lets the colors dry and flow. We will break down the different techniques of watercolor into 3 levels of watercolor paintings:
Day 01: Friday, 24th April
Lavender in the pot
Day 02: Friday, 25th April
Light house on the Edge
Day 03: Friday, 26th April
View by the Beach
Materials:
– Watercolor (basic set)
– Brushes (any number will work)
– pallet or ceramic plate/ paper plate
– Watercolor or Thick cartridge paper (if you don’t have watercolor paper then you can use Thick cartridge paper)
– paper towel or rag cloth
– water bowl
– Masking tape or normal transparent Cello tape
Dates: 24th, 25th and 26th April, 2020
Days: Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Fee: Rs 1000 per person (for all days) (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
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
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.
We commence a 10-sessions in-depth still life course. It’s an art form that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world, such as fruit, flowers, baskets or bowls.
Through the program, we’ll cover key topics such as :
• Understanding textures
• Layering
• Color mixing
• Color harmony
• Color perspective
• Use of white
• Composition tips
Day: 10 Sundays
Time: 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm (IST)
Fee: ₹4500 per person (All 10 sessions)
Venue: Online classes on zoom
Knowledge of watercolor beginner techniques is mandatory
For registrations and details, WhatsApp on 9900052747
About Bloom and Grow:
Bloom & Grow facilitates artist-led online and offline workshops for individuals and for corporates across the world.
To stay updated with the upcoming sessions, join WhatsApp group with the link https://chat.whatsapp.com/HKDsGqJSWGgBtDENOcMVea
Story time with Jo Aunty by Bloom and Grow – Free online-live session
Hello, hello! B&G’s favourite storyteller is doing a storytelling session. Konichiwa, little listeners! We start the session with a turtle tale from Japan and end it with a Turkish story about a forgetful boy. Güle güle!! Join us on Wednesday at 5 pm and have fun!
Date: 15th April, 2020 Day: Wednesday Timing: 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm
For kids 4 years to 100+ years
For joining this session, Whatsapp us on 7259280949/ 9900052747
Bloom and grow is back with an Acrylic Painting art session with Kshama from Arth by Kshama.
What you need –
A drawing book preferably A3 size or a thick paper
Pencil & Eraser
Acrylic paints (whatever colours you have)
Paint brush if you have one, else we can use our fingers
Sponge/ cotton /cotton bud
Water
Paper napkin/ rag
Water pallette or empty container
(Do not stress about the materials. Bring in what you have and just enjoy art as a process)
Date – 29 March, 2020
Day – Sunday
Time – 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm
Age – 6 years plus (Adults can do an artwork too)
Link to join –https://zoom.us/j/954725811
To stay updated with the online art sessions pls ping us on whatsapp on 9900052747/7259280949
Gardening in the Shade -Balcony & Indoor Gardening for Beginners
Do you want a garden, but live in a high rise, like plants, but don’t have green thumb? Do your plants wilt and die because you don’t have time to look after them, or give them too much love. Your Green Canvas is here to provide a solution to such dilemmas of urban life.
The workshop will focus on the fundamentals of Shade Garden that includes indoor garden and balcony gardens. And the best way to enjoy building a garden is to do it with your friend, spouse, partner, colleague, parent, child.
Aim of this workshop will be to introduce the participants to the following:
-Best indoor gardening principles.
-Best balcony gardening principles.
-Easiest plants to start the indoor gardening journey. We will introduce the participants to top 5 plants that are great for an indoor environment.
-Easiest plants to start your balcony garden. We will introduce the participants to best companion plants that uses the limited space available in our balconies.
-How to prepare Soil suited to both Balcony gardens as well as indoor garden.
-Introduce the participants to the importance of light and different source of the same.
-And the most important part pf any gardening activity, the care and maintenance of these plants.
The workshop will end with the partners creating their own container garden using the plants introduced to them.
During this activity, the trainers will introduce the participants to different ways of infusing your creativity in creating these container gardens.
Materials which will be provided for the workshop:
-Container
-Soil
-Plants
-Decorative Stones
Please note that your companion and you would be working on one pot
Date: 18th April, 2020
Day: Saturday
Time: 10:00 am to 1:30 pm
Fee: Rs 2500 per person (Includes all materials)
Booking fee: Rs 500 per person (Balance amount of Rs 2000 to be paid at the venue)
Venue: Bloom and Grow, Koramangala
Join in and learn how to make gorgeous and beautiful pearl coasters that will enhance any living space. Open to everyone who is interested in learning beautiful white crystal pearl coasters, small mats etc. No prior experience necessary.
What you’ll learn:
– Learn basic pattern and design for coasters/ mats from scratch.
Materials required:
– Pearls (anything lying around the house- preferably of the same size)
– Weaving line or any thick white thread that can go through the pearl.
– Needle (optional)
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
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.
What all will be included in the workshop?
Things to know before you start working with resin
Preparing your workspace
What is epoxy resin
How to mix resin
How to calculate the amount of resin needed
Types of pigments
Types of resin
Difference between casting and coating
How to cast in moulds
Preparing the substrate
Choosing colors
Using glitter
Resin pouring techniques
Finishing the edges
How to take care of moulds
Precautions and Resin Safety measures
Detailed information of the materials required
Take away: Tray – 8 x 8 inches and Set of 2 coasters
When: Wednesday, 25th Oct Timings: 10:30 am – 01:30 pm
Fee : Rs 3000 (inclusive of all materials)
Venue: Marathahalli, Bangalore
Suitable for age 18years and above
Each batch includes 3-4 people only.
Note: All the materials required for the workshop will be provided at the venue. Participants will be required to leave their projects overnight for resin setting.
Make and take home your KOKEDAMA, A LIVE PIECE OF ART.
“Kokedama” literally means “moss ball”. Come and learn this art of setting an ornamental plant inside a moss ball. Enjoy showcasing these either by hanging them midair or placing them on another piece art in wood/ceramic/clay to make your home/office space much more alive and green.
Learn –
1. Which Plants you can work on.
2. Wrap a plant in moss
3. Artistic neat clean jute wrap
4. Display Styles
5. Care and knowhow
Take away –
A beautiful easy to maintain live piece of art!
Plus peace of mind after all the work with earth and engrossing ‘stay in NOW’ kind of jute-winding process (over the Kokedama). This basic Workshop should help you create your own kokedamas on variety plants.
Bring along-
NOTHING! , as ALL that needed to make a kokedama, including an ornamental plant, shall be provided.
Just join in with a Happy smiling face as You’ll be surrounded with lots of greenery and garden lovers to mingle along. Come in easy to work and ‘it’s ok to soil hands and clothes’ attitude.
