Here is your entry into the amazing world of Brush Lettering. Brush Lettering is a form of Modern Calligraphy which makes use of Brush strokes to form letters. The art is about creating letters, strokes, and projects with brush pens or brush tip tools. Brush Lettering is a versatile and elegant form of hand lettering and is great for making posters, bookmarks, etc. Distributed comfortably over four days, this is a beginner-friendly session to help you create art, using letters and words.
Day 1: Getting Familiar with Tools and Basic Strokes
Objective: Understand your tools and practice fundamental brush strokes.
Get to Know Your Tools: Experiment with holding the brush pen at different angles. Notice how pressure affects the thickness of lines.
Basic Strokes Practice: Practice upstrokes (light pressure, thin line) and downstrokes (heavy pressure, thick line). Work on consistency.
Drills: Create lines, waves, and simple shapes to get comfortable with the transition between thick and thin lines.
Day 2: Forming Letters
Objective: Learn to form letters using brush strokes.
Lowercase Letters: Start with easier letters that have similar shapes (i.e., u, i, t, l) using your basic strokes. Focus on maintaining consistent pressure for each part of the letter.
Uppercase Letters: Choose a few simple uppercase letters to practice. Pay attention to the proportion and spacing.
Day 3: Connecting Letters and Words
Objective: Begin connecting letters and forming words.
Activities:
Connecting Letters: Practice connecting simple letter pairs, focusing on maintaining fluid transitions and consistent spacing.
Forming Words: Choose short words to write. Sketch the word with a pencil to plan spacing and connections, then trace with your brush pen.
Day 4: Project Day
Objective: Complete a small project using brush lettering.
Project Ideas:
Bookmark: Create a bookmark featuring a favorite quote or word. Sketch out your design lightly before going over it with your brush pen.
Greeting Card: Design a greeting card. Consider adding simple decorative elements like flourishes or borders.
Materials needed:
– Dom Brush Pens / Camlin Brush Pens / Short tip pens (These are all recommended for beginners)
– In case brush pens are unavailable, you may use Watercolors(cakes/ tubes) and Paint brushes (1 small round, number 2 or 3) + 1 large(optional)
– Print paper A4 size/ Ruled Paper/ Watercolor paper or thick card sheet (170gsm and above in case you are using watercolors)
– Basic stationery (Pencil, Ruler, Eraser)
Recommended age: Adults and children above 10 years
Day: Sat & Sun
Time: Batch 1: 11am-12pm IST
Batch 2: 5.00pm -6.00pm IST
Fee: Rs 1800 per person (For 4 days)
Venue: Online session on zoom
About Bloom and Grow:
Bloom & Grow facilitates artist-led virtual and offline workshops for individuals and for corporates across the world.
Mosaic is a decorative art of creating patterns on a surface by setting small coloured piece of glass, title or marble.
In this workshop participants will be directed step by step from preparing a wooden cardboard till they finish painting the joint sealant and will also be guided to create design, cutting glass, assembling and grouting.
Join this workshop learn all the topics and techniques required to create a mosaic mirror, a functional home decor to adorn your homes.
Artist – Nagashree
Take Away – A beautiful 10/14 inch mirror handcrafted by you.
All the materials will be provided
Date: 29th March, 2020
Day: Sunday
Timing: 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Fee: Rs 2200 per person (Inclusive of all material)
Booking fee: Rs 500 per person (Balance of Rs 1700 to be paid at the venue)
Awaiting a Sospeso workshop? also known as Volume Decoupage. Get introduced to the fundamental techniques of this beautiful craft and add a new dimension to your crafting skills.
The paper veil technique would be taught which later on can practically be done on any kind of surface. The technique basically involves heating flat plastic films and making beautiful 3 D shapes out of it. Post the workshop, you can use the same technique to create sospeso coasters, photo frames, wall deco and more.
Glass Bottle cutting & Lamp Making workshop in Bangalore for Beginners
Cutting glass bottles is fun, easy and good for the environment. We will Upcycle/Recycle glass bottles into a beautiful electric lamp that can accessorize your home.
In the workshop, participants will learn the following:
– How to score the glass
– How to cut glass by stressing it
– How to smooth glass and grind it
Finally, participants will make lamps from the cut glass bottle
Please bring 3 round glass cleaned bottles with you – Please bring at least one beer bottle.
Remove labels from all bottles – To remove labels from bottles, dip the bottles in soapy water overnight. Once the label comes off, any sticky residue can be scrubbed off with soap and a scrubber.
Date: 28th March, 2020
Day: Saturday
Time: 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Fees: Rs 1500 per person (including all materials)
Booking Fee: Rs 500 per person (Balance of Rs 1000 to be paid at venue)
Oil Painting (Venice Balcony Painting) – Two Day Live Online Session
Join in for 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.
You’ll need to keep the following items handy for the workshop:
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
Please keep a printout of the reference picturefor the workshop
In this workshop, you will learn:
Tips on how to start painting Venice Balcony with oil paints.
Learn all basics of oil painting.
Practical applications of techniques for different Venice Balcony paintings.
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.
Book your slots now to get valuable information about materials, colour mixing and to have a 2 hours productive session. Exploring is what all it matters!
Date: 30th May and 31st May
Day: Saturday and Sunday
Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 800 per person (for both days) (Inclusive of GST and convenience fees)
