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.
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.
Tie and Dye, Shibori with Natural Material – Live online session
This workshop is an experience to come together and to play with living colours and feel the feel the joy of making and spontaneity through ancient textile design techniques.
Everyday wastes like onion peel, used tea leaves, coffee powder, dried pomegranate peel are some of our magic ingredients used in this process. This workshop gives you hands on experience of playing with ancient textile design techniques and art forms of Shibori (Japan) and Bandhej (India).The participants will pleat, pluck & twist the fabrics to create their unique explorations and dye their cloth (T-shirt) using the method/techniques taught.
You can do a hands-on session with the artist if you do have the following materials ready, else you could join in for the session and clarify all your queries post the session. We will be creating a whatsapp group for ease of communication and clarification of doubts.
Materials required:
1. PRE washed cloth/ old garment (You can keep multiple small swatches of cloth if you want to try different techniques on each, provided you have enough dye solution)
2. Nylon thread (Must)
3. Binding props ( buttons, beads, nails etc )
4. Pole (optional)
5. Clear Tape
6. Random shaped Wood cut pieces (optional)
7. Large metal clips (optional)
8. A potful Organic household stuff like onion peel / tea wastes (Must)
9. Alum (Ideal) or common salt for now.
10. A vessel to boil the peels,teawaste etc.
Date: 14th May, 2020
Day: Thursday
Time: 4 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 500 per person (Inclusive of GST and Convenience charges)
Venue: Online session on zoom
You will learn how to make 5 kinds of flowers, the design sheet will be sent for you’ll to trace, even if you are not able to get a printout, the freehand design would also work.
These beautiful flowers can be used for scrapbooking and upcycling projects, or for amazing card making and even as a jewellery piece.
Materials required:
1. Drawing book paper/Cartridge sheets/Floral paper (White & Color)
2. Acrylic paints, distress inks/ Spray mists/ Soft pastels basically anything to color with
3. Ball tool / Embossing tool / Thick bulky pen as a substitute
4. Embossing pad / Old soft Diary / Thick towel
5. Pearls/beads/pollen fillers
6. Water mist spray / A bowl of water
7. Fevicol
Date: 10th May, 2020
Days: Sunday
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 500 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Venue: Online classes on Zoom
Starry Sky and Mountains Painting – Free Online Session
Galaxies and stars look magical and are super easy when made with watercolors. It is therapeutic and fun to make. And the whimsical style makes it even more mesmerising. Let’s learn how to make this cute, postcard sized starry sky painting.
Materials: watercolors (cakes/ tubes), palette, paint brushes (preferably 1 large, round and 1 small, round) , watercolor paper or thick card sheet. Even though a small postcard size is mentioned, any size would do according to your preference.
Date: 5th May, 2020
Days: Tuesday
Time: 4 pm (IST)
Acrylic paints are one of the most versatile and exciting art mediums for beginner painters. Participants will be guided through the course to understand LIGHT and FORM, MIXING of colors, applying LAYERS of colors to get the exact subject, COMPOSITIONS, and much more.
Materials required:
Canvas board ORcanvas pad OR Thick drawing sheet – Recommended size: 8×10 inches/ 10×12 inches
Reverse Decoupage and Image Transfer – Exhaustive Demonstration Live Session
Participants will learn the following two techniques in the sessions:
1) Reverse decoupage is a technique when print and paints are applied underneath the glass. Reverse decoupage will add a wonderful dimension to your crafting skills. We will learn the reverse decoupage on a plate. Post the session, You may use the same technique to recycles/upcycle glass bottles.
2) Image Transfer is the art of transferring the print on to the surface. After attending the session, you will be able to use this technique on any possible type of surface such as canvas, metal, the glass you will be able to transfer an image on the surface you want to!
The exhaustive demonstration live session would be followed by Question and Answers.
Date: 29th April 2020
Day: Wednesday
Time: 3 pm to 4:30 pm IST
Fee: Rs 500 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Resin art and Geode making with Sonali Rao – Online session
Resin is a two-part compound that hardens to give a clear and glossy finish. Geode is a geological formation consisting of volcanic rocks, minerals, sediments, crystals, etc. Using the resin medium, we would be bringing out patterns with resin, stones, crystals, etc. to create a geode look-alike.
Learn making geode.
Understand what is geode.
See original geode and learn how to replicate them with resin.
Learn what all semi precious stones can be used in resin.
Other materials which can be used in resin.
How to use texture paste in resin
You can take notes step by step so so it will be helpful when you are going to do with material.
If you want do along, you need the following 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, 4th July
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 600 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Note:
* Demonstration will be followed by Question-Answers and the trainer will be accessible later as well.
* Once you register you will be added to a whatsapp group for ease of communication with the steps to join in.
* Registered participants will be sent a pre- preparation video a day prior to the workshop.
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
Learn Book Sculpture with Bijal Shah from Blue Water Creations – Free online-live session
We will be making Little Miss Red Riding Hood and a Hedgehog
Material required:
1)Two old books approximately 75 pages (minimum) : size: 5.5 inches by 7 inches ( approximate) preferably with a hard cover
(These books can be old used notebooks, novels etc with good quality pages)
2) scissors
3) cellotape / glue / fevicol
4) old newspaper and/or coloured paper (red, black, brown, any other color of your choice ) – you can use coloured paper from magazines/ newspaper also where there is text written on the paper
5) small ball with the size of a table tennis ball OR round bottle cork OR clay to make the ball
6) pencil / sketchpen
7) old bottle cap (soft drink bottle or bislery bottle cap – colour it red and keep ready )
Do not worry if you don’t have all the materials… Just enjoy the book sculpture making process ! ?
Age : 5 years and above including adults
Date: 8th April, 2020
Day: Wednesday
Time: 6:30 pm to 7:15 pm
To join whatsapp us on 7259280949/ 9900052747
Bottle Painting with Shruti Rao – Free online-live session
Bottle painting is an ingenious and elegant way to renew life into a once discarded bottle. In this session, you will learn all the tricks to transform glass bottles into easy & inexpensive home decor. These can be used as vases or simply as home décor accents. Experience how waste can be transformed into beautiful works of art.
Materials required:
1. Empty glass jar or bottle or plastic jar
2.Acrylic paints
3.Brushes-flat and round
4.Mug to wash brushes
5.Waste cloth
6.Sponge(optional)
7.Earbuds/ Q tips
8.Black marker or sketch pen
9.Blue marker or sketch pen
Preparation: Keep one bottle/ plastic can/any container that you want to upcycle
Dab white color or gesso or chalk paint whatever is available on the dry bottle
Let it dry and keep it ready for the class. If you do not have any white paints, it is fine. Don’t worry
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.
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
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
