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.
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)
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
The 5-day online art camp is all about inspiring creativity in kids of all ages. These activities will keep your kids not only entertained and engaged but give them a zeal to DIY and upcycle things that are around them.
Day 1: Monday, 18th Oct Zentangle Still Life – The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. We call these patterns, tangles. You create tangles with combinations of dots, lines, simple curves, S-curves and orbs. These simple shapes are the “Elemental Strokes” in all Zentangle art. Materials required – Marker/Microtip pen and colors
Day 2 : Tuesday, 19th Oct Bottle Painting – Upcycle your glass bottles to a beautiful piece of art using some fun and endearing art techniques making most of the materials available with you. These bottles may be used as vases, lampshade holders, etc.
Materials required – Empty glass/ plastic/ metal bottle or jar, acrylic paints, brushes sponge (optional) earbuds/ Q tips, any marker or sketch pen.
Day 3: Wednesday, 20th Oct Harry Potter Painting – Little treat to all Potterheads, as Hedwig brings you your Letter from Hogwarts. After getting sorted into your Houses we shall swish and flick our brushes to paint the adorable Hedwig. All supplies will be brought straight from Diagon Alley to your desk. Do not hold back if you have never painted before, we have got it all sorted for you.
Materials required – Canvas/ Drawing sheet, brushes, acrylic paints
Day 4: Thursday, 21st Oct
Texture Painting: Acrylic painting of cupcake with textured background. Participants will learn how to create textures with various materials like bubble wraps/ newspapers, tooth brush, fingers etc
Materials require – Acrylic paints and available materials for texturing
Day 5: Friday, 22nd Oct Lippan Art – Lippan Kaam, also known as Mud and mirror work is a traditional Mural Craft of Kutch, Gujarat India. Learn Clay Modeling techniques and Mirror placing in this session.
Materials required – Mirrors, Shilpkaar clay, canvas/any MDF board
Date: Mon, 18th Oct to Fri, 22nd Oct
Time: 11:30 am to 1:00 pm (IST)
Venue: Online classes on Zoom
Fee: Rs 1800 per person (for 5 days)
Rs 500 per person (for ANY one day)
Fee inclusive of taxes
Note: Participants may register for any one day. Look forward to an engaging experience in picking up new skills.
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)
Food Illustration with Hemali Mehta (Online-live Session)
Do you love food? Want to capture amazing delicacies in your hand-drawn sketches this summer? Then this workshop is for you.
Food illustration food sketching is a great way to record your connection with food. This is a two hour workshop, where you’ll learn and sketch croissant and other dessert.
You will:
– Learn the value of having a time limit!
– Practice capturing a scene with minimal drawing and instead use a beautiful wash of paint and ink pens.
– Learn what to put in and what to leave out!
– Learn about focal points and composition, colour and more.
Materials required:
– Watercolors
– Pens (black), water resistant recommended
– A4 papers for practice
– A5 watercolor paper or a thick white paper
– Pencil and eraser
– Water container and old kitchen towel
Date: 2nd May, 2020 Day: Saturday Time: 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm (IST) Fee: Rs 500 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
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.
Happy sketching!
Day & Date: Sunday, 14th June
Time: 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm (IST)
Zoom link for the session will be shared via WhatsApp
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.
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
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
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
