This course is about getting you to solve the most famous puzzle in the world, Rubik’s cube. If you tried to solve it in the past and failed, worry not… you will be guided step by step through unique methods. By the end of the course you will be able to solve the Rubik’s Cube from any position.
What is a Rubik’s Cube?
The Rubik’s cube is a 3-D combination puzzle and is the world’s top selling puzzle game. It comes in different levels such as the 3×3, 4×4, 5×5 and many more.
Benefits of the Rubik’s Cube:
Along with logical thinking, memory power and practice, one can easily solve this puzzle. With the understanding of basic concepts of cubing and the movements this puzzle becomes a piece of cake. Committed to practice one can solve it in under a minute and earn bragging rights. If one is interested and wants to challenge oneself one can also learn to solve the 4×4, 5×5, mirror cube and so on.
Date: 18th to 22nd Oct
Day: Monday to Friday
Time: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 700 per person (includes taxes)
Venue: Online Classes on Zoom
Register with GPAY on 78297 92950
Note: You will be added to a WhatsApp group for ease in communication with the steps to join in a day prior to the workshop.
About Bloom and Grow:
Bloom & Grow facilitates artist-led virtual and offline workshops for individuals and for corporates across the world.
Hand-building Pottery – Beginners Workshop in Bangalore
Indulge yourself in some clay time. Beat the heat with some cool clay play. Here is a much-awaited pottery workshop on Hand-building with Clay.
The workshop includes basic techniques like pinching, coiling and slab making. Hand-building pottery is the basic start one needs to learn in order to work with clay as a hobby or profession. Connecting with the clay and understanding different forms will give more exposure to building bigger articles. Before you start using the wheel, basic hand-building is very important.
Workshop schedule includes –
1. Understanding clay
2. Understanding of how the raw clay is processed to a usable article
3. Pinching method
4. Coil method
5. Slab making method
6. Drying and firing methods(theory only)
7. Paints, varnish n glazing methods(theory only)
This hand-building pottery session covers the different methods of working with clay.
In this workshop, participants will learn the art of moulding easy and beautiful hand built articles.
Pottery also plays an important role in one’s health and is also used as a form of therapy. Working with clay helps –
To bring out your creative thought process
Is Meditative in nature
Improves focus and instills calmness
Improves Motor skills
Age: 8 & above
Date: 21st February 2020 Day: Sunday Time: 3 pm to 6 pm Fee: Rs 1500 (Including all materials) Venue: Bloom and Grow, Koramangala
Booking fee – Rs 500+taxes (Balance can be paid during the workshop)
Participants are restricted in no. to ensure covid protocols.
Not sure what to do with the leftover bottles?? Join us and learn the beautiful art of dotting mandalas and give your bottles and the plates a new look again.
In this workshop, we will be doing dot mandalas on bottles or paper You will be learning how to work on a curved or flat base and also methods of layering and sealing the dots.
Materials Required:
1. Clean glass bottle (preferably dark colored blue, brown or green) or Canvas/MDF primed with black acrylic paint
2. Acrylic colors, light, and bright shades. Like white, yellow, leaf green, red, orange, red, light blue.
3. Dot art tools, or if not available earbuds, pencil, toothpicks, round brush ends, etc will work also.
4. Rag cloth, water, safety pin
Artist : Subojit Saha from Bottles n Brushes.
Benefits are as follows:
– Relaxes
– Controls emotions
– Helps in hand-eye co-ordination
– Reduces stress and lowers anxiety
– Uplifts your soul
– Connects to the inner you and helps understand the physical and mental needs
– Stimulates the creative thought flow
– Assists in decision making and helps problem-solving
Please note that the aim of the workshop is not to complete the bottle/artwork within 2 hours but to help you understand mandala as an art form, different techniques and equip you to complete your artwork in your own time.
Day & Date: Saturday, 31st October
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 800 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
About Bloom and Grow:
Bloom & Grow facilitates artist-led virtual and offline workshops for individuals and for corporates across the world.
What is One stroke painting?
One stroke painting is an art technique in which you can make beautiful paintings in one stroke. You can achieve shading, highlighting, and blending in a single stroke movement. This technique add more depth and realism in paintings and can be used on a variety of different surfaces such as glass, canvas, wood, paper, fabric etc.
What are the basic materials required for the workshop?
– Canvas board OR canvas pad: OR Thick drawing sheet/ chart paper (over 250 GSM and above) – Recommended size for the final project is 8 by 10 inches
–Acrylic paints (Recommended colors: White, Olive Green, Napkes Yellow, Indian Red, Teal Blue. However, feel free to use whatever acrylic colors you may have)
–Flat brush no. 5/6/7
–Thin round brush No. 0/1/2/3 – Print papers A
– Other supplies such as Water, spare cloth, sponge/dabber, mixing plate/palette
No prior experience/ artistic experience required!
Participants will practice various brush loading and painting techniques before doing a composition.
Video will be provided post the workshop for view for a limited period.
About the Artist:
Nirupama Chirmade is a Bangalore-based One Stroke Painting Technique artist. She learnt this art in US. Her love for Nature was how she began paintings. Flowers and Leaves using acrylic colours. The beauty in one stroke she says is When she see real flowers, she thinks of ways to paint it using One Stroke technique.
Day & Date: Sunday, 18th October
Timings: 5 pm to 7 pm
Venue: Online Session on Zoom
Fee: Rs 800 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Faux calligraphy (also known as fake calligraphy) is a fun and simple way to learn lettering and calligraphy. It imitates the look of some styles of calligraphy using simple tools.
The best part is that you can do faux calligraphy with any sort of writing tool that you have!
In this 3 day course, we would be learning all the letters, but not how to write them, but rather, how to draw them beautifully! You would be able to letter your favorite lines in a proper layout, in a calligraphic style using just regular writing tools.
There will be an in detail study of letter forms and guidelines for achieving a uniform and even style.
Materials required : paper (ruled or unruled, thick or regular A4, anything would do), pen/fine marker/sketch pens, ruler, pencil, eraser.
Date: 18th,19th & 20th September 2020
Day: Friday, Saturday & Sunday
Timing: 5 pm to 6:30 pm
Fee: Rs 1200 per person (Inclusive of Taxes)
Wood burning & Techniques of Wood Staining Online Workshop/Shou Sugi Ban with Paperfantasees by Tanvi Shah
Take your handmade projects to the next level in this unique workshop which combines paints and stenciling along with wood burning to create a vintage aged wood platter. In this class you will learn 2 unique techniques to finish and transform the burnt wood by applying wood stains & chalk paints.
This class is loaded with techniques and a perfect session for novice & experienced people alike. You will receive start-to-finish instructions & technique tips to –
Use a blow torch
Prepare the base (a wood plaque) by roasting the surface
Brush & sand the roasted surface to make the wood grains prominent
The first thing that comes to your mind is ” oh I would love to learn Kerala mural but am not good at drawing”
WHAT IS KERALA MURAL PAINTING?
Kerala mural is an ancient traditional art form established after independence particularly in Kerala. The mural stories are derived from the purana which depict the story of god and goddess. Kerala mural painting is not only seen on temple walls you can also see it on the walls of ancient Christian churches.
WHAT YOU LEARN?
1. A short note on kerala mural painting
2. The basic drawing techniques
3. The colour study
4. The blending and combinations
5. Outlining
Materials needed –
1. Seven Acrylic colour ( yellow ocher, scarlet red, burntsienna, black,white, sap green, and phthalo blue)
2. Yellow carbon sheet ( for tracing)
3. A canvas ( size – A4)
4. Three brushes – 0.4 round thin brush, a flat brush ( any size) 10 round brush ( note – brush size 10)
5. A palette
6. Waste cloth
Date: 18th and 19th July
Day: Saturday and Sunday
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm (IST)
Venue: Online Session on Zoom
Fee: Rs 1000 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Note :
– We don’t use natural dyes, we use only acrylic colours.
– Once you are registered, participants will be added to whatsapp group, for ease in communication with the steps to join in.
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.
Faux calligraphy (also known as fake calligraphy) is a fun and simple way to learn lettering and calligraphy. It imitates the look of some styles of calligraphy using simple tools.
The best part is that you can do faux calligraphy with any sort of writing tool that you have!
Materials required : paper (ruled or unruled, thick or regular A4, anything would do), pen/fine marker/sketch pens, ruler, pencil, eraser.
Date: 18th and 19th April, 2020
Day: Saturday and Sunday
Timing: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Fee: Rs 500 + taxes per person
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.
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
HOLI- a festival that celebrates native colours that surrounds us and brings us closer to the natural world and lets us be sensitive to the subtle changes. To rejoice and be grateful for all the hard work of a good harvest through playful use of petals, leaves and roots and welcome the onset of spring.
Historically flowers and nature’s discards were used to rejuvenate the skin and embrace the body to the climatic changes. Modern living has changed the essence of the festival from plant colors to bright neon colors and chemical pigments that take away more from our skin than add to it.
MUUYEE as a brand practices slow and sustainable lifestyle, where we believe that every discard has its own purpose. We welcome you to a Holi that will leave you refreshed and glowing and makes sure that no chemical harm is done to you or to mother Earth.
We would be creating our own colour recipes from humble ingredients like turmeric, neem leaves, rose and marigold petals that would be ground together with the goodness of chickpea flour. (Besan)
Content of the workshop:
This workshop will be a colour journey to see hues of Red, Green and yellow coming to life with living ingredients. A dedicated station for each colour would be created, were in the participants can explore hands on how to make their own Holi hues.
Participants will get to explore their own recipes of natural Holi colors that can be mixed and used. The workshop will end with each participant taking back a set of three colors to play Holi with their loved ones in the most natural and organic way possible.
Take Away: A set of 3 Holi colours.
Date: 7th March, 2020
Day: Saturday
Time: 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Fee: Rs 1500 per person (Inclusive of materials)
Booking Fee: Rs 500 per person (Balance amount of Rs 1000 to be paid at venue)
Venue: Bloom & Grow, Koramangala
Note: Participants need to register by paying the booking amount and balance at the venue. Alternatively, you can pay full fees online. Please note DO NOT pay both booking fees and full fees.
A unique one of its kind wall decor made from scrap pine wood
In this project you learn to do multiple techniques related to wood distressing
1. Basic decoupage of rice paper or tissue
2. Wood distressing and dry brushing
3. Creating depth to each blick using angular brush
4. Wood burning technique and color washing
5. Stamping on wood with archival inks
6. Distressed stenciling on wood
7. Shadow stenciling on wood
8. Wood staining
And finally sealing it to a beautiful wall decor that lasts for years to come.
Artist: Rupa Swaminathan
Take Away: Scrap wood block panel of size 2*2 ft.
Date – 22nd March, 2020
Day – Sunday
Time – 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
Fee – Rs 3500 per person (Includes all materials)
Booking fee – Rs 500 per person (Balance amount of Rs 3000 to be paid at the venue)
Venue – Bloom and Grow, Koramangala
Ceramic Mural Art – Two days Module for Beginners in Bangalore
Bloom and Grow is conducting a 2-day workshop on ceramic mural art. Ceramic mural is extremely popular when it involves home decoration and creating new art. You will enjoy playing with clay and creating different textures and using various techniques to finally make an A2 sized mural art.
In the guided step by step workshop,
-Learn how to apply ceramic clay on canvas board to get 3D mural effect
-How to prepare clay paste
-Learn how to use knife, brushes and cone to make ceramic clay mural
-Learn how to paint with oil colours above mural work
Take Away: You will take your finished designer mural art (A2 size).
Date: 4th and 5th April, 2020
Day: Saturday and Sunday
Time: 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Fees: Rs 2500 per person (Includes materials)
Booking: Rs 500 per person (Balance amount of Rs 2000 to be paid at venue)
Venue: Bloom and Grow, Koramangala
Sculpture painting combines elements from sculpture as well as painting to create stunning volumetric paintings using a one smear- one element principle. In this workshop, you will learn how to create the elements of the a Peony! Complete a panel with various elements such as full bloom flowers, half blooms, buds and leaves.
Lunch and All materials required for the class will be provided.
Learn from Vidya- a Certified instructor of Evgenia Ermilova School of Sculpture Painting.
No prior experience is required.
Take Away: A project made by you and Certificate of participation from Evgenia Ermilova school of sculpture painting.
Date: 14th March, 2020 Day: Saturday Time: 10 am to 6 pm Fee: Rs 8500 per person (Includes materials) Booking Fee: Rs 500 per person (Balance amount of Rs 8000 to be paid at venue) Venue: Bloom and Grow, Koramangala
Note: Participants need to register by paying the booking amount and balance at the venue. Alternatively, you can pay full fees online. Please note DO NOT pay both booking fees and full fees.
