Here is your entry into the amazing world of Brush Lettering. Brush lettering is like Modern Calligraphy with Brush Script. 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 two days, this is a beginner-friendly session to help you create art, using letters and words. The course will include :
-Techniques to use brush pens
-Basic strokes with the brush
-Nuances of pressure variation
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)
Artist – Amritanshu Das is a self-taught artist and has been practicing calligraphy for over 9 years.
Recommended age: Adults and children above 10 years
Date: 8th, 9th, 10th Oct
Day: Fri, Sat, Sun
Time: 4.00 pm to 5.30 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 1200 per person inclusive of taxes (For 3 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.
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: 17th to 21st May
Day: Monday to Friday
Time: 3 pm to 4 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 400 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.
Alcoholic Ink Painting – Online Workshop with Arth by Kshama
Alcohol ink is an impressionistic medium. This medium is a current rage amongst artist due to its highly pigmented colors that are transparent and extremely vibrant that on drying give a wispy effect. Alcohol inks are widely used to create flowing abstract art, mixed media projects, landscapes, resin projects etc. They can be used on multiple surfaces mostly which includes non porous surfaces like glossy paper, glass, ceramic etc.
In this workshop we shall run through the various techniques of painting with alcohol inks and create our own abstract art on yupo paper and ceramics.
Dot Mandala Art – Online Live Workshop with Nithya
Join us and learn the beautiful art of dotting mandalas. You will be learning how to work on a curved or flat base and also methods of layering and sealing the dots.
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
Materials required:
– Plate/ Canvas/ Bottle/ Coasters/ or any other surface that you wish to work on
– Acrylic Paints
– Black paint/ Chalk powder (Preferred)
– Dotting tools (alternatives: wooden dowels, toothpick, earbuds, paint brush)
– Tissue Papers
– Pallet
** Priming the surface on which art work has to be done before the workshop is recommended. Priming may be done with black chalk paint preferably but not mandatory.
Day & Date: Saturday, 20th June
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 500 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
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
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.
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)
While the world stands still, and we all locked in, we all are struggling to get off the screens and utilize this time creatively.
To positively deal with this situation, Bloom and Grow brings you five days art camp for children. Adults may join in too.
Day 1 (Friday, 15th May)
Dot garden painting – Lets create a beautiful garden with colourful 3D dots of Acrylics and get introduced to the Dot Art.
Materials required – Drawing sheet/ canvas , Acrylic Paints, Q tips/ Earbuds, Paint Brushes. You can use sketch pens if you do not have paints.
Day 2 (Saturday, 16th May)
Silhouette painting – A silhouette is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single color, usually black, its edges matching the outline of the subject.
Materials required – Old magazines/ newspapers/ books, pens, inks, acrylic paints and paint brushes.
Day 3 (Sunday, 17th May)
Bottle Painting/ Pot painting – Upcycle your glass bottles to a beautiful piece of art using some fun and endearing art techniques making most of materials available with you. These bottles can be used then 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.
Date: 15th, 16th and 17th May
Days: Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Time: 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm (IST)
Venue: Online classes on Zoom
Fee: Rs 1200 per person (for 3 days)
Rs 400 per person (for ANY one day)
(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!
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
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