An Online Gardening Webinar workshop to get you hands-on in Gardening and develop a deeper understanding of Soil and Plants.
Getting started with gardening can be a deterrent for a few. And that is what we are trying to leave behind as we help you uncover the basics in gardening and what you need to do minimally to motivate you to just get started.
A two-hour session on Gardening basics, understanding soil and plants, we cover these topics in this power packed session!
Q & A session included in the last 15 – 30 minutes.
TOPICS COVERED:
1. BASICS OF SOIL, SUN AND WATERING Make sure you have a strong foundation to start your green cover!
2. 10 INDOOR PLANTS/ AIR PURIFIERS to grow and maintain, identify, understand, we will show and teach how to propagate and increase your garden naturally at home (Demo included)
3. 10 HERBAL VARIETIES to grow, consume learn its uses, medicinal/ herbal varieties have wonderful qualities about them, we make you love them and consume regularly
4. MICROGREENS how to, potting mix and care. The easiest plants to grow that adds that kick of energy and nutrients to your body (Demo included)
5. NATURAL HOME REMEDIES – We have some useful tips to control pests, make sure you write these handy tips down.
6. EASY GREENS Growing them easily at home for everyday consumption.
7. SOIL BOOSTERS All natural, all easy, found at home and the kitchen, we get you to create a LIVING soil full of microorganisms and nutrients your plants will love!
About Trainer: Kavya Chandra runs A Green Venture has been Gardening for 7 years now, runs a community garden where she grows over 10 kinds of herbs and vegetables, works with Natural and Organic farmers holding educational workshops, nature walks in Bangalore, Nature & Outdoor activities in the city and grows a wide range of plants from Indoor to herbs, edible greens and flowers at home. She believes that all homes should keep edible and medicinal gardens and have Nature in their life everyday.
Age group: 14 years and above
Day & Date: Saturday, 13th June
Time: 5 pm to 7 pm (IST)
Fees: Rs 600 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Venue: Online class on Zoom
This workshop will primarily be a demo session with a focus on resolving your doubts post the workshop. If you wish to do it along, please register early so we can send you a list of things to be kept ready for the session.
Impasto is a technique of applying thick and dramatic strokes of paint on canvas. It adds a textural dimension to the canvas whilst the paint stands out from the surface. The textures get accentuated with the use of a palette knife.
Materials required:
Canvas board ORcanvas pad OR Thick drawing sheet – Recommended size: 8×10 inches/ 10×12 inches
Day & Date: Saturday, 10th April
Time: 4 pm to 6.30 pm (IST)
Fees: Rs 850 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Venue: Online class on Zoom
Note: You will be added to a WhatsApp group for ease of communication with the steps to join in a day prior to the workshop.
Blue pottery in India is widely recognized as a traditional craft of Jaipur, though it is Turko-Persian in origin. The name “blue pottery” comes from the eye catching blue dye used to colour the pottery.
Learn to make faux blue pottery designs on a plate as a lovely home decor piece.
Materials required:-
– Terracotta plate / any ceramic plate
(The plate will need to be primed one coat of white acrylic paint on the surface and dried before we begin the session)
– Acrylic colours – Prussian blue, white, orange ,golden yellow, and a waterproof black pen or black paint .
– Brush no. – 2, 3
– Palette
– Water bowl
– A rough rag
– Pencil
– Eraser
About the Artist:
Pooja Banka creates modern and contemporary art forms while maintaining the love for Indian folk art over 15 years. She is a certified fine artist from Pune and a certified artist from Pidilite. Her page on insta is__@hunnaraunlimited.
Age : Adults and Children above 8 years.
Date: 6th June 2020
Day: Saturday
Time: 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (IST)
Venue: Online Session on Zoom
Fee: Rs 500 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Macramé Wall Plant Hanger Live Workshop with The Square Knot
Macramé is the art of knotting. This beautiful craft/skill enables you to make beautiful home decor products. You don’t have to have any prior art and craft experience to expert this!
It’s meant to be very calming and fun !
In this workshop, you will learn how to make a beautiful Macramé wall plant hanger which include 4-5 macrame techniques. Each participant is assured to have a final product at the end of this workshop.
Material Required:
1. Bangle (thicker one)
2. A good pair of scissors
3. Yarn
**Now, you can go creative here.
Here are some examples of different materials you can use to make this :
– Cotton cord/rope
– Jute rope
– Rope
– Nylon yarn
– Fabric strips (cut the fabric into long strips, 2-3 inches wide and join them together)
4. Hard Bound book
5. Tape
Age :Adults and Children above 10 years
Date: 30th May, 2020
Day: Saturday
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 600 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience fees)
Baking Workshop with Exotic Musings – Live Online Session
This online session in Baking will give you the much needed head-start into the world of Baking by teaching you the do’s and don’ts of this much loved culinary skill. This will be a guided session in Baking with Sheenu guiding participants from her own kitchen.
You will learn to make the following recipes:
1. Banana walnut loaf cake
2. Whole wheat chocolate chip cookies
3. Foccacia bread
4. Yogurt Mango Tart
Participants can choose to do it along or watch as Sheenu bakes. Participants can later choose to make the recipe at home.
An early registration will help the participant buy the ingredients early, for a ‘Bake along’ with Sheenu.
Date: 31st May, 2020
Day: Sunday
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (IST)
Venue: Online session on zoom
Fee: Rs 800 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Note: Once you register you will be added to a whatsapp group for ease of communication with the steps to join in. This will also be used to handhold participants and clarify doubts if any at a later stage when baking.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Pastels are fun, and versatile! Pastel drawings and paintings glow with intensely luminous color and rich texture.
Soft pastels are easily blendable, and can be blended with fingers, a blending stump, or a cloth. Unlike the process of painting, the colors are mixed directly on the paper and the colors that are produced, are wonderfully intense.
The following techniques would be taught during the session:
– Blending
– Hatching
– Cross Hatching
– Side strokes
– Feathering
– Pointalism
– Little strokes
With a lot of notable artists making soft pastels as their primary medium, considering that they are fun to use, just like a chalk!
Materials needed –
– Soft pastels
– Thick art sheet
So come explore the brilliant colors and just dive right in without needing paintbrushes, solvents or a palette.
Day & Date: Sunday, 12th July
Time: 3 pm to 5 pm (IST)
Fee: Rs 600 per person (Inclusive of GST and convenience charges)
Venue: Online session on zoom
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)