Charcoal live demonstration by Nidhi Agarwal at Cafe Ambroisie on 6th dec 2015

Charcoal live demonstration by Nidhi Agarwal at Cafe Ambroisie on 6th dec 2015

Nidhi explained the basics of charcoal work and demonstrated the technique of using charcoal to create good art work.

Nidhi explained various types of charcoal tools like
> charcoal pencil
> charcoal stick
> charcoal powder


Charcoal pencil , stick and powder can be used in different combinations to create a great piece of art.
Pencil is used for sketching and detailing, stick is used to create patterns or for shading and powder is used to give darker/lighter shades .

Trees and flowers are Nidhi's favourites .

Nidhi demonstrated how to sketch trees within the cafe .Later , we moved outdoors and Nidhi drew a tree from the surrounding area . She used soft pastels to bring color to the work and drew flowers with it.

The audience were eager to try out the new technique . On whole , it was a very unique experience.

Cafe Ambroisie thanks Nidhi Agarwal and all who could make it .

A detailed session on "Art & Health " by Dr, Sowmya Suryanarayana on 8th Nov 2015

A detailed session on "Art & Health " by Dr, Sowmya Suryanarayana on 8th Nov 2015

 

Dr. Sowmya’s session on art & health on 8^th Nov 2015 from 4.30pm to 6.30pm at Café Ambroisie , Koramangala , Bangalore was very informative and interesting.

Dr. Sowmya covered various topics like

Ø  Art and its purpose and contribution to health

Ø  Art and its relation to mind and intellect

Ø  Art helps in expressing knowing – self and thereby healing

Ø  Using art to cope with stress and adversity and building resilience

Dr. Sowmya burst many myths surrounding art like “art is only for the creative people” , “art is only for kids” and so on

Her session was supported by a recap on color theory , primary colors, secondary and tertiary colors , basics of shading and tones by Priyanka Priyadarshini.

Café Ambroisie thanks Dr. Sowmya, Priyanka Priyadarshini and all who could make it to the session.