This weekend was a truly special one at the library. The art workshop saw a fantastic group of vibrant, intelligent women come together for an afternoon of fun and learning. Thank you to our mentor for a great workshop that allowed complete freedom with colours and form and gave such great output at the end of it all. Ladies, thank you all for being such a forthcoming and wonderful group willing to experiment and share ideas so willingly. We do hope each one of you immensely enjoyed the time you spent with us.
Some pictures that capture all the concentration, chatter, laughs and joy!

 

 

 

 

Hi everyone,

Here’s wishing you all a wonderful Holi!

As Nature celebrates spring and marks the advent of summer, a special reminder to all my young friends who are part of Gulmohar Days: please be careful with colour and be judicious in the use of water.

The Library will remain closed on Moday on account of Holi celebrations. However, the Trinity Speech and Communication Classes will be conducted as per schedule in the evening.

Wishing you much merriment and joy as the bright colours and water wash away all that is impure and fill our hearts with love and laughter!

 
Our phonics workshop in the beginning of January received a particularly favourable response. Based on the feedback, we are happy to announce regular phonics sessions every week at the library. Please find the details below:

PHONICS CLUB
AGES: 3 TO 5 YEARS
DAYS: EVERY FRIDAY
TIME; 5.30 TO 6.30
STARTS: FROM FRIDAY, THE 5TH OF MARCH
VENUE: GULMOHAR DAYS

Please feel free to email for further details on the programme.

Please feel free to call or email for further queries on the workshop.

Have a great week ahead!!

“Experience Art”: the 2 day art workshop at Gulmohar days was an absolute success. Thanks Renu, for giving the kids a broader and more meaningful insight into art and for introducing them to the works of so many artists! I must admit that post the sessions you had with them, we have quite a few Paul Klee wanna-bees walking around! Sharing a couple of pictures that capture all the concentration, practice, fun and excitement that went into the workshop. Enjoy them!

 

Happy to share an article featuring Gulmohar Days in the Sakaal Times. Please click on the link below to read the feature:

http://epaper.sakaaltimes.com/SakaalTimes/30Jan2010/Normal/Cityscape/page4.htm

We are happy to announce that Speech and Communication classes based on the Trinity Guildhall speech and communication syllabus ( U.K.) will be conducted at Gulmohar Days from the month of February 2010.

“You see things as they are and ask why?
I dream of things as they never were and ask why not?” 

— George Bernard Shaw

No of sessions: 2

• Exercise 01: Participants will be taken through a half hour drawing drill exercise. Each participant will be given quarter imperial size chart papers. A warm-up exercise which will loosen their hands to draw.
• Exercise 02: Participants will be taken through a slide show presentation of modern art and tribal paintings (eg. Paul Klee, Mondrian, aboriginal and tribal painting) followed by an interactive session explaining the concepts of line and form.
• Exercise 03: Create a design using a combination of horizontal, vertical, diagonal, scalloped, curly, wavy and zig-zag lines. Compose an image using a combination of a variety of lines to form shapes (human faces, curved lines, semi-circles) Paint the composition using poster colours, oil-pastels and black conte chalk. Followed by a slide show of artworks (paintings) highlighting geometric forms and shapes. Participants will observe the image and interpret any one image using lines and geometric shapes.
• Exercise 04: Participants will be asked to bring a real flower to make a few sketches. Design composition using one selected sketch of the flower from the previous exercise, exploring basic design principles such as repetition and rhythm. Participants will paint the design using opaque poster colours.

Please do email gulmohardays@gmail.com for further enquiries on this workshop.