Looking for some creative entertainment for your kids these winter holidays? Art Est. has ten days of fun art workshops for kids from 4 years where they can explore a range of different art styles and mediums.

All workshops are 3 hours commencing at 9.30am or 1.30pm.

Each holiday art class is just $50 per child and includes all materials and everyone takes home at least one masterpiece! All you need to do is wear old art clothes, bring a drink and a healthy snack, and if you book in for the whole day, pack some lunch as well.

Book in for a single art class, a whole day or even the week as every day is different. Places are limited so book early to ensure you don't miss out!

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This class will explore the fun process of making tools from everyday household items such as toothbrushes, hair brushes, dish cloths, sponges, brooms, bits of plastic, leather, etc. Students will be introduced to different cultures and primitive art practices and their own unique ways of making art.

We will explore the unusual fun marks their tools will make using black ink and gouache on paper and then create a collage, adding other elements of paint and paper if needed.

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Want to create artwork with beautiful BLING? We will look at the highly decorative gold period work of Gustave Klimt & you will have a chance to create your own. You can use a celebrity head or your own & create a richly embellished costume with a range of materials including gold & silver pens & paper, ink & gold leaf. Students will learn basic types of pattern, how to create and contrast, emphasis and asymmetry and how to combine several media.

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This is the class for those children that don’t scare too easily. Students will explore areas such as colour, tone, light and composition in order to depict eerie, dark and scary moods. They will be introduced to artists that paint in a dark manner, different novels, films and images of vampires and werewolves that convey a dark and spooky feel (not too scary). Students will explore and develop their art practice through the process of drawing and painting. Students will develop skills in understanding the importance of areas such as light, colour, tone and composition in depicting mood in their art.

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Alexander Calder made some of the most amazing wire sculptures. In this class you will design and make a wire sculpture of your own aquarium and you don’t have to remember to feed the fish or change the water! A great introduction to 3 dimensional art forms. Students will learn safety techniques for handling the wire. By learning about 2 and 3 dimensions and the basic principles of composition, students will design a minimum of three sea creatures to be combined in the aquarium.

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Learn how to make a beautiful journal or art diary filled with pictures, memories, drawings and more! Using a variety of papers and techniques, you'll make and design a small booklet to keep forever. Using paint, pencils, stamps, collage and more, you'll learn how to make your special diary a work of art.

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In this workshop we will explore sculpture and monotype printing.

First we will recycle plastic water bottles into imaginative sculptures. Create a penguin, owl, caterpillar, flying pig or even a rocket, the possibilities are endless in this fun workshop. In the second part of the workshop, we will use monotype printing techniques to create a beautiful, colourful tropical bird print.

Students will learn how recycled materials can be used in art and principles of constructing sculpture.

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Do you have a passion for fashion? Ever wanted to learn how to get all of your fashion ideas to look professional? Through a series of drawing activities you'll design your own fashion magazine using pens, watercolours, gouache, collage and other fun materials. Think up a funky name, choose some headlines and put some pictures with it. Just like a publisher!

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Create beautiful cards, bookmarks and artwork printed on an etching press. This is a practical printmaking class for students which introduces a variety of simple, safe and effective techniques.

Why not design a colourful bookmark, a set of cards you can use or give to someone special as a gift, or an artwork to frame. And because you can print several copies of each on an etching press, you can keep one for yourself and give the others away!

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Choose your own insect to cast in plaster by making a relief-cast. Students will learn the process of relief-casting by firstly pressing and drawing their subject into clay. They will then learn to mix plaster and by pouring over the clay will make their own plaster cast that can then be painted.

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Be inspired by the art of Degas or Rodin in this creative drawing and sculpture workshop. First you'll make a sculpture based on a famous artwork such as Little Dancer by Degas, or Rodin's The Thinker and then using the wonderful medium of soft pastels, you'll draw a beautiful impressionist style artwork. Discover techniques in sculpting, then explore ways to colour and shade with pastels. A two-part workshop that will keep both boys and girls absorbed!

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By studying the shape, colour and patterns of different insects, students will make a mixed media painting and collage of their chosen insects in a garden setting. Students will learn different painting techniques, increase their drawing skills and learn basic techniques in making collage using different papers.

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In this workshop we will brighten up your winter with Matisse and the Fauves. Using bright and beautiful colours, we will paint large vibrant imaginary landscapes or interiors in the style of the Fauves. In the second half of the workshop we will create groovy portraits using printmaking techniques of Matisse

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After studying ancient tribal masks from different cultures students will make their own decorative mask from clay. Students will learn clay handbuilding techniques, adding and joining and decorative skills. The masks will then be painted and decorated with feathers, shells and patterns depending on individual choice. 

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Kid's love a good treasure hunt, so why not create your own secret teasure map? Will it lead you to a buried treasure chest or to discover the fairies hiding in your garden? Use your imagination and have fun experimenting while creating your map through drawing, painting and collage techniques.

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This fun workshop will teach kids how to handbuild a pot and vase from clay.They will learn methods in coil building and making pinch pots and decorating. Looking at ancient images of different vessels students will design their own pots and decorate and paint them in their own style.

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Do you love pretty, delicate things? In this class you will do painting, drawing and collage using acrylics, pen, glitter and ribbon to design an artwork on canvasr. This class is particularly suitable for girls who want to create something beautiful for their own bedroom.

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This is a class perfect for up and coming sportsmen and sportswomen or maybe just followers of their favourite sport. Students will discuss the World Cup, their favourite players, which countries made the finals and any personal experiences they may have. Using pictures of soccer players as a reference, students will explore physical actions of sportsmen by sculpting a chosen soccer player in wire. Their sculpture will be further developed using modroc and paint to create their favourite action Socceroo.

Students will learn skills to express action specific to soccer through the process of sculpting. This will encourage a better understanding of the mass, movement, proportion and weight distribution.

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Surrealism is the arrangement of unusual things in an unexpected combination. It can be dreamlike, humorous, surprising, & even ridiculous & it’s a lot of fun. Come and create a surreal interior using drawing, painting, collage and your sense of fun.

Students will look at artworks by surrealist artists such as Salvadore Dali and learn basic techniques for drawing (linear and tonal) and watercolour paint. Students will also learn how to juxtapose unusual objects to create a humorous or dreamlike result.

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This is the perfect class for children who love birds! Children will use collage as a medium for exploring composition, texture, structure, tone and colour while depicting the quirky and almost prehistoric features of birds, their odd stances, their skinny scaly feet and their amazing variety of colours of feathers. Children will develop knowledge of local artists that have used birds as a subject matter.

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Imagine you are Howard Carter and about to open the magnificent tomb of Tutankhamen. Come and make your own Egyptian mummy and an authentic coffin to house it. Decorate it with the fabulous designs of Egypt, the glitter of gold and the colour of beautiful gems.

Students will learn about the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter. Students will learn to design and construct a figure, wrap it and age it to form a convincing mummy. They will also look at traditional Egyptian design and use elements of these to create a decorative surface for the sarcophagus.

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This is the perfect class for kids who love chickens or who may even have or consider having chooks as pets. Children will use sculpture as a medium for exploring mass, weight, movement, balance and colour while depicting the quirky features of chooks, like their odd stances, their oversized bodies to their skinny legs and the way they can turn their heads 180 degrees. Sculpt a chook with personality!

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This fun workshop will teach kids how to handbuild a pot and vase from clay.They will learn methods in coil building and making pinch pots and decorating. Looking at ancient images of different vessels students will design their own pots and decorate and paint them in their own style.

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Children will be introduced to famous artists such as Degas known for their horse paintings. They will be given pictures of horses, followed by a discussion of distinctive features and characteristics specific to horses, their mass, shape, proportions, and many varied colours.

Using sketching exercises children will explore and develop their skills in depicting these great creatures. They will then create a final painting of a horse, or several horses in a setting.

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By studying how pattern has been used in art and craft throughout history students will create a mixed media work using pattern as a subject. Students will learn how to create patterns using colour, form, and line. Using metalic oil pastels and collage material students can let their imaginations grow like their patterns!

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Do you love pretty, delicate things? In this class you will do painting, drawing and collage using acrylics, pen, glitter and ribbon to design an artwork on canvas or paper. This class is particularly suitable for girls who want to create something beautiful for their own bedroom.

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In this workshop we will explore sculpture and monotype printing.

First we will recycle plastic water bottles into imaginative sculptures. Create a penguin, owl, caterpillar, flying pig or even a rocket, the possibilities are endless in this fun workshop. In the second part of the workshop, we will use monotype printing techniques to create a beautiful, colourful tropical bird print.

Students will learn how recycled materials can be used in art and principles of constructing sculpture.

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Kid's love a good treasure hunt, so why not create your own secret teasure map? Will it lead you to a buried treasure chest or to discover the fairies hiding in your garden? Use your imagination and have fun experiementing while creating you map through drawing, painting and collage techniques.

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Learn about pastels in this fun workshop. Create a colourful and exciting streetscape in the wonderful world of pastels! Join in the challenge of creating your own town of people, cards, dogs, bikes or whatever you like! Bring along photos of your own house or your street, or just use your imagination!

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Create your own portrait in the style of Van Gogh. It will have your image that you draw from a photo of yourself and a background based on one of Van Gogh’s famous artworks. Students will practice drawing facial features to complete a practice portrait to learn basic proportions of the human head. They will then draw a life size portrait of themselves and create a background referring to one of Van Gogh’s artworks. Students will combine the self portrait and the background.

Twisted - You need to bring an A4 sized photo copy of a recent photo of yourself.

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Explore the fantasic range of colors and shapes ina magical underwater world. We will be drawing and painting everything from starfish to sharks and all sorts of colorful sea creatures. Students will learn drawing skills and painting techniques to take away a masterpiece. Bring your imagination with you!

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Imagine you are Howard Carter and about to open the magnificent tomb of Tutankhamen. Come and make your own Egyptian mummy and an authentic coffin to house it. Decorate it with the fabulous designs of Egypt, the glitter of gold and the colour of beautiful gems.

Students will learn about the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb by Howard Carter. Students will learn to design and construct a figure, wrap it and age it to form a convincing mummy. They will also look at traditional Egyptian design and use elements of these to create a decorative surface for the sarcophagus.

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Do you love pandas, giraffes, lions and tigers? Learn how to draw zoo animals and birds using brightly coloured pastels. Use your imagination to create a colourful and beautiful animal portraits in pastels.

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By studying the shape, colour and patterns of different insects students will make a mixed media painting and collage of their chosen insects in a garden setting. Students will learn different painting techniques, increase their drawing skills and learn basic techniques in making collage using different papers.

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Do you have a passion for fashion? Ever wanted to learn how to get all of your fashion ideas to look professional? Through a series of drawing activities you'll design your own fashion magazine using pens, watercolours, gouache, collage and other fun materials. Think up a funky name, choose some headlines and put some pictures with it. Just like a publisher!

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Looking at the shape, colour and patterns of different reptiles, students will elarn to make their own clay reptile! Discovering skills in handbuilding sculptureal techniques, students will make a 3D for of the reptile of their choice. Students will also paint and decorate their reptile to suit their imagination and observation.

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Do you love pretty, delicate things? In this class you will do painting, drawing and collage using acrylics, pen, glitter and ribbon to design an artwork on canvas or paper. This class is particularly suitable for girls who want to create something beautiful for their own bedroom.

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This is the class for those children that don’t scare too easily. Students will explore areas such as colour, tone, light and composition in order to depict eerie, dark and scary moods. They will be introduced to artists that paint in a dark manner, different novels, films and images of vampires and werewolves that convey a dark and spooky feel (not too scary). Students will explore and develop their art practice through the process of drawing and painting. Students will develop skills in understanding the importance of areas such as light, colour, tone and composition in depicting mood in their art.

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Want to create artwork with beautiful BLING? We will look at the highly decorative gold period work of Gustave Klimt & you will have a chance to create your own. You can use a celebrity head or your own & create a richly embellished costume with a range of materials including gold & silver pens & paper, ink & gold leaf. Students will learn basic types of pattern, how to create and contrast, emphasis and asymmetry and how to combine several media.

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This class will explore the fun process of making tools from everyday household items such as toothbrushes, hair brushes, dish cloths, sponges, brooms, bits of plastic, leather, etc. Students will be introduced to different cultures and primitive art practices and their own unique ways of making art.

We will explore the unusual fun marks their tools will make using black ink and gouache on paper and then create a collage, adding other elements of paint and paper if needed.

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Alexander Calder made some of the most amazing wire sculptures. In this class you will design and make a wire sculpture of your own aquarium & you don’t have to remember to feed the fish or change the water! A great introduction to 3 dimensional art forms. Students will learn safety techniques for handling the wire. By learning about 2 and 3 dimensions and the basic principles of composition, students will design a minimum of three sea creatures to be combined in the aquarium.

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