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Easter School Holidays | Weekdays 15-26 April 2024 | Now Enrolling

Our regular School Holiday programs are always very popular, offering over 60 workshops for kids (aged 5+) and teens. Our program includes half-day, full-day and two-day workshops. It changes each school holiday period so there will always be a new workshop, new theme, new art form or technique to try.

To see our School Holiday dates for 2024, visit: Our Program Dates

To see some pictures from previous School Holiday programs, visit: Facebook Albums

Our school holiday art programs:

include a wide range of art forms including painting, drawing, ceramics, printmaking, and more!
include all art materials and tuition in the workshop fee
offer 3-hour workshops with morning or afternoon slots for kids aged 5 and over (9.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-4.30pm)
offer one and two-day master classes for teens to develop skills and explore new mediums or techniques (10am-4pm)
include lunchtime supervision for kids staying the whole day at no extra charge

Note: Our goal is to run all the advertised workshops. However, we sometimes need change a workshop theme, age range or tutor due to insufficient enrolments or other circumstances, and occasionally cancel a workshop altogether. In such circumstances, any student enrolled in a cancelled class will be transferred to another suitable class in the same time and parents will be notified. If no alternative class is available at the same time, a credit or refund will be arranged.

Bookings with your NSW Active and Creative Kids Voucher

Art Est continues to be a registered Provider for the NSW Government Active and Creative Kids Progam. You can use your $50 Voucher with us for any holiday workshop. Due to changes with the new vouchers, we are unable to process them through the online checkout. Please call or email to enrol using your voucher. Click here to read step-by-step instructions.

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All of our school holiday workshops are now held in just one venue at our main campus studios at 10 Hill Street. This is where we have three painting and drawing studios, and the ceramics studio.Click here for map and directions.

Click here to download a PDF Timetable for the April Holidays

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Ceramics | Funky Shoes | 9-12 years

Trainers, gumboots or something more fancy - this workshop has shoes for everyone. Learn a range of clay hand-building techniques to build a shoe you can use as a phone holder, trinket dish or potplant. Then get colourful painting with underglazes to make your quirky shoes shine. Designed for young creators, this hands-on workshop encourages exploration and self-expression through the tactile world of clay. Students unleash their imagination, learning the fundamentals of... [More]

Ceramics | Funky Shoes | 9-12 years

Fri 26 Apr
1:30pm - 4:30pm (UTC+10:00)
1 session, 3 hours total

Isis Star

Images used for the course decription are for inspiration and not always indicative of finished works.
Enrol in a morning and afternoon session on the one day and get FREE supervised lunchtime with us.

When	Time	Where	Session Notes
Fri 26 Apr 2024	1:30pm - 4:30pm (UTC+10:00)	Ceramics - Art Est \| 10 Hill Street (Main Studios)

Cartoon Illustration | Gaming Characters | 5-8 years

A class for young artists who just love drawing wacky monsters and crazy villains. The class is designed to increase students drawing and abstract thinking skills. There are lots of drawing games and different exercises involved; such as exquisite corpse and mix and match monster. The class is aimed at young artists of all skill levels and abilities with a focus on fun and freedom of ideas. What will students take home? Their very own cartooning sketchbook filled with drawings and... [More]

Cartoon Illustration | Gaming Characters | 5-8 years

Fri 26 Apr
1:30pm - 4:30pm (UTC+10:00)
1 session, 3 hours total

Sam McNair

When	Time	Where	Session Notes
Fri 26 Apr 2024	1:30pm - 4:30pm (UTC+10:00)	Studio 1 - Art Est \| 10 Hill Street (Main Studios)

If there isn't a class to suit you, please the waiting list.

Acrylic Painting | Fascinating Flowers | 7-9 years

Students will learn to paint thick, dimensional and textured canvases using impasto and acrylic paints. We will be inspired by the colours of wildflowers and rose gardens, creating a subtly wallpaper-like effect with our compositions. Students will be encouraged to paint with palette knives to help get their paint popping off the canvas! What will students take home? A fabulous finished acrylic painting on canvas. Images used for the course decription are for inspiration and not... [More]

Acrylic Painting | Fascinating Flowers | 7-9 years

Fri 26 Apr
1:30pm - 4:30pm (UTC+10:00)
1 session, 3 hours total

Monika Diak

When	Time	Where	Session Notes
Fri 26 Apr 2024	1:30pm - 4:30pm (UTC+10:00)	Studio 2 - Art Est \| 10 Hill Street (Main Studios)

Acrylic Painting | Miniature Art | Mellissa Read-Devine

Although Mellissa is better known as a large scale impressionist painter, she actually started her art journey as a miniaturist painter and engraver. This unique art form, based on a minute scale, traces its roots back to the book paintings and illuminated manuscripts set in the 7th century. A work of fine art in miniature is a particularly personal object that draws the viewer into an intimate, concentrated little world that can be breathtaking in its execution. What to expect... [More]

Acrylic Painting | Miniature Art | Mellissa Read-Devine

Sun 7 Jul
10am - 4pm (UTC+10:00)
1 session, 6 hours total

Mellissa Read-Devine

When	Time	Where	Session Notes
Sun 7 Jul 2024	10am - 4pm (UTC+10:00)	Studio 2 - Art Est \| 10 Hill Street (Main Studios)

Cartooning | Super Cute Animals | 5-7 years

This is a workshop for young artists to learn techniques and skills to draw their own super cute cartoon animals. The class will focus on how to draw those puppy dog eyes, the happy duck smile, the jolly cow, the cutest of kittens and much more. The aim of this lesson is to free the student imagination and give them the skills they need to make art they can be proud of. What will students take home? Their very own cartooning sketchbook filled with drawings and plenty more pages to... [More]

Paint + Draw | Little Monet Masterpieces | 5-9 years

Kids will be inspired by Monet's wonderful paintings of garden landscapes and use beautiful acrylic colours and waxy crayons to create a magical garden on a canvas as they look into the world of French Impressionist artist Claude Monet. What will students take home? A completed artwork on canvas. School Holiday Information More Information FAQs Terms & ConditionsSpecial Offers [More]

Cartooning | Gaming Characters | 9-12 years

This workshop is for young artists to increase their illustration skills focusing on Game Design concepts. For students who are into games such as Super Mario, Zelda, Rayman, Machinarium, Terraria, Minecraft & Portal. The lesson will include learning step by step how to draw popular kids game characters, game world maps, bosses, platform game levels and much more. As well as creating your own game characters, obstacles, and worlds. What will students take home? Their very own... [More]

Drawing | Beautiful Owls in Chalk Pastel | 7-9 years

Who doesn't love a cute fluffy owl? Learn how to use Chalk pastels to create a line, shape, colour, and texture in your owl portraits. Capture the essence of this wonderful bird in your drawing. What will students take home? A few sketches and a full drawing of an owl on quality pastel paper. School Holiday Information More Information FAQs Terms & ConditionsSpecial Offers [More]

Drawing | Extraordinary Emus | 5-7 years

Explore extraordinary emus in this workshop inspired by big birds of the Australian Outback! Learn to draw the striking features of these native birds - eyes that boggle; feathers that ruffle; beaks that bop! Make your emu colour or realistic - it really doesn't matter. Just learn how to draw and get creative with colour in chalk pastels, try blending techniques and shading to make your artwork pop! What will students take home? A portrait drawing on pastel paper of a fabulous... [More]

Mixed Media | Patterned Landscapes | 7-9 years

This class is inspired by Belynda Henry an Australian artist from NSW who lives on a country property surrounded by a National Park which gives her plenty of inspiration for her abstract landscapes. She uses paints and pastels, brushes and palette knives to create shapes and textures of the natural environment. What will students take home? A beautiful artwork on canvas of your interpretation of an Abstract Patterned Landscape. School Holiday Information More Information FAQs... [More]

Easter School Holidays | Weekdays 15-26 April 2024 | Now Enrolling

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