Our courses for kids aged 5 to 12 years are structured for different age groups and stages. Kids learn about artists, art history and art genres while being in a relaxed and nurturing environment. While many of our young students come for fun, some use their Art Est portfolio to enter selective creative high schools.
Enrolments are now open for Term 1 courses, 2024. Running from 1 February – 27 March, there are a range 8-week courses on offer.
Our courses for kids aged 5 to 12 years are structured for different age groups and stages. Kids learn about artists, art history and art genres while being in a relaxed and nurturing environment. While many of our young students come for fun, some use their Art Est portfolio to enter selective creative high schools.
We are currently in Term 4. Late enrolments are welcome, where you can join a class that has already started at a reduced cost (the discount is applied automatically at check out).
Our next Term program is Term 1. Key dates for next term are below:
Priority Enrolment: 11 Dec (current students have early access to re-enrol)
Early Bird Enrolment: opens 12 Dec (classes are open to everyone)
Program dates: 1 Feb – 27 March
Terms
2024 Summer Art School: 3-14 January, weekends 21/22, 27/28 January + 3/4 February Term 1 2024: 1 February – 27 March Term 2 2024: 6 May – 1 July (*no classes Kings Birthday holiday Monday 10 June, make up class is Monday 1 July) Term 3 2024: 29 July – 22 September Term 4 2024: 21 October – 15 December
Note that we offer a Priority Enrolment Period for current students to reenrol in their term class one week before we open Earlybird Enrolments to new students.
Public holidays
Easter weekend: 29 March-1 April Anzac Day: 25 April Kings Birthday: Monday 10 June October Long Weekend: Monday 7 October
Make some bright little plates out of clay and paint them with colourful underglazes. Learn basic clay handbuilding techniques to maket the shape, choose your colour-scheme, add a face and bingo! Cute little bird plates are made. 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 hand-building techniques to mould unique sculptures. From...
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$90Limited
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Ceramics | Baby Bird Plates | 5-8 years
<p>Make some bright little plates out of clay and paint them with colourful underglazes. Learn basic clay handbuilding techniques to maket the shape, choose your colour-scheme, add a face and bingo!
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.
Make a ceramic wind chime in the form of a chook or rooster or other bird! Learn hand-building techniques to create your animal wind chime and paint with underglazes to give it some colour and personality. 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 hand-building techniques to mould unique sculptures. From pinch pots to coil...
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$90Limited
inc GST
Ceramics | Chook Wind Chimes | 9-12 years
<p>Make a ceramic wind chime in the form of a chook or rooster or other bird! Learn hand-building techniques to create your animal wind chime and paint with underglazes to give it some colour and
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.
Print and Paint - Create a collection of screen prints like Andy Warhol. Take inspiration from Warhol’s 1964 series Flowers. Using different colour schemes, painting the flowers combined with photographic silkscreen printing to complete your images. What will students take home? Your own outstanding masterpiece to proudly show off at home! School Holiday Information More Information FAQs Terms & ConditionsSpecial Offers
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$70Limited
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Paint & Print | Inspired by Andy Warhol | 8-12 years Printmaking with Laura Carey
<p>Print and Paint - Create a collection of screen prints like Andy Warhol. Take inspiration from Warhol’s 1964 series <em>Flowers.</em> Using different colour schemes, painting the flowers combined
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.
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...
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$70Limited
inc GST
Cartooning | Super Cute Animals | 5-7 years
<p>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
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.
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...
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<p>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,
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.
Inspired by the art of cubist painter Pablo Picasso, students make their own Picasso Plate. Learn hand-building techniques to create a decorative plate with a cubist style portrait, then paint it in bold colours with underglazes. What will students make? A ceramic plate that will be fired in our kilns and ready to collect about 3 weeks after the workshop.. The artworks made in this class will be fired in our kiln so kids will not take their artwork home on the day. The work needs...
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<p>Inspired by the art of cubist painter Pablo Picasso, students make their own Picasso Plate. Learn hand-building techniques to create a decorative plate with a cubist style portrait, then paint it
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.
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...
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$70Limited
inc GST
Drawing | Extraordinary Emus | 5-7 years
<p>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;
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.
Inspired by Grecian Urns and other Ancient Artifacts, take a step back in time and learn coil hand-building techniques to create your own ancient pot! Give it some ancient colour and decoration for that bit of authenticity! 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 hand building techniques to mould unique sculptures. From pinch...
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$90Limited
inc GST
Ceramics | Ancient Pots | 8-12 years
<p>Inspired by Grecian Urns and other Ancient Artifacts, take a step back in time and learn coil hand-building techniques to create your own ancient pot! Give it some ancient colour and decoration for
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.
Learn about the amazing inky paintings of Victor Hugo and others. Practise drawing amazing underwater tentacled creatures and learn how to apply paint to build up your colours to create a bold and dynamic inky painting. What else draw that lives under the sea? That's up to you and your imagination. Image: Kate Mac Art and Illustration What will students make? An Inky Octopus Artwork on quality watercolour paper Images used for the course decription are for inspiration and not...
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$70Limited
inc GST
Ink Painting | Inky Octopus | 5-7 years
<p>Learn about the amazing inky paintings of Victor Hugo and others. Practise drawing amazing underwater tentacled creatures and learn how to apply paint to build up your colours to create a bold and
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.
This class takes inspiration from the high-key paintings of artist So Youn Lee, with their instantly recognisable style and gummy lolly characters. Students will learn how to create their own character inspired by this style, and how to mix a pastel palette using bright pastels and fluoro acrylics on canvas. What will students make? A painting on canvas using bright pastels and flouro acrylic paint. School Holiday Information More Information FAQs Terms & ConditionsSpecial Offers
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$70Limited
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Painting | Pastel Candy Land | 7-9 years
<p>This class takes inspiration from the high-key paintings of artist So Youn Lee, with their instantly recognisable style and gummy lolly characters. Students will learn how to create their own
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.
