Art Classes for Kids
Art Classes for Kids
Art Classes for Kids
Australia’s leading art classes for kids. Designed and taught by professional artists & teachers to build creative thinking, cognitive development & lifelong artistic skills.
Australian Government Accredited Training Organisation for Visual Arts Education. NSW Government Certified Provider – Creative Kids Program
Graded Progression with Professional Lesson Plans
Each term your child’s artistic skills are developed with lesson plans designed by qualified art educators and professional artists. Children progress from Mini Monet through to Senior Transition classes where they are prepared to move on to HSC Art Classes or Certificate & Diploma Qualifications.
Develop Creative Self Expression & Enhance Academic Skills
Creativity is essential for a child’s development, and art helps children articulate thoughts and emotions in unique ways. Engaging in the arts has been shown to improve skills in other academic areas such as math, reading, and critical thinking.
Build Confidence Self Esteem & Social Skills
Art allows children to create something of their own, which helps build confidence and self-esteem as they see their skills improve. Children build social skills, make new friends, and learn teamwork in a structured but relaxed environment.
Term Topic
Each term, we develop fresh lesson plans around an exciting new topic to keep your child fully engaged and inspired.
By presenting techniques and artistic styles in the context of a famous art movement or artist, a new topic each term boosts interest, accelerates learning, and makes every class feel exciting and purposeful.
2026 Term 1 Topic: Surrealism Dreamscapes
Let your imagination run wild in our 2026 Term 1 Surrealism Dreamscapes topic.
Welcome to a term of imagination, discovery, and creative surprise! In Surrealism Dreamscapes, students dive into the playful, mysterious, and wonderful world of the surreal. We’ll explore how artists break the rules of reality—combining unlikely objects, bending space and time, and dreaming up entirely new visual worlds—then equip your child with the tools to do the same.
Over nine weeks, students experiment with techniques, materials, and ideas inspired by iconic Surrealist artists and today’s bold contemporary creators. They’ll build confidence in drawing and composition, master mixed media, and complete a major term piece that celebrates their unique “dream world.”
Why Students Love Surrealism
- Engaging & aspirational — Floating objects, strange juxtapositions, and other-worldly scenes capture kids’ imaginations and appeal to parents seeking fun, high-value classes.
- Skill-building — The imaginative theme still delivers strong fundamentals: composition, colour theory, media handling, and visual storytelling.
- Take-home wow factor — Finished artworks are bold, share-worthy, and perfect for social media, home display, or inspiring future enrolments.
- Flexible for all ages — Younger kids enjoy playful dreams and simple media; older students explore deeper metaphor, texture, and concepts.
Students will be inspired by masters like Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, and Remedios Varo—plus contemporary surrealists such as Erik Thor Sandberg, Naoto Hattori, and Jasmine Beckett-Griffith.
Here’s why your child will learn faster:
Highly Qualified Art Tutors
Our tutors are tertiary qualified and practicing professional artists.
Many have been finalists in major art prizes in Australia.
Professional Lesson Plans
Carefully structured art classes to give the best results in the shortest time.
Each class lesson plan develops the “building block” skills of art. Come and browse them in the studio.
Proven Learning Methods
Combining best practices developed by school teachers, university lecturers and professional artists
Graded Progression
Children progress through to Senior Transition classes where they are prepared to move on to Adult Art Classes.
Professional Studios
Dedicated Art Studios with easels and support facilities.
Skills Development
Artistic and cognitive skills development teach children to “see” and “be” like an artist
What are the things a parent expects when they invest their time and money in enrolling their children in art classes?
- Qualified & Professional Tutors
- Structured and Varied Syllabus
- Broad Cognitive Skills Development
- Affordable Value for Money
- A Safe and Secure Environment
Sydney Art School has developed a range of kids art classes that meet those expectations.
Your Children Get The Best Qualified and Professional Art Tutors in Sydney
All senior tutors in childrens art classes are tertiary qualified, and professional artists. They combine full time art tutoring with their personal exhibition schedules.
Students in senior art classes who show high skill levels are invited to attend occasional adult classes and workshops when space permits.
Our extension art students are also given the opportunity to learn from some of Sydney’s best award winning artists including finalists and prizewinners in the Archibald, Sulman, Moran and Dobell art prizes.
An Art Class Syllabus that Combines Structure and Variety Enables Faster Development
To get the most benefit from art classes your child needs to be engaged across a wide area of styles techniques and subject matter.
Subject matter needs to be continually refreshed. If children lose interest the benefits drop away.
Every term a new artistic topic is chosen and lesson plans are created. The artistic topic focuses on a subject type e.g. portraiture, landscape, still life or an art movement such as impressionism, surrealism, cubism.
Variety gives breadth to learning experiences and is an important factors in keeping the students engaged.
Structured lesson plans are developed by our team of artists and teachers with degrees in fine arts and education.
Cognitive Skills Development
Each term topic is supplemented with cognitive skills training exercises specifically designed to strengthen areas such as:
- Visual memory,
- Observation and concentration, and
- Visual processing skills.
Value for Money
We pride ourselves on providing value for money.
An investment in art classes is an investment in the development of your child’s cognitive skills. So it is important that you choose quality and reliability.
Although you can find some classes that cost a little less than Sydney Art School – you will find that this usually means a compromise tutor quality, syllabus breadth and variety, facilities and materials.
Also when you consider the cost of art classes you will find that they are affodable and compare favourably to other activities. A good choice when investing in your child’s development.
Safety Security and Compliance
As a professional organisation the safety and security of your children is of paramount importance to us. We make sure we comply with all government regulations including:
- Working with Children checks: All tutors have certificates provided by NSW Police and and are authorised to work with children.
- First Aid Officers: Each studio has a designated First Aid Officer and most tutors are First Aid trained.
- Public Liability Insurance. Certificate of currency
- Drop Off – Pick Up Policy: All students are required to be escorted to the tutor, the tutor will supervise untill pick up by the parents.
- Visitor Policy: Visitors to studios are only permitted if prior arrangement is made with Sydney Art School. Tutors will be notified via email to expect the visitor – otherwise they will not be allowed to enter the premises.