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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

HSC Visual Arts Tutoring

This course is for students preparing for the NSW HSC Visual Arts Course. and gain advice on the development and refinement of your major project from a tutor who knows what it takes to get a Band 6.
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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

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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.

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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.

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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 a set of lesson plans based on a new topic to keep your child engaged. The term topic supports learning of techniques and artistic styles, and introducing a fresh topic each term keeps students interested and speeds up their learning.

Term 4 2026 topic: Young Archies

Young Archies is the Term 4 topic in all four of our kids classes, for ages 5 to 18. Over nine weeks your child learns how to draw and paint a real person, someone who matters to them, and finishes the term with a portrait ready to enter in the Art Gallery of NSW Young Archie competition.

Young Archies – Portraiture: four close-up student portraits in paint and pencil, with the Sydney Art School and Creative Kids logos

Enrol now for Term 4. Classes start on Tuesday 13 October 2026 and run for nine weeks. See our term dates for the full calendar.

Why Term 4?

Young Archie entries usually open in late January and close in early March, so Term 4 gives your child time to prepare:

  • No rush. A full term to choose a subject, try ideas and make a finished portrait.
  • Summer to finish. Students take their portrait home in December and have the holidays for final touches.
  • Ready when entries open. When the Gallery opens the entry form, the hard work is done.

Why choose Sydney Art School for Young Archies?

  • Tutors who are practising portrait artists. Our tutors include Archibald Prize finalists Michael Simms and Callum Worsfold, Doug Moran Portrait Prize semi-finalists Jackson Davies and Christina Rogers, and classically trained artists such as Matthew Weatherstone. They teach, demonstrate and give feedback throughout the term.
  • Structured lesson plans. Each week builds on the last, from choosing a subject and learning the proportions of the face to capturing a likeness, planning a composition and finishing a portrait that meets the competition rules.
  • Classes for every age. Young Archies runs in all four kids classes, from Mini Monet (5–7) to Senior Transition (13+), so lessons match your child’s age and skill level, just like the Young Archie age groups.
  • Your child’s own work. We guide and teach, but every portrait is the student’s own, which is also a Young Archie entry rule.

41 times in the Young Archie

Since 2014, Sydney Art School students past and present have been selected 41 times as category winners, finalists and honourable mentions, including seven category winners. Most recently, Logan Zhang won the 5–8 years category in 2025 with My dad.

Find out more about our Young Archies classes and see our students’ results

 

 

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.