Art Workshops & Art Programmes

Suitable for Corporate employees team bonding | team building, Friends, Family day, Staff/Student training or Private event celebration!

Customisable based on date, timing, venue, no. of pax & event requirements –
(All art materials provided | Full professional instructor/ facilitators guidance)

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Workshops and Team Bonding Events

For Adults and Youth

For Kids

Regular & Holiday Workshops & Courses

For Team Bonding and Team Building

For Group Workshops, Birthday and Other Celebrations

SG Culture Pass Art Workshop

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Acrylic Landscape Painting Workshop For Beginners
Acrylic Landscape Painting Workshop For Beginners is a one session or two sessions workshop catered to complete beginners who are interested to learn acrylic painting and be guided on a comprehensive acrylic painting workshop to learn the art medium, and complete a landscape painting to bring home.
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Marquage Leather Painting Workshop
The usefulness and application of Marquage is plenty, hence, this workshop is concepted so that participants could immediately achieve great outcomes and acquire the skills of marquage such that they can apply it to paint their wallets/bags/sneakers!
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Tile Painting Art Workshop _ SG Cultural Pass with Visual Arts Centre
Tile Painting Workshop
In this enriching 2-hour Tile Painting Workshop, participants will create their own hand-painted ceramic tile inspired by either Singapore motifs or Peranakan tile designs.
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Batik Painting Art Workshop
In this 2-hour Batik Painting Workshop, participants will dive into the traditional art of batik while exploring Singapore’s unique visual journey—from nostalgic kampung (village) scenes to today’s modern urban landscape.
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Batik Tote Bag Workshop [G]

Celebrate Hari Raya Puasa with a creative Batik Tote Bag Workshop! Learn traditional wax-resist techniques to design your own festive tote using vibrant motifs and colours. Perfect as a personalised gift or stylish accessory for the season. Beginner-friendly, relaxing, and meaningful—come create a beautiful Batik piece for Raya!

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Urban Sketching Art Workshop – Multiple Locations
Discover Singapore’s cityscape through art in our immersive Urban Landscape Sketching City Tour. Guided by professional art instructors, participants will explore iconic locations such as CHIJMES, Marina Bay Sands, Chinatown, and Gardens by the Bay.
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Colourful Expressions - Abstraction & Texture Workshop

Colourful Expressions – Abstract & Texture Art Jam Workshop is a therapeutic 2-hour acrylic and mixed medium painting session where you’ll explore the freedom of self-expression through colour, texture, and movement.

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Caricature Drawing Workshop
This is a 2-hour caricature drawing workshop designed for adults, with all art materials provided. Whether you’re an art enthusiast or simply looking for a creative way to unwind, this session offers a fun and engaging introduction to the art of character caricature.
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Introduction to Digital Art Workshop
Explore the world of digital drawing and painting in this 2.5-hour workshop designed for adults (18+)! Whether you’re new to digital art or looking to sharpen your skills, this session introduces participants to the essentials of still life composition, sketching, and digital painting using tools such as Procreate (iPad) or drawing tablets.
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An Introduction to Chinese Ink Painting Workshop - Tropical Fruits & The Nanyang School
Take a peek into the Nanyang School of art and gain an understanding on how our pioneer artists came to Singapore and developed a unique Nanyang style of art in their Chinese paintings.​
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The Art of Anatomy Drawing
This is an introductory workshop for adults keen to learn anatomical drawing and to begin a practise in life drawing. Suitable for those who have attended life drawing studies as well as for those who are complete beginners.
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The Drawing Basics - Interior Spaces and Perspective Art Workshop _ SG Cultural Pass with Visual Arts Centre
The Drawing Basics - Interior Spaces and Perspective
This workshop introduces learners to the basics of interior and perspective drawings. Suitable for those interested in interior or perspective drawings such as those in interior design, urban sketchers, or anyone with an interest in interior landscape drawing.
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Still Life Drawing and Sketching Workshop
This is a one session introduction to still life drawing and sketching. Learners will learn tonal drawing and sketching, and complete a still life drawing work with the skills and techniques of realism tonal drawing and sketching.
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Lunar New Year Couplet Writing Workshop
Be ready for the Lunar New Year with Couplet Writing Workshop and write your own couplet to bring home. This is a chinese calligraphy workshop which shall introduce participants to the basics of calligraphy, but with a focus on couplet writing for the lunar new year.
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Botanical Watercolour Painting Workshop
Enjoy a 2-hour Botanical Watercolour Painting workshop inspired by Singapore’s tropical flora. In this beginner-friendly session, learn essential watercolour techniques such as colour blending, brush control, and simple composition. Fully guided, art materials provided.
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Chinese Calligraphy Writing Art Workshop
The 2 hour 15minutes Chinese Calligraphy Writing Workshop is suitable for beginners and provides a good introduction to Chinese calligraphy.
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Sculpture Making of Figurines Art Workshop _ SG Cultural Pass with Visual Arts Centre
Sculpture Making Of Figurines Art Workshop
This workshop guides participants in the process of making a sculpture using oil based clay. Participants will be able to sculpt an animal figurine and learn sculpting.
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Art Appreciation Talk - Singapore Pioneer Artists And Their Influences _ SG Cultural Pass with Visual Arts Centre
Art Appreciation Talk - Singapore Pioneer Artists And Their Influences
This 100-minute art appreciation talk offers an insightful introduction to Singapore’s pioneer artists and their lasting impact on the nation’s visual arts scene.
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Life In An AI-Era - Art Exhibition With Programmes and Goodies Bag _ SG Cultural Pass with Visual Arts Centre
Life In An AI-Era - Art Exhibition With Programmes and Goodies Bag
Life in an AI Era is an exciting exhibition showcasing 60 artworks by young artists aged 8–16, each exploring the impact of artificial intelligence on our lives and society.
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Create beautiful batik handkerchief painting patterns with the hot wax technique with the using the tjanting during art and cultural program for international students at Visual Arts Centre Singapore
Batik Handkerchief Painting Workshop 传统蜡染手帕工作坊

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Explore

  1. Materials knowledge, brief history of Batik Painting 
  2. Try out traditional tjanting batik waxing techniques with your own batik design
  3. Compositional skills, brushworks 

Bring home a complete batik design handkerchief size 30cm by 30cm

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Graffiti Spray Painting on canvas
Graffiti Spray Painting on Canvas Workshop 涂鸦工作坊

Be Introduced to Graffiti Art – characteristics of Graffiti, various expressions and methods of Street Art

Apply Acrylic Painting and Spray Painting with textures and effects, optional layering with marker drawing and design

Bring home your own Graffiti Art on canvas!

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Nude Life Drawing Workshop with Artist Guidance 人体写生课

31 July 2026 (dates tentative to change)

Our most popular workshop – Nude life drawing with Artist Guidance allows you to take a quick art workshop and explore the earliest academy art practice of the nude life subject.

Model fee, art materials are all provided in this workshop. Suitable for those with experience, as well as for beginners and those with a keen eye for anatomy, photography and composition! You may be surprised at what you may accomplish!

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Mini Monet Oil Painting Workshop

Monday, 7:30pm-9:45pm

Step into the world of Impressionism and experience the beauty of light, colour, and texture inspired by Monet’s iconic paintings. In this mini workshop, participants will learn how to create a soft, expressive oil painting using classic Impressionist techniques.

All Materials Provided.

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Professional Chinese Ink Painting and Calligraphy Class 中国专业水墨画工作坊

Wednesday, 7:30pm-9:45pm

Be introduced to learn the Chinese brush strokes techniques, materials and skills required.

Explore different subjects like birds & flowers, tropical Singaporean subjects, landscape, animals, creative abstraction & landscape and many more!

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Be introduced to learn the Chinese brush strokes techniques, materials and skills required. 

Explore different subjects like birds & flowers, tropical Singaporean subjects, landscape, animals, creative abstraction & landscape and many more!

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Past Workshops

Happiness Within My Make-Believe Houses

What would your dream home look like — if the rules of gravity, budget, and common sense didn’t apply?
That is the question at the heart of Make-Believe Houses, a creative illustration workshop conducted by Singapore artist William Sim

An Architectural Workshop – Design and Construction of Paris Haussmann Building

Learn the hows of an architect through model construction of Paris Haussmann Buildings!

Art Workshops For Adults & Youth

Nude Life Drawing Workshop with Artist Guidance 人体写生课

Our most popular workshop – Nude life drawing with Artist Guidance allows you to take a quick art workshop and explore the earliest academy art practice of the nude life subject.

Model fee, art materials are all provided in this workshop. Suitable for those with experience, as well as for beginners and those with a keen eye for anatomy, photography and composition! You may be surprised at what you may accomplish!

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Nude Life Drawing Workshop with Artist Guidance
Chinese Ink Painting Workshop 专业水墨画课程

Embark on a creative journey with our one-session Chinese Ink Painting Workshop, delving into the beauty and tradition of this art form for $60. For those eager to deepen their skills, we offer extended 12 and 24-session classes.

Additionally, team bonding through Chinese ink painting is available. Beyond the canvas, explore team bonding, where brushstrokes become a shared language. Immerse yourself not just in painting but also in the art of calligraphy, and explore a diverse range of subjects that bring this traditional medium to life.

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Portrait Drawing Workshop with Artist Guidance 肖像写生课

Registration for Portrait Life Drawing with Artist Guidance workshop is open! Pick up the skills to draw and sketch a live portrait model during the workshop! Suitable for all art levels, this is an intermediate level art course. Sign up now to reserve your seat, all art materials provided. Join us for one session at $75 or four sessions at $280.

(Refer to schedules – Thu evening 7:30pm-10pm)

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Private Art Class 私人绘画课 [Your Choice of Art Medium]

Private Art Classes by Visual Arts Centre accommodates beginners to advanced learners. Various art mediums offered such as oil painting, drawing and sketching, digital drawing and painting, watercolour painting, and others. Creative portfolio art one-to-one coaching for DSA and for art school admission is available.

Flexible lesson schedule.

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Batik Painting Workshop 传统蜡染工作坊
Batik painting is a unique heritage of Southeast Asia and produces wonderful results. Not only is Batik easy to learn, but anyone can use the technique to produce beautiful pieces of art. Enquire on upcoming workshop dates and Batik Workshop is a popular group activity!
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Tote Bag Art Jamming

Dive into a world of artistic expression with Tote Bag Art Jamming. Gather your friends or family for a creative session where you paint on tote bags, crafting unique designs that suit your style. These personalized tote bags make for thoughtful gifts or a stylish addition to your daily essentials. Beyond the strokes of paint, it’s a shared experience, turning each bag into a canvas of memories and creativity.

Art Workshops and Team Bonding Events

Team Bonding Art Jamming :

Visual Arts Centre offers the Best and Unique Creative Experience Tailored For You and Your Team.

300 + Successful Events. 670 + Happy Clients. 580 + Corporate & Institutions. 10 + Media. Features Fun & Unique Virtual Activities Insanely Fun Activities That You Will Love .

– All art materials provided
– Full professional facilitation guidance

Email us or WhatsApp us today to tailor creative workshops uniquely for you and your team!

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Chinese Ink Painting Workshop 专业水墨画课程

Embark on a creative journey with our one-session Chinese Ink Painting Workshop, delving into the beauty and tradition of this art form for $60. For those eager to deepen their skills, we offer extended 12 and 24-session classes.

Additionally, team bonding through Chinese ink painting is available. Beyond the canvas, explore team bonding, where brushstrokes become a shared language. Immerse yourself not just in painting but also in the art of calligraphy, and explore a diverse range of subjects that bring this traditional medium to life.

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Team Bonding Art Jamming :

Visual Arts Centre offers the Best and Unique Creative Experience Tailored For You and Your Team.

300 + Successful Events. 670 + Happy Clients. 580 + Corporate & Institutions. 10 + Media. Features Fun & Unique Virtual Activities Insanely Fun Activities That You Will Love .

– All art materials provided
– Full professional facilitation guidance

Email us or WhatsApp us today to tailor creative workshops uniquely for you and your team!

For Group Workshops, Birthday and Other Celebration

Birthday
Themed Acrylic Painting Art Jamming
Suitable for ages five and above, celebrate your child’s birthday with a fun and creative Themed Acrylic Painting Art Jamming Birthday Party experience!
Neon Glow Art Jamming & Face Painting
Suitable for ages five and above, light up your child’s birthday with an exciting Neon Glow Art Jamming & Face Painting Birthday Party!
Graffiti Spray & Paint Birthday Bash
Suitable for ages five and above, light up your child’s birthday with an exciting Neon Glow Art Jamming & Face Painting Birthday Party!
Manga Character Badge Making Workshop
Suitable for ages seven and above, turn your child’s love for Manga and Anime into a creative birthday celebration!
Tote Bag Painting
Suitable for ages five and above, let every guest design something they can actually use with our Tote Bag Painting Birthday Party!
Tile Painting
Suitable for ages ten and above, discover the joy of painting on something different with our Tile Painting Birthday Party!
Marquage Notebook Painting & Journaling Workshop
Suitable for ages seven and above, personalise, paint and create with our Marquage Notebook Painting & Journaling Birthday Workshop!
Collage & Texture Art Workshop
Suitable for ages five and above, get creative with colours, shapes and textures in our Collage & Texture Art Birthday Workshop!
Caricature Drawing Workshop

Suitable for ages seven and above, add plenty of laughter to the celebration with our Caricature Drawing Birthday Workshop! Children will learn how to turn themselves, their friends or favourite characters into fun and expressive cartoon-style portraits by exaggerating facial features, expressions and personalities

Sticker Making Workshop - Birthday Party

Suitable for ages five and above, draw it, design it and turn it into your very own sticker! Our Sticker Making Birthday Party lets children create a collection of personalised stickers inspired by cute characters, animals, food, birthday motifs, names, doodles and anything they love.

Air-Dry Clay Moulding Birthday Party

Suitable for ages five and above, shape your imagination into something you can hold with our Air-Dry Clay Moulding Birthday Party! Children can roll, shape, mould and decorate their own adorable clay creations, from animals and food to favourite characters, miniature objects and imaginative designs.

T-Shirt Painting Birthday Workshop

Suitable for ages nine and above, turn a plain T-shirt into a wearable piece of art at our T-Shirt Painting Birthday Workshop! Children can personalise their own T-shirt with favourite characters, cute animals, colourful patterns, names, birthday motifs or any creative design they can imagine. (Younger children may also participate in this workshop, such as those five and above.

Batik Tote Bag Painting Birthday Workshop

Suitable for ages five and above, discover the colourful beauty of Batik-inspired art with our Batik Tote Bag Painting Birthday Workshop! Children can explore beautiful floral, nature, animal and Southeast Asian-inspired motifs while creating their very own contemporary Batik-style design on a tote bag.

Pokemon Design & Paint Birthday Workshop
Suitable for ages five and above, calling all young Pokémon fans!
Flower Universe - Dried Flower Artwork Design
Suitable for ages ten and above, celebrate with something beautiful and a little more sophisticated at our Flower Universe – Dried Flower Artwork Design Birthday Workshop!
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Kids Birthday Art Jamming

Have an Art Jamming for your kid’s birthday party! Let them explore and have fun with paint on different materials from canvases to t-shirts.

Hen’s Night Party ideas – Nude Life Model Drawing / Painting 单身派对-人体写生

Are you organising your perfect Hen’s Night Party? Why not make your night an interesting one with our wide selection of Hen’s night activities at the Visual Arts Centre! Instead of going with conventional idea of hitting the club or hiring a male stripper, why not try something more tasteful and have a memorable time … Contact us!

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Team Bonding Art Jamming :

Visual Arts Centre offers the Best and Unique Creative Experience Tailored For You and Your Team.

300 + Successful Events. 670 + Happy Clients. 580 + Corporate & Institutions. 10 + Media. Features Fun & Unique Virtual Activities Insanely Fun Activities That You Will Love .

– All art materials provided
– Full professional facilitation guidance

– Venue inclusive* ( subject to availability)

Email us or WhatsApp us today to tailor creative workshops uniquely for you and your team!

Professional Nude Life / Portrait Drawing with Artist Guidance Workshop
4 Session Nude Life/Portrait Drawing Workshop with Artist Guidance 写生4节课 (Dhoby Ghaut)
Upcoming Session: Click Here for dates!
Join us on Thursday, 7.30pm-10pm at Dhoby Ghaut Art Studio. (May refer here for the dates).
Suitable for beginners and portfolio students.
Book Now at $280nett (U.P. $340nett) with all art materials provided.

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Professional Nude Life / Portrait Drawing with Artist Guidance Workshop
4 Session Nude Life/Portrait Drawing Workshop with Artist Guidance 写生4节课 (Dhoby Ghaut)
Upcoming Session: Click Here for dates!
Join us on Thursday, 31 July 2025, 7.30pm-10pm at Dhoby Ghaut Art Studio. (May refer here for the dates).
Suitable for beginners and portfolio students.
Book Now at $360nett (U.P. $360nett) with all art materials provided.

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Visual Art Centre is an art centre supported by the National Park Board. Since its launch in January 2016, it has offered Professional Courses from Oil painting, Drawing and Sketching, Acrylic painting, Watercolor, and Chinese ink painting. The Visual Arts Centre provides a variety of tailored art workshops from Batik painting, totebag painting, T-shirts painting, Scarf Handkerchief painting, Graffiti, Bachelorette Hen’s Nights, Birthday parties, and art workshops with various themes.

For company’s Team Building Art Jamming, Visual Arts Centre ensures quality by tailoring and custom-making it to every company’s culture and mission. Company’s employees will participate in this interactive painting session to complete a group or a mural painting. Painting together allows colleagues to better understand each other and increase cohesion within the company.

With the guidance of professional instructors, regular workshops such as Nude Life Drawing and Portrait drawing are hosted regularly at Visual Art Centre to hone drawing and sketching skills of life figures.

新加坡视觉艺术中心是国家公园局支持的艺术教育与培训机构,自2016年1月启动以来,开办专业油画、素描、速写、丙烯画、水彩、水墨画等课程。视觉艺术中心提供各种艺术工作坊,量身定制蜡染、画包、画体恤衫、画丝巾、涂鸦、告别单身派对、生日派对、等不同主题的艺术工作坊。

视觉艺术中心为企业量身定制绘画团(Team Building Art Jamming),我们的专业导师根据企业文化和使命,设计企业专属的艺术团建。有全体员工参与绘画的企业壁画,有员工互动的绘画环节来完成作品,通过绘画让员工互相了解,为企业增加凝聚力。视觉艺术中心开办的人体写生和肖像写生工作坊,针对真人模特现场写生,经专业导师指点,许多学生都很好的掌握了画人物的技巧,提升了造型能力。

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About Our Professional Team at Visual Arts Centre:

(Art educators | Venue & art exhibition event marketeer & planner | Art jamming, art workshops & activities planner & curator)

Since its establishment in 2016, the Visual Arts Centre has been an art education institution & art establishment supported by the Singapore Government. Our professional team & artists line-ups provide & customise services with art related courses, activities, exhibitions, tours & events.

Our Dhoby Ghaut Art Studio & Exhibition Gallery, conveniently located above Dhoby Ghaut MRT and nestled within the verdant Dhoby Ghaut Green Park, is a wonderful place for individuals/groups: family, friends, corporate team bonding employees to join beginner friendly art jamming 

Within our Chinatown Art Gallery & Studio, we curate Nanyang-style art workshops & interesting art programmes with family friendly & tourist-friendly concepts. 

Art workshop | Art activity choice: Acrylic Painting, Batik Painting, Caricature Drawing, Chinese Ink Painting, Chinese Calligraphy, Face Painting, Graffiti Spray Painting, Illustration Drawing, Life Drawing, Manga Moodboard, Neon Painting, Portrait Drawing, Resin Coaster Painting, Tile Painting, Tote Bag Painting, T-shirt Painting, Urban Sketching, Watercolour Painting

Why Choose Visual Arts Centre & why our Art Jamming | Art Workshops are the best for kids, teens/youths, adult, seniors?

  1. Experienced & Full Professional Art Instructors’ Guidance
  2. Customised & Tailored Event Planning – depends on your date, time, no.of pax, venue (our studios or client’s or third party venue), interested mediums & event objectives & outcomes
  3. Suitable for All Ages – Kids & Children (7-10YO), Teenagers (10-12YO), Youths (13-18YO), Adults & Seniors!
  4. Convenient, Spacious & Therapeutic Art Studios – above Dhoby Ghaut MRT & near Chinatown MRT 
  5. All Art Materials are Provided 
  6. Available throughout the year – corporate team bonding, dinner and dance (D&D), private celebratory event- wedding, birthday party, staff training, school holiday programme, school art and culture exchange programme
  7. Customisable festival/event celebration with art – 1 Jan New Year, Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Mid-Autumn Festival, Deepavali, Halloween, Christmas. Events like International Women’s Day, Racial Harmony Day, National Day
  8. Suitable for All Industries/Sectors – financial services, manufacturing, wholesale trade, professional & business services, technology, education etc
  9. All levels of Art Experience are Welcomed

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Foundation In Digital Art

Embark on a captivating journey into the vibrant world of digital art! Our Foundation in Digital Art workshop invites budding creatives aged nine and above to unleash their imagination and hone their artistic skills in a dynamic, supportive environment. From mastering basic digital tools to crafting mesmerizing digital masterpieces, children will explore a spectrum of techniques guided by seasoned mentors. Through hands-on activities and interactive sessions, participants will discover the endless possibilities of digital expression while fostering creativity and critical thinking. Join us for an exhilarating adventure where young artists transform ideas into stunning visual realities, igniting a passion for digital art

Colour & Texture Exploration With Acrylic Painting & Collage
Prepare to unleash your inner artist in a kaleidoscope of color and creativity with ‘Colour Blast: Acrylic Painting & Collage Techniques’! Dive into a whirlwind adventure where vibrant hues and mesmerizing textures collide in a symphony of imagination. From mastering the art of seamless color blending to discovering the magic of mixed media collage, this journey is a playground for your artistic soul. With each brushstroke, explore new techniques that breathe life into your canvas, transforming it into a vibrant tapestry of expression. Join us and let your creativity run wild as you embark on this colorful escapade!”
World of Manga [Foundation & Styling]
A manga art workshop for children and teenagers sounds like a fantastic idea! Here’s how you might structure it:
Introduction to Manga: Begin by introducing what manga is, its history, and its influence on popular culture worldwide. Show examples of different manga styles and genres to give participants an overview.
Basic Drawing Techniques: Start with the fundamentals of drawing, such as line work, shapes, and proportions. Provide step-by-step instructions on how to draw basic manga characters, focusing on simple shapes that can be built upon.
Character Design: Move on to character design concepts, including creating unique characters, designing their personalities, and developing backstories. Encourage participants to get creative and think outside the box.
Expression and Emotion: Teach how to convey emotions and expressions through facial expressions, body language, and positioning of characters. This can be a fun and interactive exercise where participants practice drawing various emotions.
Storytelling and Paneling: Explore the basics of storytelling in manga, including paneling techniques, pacing, and layout. Show examples of different panel structures and discuss how they affect the flow of the story.
Inking and Coloring: Introduce participants to inking techniques using pens or markers. You can also cover digital inking for those interested. Then, demonstrate basic coloring techniques using markers, colored pencils, or digital software.
Feedback and Collaboration: Provide opportunities for participants to share their work and receive feedback from their peers and instructors. Encourage collaboration by having them work together on short manga projects or collaborative drawings.
Final Showcase: End the workshop with a showcase of participants’ work. This could be in the form of an exhibition, digital gallery, or printed booklet. Celebrate everyone’s creativity and progress throughout the workshop.
Remember to create a supportive and encouraging environment where participants feel free to express themselves and explore their creativity. And don’t forget to have fun! Manga is all about imagination and passion, so let that spirit shine through in your workshop.
Academy Drawing Traditions
The academy drawing and sketching tradition, rooted in centuries of artistic practice, emphasizes disciplined study of form, proportion, and technique. Originating from Renaissance workshops and formalized by institutions like the Royal Academy, it prioritizes meticulous observation and mastery of fundamental skills. Students progress from basic exercises to complex compositions, learning to depict still life and common objects with precision and expression. This tradition values both classical principles and innovation, encouraging artists to push boundaries while maintaining a deep respect for tradition. Through rigorous training and critique, artists within this tradition cultivate a strong foundation for creative exploration and artistic excellence.
Chinese Ink Painting and Calligraphy
This course on Chinese ink painting and calligraphy introduces young learners to the rich traditions of Chinese art. Through hands-on activities, students explore the basics of brush techniques, ink control, and the delicate art of Chinese script. They learn to appreciate the cultural significance of calligraphy and painting, developing skills in creating elegant strokes and expressive brushwork. The course fosters creativity, patience, and fine motor skills, while also providing insights into Chinese history and aesthetics. By the end, children gain confidence in their artistic abilities and a deeper understanding of Chinese cultural heritage.
Funk with Graffiti
Funk With Graffiti Workshop for children is an engaging and creative program aimed at introducing young artists to the vibrant world of graffiti and funk-inspired street style art. Participants learn the basics of graffiti history, techniques, and safety. Guided by professional graffiti artists, children explore the art of designing their unique tags, emphasizing creativity, expression, and individuality. The workshop includes hands-on activities, from sketching concepts to creating final designs with spray paint on provided surfaces. By the end of the session, children gain confidence in their artistic abilities and an appreciation for graffiti and funk as legitimate forms of street art. Each child completes two original artworks, which they proudly take home, showcasing their newfound skills and personal style.
Batik Tales

In the Batik Introduction Handkerchief Painting workshop, participants will learn the traditional art of batik, a wax-resist dyeing technique originating from Indonesia. The workshop begins with a brief history and overview of batik, highlighting its cultural significance and various techniques. Participants will then observe a demonstration of applying wax with tjanting tools and dyeing the fabric. Following the demonstration, each participant will design and create their own batik handkerchief, applying wax to create patterns and then dyeing their fabric. The workshop concludes with a group discussion, allowing participants to share their creations and reflect on their learning experience.