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(Children &Youth): Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course
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ART COURSE - FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH (Ages 7–9, 10–12, 13–17):

Children & Youth: Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course

(Full Professional teacher guidance | Suitable for beginners | All art materials provided | Flexible schedules)
[3 sessions | $580nett ]
Unlocking Creativity & Power of AI: The Art of Creating Art with Professional Drawing and Sketching & A.I.

Visual Arts Centre Singapore has designed a fun creative course that combines traditional drawing with introductory AI art creation. Students will use drawing fundamentals together with AI-assisted tools to produce colourful and imaginative artworks. This programme is suitable for ages 7–9, 10–12, and 13–17.

Who is suitable for this Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course ?

All beginners are welcomed! At Visual Arts Centre Art Studio, our professional artist teachers provide art instruction and guidance on drawing and sketching from a foundational level. This is to bridge any previous knowledge, and to give complete beginners a hands-down manual of the basics and step-by-step approach to Drawing and Sketching skills & understanding the power of AI. If you already have experience in drawing and sketching, our teachers will teach you to create artistic artworks based on your creative idea with AI sketch , and help you to improve your skills to the next level to reach a professional level.

At our Studio, our professional and experienced teachers will teach you to acquire a good art foundation in sketching & harness the power of AI tools application.

This course is suitable for beginners, requires no coding experience, and trains both hand-drawing skills and AI tool usage.

Student’s sketch based on their own story

AI creation of student’s story

Children & Youth: Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course

Why Traditional Drawing + AI? Growth Benefits for Children & Youth

Children and youth who learn both traditional drawing and AI-assisted art gain well-rounded development across art fundamentals and technology tools:

  1. Balanced Skill Training:

Traditional drawing develops observation, proportion, forms, and colour sense, while AI tools speed up sketch rendering, colour exploration, and idea iteration. Students can focus more on creativity and improve artistic efficiency.

  1. Creativity Expansion & Boundary Breaking:

AI can generate multiple visual references from written prompts, helping students break out of habitual thinking and explore cross-style and cross-genre creation. Traditional hand techniques then add personal warmth and texture to AI-generated visuals.

  1. Future-Ready Skills:

As art and AI increasingly merge, mastering these combined skills prepares students for future creative fields such as digital illustration, manga, concept art, design, and cultural/creative industries—giving them stronger competitiveness.

Learning Topics in the Children & Youth: Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course

(Children & Youth): Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course Contents:

  1. Introduction to AI Art Tools: Understanding basic AI art concepts and how AI image tools work.
  2. Traditional Drawing × AI Assistance: Students begin with hand-drawn character line art, then use AI tools for colouring and background generation—solving common challenges such as “colouring difficulty” and “plain backgrounds.”
  3. Thematic Creative Projects:
  4. Anime character design
  5. School scene illustration
  6. Holiday/seasonal themed posters
Children & Youth: Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course

Student’s sketch of their imagined setting

AI creation of student’s setting

Concepts and techniques learn in the Children & Youth: Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course

  • Basic theory of drawing and sketching, familiarise yourself with the use of sketching tools, understand drawing and sketching techniques and be introduced to various pencil sketching strokes.
  • Train your observation skills through still life drawing, understand the composition, correct proportions and perspectives of the still life sketching.
  • Apply the correct tonal value, contrast and textures for both the objects through observing the surrounding light and colour to create a true-to-life artwork at the end of the session.

Tools & materials that are available & provided in the Children & Youth: Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course :

  • pencils – HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B
  • erasers – regular & knedable
  • drawing & sketching paper
  • rough paper
  • charcoal
  • coloured pencils
  • graphite
  • ink
  • wax crayons
  • fixative

Progress from Beginner, Intermediate and Advance in the Children & Youth - Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course:

Children & Youth: Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course
Children & Youth: Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course

Lesson plans for Children & Youth: Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course: 

  • Lesson 1: Learn how to use AI tools and complete one artwork.
  • Lesson 2: Explore different AI art models and produce 1–2 artworks.
  • Lesson 3: Select one design for printing; enrich the print using traditional hand-painting techniques and bring home a completed physical artwork.
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(Children & Youth) Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course:

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We also have Private Art Class one-to-one (Children & Youth) Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course:

Learn and master drawing and sketching & AI software application skills on different subjects with our professional experienced art teachers through our private one-to-one class. These sessions are tailored, and you will get to learn various drawing and sketching & painting subjects like still life sketching & painting, architecture sketching & painting, urban landscape sketching & painting, plaster cast sketching & painting, portrait sketching & painting and many more according to your schedule and skill levels ! All art materials are provided at no additional cost!

Our Schedule

VISUAL ARTS CENTRE DHOBY GHAUT STUDIO

2026 - 2027

CLASS SCHEDULE

MON

11am -
1:15pm

5pm -
7:15pm

7:30pm -
9:45pm

TUE

3:30pm -
5:45pm

WED

11am -
1:15pm

1:30pm -
3:45pm

5pm -
7:15pm

7:30pm -
9:45pm

(Chinese Ink
Painting)

THU

1pm -
3:15pm

3:30pm -
5:45pm

FRI

11am -
1:15pm

5pm -
7:15pm

7:30pm -
9:45pm

SAT

10:30am -
12:45pm

1pm -
3:15pm

3:30pm -
5:45pm

6:30pm -
8:45pm

SUN

10:30am -
12:45pm

1pm -
3:15pm

3:30pm -
5:45pm

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MacPherson Art Studio

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140 Paya Lebar Rd, 03-04 AZ @Paya Lebar Building, S(409015)

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Our Location

Dhoby Ghaut Art Studio

Event space & venue for hire in Singapore for Art exhibition

Address:

10 Penang Road, #01-02 Dhoby Ghaut Green,
Singapore 238469

Exit from Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station Exit B and turn left, we are there in 30m!

MacPherson

macpherson gallery studio in singapore visual arts centre

Address:

AZ@Paya Lebar, 140 Paya Lebar Road, #03-04,
Singapore 409105

Exit from Macpherson MRT Station Exit A and turn left, we are right across the road, 1 minute walk away!

Registration & Fees

The art courses are available at both our Dhoby Ghaut Art Studio and MacPherson Art Studio, please choose your preferred location.

Children & Youth: Traditional Drawing + AI Art Creation Course
$580
Location Visual Arts Centre Dhoby Ghaut Art Studio
Validity
5 weeks

All sessions are to be completed within the course duration stated. No refunds are provided for any courses/workshops/lesson purchased. Further extension of course validity of up to one month only may be provided with proof of overseas travel, hospitalization/medical certificate.

The course package(s) is/are valid within the stated date of registration. Each session under the adult and teenager course package is 2 hours 15 minutes. Visual Arts Centre reserves the right to reject/reschedule your lesson if you are late. Visual Arts Centre reserves the right to cancel/reschedule/postpone any course/session without prior notice. In the event that the course is unable to proceed due to unforeseen circumstances, a full refund of the fees will be provided. The registrant/guardian of the registrant indemnifies and holds Visual Arts Centre and/or its staff harmless from any losses sustained from any activity within the premises of Visual Arts Centre, including personal injury/loss or damages to property.

You will be redirected to the workshop registration page to fill in your enrolment details after you make payment. By clicking “Buy This Package”, you agree with our terms and conditions. Do note that there is no refund for signups.

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