Our Classes
We’ve got a range of art classes in Auckland to suit all abilities. Explore our individual modules, our one-day workshops, or go the full monty with our comprehensive art course.
What we offer
Full Course
Our full course covers sketching and drawing, watercolour, and acrylic painting. Spread across 15 weeks, you’ll love our weekly classes taking place in Howick, Kohimarama, Remuera or Mt Eden.
Modules
Looking for something specific? We offer individual modules in sketching and drawing, watercolour, and acrylic painting. Join us for a 5-week block, each lesson 3 hours long.
1-Day Workshops
We run regular 1-Day Workshops, which involve an exciting 3-5-hour session on sketching and drawing, watercolour, acrylic or alcohol ink painting. Choose your medium, and join us for a fun day learning new skills.
School Holidays
This one’s especially for high school students and above looking to develop their artistic skills during the holidays. Join us for a 3-hour session on sketching and drawing, watercolour, or acrylic painting.
“Thank you for the fantastic classes. The set up, the lessons and the equipment provided were just excellent!”
Full Course
If you’re looking to develop your artistic abilities across a range of mediums, this is the course for you. Over 15 weeks you will learn new skills or expand on and develop your existing skills.
To become proficient in any discipline takes practice, and our full 15-week course is a great way to grow your skillset. Art and creativity stimulate the mind, improve your cognitive and motor skills, and just might give you a whole new perspective on the world. Stretch your creative pathways, learn new skills, and meet like-minded folk with our full course.
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Sketching & Drawing, Watercolour, Acrylic Painting.
Beginner and Beyond Beginner levels available. We run full art classes in Howick, Mount Eden and Kohimarama. Get in touch to view a class in progress.
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15 weekly sessions, consisting of 5 sessions each on sketching & drawing, watercolour, and acrylics. Classes are 3 hours long.
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Upcoming full course start dates. Classes continue weekly.
Mount Eden
Wednesdays, 10am-1pm, starting 19th Feb
Fridays, 6pm-9pm, starting 21 Feb
Remuera
Wednesdays, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, starting 12th March
Thursdays, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, starting 13th March
Howick
Next full course start date:
Saturday 15th February 2025.
9:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm if sufficient numbers
Tuesday 11th February 2025
9:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm if sufficient numbers
Kohimarama
Next full course start date:
Thursday 13th February 2025
9:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm if sufficient numbers
1-Day Workshop
We run 1-Day Workshops for sketching and drawing, watercolours, acrylics, oil pastels and alcohol inks. Over a 3-5 hour session, you’ll learn basic techniques, tips and pointers that will get you started on your artistic journey.
Whatever your medium, we’ll provide all the equipment, so you can simply show up for an exciting day learning new skills and meeting new people. Join an existing group, bring a few friends, or contact us to arrange a private workshop for your group of 8+ people.
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We offer workshops that cover one or more of the following mediums. These vary depending on demand, so get in touch if there’s a specific course you’re interested in.
Drawing & Sketching
Watercolour
Acrylic painting
We offer both Beginner and Beyond Beginner levels. Our 1-Day Art Workshops in Auckland are run in Howick, Mount Eden and Kohimarama. Get in touch for more details.
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Our 1-Day Workshops take place over a 5-hour session.
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Alcohol Ink WorkshopsChange in date. To be advised 10am - 2pm
All Saints Community Centre, 30 Cook Street, HowickChange in date. To be advised
Sunday 13th July, 10am - 2pm
Epsom Tennis and Squash Club, 1 Penrhyn Road, Mt Eden
Modules
Sketching & Drawing
No matter where you’re starting from, everyone can learn to draw. In this 5-week module, you’ll learn basic drawing skills including shaping, shading, perspectives, showing light, and much more.
Where sketches are quick studies of objects, drawing digs deeper into the finer details of your subject for a more realistic outcome. Step by step, we’ll walk you through the basics and help to grow your skillset, making sketching and drawing enjoyable right from Lesson One.
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Drawing and sketching.
The course will cover drawing techniques such as shaping, shading, perspectives and lighting. Beginner and Beyond Beginner levels available.
We run drawing classes in Auckland in Howick, Mount Eden and Kohimarama. Get in touch to view a class in progress.
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Our individual modules run for 5 weeks and are 3 hours long.
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Upcoming sketching/drawing module start dates. Classes continue weekly for 5 weeks unless otherwise stated.
Mount Eden
Wednesdays, 10am-1pm, starting 19th Feb
Fridays, 6pm-9pm, starting 21 FebRemuera
Wednesdays, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, starting 12th March
Thursdays, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, starting 13th MarchHowick
Next sketching/drawing module for Howick:
Saturday 15th February 2025 (5 lessons)
9:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm if sufficient numbers
Tuesday 11th February 2025 (5 lessons)
9:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm if sufficient numbersKohimarama
Next sketching/drawing module for Kohimarama:
Thursday 13th February 2025 (5 lessons)
9:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm if sufficient numbers
Watercolour
A playful yet serious painting style, watercolour is steeped in transparency and interesting expressions. From tight realism to loose movements, watercolour provides an exciting and enjoyable challenge for beginners and seasoned artists alike.
The delightful interplay of transparent colours, patterns, creativity and the sometimes unexpected way that water moves with colour pigments will inspire you. Learn fundamental techniques that enhance the natural beauty of watercolour.
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Beginner and Beyond Beginner levels available.
Our Beginner Watercolour classes will give you basic techniques to start you off, while our Beyond Beginner classes will fill the gaps in your knowledge and guide you through interesting challenges to deepen your understanding.
We run Auckland watercolour classes in Howick, Mount Eden and Kohimarama. Get in touch to view a class in progress.
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Our individual modules run for 5 weeks and are 3 hours long.
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Upcoming watercolour module start dates. (Classes continue weekly for 5 weeks unless otherwise stated).
Mount Eden
Next watercolour module in Mt Eden commences:
Wednesday 26th March - 23rd April, 10am-1pm
Friday 28th March - 9th May, 6pm-9pm.
(Closed 18th April Good Friday, 25th April Anzac)
Remuera
Next watercolour module in Remuera commences:
Wednesday 30 April 2025, 6:00 PM - 9:00 pm, (5 weeks)
Thursdays, starting 1 May, 10:00 am - 1:00pm, (5 weeks)
Howick
Next watercolour module in Howick commences:
Tuesday 18th March 2025
9:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm if sufficient numbers.(5 lessons)
Saturday 22nd March 2025 (5 lessons)
9:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm if sufficient numbers. (5 lessons)Kohimarama
Next Watercolour module in Kohimarama commences:
Thursday 20th March 2025
9:30am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm if sufficient numbers (5 lessons)
Acrylic
Acrylic painting is a versatile medium that makes a great starting point for beginners. Because acrylics dry much quicker than watercolours, artists can experiment with layers without mixing the colours. Acrylics are known for their bright colours, many of which are the same as oil paints and can be almost indistinguishable.
Whether you prefer realism or abstract, once you’ve learned the basic techniques of acrylic painting, you can let your creativity flow.
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Acrylic painting techniques. Our Beginner classes offer basic techniques to start your journey, where our Beyond Beginner classes offer interesting challenges to help develop your skillset.
We run Auckland acrylic painting classes in Howick, Mount Eden and Kohimarama. Get in touch to view a class in progress.
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Our individual modules run for 5 weeks, taking place Tuesdays, Thursdays or Saturdays. Classes are 3 hours long.
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Upcoming acrylics module start dates. Classes continue weekly for 5 weeks unless otherwise stated.
Mount Eden
Wednesday 14th May 2025, 10am - 1pm (5 weeks)
Friday 16th May 2025, 6pm - 9pm (5 weeks)
Remuera
Wednesday 4 June 2025 6pm - 9pm (5 weeks)
Thursday 5 June 2025, 10am - 1pm (5 weeks)
Howick
Saturday 10th May 2025,
9:30-12:30 and 1:30-4:30 if sufficient numbers (5 weeks)
Tuesday 13th May 2025,
9:30-12:30 and 1:30-4:30 if sufficient numbers (5 weeks)
Kohimarama
Thursday 15th May 2025, (5 weeks)
9:30-12:30 and 1:30-4:30 if sufficient numbers (5 weeks)
Alcohol Ink - One Day workshop
Alcohol Ink art is a relatively new art form. It is delicate and yet vibrant. We run 1-day workshops of 4 hours. Whether you have had previous art experience or not you will thoroughly enjoy learning this technique in a single workshop taken by Kavita Lamba. All materials and lunch supplied.
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You will learn how the combination of ink and alcohol lends itself to a new fun way of creating stunning, vibrant, delicate art . Our Beginner classes provides the basic techniques to start your journey, where our Intermediate classes provide you with more skills to develop your art.
We run alcohol ink painting classes in Howick, Mount Eden and Remuera.
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Our 1-day workshops take place at intervals during the year. See the course dates for specific dates and venues.
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Sunday 13th July, 10am - 2pm
Epsom Tennis and Squash Club, 1 Penrhyn Road, Mt EdenDay to be advised.
All Saints Community Centre, 30 Cook Street, Howick
The Gallery
Browse our curated collection of works from previous students, and be inspired by all you could create.