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🎨 Basic Art Course for Kids

A joyful and structured introduction to the world of art, designed to nurture creativity, confidence, and curiosity in young artists.

What Your Child Will Learn:

  • ✏️ Freehand Drawing: Build hand control and creativity through expressive, imaginative sketching.
  • 📝 Sketching Fundamentals: Understand shapes, lines, and details in basic object and nature studies.
  • 🎨 Exploring Color Media: Learn to use watercolors, poster colors, crayons, and oil pastels.
  • 🌿 Study of Objects & Nature: Observe and draw real-life objects, plants, and elements from the natural world.
  • 🌈 Color Theory Basics: Explore the color wheel and learn how colors work together.
  • 🖌️ Creative Use of Art Tools: Use sponges, earbuds, straws, fingers, hands, bubble wrap, and more to create texture-rich artworks.
  • 🥬 Vegetable Printing Fun: Paint using lady finger, bitter gourd, and french beans for fun and unique prints.

This course blends learning and play to give kids a strong, joyful foundation in visual arts.

What You'll Learn at ArtShades

  • -> Fundamental and advanced techniques in drawing, shading, and painting
  • -> How to observe and interpret nature and everyday life for artistic inspiration
  • -> Step-by-step methods for creating detailed and realistic artwork
  • -> How light, shadow, and highlights bring depth and dimension to your work
  • -> Techniques to control value and contrast for maximum visual impact

Unlock Your Child’s Creativity Through Art and Imagination

Our fun-filled creative program is designed to inspire young minds and nurture their natural imagination through engaging activities that combine art, storytelling, and play.

What Kids Will Experience:

  • 🎨 Storytelling Through Art:
    Children develop their narrative skills by creating stories and bringing them to life through drawing.
  • 🖌️ Poem Illustration:
    Kids learn to interpret poetry visually, boosting their imagination and creative thinking.
  • 🧠 Memory Sketching:
    From playground adventures to family moments, children sketch scenes from real-life memories to strengthen observation and recall.
  • 🎲 Surprise Word Art Games:
    Using randomly chosen words, kids create fun and spontaneous drawings—encouraging flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking.

Our program encourages self-expression, builds confidence, and helps kids explore their ideas in a safe, joyful environment.

Flexible scheduling options available
📍 On-site sessions offered

Art Subjects We Explore

Our program introduces children to a wide range of artistic subjects, helping them develop strong observation and drawing skills across various themes:

  • 🎨 Still Life: Explore shape, color, and composition by drawing fruits, vegetables, vases, stones, and more.
  • 🌿 Nature Study: Observe and sketch natural elements like leaves, flowers, trees, and twigs to understand form and texture.
  • 🏞️ Landscapes & Seascapes: Learn how to represent outdoor scenes, from rolling hills to ocean views, using perspective and color.
  • 🐦 Wildlife Drawing: Study birds, animals, and insects to build awareness of movement, anatomy, and detail.
  • 👁️ Human Features: Practice drawing human faces, eyes, hands, noses, and lips while developing proportion and expression skills.
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WaterColour


Learn watercolour techniques

  • Wet on Wet technique - It is used by evenly applying a large wash of water on the surface of the paper. diluted colour with water is added to the wet paper. The colour will disperse in a random way, which creates flowy appearance. It is used to paint clouds, backgrounds, large aresa of subjects with less details.
  • Wet-on-Dry technique - In this,diluting colour in water and then applying that colour directly onto dry watercolour paper.It is particularly useful when painting precise details and defined edges.
  • Dry Brush Technique - It is used to create interesting texture.
  • Flat Wash - It is created by applying a smooth and even layer of paint on watercolour paper
  • Graded Wash -It is created by gradually blending colours together in a single wash. The values transition from light to dark or dark to light such that a smooth gradient is created. Used for sunsets and skies, backgrounds and landscapes.
  • Variegated Wash - A variegated wash is created by blending multiple colours into a single wash. It has a variety of hues and blend very beautifully to create very smooth appearance.Used in galaxies, sunrises and sunsets, backgrounds, and special effects.
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Acrylic painting


Learn acrylic techniques

  • Layering - Useful technique to build up colors and create depth by applying multiple layers. Thick layers take longer to dry, thin layers dry rapidly.
  • Glazing - Adding depth and subtle color variations thin, transparent layers of paint over a base color are applied to modify the hue and create luminous effects.
  • Acrylic Pouring - Ppouring thinned acrylic paints onto a surface to create unique, marbled patterns.
  • Wet on Wet -Wet paint is applied onto a wet surface allows for smooth blending & soft transition
  • Washing - Paint is thinned bt adding water and then apply it to the canvas
  • Scumbling -Dragging a dry brush with a small amount of paint over a dry surface, creating a broken, textured effect
  • Stippling - Texture and depth is created by dabbing the canvas with the tip of the brush, forming a pattern of dots.
  • Dry Brushing -Brush with minimal paint to create textured strokes and highlight raised areas on the canvas.
  • Impasto - Applying thick, textured layers of paint, often with a palette knife or brush, to create a sculptural, three-dimensional effect.
  • Blending - For smooth transitions between colors by mixing them on the canvas
  • Dabbing - Textured backgrounds or patterns are created by applying paint with a sponge or brush.
  • Splattering - Color is splattered onto the canvas for a uneven effect.
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Acrylic Palette Knife painting


Palette Knives techniques

  • Loading the Knife - Pick up paint with the edge or flat side of the knife. Experiment with the amount of paint for different effects.
  • Applying Paint - Use a variety of motions like sweeping, dragging, pushing, and scraping to apply and blend colors.
  • Scumbling - Apply thin, transparent layers of paint with a light, sweeping motion to create a broken color effect, allowing underlying colors to show through.
  • Impasto -Apply thick, heavy layers of paint to create a textured, three-dimensional effect.
  • Layering - Acrylics dry quickly, allowing for layering of colors and textures.
  • Scraping - Use the edge of the knife to scrape away wet paint, revealing colors from underneath.
  • Sgraffito - Scratch into wet paint with the end of the knife to create lines and patterns.
  • Double Loading - Apply two colors side-by-side on the knife and blend them as you apply them to the canvas.
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Pencil Shading


2B, 4B, 6B shading techniques

  • Hatching - Closely spaced parallel lines closer to create darker values, lighter values where they are further apart.
  • Cross-hatching - Intersecting lines are build up show tones and textures. More lines closer to each other determines the darkness
  • Stippling - Creating tones by varying the density of small dots. Dots near to each other with less pspace in between result in darker values, while spaced-out dots create lighter areas.
  • Blending - With your finger or some tool like tisue, cloth to soften and smooth out pencil strokes, for a gradual transition between tones.
  • Scribbling - Utilizing random, overlapping strokes to build up shading and texture for adding tonal variations.
  • Contour Hatching - Drawing lines that follow the contours or curves of the subject, gives a 3D look and gives it form shape
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Ink Painting


Dip pen, Ink, Brush

  • Ink Wash -In it ink is diluted with water to create different shades and tones. Depending on the amount of water used, we get subtle gradations and smooth transitions between light and dark areas.
  • Stippling -In it series of closely spaced dots are created. The density of the dots determines the darkness or lightness of the area.
  • Hatching and Cross-Hatching -parallel lines (hatching) and intersecting sets of parallel lines (cross-hatching) to create tone and shadow.
  • Splattering -Flicking or dropping ink onto the paper to create random patterns and textures.
  • Dry Brush -Brush with a small amount of ink to create textured lines and strokes, often used for creating rough surfaces or details.
  • Line Weight Variation -By varying the pressure on the brush or pen, lines of different thicknesses are created, adding dynamism and visual interest to their work
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Charcoal Painting


Pencils, Compressed Charcoal

  • Pressure Variations - Range of line weights and tonal values are created while drawing by applying varying pressure
  • Hatching and Cross-hatching - Different value and texture are created through parallel lines (hatching) and intersecting lines (cross-hatching).
  • Stippling -Dots of charcoal are used to create tonal values
  • Texture Creation - Textures are created by using erasers, blending tools
  • Working with Toned Paper - White and black charcoal on toned paper to create a wider range of values and effects.
  • Charcoal Powder - Powdered charcoal for broad washes of expressive effects and different tones
  • Charcoal Painting (with water/medium) - Creating a paint-like consistency by mixing charcoal powder with water or other mediums
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Welcome to ArtShades –
Where Creativity Comes to Life

At ArtShades, we offer a wide range of art courses tailored for everyone — from beginners and hobbyists to adults and aspiring professionals. Our programs are designed to help students not only excel in their chosen medium but also to explore new techniques, develop observational skills, and express their creativity with confidence.
Our unique approach focuses on breaking down complex subjects into manageable steps, making the learning process both effective and enjoyable. Whether you're passionate about painting, drawing, or shading, you'll build a strong foundation in essential techniques and gradually master more advanced concepts.
Join us and let your art speak to the world. At ArtShades, you won’t just learn how to create — you’ll develop the skills and confidence to grow as an artist for life.
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