Art Classes for Kids & Teens

The Pencil Room provides fine art tuition for children from five to sixteen years of age in term by term after-school classes. Classes are held in Napier and Havelock North.

Each class focuses on fostering creative thinking and practical techniques within the relevant stage of artistic development. Classes are taught in a welcoming learning environment with a maximum of ten students to cater for individual attention and engagement from tutors.

Lets Get Creative - 8 - 11 years
Napier - Tuesdays 3.30pm - 5.00pm
28th July - 15th Sept (8 weeks)
Creative Arts Napier

Havelock North Wednesdays 3.30-5.00pm
29th July - 16th Sept (8 weeks)
Keirunga Gardens

This is a weekly art class that provides children with technical art skills to explore their creativity, while encouraging originality and celebration of their own unique style. We work in a number of different art mediums and practice both traditional art skills and working from the imagination. Each student gets a sketchbook to use during term and take home at the end.
Term 3 focuses on acrylic painting.

Teens Art Club - 12-16 years
Napier - Wednesdays 3.45pm-5.15pm
29th July - 16th Sept (8 weeks)
Creative Arts Napier

Havelock North - Tuesdays 4.00-5.30pm
28th July - 15th Sept (8 weeks)
Keirunga Creative Hub

A weekly class for 12-16 year olds wanting to improve their practical drawing and painting skills and develop their own style. These classes compliment high-school art studies, but also give students an opportunity to pursue their own artistic interests for the second half of the course. Term 3 focuses on acrylic painting techniques and an individual painting project.