School Holiday Program
For 5 to 12 year olds
The Lavender Art Studios holiday art workshops present a distinctive and concentrated opportunity for skill development and exploration for children and young people.
With over 25 years of hands-on experience, our professional art teachers provide individualized attention, tailoring guidance to each child's skill level, interests, and learning style. Students can hone specific techniques and explore many varied mediums, unrestricted by the time constraints of regular school schedules.
The flexibility and extended class durations of holiday art workshops allow for the exploration of various mediums, from painting to sculpture, aiding children in discovering their artistic preferences and strengths.
For those aspiring to pursue art within our broader curriculum, these holiday art workshops offer preparation by instilling foundational skills and knowledge, providing a valuable start when entering our regular art class program.
Students are supported by a professionally fitted-out art studio equipped with the finest art supplies. All materials are provided, and the cost includes delightful morning and afternoon tea, making this the ultimate creative escape for your little artists.
Autumn Holiday Art Workshops
Artistic Whispers from the Enchanted Grove
Step quietly into The Enchanted Grove, where every brushstroke carries a whisper of myth and faery. Over two inspiring weeks, young artists will journey through drawing, painting, sculpture, and printmaking—transforming imagination into luminous colour and form. Guided by Lavender Art Studios’ professional educators, each day reveals a new story from the forest, where creativity blooms beneath branches of light and shadow
$95 - $105 per workshop session
Early drop off (8.30 PM): $10 extra
Late pick-up (5.30 PM): $10 extra
Week 1 program: The Awakening of the Enchanted Forest
Tuesday 7 April 2026
Morning (9.00 AM – 12.30 PM)
Acrylic Painting: The Hidden Glade
Step into a world of glowing colour and ancient light. Using layered acrylics, students paint luminous forest glades alive with faery presence, learning to build depth, texture, and atmosphere through confident brushwork.
Afternoon (1.30 PM – 5.00 PM)
Watercolour Pencils: Whispers of the Woods
Soft and dreamlike, this session blends drawing with gentle washes to capture forest spirits and drifting leaves. Children explore tone and translucency, creating ethereal scenes that seem to breathe with quiet magic.
Thursday 9 April 2026
Morning (9.00 AM – 12.30 PM)
Acrylic Painting: The Faery Court
Children paint a grand faery gathering beneath towering trees, exploring composition, contrast, and narrative detail. Rich colour harmonies bring these forest figures to radiant life.
Afternoon (1.30 PM – 5.00 PM)
Sculpting: Forest Guardians
Working with clay and natural textures, students shape guardians of the woods—creatures born from bark, root, and imagination—developing form, balance, and expressive detail in three-dimensional design.
Wednesday 8 April 2026
Morning (9.00 AM – 12.30 PM)
Posca Pens: Faery Light and Leaf Patterns
Vibrant paint markers glide across paper, wood, and stone as artists design dazzling faery wings, lanterns, and leaf motifs. Bold colour and rhythmic line build confidence in expressive mark-making.
Afternoon (1.30 PM – 5.00 PM)
Inktense Art Bars: Mystic Streams and Moonlit Colour
Combining the strength of pastel with the fluidity of paint, Inktense Art Bars allow colour to bloom like mist through the forest. Students experiment with layering and blending to evoke light, movement, and atmosphere.
Friday 10 April 2026
Morning (9.00 AM – 12.30 PM)
Posca Pens: Symbols of the Ancient Grove
Using vivid line and pattern, young artists invent symbolic emblems of the enchanted forest—runes, vines, and mythical marks glowing with colour and meaning.
Afternoon (1.30 PM – 5.00 PM)
Design & Printmaking: Impressions of the Enchanted Forest
Students explore the tactile joy of printmaking, pressing layered textures inspired by leaves and bark. Each print becomes a rhythmic impression—an echo of the grove’s heartbeat.
Week 2 program: The Realm of Transformation and Myth
Monday 13 April 2026
Morning (9.00 AM – 12.30 PM)
Watercolour Pencils: The River Between Worlds
Artists paint misted waterways where faery boats drift between realms. Layering soft colour, they capture reflection, movement, and serenity in delicate tonal gradients.
Afternoon (1.30 PM – 5.00 PM)
Sculpting: Totems of the Trees
Inspired by ancient carvings, students sculpt faery totems and woodland relics, embedding texture and story into each clay form—a meeting of craft and legend.
Wednesday 15 April 2026
Morning (9.00 AM – 12.30 PM)
Posca Pens: Magical Markings
Bright, bold, and immediate—Posca Pens let imagination leap from hand to surface. Artists design dynamic symbols and patterns inspired by faery tattoos and ancient runes.
Afternoon (1.30 PM – 5.00 PM)
Coloured & Graphite Pencils: Faery Portraits
Gentle linework and delicate shading reveal the personalities of forest spirits and faery beings. Using coloured and graphite pencils, children explore proportion, contour, and subtle tonal layering to express character and emotion. This session develops confidence in drawing from imagination while capturing the quiet grace and mystery of the enchanted grove.
Friday 17 April 2026
Morning (9.00 AM – 12.30 PM)
Posca Pens: Dream Symbols of the Forest
The final Posca session bursts with colour and imagination. Artists compose intricate dreamscapes filled with mythical flora, creatures, and story symbols.
Afternoon (1.30 PM – 5.00 PM)
Printmaking: The Faery’s Final Imprint
A joyful finale: children layer patterns, textures, and colour through printmaking, leaving behind their own “faery imprint”—a lasting memory of creativity and discovery.
Tuesday 14 April 2026
Morning (9.00 AM – 12.30 PM)
Acrylic Painting: Temple of Moss and Stone
Through expressive acrylic layers, children paint forgotten temples reclaimed by vines. Emphasis on light, shadow, and surface texture teaches how stories can emerge from colour itself.
Afternoon (1.30 PM – 5.00 PM)
Inktense Art Bars: Wings of Colour and Mist
Brilliant pigments awaken under water to form wings and clouds that drift through mythic skies. Students explore fluid motion and chromatic blending to express freedom and transformation.
Thursday 16 April 2026
Morning (9.00 AM – 12.30 PM)
Acrylic Painting: Moonlight Over the Forest
Night descends across the grove as students paint moonlit landscapes. Using glazing and tone, they explore contrast, reflection, and the calm rhythm of nocturnal colour.
Afternoon (1.30 PM – 5.00 PM)
Sculpting: Masks of the Wild
Through clay and texture, young sculptors create expressive masks that embody the forest’s hidden spirits—each one unique, symbolic, and alive with character.