Children 9-12 Southwest Austin Art School

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CLASSES 2025-2026
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Join anytime between August 18, 2025, and June 28, 2026

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5.0

What our students say about us.

Margaret Bloch

April 7, 2025

Art Academy SW has been a fantastic experience for our daughter. Her skills and confidence have increased especially in regards to shading, dimension, use of color and different media. Class sizes are small allowing for kids to remain focused and have some individual direction while working on projects. Mr. Matt is an outstanding and engaging instructor!

Elizabeth Fajardo

March 29, 2025

My son has attended Art+ Academy (North) for several years. He loves the classes and is always excited to start a new art project. He is in Mrs Marlene’s class and loves working with her! He tends to get frustrated by not getting things “perfect” and the supportive atmosphere has helped him embrace imperfection and working hard to develop a new skill.

Jessica List

February 15, 2025

My daughter really enjoys her art classes here. They are competitively priced, offer year long classes, lots of schedule options, and the teachers are wonderful. I love the makeup class policy too, it really allows you to get the most for your money.

Rose Perry

February 11, 2025

This is my 3rd year to be in Rosemary’s class of adults. I was so excited to come back to class today, after summer vacation. Missed my art buddies! Last year I was doing landscape watercolor, sketching animals in pencil, a lot of landscapes in pen and watercolor in one picture..mixed media. I’m coming back ready to learn and experience whatever class presents. Rosemarie is a fabulous laid back artsy teacher with lots of knowledge and plenty of experience teaching all ages. Another plus is learning in a class with people who are doing different types of art….it is encouraging me to try different types. Come try it!

Trusted by Austin Families

Exceptional Reviews from Our Community

Thanks to our instructors and creative atmosphere, we’re proud to have earned consistent 5-star reviews from parents and students alike. In fact, many families highlight the supportive environment and individual attention their children receive at all our Austin campuses.

Moreover, our ongoing drawing and painting programs for children ages 9–12 combine both traditional and digital art lessons.

Whether your child attends in-studio or online, each class or camps are designed to nurture imagination while gradually building core art techniques. As a result, young artists gain confidence and creative independence through hands-on experience.

Tuition, Fees & Materials

Tuition covers four consecutive weekly classes and is prorated if you start mid-month. A quarterly admin fee applies in September, December, and March for Kids and Teen Classes.

All materials are provided for Kids and Teens, so just bring your student! They’ll explore watercolor, tempera, pastels, charcoal, ink, and more—older students will also work with acrylics.

AGE GROUPS

SOUTHWest

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Tuition is prorated if you join mid-month.

Professional
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Learn from professional artists who are also experienced, passionate educators.

SMALL
CLASSES

With a small class ratio (1:8), students explore their creativity with personalized attention.

Improve
your Skills

No matter your starting point, we help you build strong techniques and reach the next level.

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Over 16 years of service since 2009 — fostering creativity and community growth.

Details about your class

Engaging Art Lessons for Young Artists

Learning to draw is a lifelong asset. It gives children a powerful way to express emotions, beat boredom creatively, share ideas, and build joy, confidence, and self‑esteem. However, around age ten, many kids become self‑critical and stop drawing because they believe they “can’t do it.” Our program meets them at this turning point and shows them they absolutely can.

In our classes, students build skills step by step across drawing, observation, and painting media.

3D Drawing Foundations

First, kids explore 12 core visual concepts—foreshortening, contour and cross‑contour lines, basic perspective, scale/size relationships, and more—to help their drawings read in 3D.

Realistic Drawing Skills

Next, guided observation lessons inspired by Dr. Betty Edwards’ Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain teach children “how to see” shape, angle, and proportion. These realistic drawing exercises are introduced in intervals alongside 3D work to reinforce learning. (See before/after progress gallery.)

Explore Art Media

Finally, as skills grow, students experiment with additional media: charcoal, soft pastels, oil pastels, watercolor, tempera, and acrylic paint. This gradual expansion builds confidence, color awareness, and creative problem‑solving. (See what else can be learned.)