$120 per 2-hour session
One-on-One Private Lesson
Undivided attention, tailored to whatever you want to learn, from pencil and pastel to oil and acrylic. Beginners and working artists alike.
Bring your own paint and materials.
Drawing & Painting · North Shore The atelier tradition,
The atelier tradition,
on Greengate Road.
Teaching children and adults across Sydney's North Shore for over twenty years.
The Studio
A room for learning to see, and to make.
A working art studio on Greengate Road, in the heart of Sydney's North Shore. We teach drawing and painting the way ateliers always have: patiently, from the fundamentals up, for every age and every level.
Two artists teach here. Nasser works in drawing, pen and pastel; Elnaz in painting and the children's studio. Between them lie thirty years of teaching and hundreds of students, from first pencil marks to finished canvases.
Meet the instructors →Lessons for every age and level
$75 per person · 2-hour session
Small Group Lesson
Learn alongside three to five others in a calm, focused studio. The same hands-on instruction, shared with a small circle.
Bring your own paint and materials.
$60 per session · 10-session term
Children’s Creativity Studio
Art that grows imagination and focus. A ten-session term for children, building drawing, colour, and painting at their own pace.
Bring your own paint and materials.
$75 per person · 2-hour session
Women’s Creativity Studio
A calm space for women to make art and follow new ideas. Sessions move across drawing and painting, built for unwinding and a clear, restful mind.
All levels welcome, no experience needed.
From $75 private or small group
Portrait & Face Drawing
Learn to draw the human face with structure and feeling. Proportion, light, and likeness, taught patiently from the fundamentals.
Drawing in pencil, pen, and pastel.
On enquiry up to 20 guests
Events & Paint n’ Sip
Birthdays, Paint n’ Sip evenings, corporate and team gatherings. A guided painting everyone leaves with.
Get in touch and we’ll plan it with you.
Work made on Greengate Road
Good to know
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Do I need any experience to start?
No. We teach complete beginners alongside working artists, starting from the fundamentals and building from there. Every lesson is paced to you.
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What ages do you teach?
Children and adults. The Children’s Creativity Studio runs as a ten-session term for younger artists, and our private, small-group, and specialty classes suit teens and adults at any level.
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Where is the studio?
On Greengate Road in Killara, on Sydney’s North Shore. We draw students from across the area, including Lindfield, Roseville, Gordon, Pymble, Turramurra, St Ives, and Wahroonga.
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How long is a lesson?
Most private and small-group lessons run two hours. The Children’s Creativity Studio is a ten-session term so young artists can build skills steadily over time.
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What will I learn?
Drawing and painting across pencil, pen, pastel, oil, and acrylic. We cover the fundamentals first, then portraiture, colour, and composition, whatever you most want to develop.