Online Art Classes for Kids in Boston
Art classes that teach technique and India’s own traditions
Most children’s art classes are one of two things: a craft hour where everyone makes the same thing, or a Western fundamentals course that treats Indian art as a decorative afterthought. We teach both halves properly. Observation, line, proportion and colour as real technique, and Warli, Madhubani, Rangoli and Kalamkari as real disciplines with their own rules.
Enquire about classes in Boston
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Art classes that teach technique and India’s own traditions
The test of an art class is whether a child improves at drawing, not whether they come away with something fridge-worthy. Mentors work on grip, proportion and observation from the first class, and because batches are small they can see each child’s page on screen and correct it while the pencil is still moving.
Boston’s Indian families are heavily academic, medical and biotech, and parents here ask more questions about method than anywhere else — how memory is built, why sound before meaning, what the evidence is. We answer them, and the Sri Lakshmi Temple in Ashland means many of these children already have a place where the verses are chanted.
Drawing fundamentals taught as skill, not as talent
Four Indian folk art forms alongside Western technique
A portfolio that shows a year of visible improvement
In-person batches at our HSR Layout centre and Jayanagar arts studio, as well as online
Batch timings for Boston
Live classes on ET, scheduled around your week rather than ours.
Weekday 6:30 to 8:00 PM Eastern and Saturday morning Eastern. New England winters make a live class from home an easy choice between December and March.
Lexington, Burlington, Acton, Shrewsbury and Westborough are where most Indian families in greater Boston are found.
What your child walks away able to do
Confident use of pencil, pastel, poster colour and watercolour
Fluency in Warli, Madhubani, Rangoli and Kalamkari
A finished portfolio the child chose and completed
Inside the online art classes for kids curriculum
A few of the modules a year of online art classes for kids covers. The full sequence is on the class page.
- 01Warli and Madhubani
- 02Rangoli and Kalamkari
- 03Craft and Making
- 04Portfolio
Prefer a room, paper and paint on a table?
Arts & Painting runs in person at our arts studio in Jayanagar, Bengaluru, and, like every class of ours, at our HSR Layout centre, 243, 16th Main Road, Sector 3, HSR Layout, Bengaluru 560102. Both use the same mentors and the same curriculum as the online batches. Families outside Bengaluru take the online batches, which cover the identical curriculum.
Three simple steps to begin
1. Tell us about your child
Call or WhatsApp us and say where your child is starting from. For online art classes for kids that matters — the mentor pitches the first class to what they can already do.
2. Personal guidance from a mentor
A real, live class, not a sales call. The mentor works with your child for the full session and then tells you honestly whether this is the right class of ours for them.
3. Pick a slot that survives the school week
We place your child in a batch built for ET. Weekday 6:30 to 8:00 PM Eastern and Saturday morning Eastern.
“Timezone was our biggest worry. Smriti Samskara made it effortless, the Mahabharata class fits perfectly into our London evenings, and the storytelling quality is simply exceptional.”
Online Art Classes for Kids in Boston, FAQs
Better than most parents expect. The mentor’s hands and paper are on screen throughout, and with a small batch they can see each child’s page and fix a grip or a proportion in the moment. Families who would rather have a room can join in-person arts batches at our HSR Layout centre or our Jayanagar arts studio in Bengaluru.
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