by Fia | Aug 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
HOW MY OWN JOURNEY WITH ART SHAPED A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF ART SCHOOL To understand why Sunshine Art School is so different to conventional Art Schools and institutions, you first need to understand my (Fi, founder of Sunshine Art School) own journey with art....
by Fia | Jun 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
At Sunshine Art School we believe drawing and painting are not primarily about accuracy or copying external reality, but about capturing something deeper. Although grid methods can be helpful for beginners to achieve early accuracy, we choose not to use them as a...
by Fia | Jun 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Our adult and teen classes are all run “studio style”, meaning you get to choose the medium and subject you would like to paint or draw, and we guide and support you through your own individual artistic journey. Rather than doing block classes where everyone uses the...
by Fia | Jun 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Did You Know That We Often Include Stories and Fairytales in Our Kids’ Art Classes? We love to tell the children a story before they paint to awaken their imagination. Rather than reading from a book, the teacher learns the story and tells it from the heart,...
by Fia | May 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Many of you have probably noticed, especially the students, how we often include tea in artworks, in both the adult and kids art classes at Sunshine Art School. My favourite tea to use is Rooibos tea, a South African tea that has the most beautiful golden colour and...
