Get Creative with the Best Art Classes in Melbourne

Looking to stretch your creative muscles? Melbourne is brimming with studios and workshops where you can swap the everyday for clay, canvas, colour, and craft. From pottery wheels spinning in sunlit warehouses to resin art that shimmers like glass, collage tables piled with paper scraps, and life-drawing evenings fuelled by wine and conversation — there’s a class for every mood and every level.

Whether you’re a beginner with curious hands or a seasoned maker chasing new techniques, these are the art classes in Melbourne to learn, to play, and to find inspiration in good company.

Life Drawing With Lani

When Lani sets up her easel in Melbourne, the room becomes equal parts studio and soirée. Her life-drawing sessions are playful, social, and designed for anyone who’s ever wanted to try — beginners especially. A nude model becomes the muse, while Lani gently guides each sketch, offering tips without pressure. Materials are provided, glasses of wine often flow, and the mood is more dinner party than classroom. By the end, you’ll leave with pages of portraits, a lighter heart, and the quiet thrill of having made something.

Visit Life Drawing with Lani on Instagram for upcoming classes at Hope St Radio in October 2025

Fitzroy Painting

True to its name, Fitzroy Painting is a creative anchor in Melbourne’s inner north — a studio where easels line the room, brushes bristle in jars, and professional artists guide every stroke. The workshops are relaxed yet carefully structured, giving beginners the confidence to start and seasoned painters the chance to refine. From oil and watercolour to drawing and contemporary media, each class blends technique with freedom, ensuring you leave not only with new skills but with the pleasure of having shared them among fellow art lovers.

Studio 7, 244 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

Honey Bones

Honey Bones is a creative heart in Brunswick — inviting makers, thinkers, and art-seekers into its warm, inclusive fold. The gallery’s workshops range from Remake Sessions (upcycling and re-imagining clothes) to Essence Life Drawing, complete with themed evenings and live DJ sets, and the exuberant Pink Pony Paint Club, where mixed-media portraits take shape in a playful, party-like atmosphere. Run by artists and rooted in community, it’s a space where creativity feels boundless, welcoming everyone who walks through its doors.

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46 Trafford Street, Brunswick

Fine & Wine with Finer Rings

When jewellery becomes part of the night’s magic. At FinerRings in Fitzroy, Fine & Wine is the class where you sip, design, and leave glowing—both inside and out. With just 12 spots per session, the energy is intimate and attentive: choose from Stamps, Staples, or Pearls and let the skilled team walk you through each step. Expect fresh, locally-sourced bites, a glass (or two) of wine, and three pieces you’ll make and take home. It’s creating something beautiful, with friends, humour, and sparkle.

246 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

Shell Space

Curated by artist Hilary Green, Shell Space feels equal parts studio and sanctuary. It’s a place where creativity spills across mediums — from sculpture and drawing to candle making — all coloured by Green’s own practice, which fuses ancient forms with mystical glazes. Her signature Candelabra by Candlelight workshop is as atmospheric as it sounds, casting the room in soft glow while hands shape clay. Beyond Green’s classes, the space hosts diverse events — tarot readings, experimental sessions, intimate gatherings — each designed to inspire connection and spark imagination.

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8 McIver Street, Brunswick

Collage Classes at That Paper Joint

Collage finds new life at That Paper Joint, a cosy Brunswick studio where Max and Zoe lead playful “Cut & Paste” workshops. Using second-hand and recycled materials, you’ll learn inventive techniques — even a clever glue-free method — to create pieces that feel both sustainable and striking. Sessions run for three hours, unfolding in a relaxed, encouraging atmosphere that suits absolute beginners as much as seasoned makers. Fridays come with BYO drinks and a cheeseboard, while daytime workshops bring coffee, tea, and easy conversation.

544 Sydney Road, Brunswick

The Art Room

In Footscray, The Art Room hums with the spirit of shared creativity. Run by artists for artists, it’s an independent school where beginners and seasoned makers sit side by side, sketching, painting, or experimenting with new mediums. Classes range from life drawing to contemporary practice, each guided by professionals who balance technical precision with gentle encouragement. The atmosphere is open and collaborative, fostering confidence as much as skill. More than a studio, it feels like a community — one that welcomes every hand that picks up a brush.

138 Cowper Street, Footscray

Work Shop Melbourne 

Work-Shop is less a studio and more a playground for the imagination. Its ever-changing roster of classes invites you to dip into anything from linocut printmaking and crochet to tarot, bookbinding, and even tufted mirrors. The atmosphere is open and easy, filled with like-minded makers ready to experiment and laugh along the way. Each session balances practical skill with creative freedom, ensuring you leave with both new techniques and something uniquely your own. It’s Pinterest dreams, made tactile.

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136A Cromwell Street, Collingwood

Tuft & Touch Tufting Studio

In North Melbourne, Tuft & Touch turns the craft of tufting into pure play. Here, blank frames transform into rugs or wall hangings alive with colour, each loop guided by your own imagination. Workshops range from quick creative escapes to in-depth four-week courses, with expert tutors close by to steady your hand and spark ideas. The studio hums with energy but feels warmly inclusive, inviting beginners and seasoned makers alike. You’ll leave not just with a vibrant piece, but with the satisfaction of having stitched it into being yourself.

476A Victoria Street, North Melbourne 

The Wheelhouse Studio

At The Wheelhouse Studio, pottery unfolds at a gentler pace. Classes are intimate — never more than ten at a time — so guidance feels personal and unhurried. Wheel-throwing courses cover the fundamentals with patience, while hand-building sessions introduce meditative techniques like coiling, pinching, and slab work. The space is calm, inclusive, and welcoming to all skill levels, with an introductory course for those keen to dip a toe before committing. It’s ceramics made accessible, creative, and deeply grounding.

174 Gladstone Street, South Melbourne

Pinot & Picasso

At Pinot & Picasso, creativity comes with a glass in hand and music in the air. Bring your own wine, gather your favourite people, and let an artist lead you through each brushstroke — step by step until your canvas blooms into something you’ll want to hang at home. The sessions run just two hours, long enough to sip, snack, and laugh while you paint. Perfect for parties, team nights, or a date with your inner artist, it’s art school reimagined as celebration.

CBD, South Yarra, Warrandyte, Thornbury

‘Paint Your Own Pottery’ at Robert Gordon

At Robert Gordon’s studio, creativity feels delightfully within reach. In these one-hour sessions, you’ll select a bisque form — perhaps a mug, a bowl, a plate — and bring it to life with colour. Palettes, brushes, and inspiration are all at hand, leaving you free to play, experiment, and design something truly personal. Once fired, your piece becomes a lasting keepsake — part artwork, part everyday treasure. And before you leave, pause at Nancy Eatery next door for a meal that completes the outing.

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114 Mulcahy Road, Pakenham

Art Tree Creations

In Melbourne’s outer east, Art Tree Creations invites you to swap the rush of the city for the slow, meditative pull of resin. Here, colour and texture collide — pigments, inks, and paints swirled into timber boards, serving platters, or luminous artworks that feel utterly your own. The classes are relaxed yet detailed, with expert hands guiding you through each pour and blend. By the end, you’ll carry home a creation that’s as vibrant as the process itself — part artwork, part keepsake.

1/15 Newcastle Road, Bayswater

Urban Antidote’s Floral Workshops

Step into a world where colour, fragrance and form entwine under the eye of Anastasia Botica, the creative mind behind Urban Antidote. Her floral design workshops are equal parts artistry and alchemy — teaching you to coax blooms into sculptural arrangements without the foam, and to care for them long after you leave. Apron on, scissors in hand, you’ll gather stems, learn techniques, and leave with a piece as striking as it is personal. It’s floristry elevated, and pure botanical joy.

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43 Derby Street, Collingwood, Melbourne

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