Learn one thing well
R45once-off
- Keep the module for as long as the community runs
- All video lessons and downloads
- Ask the teacher questions under each lesson
- Share your finished piece on the student wall
Online art community · South Africa
Walk in. Pick up a brush.
The Art Classroom is an online art community from South Africa. Step into a classroom, choose your teacher, and learn watercolour, acrylics, oils, drawing and more from working artists, one module at a time.
PG7 Phthalo Green
PR108 Cadmium Red
PW6 Titanium White
8modules in the library
+4new modules every month
R45per module, yours to keep
6classrooms, one per medium
The hallway
Every medium has its own room.
Walk the corridor and open a door. Inside, your teacher is waiting with their modules.
Hover or tap a door to look inside. Scroll sideways to see every room.
Start here
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The first modules.
Wet-on-wet Skies
Soft gradients, bleeding colour and the patience of letting paper do the work.
with Watercolour Guest Artist
R454 lessons · 1h 10m
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Proteas in Bold Acrylic
Block in, layer up and finish a gallery-ready protea on stretched canvas.
with Acrylics Guest Artist
R454 lessons · 1h 10m
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Charcoal Portraits: Light and Shadow
Proportion, value and the eraser as a drawing tool.
with Drawing Guest Artist
R454 lessons · 1h 10m
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Karoo Landscapes in Oil
Big skies, dry earth and how to mix the colours of a Karoo afternoon.
with Oils Guest Artist
R454 lessons · 1h 10m
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How it works
Buy one class, or join the community.
Every room, every month
Monthlyprice coming soon
- Every module in every classroom
- Four new modules each month
- Discussion groups and classmate profiles
- Enter members-only competitions
- Cancel any time
Community
You won't be painting alone.
Classmates, feedback, local clubs and competitions. The Art Classroom is a community with a corridor full of people, not a video library.
Classmates
Share, ask, encourage
Every student gets a profile. Post your finished work, ask your teacher a question under each lesson, and give classmates kind, useful feedback.
Global · Art Clubs
Meet and paint together
Find students in your country, province and city, then join or start a local art group. Inspired by ikigai: finding purpose in what you love to do.
- Bloemfonteinforming · 0 members
- Cape Townforming · 0 members
- Durbanforming · 0 members
- Gqeberhaforming · 0 members
- Johannesburgforming · 0 members
Competitions
A theme, a deadline, a prize
Regular themed competitions with published rules, judging and prizes.
“Light on the Highveld”
- Opens
- 11 November 2026
- Closes
- 3 January 2027
- Status
- Opens 11 Nov
The library grows
Four at launch. Forty-eight by December 2027.
We open with four finished modules across different mediums, then add four new ones every month from January 2027.
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Jan4
Feb8
Mar12
Apr16
May20
Jun24
Jul28
Aug32
Sep36
Oct40
Nov44
Dec48
Launch modulesAdded that monthAlready in the library
Founder
Started by Wencke Lasch
To inspire the world to paint more and to be more creative.
Wencke travels South Africa to find art teachers and African artists, films their courses, and brings them into one community, along with a growing collection of digital artworks made with different artists.
Read the story →Get a letter from the community.
New modules, competitions and club meetings, about once a month. No spam.