Choosing an art class for your child in Bengaluru

A class's Instagram won't tell you what a month costs or who will teach your child. So we read the fee pages of nine Bengaluru art and pottery studios and two online schools, our records of the four art teachers on mytribe, and the 14 requests 13 families sent us for a kids' art or clay class between April and October 2026. Here's what it costs, what the fee leaves out, and what to watch for in a trial class.

Fees from 9 studios' own pages14 requests from 13 familiesUpdated 21 Oct 2026, prices dated below
An illustration of a child-size wooden easel in a Bengaluru flat, holding a child's painting of a yellow sun over green hills, with a jar of paintbrushes and two paint tubes at its foot
Picture: Illustration by mytribe
Q1

How much do kids' art classes cost a month in Bengaluru?

At a Bengaluru studio, expect about ₹3,000 a month plus GST for 8 hours of class. openhouse runs 4 two-hour classes a month, and its ₹2,500 kit makes the first month ₹5,500 plus GST. A live online class costs about ₹900 to ₹2,000 a month, and you can start at home with paper and a kit from ₹99.

  1. Free, or from ₹99 for a kit

    Drawing at home

    Paper, videos and a Camlin kit, with nobody to correct your child. Art Beat's recorded course is ₹299

  2. About ₹900 to ₹2,000 a month

    A live class online

    FastInfo ₹898 a month, two months paid at once, plus ₹499 to join. Artjio ₹1,500. Sonika Gupta, teaching from Delhi: ₹3,000 for 16 Zoom classes over two months. Art Beat's live classes from ₹2,000

  3. Ask for the price

    A teacher in your building or clubhouse

    Few print a fee. The Lillibees ran clubhouse classes on the Whitefield and Sarjapur Road side in 2024 and 2025; ask what runs near you now

  4. ₹3,000 a month plus GST

    A studio class near home

    openhouse: 4 classes of 2 hours, at most 10 children, ages 5 to 12, and a ₹2,500 kit once. FLUX charges ₹4,000 with its kids' club

  5. ₹13,000 for 24 classes

    An art school's short course

    Artville Academy: 75 minutes each, two or four a week, ages 10 to 12, a set of materials included

Pictures: Illustration by mytribe, not a photograph of any studio, Sonika Gupta, Saraswatei Learnings, an online student's drawing, December 2024, The Lillibees, a craft class, July 2024.

Q2

Why are some kids' art classes so much more expensive?

Counting each one's kit, three months at openhouse and Artville's short course cost about the same: ₹11,500 plus GST for 24 hours, against ₹13,000 for 30 hours. Artville asks for the whole course at once and runs longer classes. openhouse goes month by month, so you can stop after one. Online costs less because you get fewer hours and buy your own colours.

An illustration of six children seen from behind at one table, each painting a small canvas, with a teacher leaning in to help one of them

A monthly studio batch: openhouse

₹3,000 a month plus GST

An illustration of an art course's materials on a table: an A3 sketchbook, pencils, brushes, a 12-colour acrylic set, a canvas board and a palette, beside a finished canvas painting of a sunset over the sea

A short course: Artville Academy, Kalyan Nagar

₹13,000 for 24 classes

4 classes of 2 hours, at most 10 children, ages 5 to 12

75 minutes each, about three months at two a week

A ₹2,500 kit, bought once

Ages 10 to 12, a set of materials included

Three months with the kit: ₹11,500 plus GST on the fee

Paid as one course

On mytribe, Shikha Goel runs classes at her Hosa Road studio. Ask for her fee

The same thing for a child of 10 to 12: art classes in a studio for about three months. Each studio's own page, read 21 October 2026. The three-month total is our sum. The pictures are illustrations. Photos: Illustration by mytribe, not a photograph of any studio.

Q3

Art studio, home tutor or online class: which is right for my child?

Your child's age decides most of it. Most studios take children from 4 or 5. Online suits a child who will sit at a table and draw for 40 minutes. A home tutor suits a shy child, or one who finds a busy room hard.

How old is your child?

Any of the three works at this age. openhouse takes 5 to 12 for ₹3,000 a month plus GST. Online costs less an hour, about ₹280 with Sonika Gupta, if your child will sit and draw on their own. Mud Effects' clay sessions start at 8.

Q4

How do I find a good kids' art class near me?

Start with your building and your child's school: ask in the society WhatsApp group who teaches art nearby, and ask the school about an after-school club. Then look at the studios in your part of the city, below, and pick one you can get to every week.

Q5

Can my child try an art class before we pay, and what should I watch for?

Ask for a trial class: openhouse books one, Artjio gives a free online demo, and Sonika Gupta lets a child sit in on a running class for free. In the trial, count the children, see who is teaching, and check that the children also get to draw their own ideas.

Q6

What extra costs come with a kids' art class, and is there a refund if my child stops?

Before you pay, ask about a joining fee, a kit to buy and GST on top, and whether you pay for one month or more. If your child misses a class, openhouse books a make-up through its app, but Art Beat doesn't make one up. None of the studios here promises a refund if your child stops, so pay for one month first where you can.

Q7

What does a kids' pottery class cost in Bengaluru, and do we get the pieces back?

A kids' clay session at a Bengaluru studio costs ₹1,500 to ₹1,850, for 90 minutes to 2 hours. Wheel and Potter, Trayah and Mudcast glaze and fire the piece, and you collect it 2 to 4 weeks later. Mud Effects' kids' page doesn't say, so ask before you book.

A longer session: Wheel and Potter, Bagalur

₹1,500 a child

A shorter session: Trayah, Jayanagar

₹1,750 a child

2 hours of hand-building, ages 5 to 12

1½ hours of hand-building, from age 6

Glazed and fired, ready 3 to 4 weeks later

Glazed and fired, ready 2 weeks later

₹750 an hour

About ₹1,170 an hour

The same thing at both: a hand-building session for a child of 6 to 12, glazed and fired. Trayah costs more an hour and gives the piece back sooner. Neither studio's page says why it costs more. Each studio's own page, read 21 October 2026. Per-hour figures are our sums.

Q8

How much is a kids' art summer camp or one-day workshop in Bengaluru?

A week of holiday art camp at Art Beat costs ₹3,000 (5 days, 11:30 to 2, ages 4 to 8), and its first two summer 2026 batches sold out. A single 2-hour workshop with materials costs ₹899 to ₹1,299 there.

Before you pay, settle these five

  1. How many children in the batch, and who teaches
  2. How long a class runs, and how many in a month
  3. A joining fee, a kit and GST
  4. One month or more, and what if your child stops
  5. A trial class, and whether you can sit in
Find classes that answer these

What families in Bengaluru asked us for

Requests to mytribe, in our words.

  • Regular weekly art classes for a 4-year-old. The centres she looked up were too far to get to each week, so she asked for something nearer Koramangala.

    Age 4WeeklyNear home

    A parent in Koramangala

    Jul 2026

  • Drawing from the basics for a 9-year-old daughter, then colouring with pastels, marker pens and acrylics. Weekday evenings after 4:30, in a small group of about 8.

    Age 9Weekday eveningsSmall group

    A parent in Bengaluru

    May 2026

  • A class for a child of 2 years and 2 months. Asked for videos of the programme first, and whether the nanny could sit in instead of a parent.

    ToddlerNanny sits in

    A parent in Yemalur

    Aug 2026

  • An eco-friendly Ganesha workshop for one child at a studio in Jayanagar, that same week. Asked for the batch times and the price.

    Ganesha workshopOne childThis week

    A parent in Jayanagar

    Sep 2026

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By the mytribe curation team
Updated 20 October 2026
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