Ballard’s aim is to nurture and encourage creative confidence in every student. She believes everyone can be creative, they just have to have the desire and enthusiasm to start!
An experienced art educator for over 30 years she comes armed with a B.A.D. (Bachelor of Design Degree), decades of planning and delivering art programs and running Art Events and Retreats.
She has been the Arts Presenter for EDTV Australia streaming live art classes to schools throughout Australia and a ‘toonpreneur’ delivering art workshops to schools and community centres with ToonWorldTV.
Ballard’s super power is helping you find your own artistic voice and teaching you the skills to refine it. An expert in the history of colour, she is passionate about finding the brightness in everyone through art and helping you enjoy the process along the way.
Kristine has vast experience in teaching art to adults and children of all ages. She is happy to customise her programs to cater to your specific requirements at any level be it one-to-one tuition or mentoring or large group based activities.
Ballard’s lessons focus on improving physical skills covering drawing and painting, but I can also help with art theory and special projects. Using her in-depth Graphic Design experience, she can combine skills of both digital and traditional art forms and assist with programming and planning.
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PRIVATE CLASSES IN THE BALLARD STUDIO
Come and have your art class in Kristine’s very own Art Studio! Set in one of the hippest creative centre’s of Sydney’s Inner West, Kristine home Art Studio is only 5 minutes walk from Sydenham Station and the Metro. Surrounded by coffee shops and bars and the most famous art store Parker’s is at the end of her street!
Private one-on-one classes are $120 per hour. Plus materials.
Great for creative confidence or HSC students wanting to get a handle on their major works. Got a friend or small group you’d like to set up classes for? (Prices will be modified for more than one student). Kristine is happy to customise a plan so that every session will expand your art skills and ensure you enjoy the process along the way!
Contact Kristine directly to discuss your specific needs.
BEGINNERS SPECIAL … BOOK 5 SESSIONS AND GET A 20% DISCOUNT.
Popular for students wishing to improve their artistic skill set and expand their own creative path. Great for school students. Ballard specialises in teaching ages 6 to 16 in this area.
She offers tuition dedicated to working on art for their HSC or those wishing to build a portfolio for scholarship and university applications.
She offers her skills through out the areas of the Inner West, Eastern suburbs, and Northern Suburbs in Sydneyand can structure classes per week, every 2 weeks, monthly or for a specific period. Alternatively she offers on-line options for those living further abroad.
CHECK OUT THE STUDENT WORK HERE
CUSTOMISED ART CLASSES AND PROGRAMS FOR SMALL GROUPS
If you have a small group interested in lessons, Ballard can customised a program for you.
Email her at kballard@kristineballard.com to discuss.
AU$120 per student, per hour, on-site.
AU$180 for 2 students, per hour, on-site.
AU$60 per student, per hour, after the first 2 when in a group.
All prices are tuition costs only and do not include equipment costs.
Please enquire for further details should you have any specific requirements.
Ballard loves teaching fine art to adults and helping them find joy in the process. No talent required. All skill levels, from beginners to advanced.
Her lessons focus on colour and expressive art using acrylic paint. Ballard helps you understand the value and skills of many of the great masters and helps you try on their techniques.
Her ultimate objective is that you feel successful in your progress and energised by the journey.
NOW AVAILABLE – ARTPRAC – GOING ‘PRO’
POLISH YOUR ART PRACTICE AND GET PROFESSIONAL
Do you need help developing your art practice? Or perhaps you want to work on developing your own style? Maybe you need someone to keep you accountable for your progression?
Ballard’s ARTPRAC Program is customised to help keep you on track and sharpen up your skills and have a plan for your direction. She will give guide you with practical tools to help turn your art practice into a profession.
Drawing from her decades of experience as a practicing artist, graphic designer and studio manager, she can help you find your mojo, and set clear, achievable goals that will make you look and feel like a real artist.
Lessons are conducted via Skype. Reviews of work and discussions about topics will be conducted during the lesson. You will be introduced to easy ways to get you inspired about your work and learn how others do it. Projects are set and you can work on these in your own time before the next class.
Times and schedules are customised around your commitments. Lessons are available once a week, fortnight or per month to suit your outcomes and ambitions.
ONE-ON-ONE CUSTOMISED MENTORING SKYPE CLASS
AU$140 per student per hour
Strictly limited time slots as this is a one-to-one class.
Check out Desiree’s thoughts on the ARTPRAC PROGRAM in this 20+minute interview.
“It’s all about the knowledge… Even if you just wanted to find out who you are as an artist or you just wanted to do it because you need to chat with somebody and need to get advice on the spot, I’d highly recommend the program.”
Desiree Martin
“Everyone needs a professional peer who can help them see what they can’t and Kristine excels at this. She is a highly qualified art educator in all aspects of what it means to be a professional artist, so if you are looking to enhance your art practice, look no further. Kristine’s ability to drill down into what you need at the moment in your art practice, is second to none.”
Kadira Jennings
My son has been privileged to have Kristine as his private art teacher for over 7 years and she has been instrumental in developing his love of art and creating many artworks, many of which hang in our home.
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A very big thank you for all you have done and your creativity will be missed in our home as Ronan moves on to his next adventure.
Hazel Martin
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Kristine has tutored my daughter, Abira, for nearly a decade. Abira’s numerous art prizes …
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My daughter is a committed student though as a growing child, naturally has proven a challenge at times. Kristine has devotedly navigated Abira’s creative (and emotional) development from a toddler to a teenager with ease and sensitivity, encouraging Abira at each development milestone to continue to expand her creative skills, build confidence in her ability to use art tools and mediums, while fundamentally nurturing and enriching Abira’s evolving artistic process.
Kristine inspires, motivates and engages her students with a vibrant enthusiasm, expertly teaching artistic technique while fostering a rich environment that allows for the child to be experimental in their artistic development, experiencing the creative process with confidence and enjoyment. I highly recommend Kristine as a trusted and committed art teacher for a child of any age and at any level of artistic ability (Kristine has taught my daughter consistently from the age of 5 to now 15 years old, and with many years to follow!).
Kristine’s artistic energy and talent combined with her extensive history of teaching experience and enthusiasm for fostering a child’s confidence and joy in learning about art, is invaluable for any parent who wishes to uncover and develop their child’s true creative potential.
Nicola Harvey
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Kristine accepts and enhances each student’s individual talents, strengths and weaknesses.
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Through her tuition she has helped my son, Will, understand himself as an artist. She helps him see what it is he actually wants from his art, and where he may take his art in the future.
Cassie Scougall
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Kristine has been tutoring my children in art for four years, and I cannot recommend her enough.
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Kristine has tutored them in multiple genres and techniques, teaching them art history along the way. Her warm, infectious enthusiasm and passion for art is highly engaging and perfectly pitched to appeal to each of my children’s temperaments and strengths.
She truly draws the best from each child, and we will be with her for many years to come.
Virginia Nicholls
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Kristine has tutored my son Matthew for the last 7 years in visual arts…
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Kristine always includes in her lessons information on different artists their styles and history. Kristine also helped my older son Jerome with his major work for the HSC.
Kristine is a very vibrant caring person who always makes the classes fun and interesting and has encouraged Matthew to push himself beyond his comfort zone.
She caters her classes to the individual and takes a great interest in her students and always encourages them.
She always creates a very positive class environment where her pupils feel extremely comfortable and is a great mentor to her students. If you have Kristine as a teacher you are very fortunate.
Stephanie Dardis
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I am also available for art critiques and reviews of your work. I love helping others on their own path and I can be your art coach if you need a little back up on your own art journey.
Please enquire for further details on costs for your specific requirements. Email me directly at kballard@kristineballard.com
For more info on classes checkout my Workshops and Art Retreats