Every Line
Tells a Story.
Art Lines Academy is a vibrant community dedicated to nurturing and inspiring artists of all ages and skill levels. From your first tentative pencil mark to bold strokes of oil on canvas — we believe creativity knows no bounds.
Nine disciplines. One mission: to help you find your voice through the ancient, irreplaceable act of making art by hand.
[ Explore the Disciplines ]The Academy
Art has the power to inspire, transform, and enrich lives. At Art Lines Academy, we have built a space where that belief is practiced daily — a school where beginners find confidence and experienced artists find depth.
Located in Kelambakkam, Chennai, we have been guiding hands and sharpening eyes across drawing, painting, portraiture, and calligraphy. Our instruction is rooted in traditional technique, taught with patience, and measured by the work our students produce.
[ Read Our Story ]“Every artist was first an amateur.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Disciplines
Nine paths into the craft. Each begins with a line and ends wherever your hand decides to take it.
Drawing
The foundation of all visual art. Learn line, form, proportion, and the confidence to commit marks to paper.
Painting
Explore color, composition, and expression across mediums — from broad washes to precise brushwork.
Handwriting
Refine your penmanship and discover the rhythm of beautiful writing — craft that begins at the fingertips.
Portrait
Capture likeness, character, and emotion. The human face is the most demanding — and rewarding — subject.
Pencil Shading
Master tonal value through graphite — from the lightest 2H whisper to the deepest 8B shadow.
Oil Painting
The richest, most forgiving medium. Learn layering, glazing, and the patience that oils demand and reward.
Acrylic Painting
Fast-drying, vivid, and versatile — acrylics let you work bold and iterate freely.
Watercolour
Transparency, light, and the beautiful accidents of water meeting pigment. Learn to guide, not control.
Landscape
See the world as a composition — depth, atmosphere, light, and the patience to render what the eye rushes past.
From the Archive
A selection of works by our students and instructors — each one proof that the hand still has something to say.
Acrylic study
Watercolour landscape
Oil on canvas
Pencil portrait
Find the Academy
ADDRESS
2nd Floor, Malayappan Mudhaliyar Street,
Near B.K.M School, Kelambakkam,
Chennai — 603103
HOURS
Daily: 10:00 AM — 7:30 PM