Chocolart Studio

At night it’s always easier to spot shops located in high rises around Hong Kong. Whether it’s the lights or the quietness that makes you look up, it’s a cool way to discover places that you wouldn’t have noticed at day time. I had walked past this area of Queen’s Road East possibly every single day and never checked out this place. Last night I finally did. I came into the building (and had to wait for the lift for about 15 minutes…) and got up to the second floor. It was late and the place was about to close, but a very friendly guy welcomed me in.
I had picked up a leaflet downstairs and knew they were about art classes but I wasn’t sure they also run classes for adults as well as kids (8 months to 5 years) and juniors (6 to 10 years). The studio is ample enough to accommodate for big groups (maybe ten people on one side and 10 other on the other) and it doesn’t lack decoration. Indeed, the pieces of art by the students made for a great deco. There are also nice small fish pictures made by one of the teachers who later showed me some of his works and he’s a real artist. What a talent.
He explained to me how classes work: you go for a trial lesson (normally they last for two hours) and pay half the normal price (360HKD) and you pick the canvas, use their materials and apron and get all the guidance from them (there’s another teacher). They would help you with painting techniques, perspectives and so on… They have only been operating in this studio since January but the place already got that character that makes artisty spaces so authentic.
If you are planning on develop your creative skills or you simply want to let loose your imagination you may want to try them!