Where children learn to see, to make, and to tell their own stories.
Nikhil Johnson is a visual artist, animator and art educator based in Thiruvananthapuram. Classes, camps and story-led art lessons for children — taught through observation, imagination and experimentation.
- BFA + Animation
- Govt. College of Fine Arts, TVM
- SCERT Kerala
- Textbook & curriculum work
- 2023
- Moved into art education
Traditional craft, modern tools
Drawing from life, colour, composition and storytelling — then the same eye applied to digital tools, animation and film.
Small groups, real attention
Camps and studio classes sized so every child gets looked at, encouraged and pushed just past what they thought they could do.
Stories made with children
Short films with children about the issues they actually face — empathy, voice, and the courage to be heard.
Something for every young artist
Studio sessions, online batches, holiday camps and workshops — each one built around making a finished thing.
Holiday Art Camp — Stories in Frames
A week-long camp where children make an animated short of their own: story, characters, backgrounds and a voice, all in five afternoons.
₹3,500· 5 days · 3 hours a day
Watercolour Explorers
Eight weeks of washes, blooms and experiments with water. Children finish with a small painted series rather than a single crowded page.
₹5,500· 8 weeks · 90 minutes a week
Drawing Basics for Little Hands
Learn to look before drawing. Six weeks of observation games, shape-hunting and colour, ending with a poster the child is happy to hang up.
₹4,500· 6 weeks · 60 minutes a week
Free lessons to start with
Short, story-led art lessons. Start free; enrolled families unlock the full series.
Storyboarding for Young Storytellers
Eight lessons on making films with children — the series used in the holiday camp.
Open series EnrolledWatercolour: The Sea
An eight-lesson series on painting water — for families enrolled in the Watercolour Explorers course.
Open series Free seriesFive Ways to See
Five free short lessons on looking. The foundation of everything else in this library — do these first, in any order.
Open seriesNotes from the studio
Why I teach art through stories
A child who is told to draw a house draws a house. A child given a story draws something you could not have predicted. That difference is the whole job.
What a class at Nix Fine Arts actually looks like
One hour, ten children, one sheet of paper each. Here is the shape of it, hour by hour.
What to bring, what we provide, and what to do if they cannot sit still
The practical questions every parent asks before the first class. Answered plainly.
Bring your child in for a free trial class
Tell us the age and what they enjoy drawing. We will match them to the right group and a time that works.