Last night, my daughter and I attended a session at Wine and Design - one of several franchises popping up across the country where you go to paint and drink wine (or whatever.) It was fun, and I can see it being a blast with a group of friends… or a DopeFest perhaps??
Has anyone else here done this? What did you think?
I’ve always wanted to learn to paint, to not enough to sign up for art school. I saw this as a chance to mess around and maybe learn a few things.
Our project last night was a sunflower. The instructor had penciled the outline of the petals and leaves on a canvas, so the framework was set. She walked us thru shading the petals, creating the texture of the center, filling in the background, and accenting the leaves. The paint was an acrylic that came in pump bottles - it was served up on paper plates, and we each had 4 different brushes, a cup of water, and some paper towels. As we worked, she’d come around and answer questions or offer suggestions, plus she kept our pallets refilled with paint as required.
There were 9 of us last night, with only 2 drinking wine. I was good with water, as was my daughter. She had an interesting mix of music playing while we worked covering from the 60s to, I assume, current artists (I didn’t recognize a lot of the songs.) When we were all mostly done, she took a class picture with all of us holding our masterpieces. 
I plan to go again, perhaps on a free-for-all night (can’t recall what she called it) when you can pick any of the samples shown to paint for yourself. I’m guessing if you come in with something you want to copy, that would be OK, too. It’s not great art, but, as I said, it was fun.