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I was looking for something different to do to celebrate my friend's birthday and this seemed to fit the bill. A two hour class was offered and they are BYOB. Sounded promising, but admittedly after I signed us up, I was a bit nervous. Will everyone judge my lack of art skills? What if I can't make my painting look like the example? What am I getting myself into? I can't color inside the lines, let alone paint with an audience around.
I was put at ease instantly when arriving at Paint Monkey, a modern, lofty space filled with warm splashes of colorful art on the light tan brick walls. We made our way to our seats and I was relieved to find that each canvas had a pre-drawn outline of our paintings to be. Ohhhhh, now I get it. Time for a cocktail!
Mary Lou and Joe, the owners, welcomed us right away and seemed excited to have us there. They are kind, lovely people that were social with the folks streaming in the door and knowledgable about the artistic task at hand. We sat down and under Joe's direction we painted our landscapes and ate our snacks. The time went so quickly and we had a blast. I never would have predicted I would get so into it!
Everyone's paintings looked so different, it was so neat to scope out everyone's work at the end of the experience. I wasn't even embarrassed to show off my work of art. When I came home I gushed so much about how much fun we had, my wife couldn't wait to check the upcoming schedule to see when we could go together!
I'll certainly be back! This was a great time and I look forward to seeing Mary Lou and Joe again sometime soon!
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