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| - Paint Monkey is an absolute blast! If you're looking for a fun and creative night out with friends, this is a perfect option for you.
The location of this Paint Monkey is right in the heart of Lawrenceville, which is a lot of fun. There's a wine and spirits store just a couple doors down, so make sure you pick up a bottle of wine (or two!) to bring with you to your painting class since it's BYOB. There have been a lot of different types of "wine and paint" places popping up around downtown Pittsburgh, but Paint Monkey is still my favorite. One of the things I really love about Paint Monkey is that they sketch the outline of your painting very lightly on your canvas before you arrive, which makes it much easier and more enjoyable for people who are not great artists. Paint Monkey makes it so that basically anyone, no matter what their talents are, can make a completely beautiful work of art!
My friends and I came here for one of the "Pittsburgh Skyline" classes. The class instructors were extremely helpful and explained the steps of the painting very well for beginners. They also showed us a few different options for our paintings (like changing the color of the sky or the leaves on the trees), which was neat because it allowed for everyone to really have a unique work of art rather than just a cookie-cutter painting. The instructors showed us some different techniques before we started, and then were kind of hovering around in case we had questions as we went along. At different points throughout the night, they'd go up to the front of the room and explain how to do a new part of the painting. My friends and I had so much fun and all loved the way our paintings turned out. The fact that you can have a glass of wine while you paint is a lot of fun as well; you feel like a true artist sitting at your easel with a glass of wine and all of your paints out in front of you!
Even though Paint Monkey is a little pricey, it's totally worth it for an awesome night out with friends. Try it ASAP!
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