Paint By The Glass
The Cornoisseur's finally got out of the house again and tried our hand at painting. While neither of us will be quitting our day jobs, it was a fun evening out.
Ruby's Take: This was a great night. While I'm a fan of art I was pretty skeptical I'd produce anything I'd show to my friends let alone hang on the wall. Once you've passed the age of five, you can't slop paint on a piece of paper and have someone be delighted by it. And abstract flowers?! For me? I'm not a hang flowers on the wall kind of girl. I wasn't crazy about the painting itself but I opted to go as it got me out of the house. (Them serving wine and brownies was a bit of an incentive too.) I arrived first and got my wine, opting for a Pinot Noir called "Sassy Bitch"...not kidding. My server was a small boy, presumably the owners son. He did a great job but it felt a bit odd ordering sassy bitch from a child. Sarah orderd the "Cheap Red Wine" but asked to try mine. I haughtily say "Oh, you won't like the Noir." We ended up switching, seems she's sassy and I'm cheap, go figure. We found our spots in front of canvases that appeared to have balloons drawn on them. The instructor even called them balloons until half way through the class when she realized they were flowers. I was expecting paint by numbers but it really wasn't like that. She told us to use whatever color we wanted. She was there if we had questions and instructed us on mixing colors and creating textures but was mostly hands off, which I liked. I created what I thought was a pretty unique take on the project...until I went to get more brownies and saw a woman painting almost the exact same painting as me. All in all, we laughed a lot, we got to catch up with each other and at the end of the night I had a painting I could hang on my wall. In fact, I liked it so much I painted my living room the next day to better display my art work.
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