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In the high-pressure world of competitive painting, competitors often play dirty by replacing their opponents' paint with a concoction of rubber cement and human body hair. Explore your creative side recreationally with today's Groupon: for $10, you get a two-hour painting class with all materials provided at Cocktails & Canvas (a $25 value) on Dresden Drive. The value of this Groupon can be applied to three-hour classes, requiring you to pay an additional $10.
Cocktails & Canvas affords students the opportunity to create vibrant, contemporary paintings with expert guidance, provided materials, and a hefty dose of socialization. Classes are for casual painters looking for a creative outlet or people searching for a new activity, with each student working to recreate the painting of the class while watching the instructor. Visit the calendar to view the designs each class will work on, choose a favorite, and register for the class. As you paint, class will pause for a few well-placed socialization breaks, when you can enjoy any snacks or BYOB beverages you bring with you. After you're done creating and carousing, you'll have a canvas suitable for framing and wall hanging the very same night.
Break out a High Life and a cadre of chromatophilic compatriots, or fly solo to a painting party to meet new, excitingly creative friends. Check the website or call for specific details on two-hour classes. If you miss out on a design you love, never fear; Cocktails & Canvas will repeat designs over the course of the schedule.
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Drinking and Art
History's great artists have all known the secret to producing classic works: become inspired by the freeing effects of alcohol. Here's how a few different drinks can inspire your inner artist:
- Wine: A leisurely sipped glass of wine was a favorite tool of Michelangelo, who used it to refresh himself in between shouting at a block of marble until it turned into a statue. Drinking wine can inspire painting-worthy visions of pastoral fields, gentle streams, and murderous swarms of enlarged bees blotting out the sun in order to influence the price of grain.
- Beer: A cold beer will make you want to put pen to paper and begin writing the great American novel. Here's a tip: Write the story of a protagonist who’s basically just like yourself, but with a tragic backstory that redeems his or her flaws. Writing it on an antique typewriter is just as rewarding as writing something good.
- Scotch: Pair a smooth scotch with some paints, a pre-stretched canvas covered with liquid white, and some Joy of Painting DVDs in order to create a soothing nature scene and to fondly remember your youth, when you were strangely jealous of Bob Ross’s hair.
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