Before the invention of art, humans had to express themselves the old-fashioned way, through their pterodactyl feelings-puppets. Celebrate the development of creative outlets with today’s Groupon to The Art Studio NY. Choose from the following options:

• For $50, you get $100 worth of art classes and workshops.
• For $65, you get $150 worth of art classes and workshops.
For $80, you get $300 worth of art classes and workshops.

Helmed by internationally exhibited contemporary painter Rebecca Schweiger, The Art Studio NY helps artisans of all ages and abilities unleash their imagination with a plenitude of classes and workshops taught by expert instructors. Small class sizes ensure one-on-one attention, with instruction tailored to suit each student’s interests and experience. In the Drawing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3-Week Taster class, charcoal-slinging pupils draw inspiration from a cornucopia of masterpieces on Tuesday afternoons as savvy pedagogues elucidate techniques of line, space, and shading ($149). Immortalize the handsome likenesses of Central Park’s squirrel nobility during the alfresco, two-hour outdoor beginner drawing class on Sunday afternoons ($39), or hone acrylic-painting techniques such as color mixing, texture, and realistic mustache graffiti with the BYOB Beginners' Painting: 2-Night Bite in Painting class, a tutorial fueled by self-conveyed grog and brush-based camaraderie. Atrophied creative muscles can also build up pigment-slinging brawn with a four-week Self-Expression Taste class, which employs a series of artistic exercises to hot-wire sluggish originality with subject matter such as landscapes, emotional content, and racy photos of the Mona Lisa.